Terms & Conditions - purchase

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I. Scope of Agreement
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Eversound shall provide, and Member shall receive, the use of the Eversound System, consisting of services and related equipment selected by Member via a valid Purchase and Membership and Agreement (collectively the “Services and Equipment”). The Services and Equipment may be revised from time to time and made effective by mutual written agreement between the Parties.

II. Purchase of Equipment and Prepayment of Services
Subject to this Agreement and upon Eversound’s acceptance of Member’s order, Eversound sells and Member purchases equipment along with pre-purchased right to use the related services that are included in Member’s order of Services and Equipment.

III. Online Services
As part of the Services during the Term, Eversound will provide a members-only online service that provides online resources for Members of the Eversound System. These include information and guidelines for effective use of Eversound in Member environments such as assisted living and memory care facilities, as well as an online learning management system. Online services also include recorded, interactive and printable programming content.

IV. Support
As part of the Services during the Term, Eversound will provide assistance to Member via telephone, email or other mutually agreed medium during the hours of 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM Eastern US time on business days, excluding federal holidays and weekends.

V. Ownership
All equipment provided by Eversound under this Agreement becomes the property of Member upon shipment by Eversound to Member. Eversound retains all intellectual property rights in anything developed or delivered by Eversound under this Agreement.

VI. Breakage Replacement
During the Term, Eversound will replace equipment provided under this Agreement that is broken or non-working at Eversound’s cost, provided that such breakage or failure to work was not caused intentionally or due to gross negligence of the Member or any of Member’s staff.

VII. Limited Loss Replacement
Eversound will replace at its cost individual headphones that become lost during the Term, with the limit of a maximum of one such loss replacement during any six-month period of membership. Otherwise, Member is strictly liable for the replacement of, at its cost, any lost or stolen Eversound equipment.

VIII. Term
THE INITIAL TERM (“INITIAL TERM”) OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TWELVE (12) MONTHS STARTING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE, AFTER WHICH THE AGREEMENT WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW FOR SUCCESSIVE RENEWAL PERIODS OF TWELVE (12) MONTHS, (THE INITIAL TERM TOGETHER WITH ANY SUCH RENEWAL TERM BEING REFERRED TO AS THE “TERM”) UNLESS EITHER PARTY ELECTS NOT TO RENEW WITH WRITTEN NOTICE AT LEAST 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE INITIAL TERM OR ANY RENEWAL TERM, AS THE CASE MAY BE.

If the Term is renewed for an additional year, Member agrees to renewal and payment of the Services subscription associated with the equipment purchased under this agreement.

IX. Termination
This Agreement can be terminated by Member for any reason effective on the annual anniversary of the contract Term with a 30-day prior written notice before the end of the Initial Term or before any subsequent Term. A written notice must be delivered to:

Eversound Contracts Dept.
125 Kingston Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02111

Also, if either Party breaches its obligations under this Agreement, and fails to correct such breach within thirty (30) days following receipt from the other Party of written notice of such specifying the nature of the breach in reasonable detail, the non-breaching Party may terminate this Agreement by giving the breaching Party written notice of such termination.

X. Orders, Invoices and Payments
Eversound will invoice for Services upon the date that related equipment is shipped from Eversound or the date such Services are otherwise made available to Member. Payment is due within thirty (30) days of receipt of Eversound’s invoice.

In the event that an invoice is disputed, Member must give notice of the dispute within 5 days of receipt of such invoice. Any dispute not raised within this 5-day period will be considered waived, and all amounts will be deemed undisputed and due within 30 days of the receipt of the invoice.

XI. Taxes
Member is solely responsible for the costs of any and all duties, taxes, levies or fees (including any value-added, sales, use or withholding taxes) imposed on or in connection with the rental or sale of any equipment, or provision of any portion of the Services, by Eversound to Member or to a third party on behalf of Member, or these Terms or the Eversound’s Services by any authority (excluding taxes based on Eversound’s net income), and the Member agrees to pay same when due, and if Member cannot pay same directly, it shall be paid by Member to Eversound who shall remit same. The Member agrees to and shall indemnify Eversound for all amounts due under this provision.

XII. Late Payment
Unpaid balances exceeding 30 days from receipt of Member’s undisputed invoice will accrue interest at 12% per annum.

XIII. Refunds
Eversound shall have no obligation to refund to Member any amounts paid by Member to Eversound hereunder.

XIV. Use of Name
Member hereby grants Eversound the limited right to use Member’s name and any related logo to identify Member as a customer of Eversound in listings of its customers, including in its marketing materials or websites.

XV. Enablement
Member agrees to help enable the successful implementation and adoption of the Services and Equipment at each of Member’s location(s). Member agrees that all locations and staff adhere to Eversound’s onboarding process. As part of onboarding, Eversound will provide online training resources and webinars on products to which Member has subscribed. Member will pay an Onboarding Fee as defined in Exhibit A that includes coverage for training, shipping and other initial community onboarding activities. If within the first 30 days after equipment delivery, a Community has at least one staff member utilize training resources associated with their subscribed products and then pass an associated quiz (75% or better correct score), then the Community will be issued a $100 credit against their Onboarding Fee.

XVI. Notifying Eversound of Staff Turnover
If Member has staff turnover at any community or location, which affects the use of Eversound at your community, Member agrees to promptly let the Eversound Community Success Director know within 10 business days of this staff transition. Member will make every effort to introduce the Eversound Community Success Team to your new staff.

XVII. Limitation of Liability & Warranty Disclaimers
The Services offer varied content. It is the Member, and applicable Site’s, obligation and responsibility to ensure that the content viewed through the subscription is appropriate for the individual users in such Site. As part of the Services, depending on the subscription chosen by the Member, its Network, Sites and residents may have the ability to access and use programming and content which is targeted to provide, or may be used in connection with, physical fitness, exercise, stretching, mobility, or other health and wellness and related topics. Member agrees that it will not allow access to or use of any of such content, until the Member and/or individual Site has performed an evaluation of each potential user and determined if such user is physically prepared for such physical exercise, activities, regime, routine, program, and or other activities, including, if required the