LEANSTACK Partner Program Agreement
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PLEASE READ THIS  PARTNER PROGRAM AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.

This is a contract between you (the Partner) and us (LEANSTACK). It describes how we will work together and other aspects of our business relationship. It is a legal document so some of the language is necessarily “legalese” but we have tried to make it as readable as possible. These terms are so important though that we cannot have you participate in our Partner Program unless you agree to them. By participating in our Partner Program, you are agreeing to these terms.

We periodically update these terms and we will let you know when we do via email and in-app notification.

1. Definitions

“Partner Program” means our partner program as described in this Agreement.

“Active Partner” means that you have an active mentor or accelerator plan subscription.

“Capacity Limit” means the aggregate number of prospect domains that you are permitted to have registered at any given time according to the Program Policies that apply to you.

“Customer Terms of Service” means those terms and conditions located at http://ask.leanstack.com/leanstack-terms-and-policies/terms/customer-terms-of-service, as modified from time to time.

“End User” means the authorized actual user of the LEANSTACK Products or the party on whose behalf you use the LEANSTACK Products.

"End User Data" means all information that End User, or you acting on End User’s behalf, submits or collects via the LEANSTACK Products and all materials that End User, or you acting on End User’s behalf, provides or posts, uploads, inputs or submits for public display through the LEANSTACK Products.

"LEANSTACK Content" means all information, data, text, messages, software, sound, music, video, photographs, graphics, images, and tags that we incorporate into our services.

“LEANSTACK Products” means both the Subscription Service and Other Products.

“Inactive Partner” means that you do not meet the criteria of an Active Partner (defined above.) 

“List Price” means the standard pricing for the Subscription Service as listed at http://leanstack.com/pricing/. We reserve the right to change such pricing at any time. However, we will not apply any price change to End Users who purchase Subscription Service within ten (10) days after such price change.

“Net Revenue” means the initial fee, any renewal fees, and any upgrade or downgrade fees that are actually paid to us by an End User or by Partner for an End User for the Subscription Service. Net Revenue shall: (i) be calculated net of any discounts, taxes payable and subsequent refunds not due to a contract breach by LEANSTACK, and (ii) shall exclude any implementation, customization, training, consulting or other professional services, or fees for third-party products or services.

“Other Products” means those products and services that we offer, which are not included in the Subscription Service (as detailed below); and, for the purposes of this Agreement, Other Products include any implementation, customization, training, consulting, additional support or other professional services, or fees for third-party products or services.

“Qualified Transactions” means those transactions that are eligible for a Revenue Share pursuant to the ‘Qualified Transactions’ section of this Agreement.

“Qualified Lead” means a sales referral to an organization interested in purchasing an eligible LEANSTACK Subscription Service.

“Managed Customer” means an organization who you intend to service as your own customer.

“Qualified Lead Revenue Share” means an amount equal to 10% of Net Revenue paid to us by an End User or Partner for a Qualified Transaction at the time of closing.

“Managed Customer Revenue Share” means an amount equal to 20% of Net Revenue paid to us by an End User or Partner for a Qualified Transaction for the life of that customer.

“Program Policies” means the policies applicable to you which we have published at http://ask.leanstack.com/en/articles/4127128-leanstack-partner-program-policies.

“Partner Eligibility Requirements” mean you 1) have purchased and maintain an active subscription to a mentor or accelerator plan; and 2) have completed training and/or certification requirements outlined in the Partner Program Policies. For the purposes of this Agreement, the initial commitment to Subscription Service must be at minimum a twelve (12) month period to fulfill the Subscription Service requirement described in 1) above.

“Subscription Service” means our web-based continuous innovation management software that is subscribed to, and developed, operated, and maintained by us, accessible via https://leanstack.com. Only the accelerator, academic, and enterprise plans are eligible under this agreement. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Subscription Service does not include any LEANSTACK Academy plans, LEANSTACK Mentor plans, implementation, customization, training, consulting, additional support or other professional services, or fees for third-party products or services.

"We", "us", “our”, and “LEANSTACK” means LEANSTACK, Inc.

“You” and “Partner” means the party, other than LEANSTACK, entering into this Agreement and participating in the Partner Program.

2. Non-Exclusivity

This Agreement does not create an exclusive agreement between you and us. Both you and we will have the right to recommend similar products and services of third parties and to work with other parties in connection with the design, sale, installation, implementation and use of similar services and products of third parties.

3. Qualified Transactions 

a. Partner Rights and Obligations. We grant you, subject to the limitations set forth below, a non-transferable, non-exclusive right to: demonstrate and promote the LEANSTACK Products to your prospects and customers, and (ii) to provide End Users access to use the LEANSTACK Products in accordance with this Agreement and the Customer Terms of Service, provided that End Users agreed to the Customer Terms of Service.

For Qualified Lead prospects, we will provide full sales support to demo, close, and onboard the prospect as a customer.

For Managed Customer prospects, at our discretion, we will provide limited sales support to you, such as participation on a call with you and a prospect.

b. Compliance with Program Policies.  You will comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement at all times, including the Partner Program Policies, which are incorporated herein by reference. The Program Policies may include requirements that Partner must complete in order to qualify for a certain partner tier and may also require that Partner purchase certain products or services to participate in the Partner Program.

c. Program Limits. Your Capacity Limit and the expiration policy for your registrations are outlined in the Program Policies for Partners.

d. Other Eligibility Requirements. To be eligible for a Revenue Share, a prospect must be registered, accepted and valid in accordance with the ‘Submission, Acceptance and Validity’ or the ‘Shared Leads’ section. You are not eligible to receive a Revenue Share or any other compensation from us based on transactions for Other Products, based on transactions with a LEANSTACK Lead (as defined below) or if: (i) such compensation is disallowed or limited by federal, state or local law or regulation in the United States or the laws or regulations of your jurisdiction; (ii) the applicable End User objects to or prohibits such compensation or excludes such compensation from its payments to us or our Affiliates; (iii) we determine that you are acting, or have acted, in a way that has or may negatively reflect on or affect us with respect to a given transaction; (iv) the End User has paid or will pay such commissions, referral fees, or other compensation directly to you; (v) the End User participates in this Program, or (vi) for any transactions with End User that precede in time to you becoming a Partner in this Program under this Agreement. In competitive situations with other Partners, we may elect to provide the Revenue Share to the partner that actually secures the business with the End User, which may result in you being ineligible for Revenue Share, regardless of whether or not you registered the prospect.

We may terminate this Agreement and/or discontinue Revenue Share payment(s) should you fail to meet any of the eligibility criteria set forth in this subsection of the Agreement or as outlined in the Program Policies at any time.

e. Submission, Acceptance and Validity of Prospects. You must register each prospect with prior to the close of a Qualified Transaction as outlined in the Program Policies for Partners.

We generally will accept a prospect who, in our reasonable determination: (i) is a new potential customer of ours; (ii) is not, at the time of submission or sixty (60) days prior, one of our pre-existing customers, involved in our active sales process; (iii) is a Legitimate Prospect whose contact information was legally obtained.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may choose not to accept a prospect, in our reasonable discretion. We may choose to do so at the time of your registration submission, or we may deregister and reject a prospect if we determine a prospect does not meet the criteria outlined in this Section 3.e. at any point after submission, even in cases where it was initially accepted.

A prospect is not considered valid: (i) if it is not registered, (ii) if it is not accepted, (iii) if it is expired, (iv) if it exceeds the registered capacity limits or other applicable limits, or (v) after this Agreement is expired or terminated.

Once the valid prospect is ready to purchase, we will, at our discretion, accept an order and provision the Subscription Service for the End User in order to complete a Qualified Transaction.

If a prospect does not purchase the Subscription Service before its registration expires, you will need to complete the registration process again in order to re-qualify for Revenue Share for that prospect. Please note that you must have a written and readily available privacy policy and you certify that you are providing the prospect’s information to us in accordance with not only all applicable laws and regulations but also in accordance with your own privacy policy.

f. LEANSTACK Leads. We may choose to introduce you to, or send you information on, a prospect of ours when we identify that such prospect may have a need for the services you offer (each, a “LEANSTACK Lead”). We can do the same for other partners of ours, even if it is for the same LEANSTACK Lead. You may use the information about the LEANSTACK Lead provided only to market and sell your services to them and not for any other purpose (unless the LEANSTACK Lead otherwise consents). Immediately upon our or the LEANSTACK Lead’s request, you will promptly discontinue all use of and delete the LEANSTACK Lead’s information. LEANSTACK Leads are considered our Confidential Information and shall be treated in accordance with the ‘Confidentiality’ section below.

g. Shared Leads. If we decide to participate in the same sales process as you and this results in the sale of the Subscription Service to a prospect that would have otherwise not been valid based on it (i) not being registered, (ii) not being accepted, (iii) being expired, or (iv) exceeding the registered capacity limits or other applicable limits, (each, a “Shared Lead”) and you have an Active Engagement (defined below) with such Shared Lead, then we may in our discretion, determine that Shared Lead will be considered a registered, accepted and valid prospect for the purposes of the ‘Eligibility’ section above. An “Active Engagement” means that you have a fully executed written agreement with the Shared Lead under which you provide your consulting services that (i) either pre-dates the time at which the sale of the Subscription Service is closed, or is signed contemporaneously with the close of the sale of the Subscription Service, and (ii) either extends at least ninety (90) days beyond the close of the sale of the Subscription Service or has a specific and identifiable deliverable, as determined by us in our discretion. LEANSTACK may request you to provide validation that the End User is engaged with you (for example, by providing a copy of your retainer agreement with the End User if we so request) for managed credit and or sold validation.

h. Engagement with Prospects and End Users. We may engage with a prospect or End User directly (i) to complete the subscription process, (ii) to fulfill or enforce our obligations under an agreement with such prospect, (iii) to provide support, (iv) to conduct our standard marketing and sales activities with prospects; (v) in connection with the Optional Programs, or (vi) as otherwise permitted by this Agreement.

If and when we do engage, we may choose how to engage with each prospect and may request that you collaborate with us in the engagement. Upon our request, you will provide us with the name and contact information of the prospect, and facilitate an introduction. If a prospect is not valid then we may choose to maintain it in our database and we may choose to engage with such a prospect.

If we request, you will facilitate our participation on calls with you and various End User(s). We may request to participate on these calls in an effort to help to ensure the quality of your service delivery and for the purposes of managing the Program.

In a resulting Qualified Transaction originating from a Qualifed Lead, the End User will contract directly with us for provision of the LEANSTACK Products.

In a resulting Qualified Transaction originating from a Managed Customer Lead, (i) the End User will contract directly with us for provision of the LEANSTACK Products, or (ii) you will place order(s) and contract with LEANSTACK in your own capacity for the LEANSTACK Products with us, specifying the terms of the LEANSTACK Products ordered and providing information about the End User as we may request. In the case of (ii) herein, where possible, and the prospect is considered registered, accepted and valid for the purposes of this Section 3., you may sell the LEANSTACK Products to End Users at a price determined solely by you and you will ensure that your agreement with the End User incorporates our Customer Terms of Service or contains those provisions set forth in our Customer Terms of Service. If you purchase on behalf of an End User, you agree to be responsible for the order placed and to guarantee payment of all fees. Additionally, such subscription may be used only for the End User for which it was originally purchased, and it may not be repurposed for or reassigned to an alternate End User without our prior written consent.

Regardless of the method of purchase and which party is the contracting entity as established by the order, we require each End User to agree to the Customer Terms of Service when using the portal.

For Managed Customers, you will take all reasonable steps to ensure that End Users do not use the LEANSTACK Products in violation of the Customer Terms of Service. If you discover or have reason to believe that any End User is making use of the LEANSTACK Products in violation of the Customer Terms of Service, then you will immediately notify us in writing.


4. Revenue Share and Payment.

a. Requirements for Payment; Forfeiture. In order to receive payment under this Agreement, you must have: (i) agreed to the terms of this Agreement (generally completed through Docusign), fulfilled all eligibility requirements to be a Partner under this Agreement and are in compliance with this Agreement; (ii) provided us with all of your account information, including your bank information; and (iii) submitted to us all the necessary and valid tax documents and the documents have been approved. Please see the Program Policies for the applicable list of documents that need to be submitted to us and the required method of delivery. In order for you to receive the Revenue Share you must have submitted the required documentation set out in this section no later than thirty (30) days after the end of any given fiscal quarter. If we have not received such documentation within this timeframe, we will not process the Revenue Share payment until the next fiscal quarter payment date for applicable Qualified Transactions.

All payments by LEANSTACK will be made by bank transfer and it is your responsibility to ensure that you have provided us with the most up-to-date and correct bank information to facilitate the transfer. We will not issue payment by any other means.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) if any of the requirements set forth in this section, Section 4. a., remain outstanding for six (6) months immediately following the close of a Qualified Transaction, or (ii) we have attempted to pay you a Revenue Share for a Qualified Transaction by bank transfer, and the attempt was unsuccessful (as confirmed by bank notice), to no fault of our own; and (iii) we reached out to either the Primary Contact, Billing Contact or Decision Maker Contact on your account (all of which you can update in app) to obtain the necessary information and have not received a response; and (iv) six (6) months has passed since the date of the initial, failed bank transfer described herein, then your right to receive Revenue Share arising from any and all Qualified Transactions(s) with the associated End User will be forever forfeited (each, a “Forfeited Transaction”). We will have no obligation to pay you Revenue Share associated with a Forfeited Transaction.

Once you comply with all of the requirements in this Section 4 then you will be eligible to receive Revenue Share on Qualified Transactions, as long as these Qualified Transactions do not involve the same End User associated with a Forfeited Transaction.

b. Revenue Share Payment. We will pay the Revenue Share amount due to you within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal quarter in an amount equal to the Net Revenue we recognize as revenue from Partner Transactions during such quarter, times the Revenue Share percentage.

If we update this Agreement to include additional products for which you are eligible to earn Revenue Share, the obligation to pay this additional Revenue Share amount will apply starting on the first day of the month when the additional product was included in the Agreement.  

c. Taxes. You are responsible for payment of all taxes applicable to the Revenue Share. All amounts payable by us to you are subject to offset by us against any amounts owed by you to us.

d. Payment Obligations. In the event you placed the order and contracted with us directly for an End User, for payments made by credit card, you will provide us with your valid and updated credit card information or bank account information for the payment of LEANSTACK Products fees. You authorize us and our Affiliates to charge your credit card or bank account for all fees payable. You also authorize us and our Affiliates to use a third party to process payments, and consent to the disclosure of your payment information to such third party. For payments made by invoice, all amounts invoiced are due and payable within thirty (30) days from the date of the invoice. In the event you placed the order with us for an End User, if you do not pay fees due for an End User’s account within ten (10) days after notice of non-payment from us or our Affiliate, we may suspend the LEANSTACK Products while any payment is delinquent and may charge a re-activation fee to reinstate any LEANSTACK Products. We may also terminate or suspend the End User’s access to the LEANSTACK Products and/or to initiate direct communication with the End User. Notwithstanding the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement, you remain obligated to pay all fees due for our provision of the LEANSTACK Products to End Users in connection with an order placed with us by you for an End User. If you placed the order with us for an End User and/or contracted with us on their behalf, you will have sole responsibility for invoicing and collecting fees for the LEANSTACK Products from the End User. Your obligation to pay fees to us is not conditioned upon your receipt of payment from the End User.

5. Training and Support

a. Training and Support. We will make available to you, without charge, various webinars and other resources made available as part of our Program. We will also make available to you a Partner Toolset, accessible through your LEANSTACK portal. We may change or discontinue any or all parts of the Partner Toolset, and any other Program benefits or offerings at any time without notice.

b. End User Training and Support. We may require End Users to go through and/or purchase our standard LEANSTACK on-boarding. We will provide user training purchased by an End User as set forth in a mutually agreed upon order between the End User and LEANSTACK. We may communicate directly with any End User about use of the LEANSTACK Products and any support issues experienced.

6. Trademarks

You grant to us a nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free right to use and display your trademarks, service marks and logos (“Partner Marks”) in connection with the Partner Program and this Agreement. 

During the term of this Agreement, you may use our trademark as long as you follow the usage requirements in this section.  You must: (i) only use the images of our trademark that we make available to you, without altering them in any way; (ii) only use our trademarks in connection with the Partner Program and this Agreement; and (iii) immediately comply if we request that you discontinue use.  You must not: (i) use our trademark in a misleading or disparaging way; (ii) use our trademark in a way that implies we endorse, sponsor or approve of your services or products; or (iii) use our trademark in violation of applicable law or in connection with an obscene, indecent, or unlawful topic or material.

7. Proprietary Rights

a. LEANSTACK's Proprietary Rights.  No license to any software is granted by this Agreement. The LEANSTACK Products are protected by intellectual property laws. The LEANSTACK Products belong to and are the property of us or our licensors (if any). We retain all ownership rights in the LEANSTACK Products. LEANSTACK, the LEANSTACK logo, and other marks that we use from time to time are our trademarks and you may not use them without our prior written permission, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement.

We encourage all customers and partners to comment on the LEANSTACK Products, provide suggestions for improving them, and vote on suggestions they like. You agree that all such comments and suggestions will be non-confidential and that we own all rights to use and incorporate them into the LEANSTACK Products, without payment to you.

b. End User’s Proprietary Rights. As between you and End User, End User retains the right to access and use the End User portal associated with the LEANSTACK Products regardless of whether you placed the order with us for an End User or made or make payments for an End User. End User will own and retain all rights to the End User Data. If we deem it to be necessary based on the relationship status between you and the End User or the particular situation, we may communicate directly with the End User and/or may port ownership of the portal associated with the LEANSTACK Products to the End User.

8. Confidentiality  

As used herein, “Confidential Information” means all confidential information disclosed by a party ("Disclosing Party") to the other party (“Receiving Party”), (i) whether orally or in writing, that is designated as confidential, and (ii) LEANSTACK customer and prospect information, whether or not otherwise designated as confidential. Confidential Information does not include any information that (i) is or becomes generally known to the public without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party or (ii) was known to the Receiving Party prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party.  The Receiving Party shall: (i) protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party using the same degree of care that it uses with its own confidential information, but in no event less than reasonable care, (ii) not use any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for any purpose outside the scope of this Agreement, (iii) not disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to any third party, and (iv) limit access to Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to its employees, contractors and agents. The Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party if required to do so under any federal, state, or local law, statute, rule or regulation, subpoena or legal process.

9. Opt Out and Unsubscribing

You will comply promptly with all opt out, unsubscribe, "do not call" and "do not send" requests, including without limitation such requests from us related to LEANSTACK Leads and Shared Leads. For the duration of this Agreement, you will establish and maintain a privacy policy that is compliant with all laws and regulations applicable to you and you shall establish and maintain systems and procedures appropriate to effectuate all opt out, unsubscribe, "do not call" and "do not send" requests.

10. Term and Termination

a. Term. This Agreement will apply for as long as you participate in the Partner Program, until terminated.

b. Termination Without Cause.  Both you and we may terminate this Agreement on sixty (30) days written notice to the other party.

c. Termination for Agreement Changes. If we update or replace the terms of this Agreement, you may terminate this Agreement on five (5) days written notice to us, provided that you send us written notice within ten (10) days after we send you notice of the change.

d. Termination for Cause.  We may terminate this Agreement and/or suspend your or the End User’s access to the LEANSTACK Products: (i) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to you of a material breach if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period, (ii) upon fifteen (15) days notice to you of non-payment of any amount due to us if such amount remains unpaid at the expiration of such period, (iii) immediately, if you become the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) immediately, if the End User violates the Customer Terms of Service or applicable local, state, federal, or foreign laws or regulations, (v) immediately, if you breach the terms applicable to your subscription with us (if you have one), including if you default on your payment obligations to us or our affiliate, or (vi) immediately, if we determine that you are acting, or have acted, in a way that has or may negatively reflect on or affect us, our prospects, or our customers.

e. Effects of Expiration/Termination. Expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason does not terminate your Subscription Service or any Subscription Service you may have purchased on an End User’s behalf. Your purchase and use of the Subscription Services is governed by the Customer Terms of Service. Otherwise, expiration of this Agreement, and termination of this Agreement: (i) without cause by us, (ii) by you with cause, (iii) by you according to the ‘Termination for Agreement Changes’ section, shall not affect our obligation to pay you any earned Revenue Share, so long as the related payment by the End User is recognized by us within thirty (30) days after the date of such termination or expiration. You will receive one (1) last payment of Revenue Share upon completion of the quarter in which the related payment by the End User is recognized. We will not pay you fees on End User payments recognized by us after thirty (30) days after the date of such termination or expiration. Provided however, in the event of termination without cause by you, or for cause by us, our obligation to pay and your right to receive any Revenue Share will terminate upon the date of such termination, regardless of whether you would have otherwise been eligible to receive Revenue Share prior to the date of termination. Except as expressly set forth in this section, you are not eligible to receive a Revenue Share after expiration or termination of this Agreement.

Upon termination or expiration, you will discontinue all use of and delete all LEANSTACK Leads and Shared Leads if we provided them to you and you do not otherwise have consent from the applicable LEANSTACK Lead or Shared Lead to continue use of their data and information. Upon termination or expiration, a prospect is not considered valid, and we may choose to maintain it in our database and engage with such a prospect.

Upon termination or expiration, you will immediately discontinue all use of our trademark, and will remove all LEANSTACK badges and references to this Program from your website(s) and other collateral. Termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not cause your or an End User’s subscription agreement to be terminated.

11. Partner Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant that: (i) you have all sufficient rights and permissions to provide the prospect data to us for our use in sales and marketing efforts or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, (ii) your participation in this  Partner Program will not conflict with any of your existing agreements or arrangements; and (iii) you own or have sufficient rights to use and to grant to us our right to use the Partner Marks.

12. Indemnification

You will indemnify, defend and hold us harmless, at your expense, against any third-party claim, suit, action, or proceeding (each, an "Action") brought against us (and our officers, directors, employees, agents, service providers, licensors, and affiliates) by a third party not affiliated with us to the extent that such Action is based upon or arises out of (a) your participation in the Partner Program, (b) our use of the prospect data you provided us, (c) your noncompliance with or breach of this Agreement, or (d) our use of the Partner Marks. We will: notify you in writing within thirty (30) days of our becoming aware of any such claim; give you sole control of the defense or settlement of such a claim; and provide you (at your expense) with any and all information and assistance reasonably requested by you to handle the defense or settlement of the claim. You shall not accept any settlement that (i) imposes an obligation on us; (ii) requires us to make an admission; or (iii) imposes liability not covered by these indemnifications or places restrictions on us without our prior written consent.

13. Disclaimers; Limitations of Liability

a. Disclaimer of Warranties. WE AND OUR AFFILIATES AND AGENTS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, SECURITY OR ACCURACY OF THE LEANSTACK PRODUCTS, LEANSTACK CONTENT, THE AGENCY PARTNER PROGRAM, THE OPTIONAL PARTNER PROGRAMS OR THE TEST PORTAL  FOR ANY PURPOSE. APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (APIs) AND THE TEST PORTAL MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE LEANSTACK PRODUCTS, OPTIONAL PARTNER PROGRAMS , AND TEST PORTAL ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THE LEANSTACK PRODUCTS,  THE OPTIONAL PARTNER PROGRAMS AND THE TEST PORTAL  INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

b. No Indirect Damages. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

c. Limitation of Liability. IF, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, WE ARE DETERMINED TO HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL REVENUE SHARE AMOUNTS YOU HAVE ACTUALLY EARNED FOR THE RELATED PARTNER TRANSACTION IN THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO A CLAIM.

14. General

a. Amendment; No Waiver. We may update and change any part or all of this Agreement. If we update or change this Agreement, the updated Agreement will be posted at http://ask.leanstack.com/leanstack-terms-and-policies/partner-program-agreement and we will let you know via email. The updated Agreement will become effective and binding on the next business day after it is posted. When we change this Agreement, the "Last Modified" date above will be updated to reflect the date of the most recent version. We encourage you to review this Agreement periodically.

If you do not agree with a modification to this Agreement, you must notify us in writing within thirty (30) days after receiving notice of modification. If you give us this notice, this Agreement will terminate sixty (60) days after we receive this notice and our relationship will continue to be governed by the terms and conditions of the version of this Agreement applicable immediately prior to modification for the remainder of the Agreement term. No delay in exercising any right or remedy or failure to object will be a waiver of such right or remedy or any other right or remedy. A waiver on one occasion will not be a waiver of any right or remedy on any future occasion.

b. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Texas, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. In the event either of us initiates an action in connection with this Agreement or any other dispute between the parties, the exclusive venue and jurisdiction of such action shall be in the state and federal courts in Austin, Texas.

c. Force Majeure. Neither party will be responsible for failure or delay of performance if caused by: an act of war, hostility, or sabotage; act of God; electrical, internet, or telecommunication outage that is not caused by the obligated party; government restrictions; or other event outside the reasonable control of the obligated party. Each party will use reasonable efforts to mitigate the effect of a force majeure event.

d. Actions Permitted. Except for actions for nonpayment or breach of a party’s proprietary rights, no action, regardless of form, arising out of or relating to this Agreement may be brought by either party more than one (1) year after the cause of action has accrued.

e. Relationship of the Parties. Both you and we agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of this Agreement.

f. Compliance with Applicable Laws.  You shall comply, and shall ensure that any third parties performing sales or referral activities on your behalf comply, with all applicable foreign and domestic laws (including without limitation export laws and laws applicable to sending of unsolicited email), governmental regulations, ordinances, and judicial administrative orders. You shall not engage in any deceptive, misleading, illegal or unethical marketing activities, or activities that otherwise may be detrimental to us, our customers, or to the public. Export laws and regulations of the United States and any other relevant local export laws and regulations may apply to the LEANSTACK Products. You will comply with the sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury.  You will not directly or indirectly export, re-export, or transfer the LEANSTACK Products to prohibited countries or individuals or permit use of the LEANSTACK Products by prohibited countries or individuals.

g. Severability. If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable by applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of this Agreement will continue in effect.

h. Notices. Notice will be sent to the contact address set forth herein (as such may be changed by notice given to the other party), and will be deemed delivered as of the date of actual receipt.

To LEANSTACK, Inc.: LEANSTACK, Inc., 5409 Montview Street, Austin, TX 78756, U.S.A. Attention: General Counsel

To you: your address as provided in our partner account information for you.

We may give electronic notices by general notice via the partner portal and may give electronic notices specific to you by email to your e-mail address(es) on record in our account information for you or through the notifications center in the partner portal. We may give notice to you by telephone calls to the telephone numbers on record in our account information for you.

i. Entire Agreement. This Agreement is the entire agreement between us for Agency Partner Program and supersedes all other proposals and agreements (including all prior versions of the LEANSTACK  Partner Program Agreement, if any), whether electronic, oral or written, between us. We object to and reject any additional or different terms proposed by you, including those contained in your purchase order, acceptance or website. Our obligations are not contingent on the delivery of any future functionality or features of the LEANSTACK Products or dependent on any oral or written public comments made by us regarding future functionality or features of the LEANSTACK Products. It is the express wish of both you and us that this Agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English. We might make versions of this Agreement available in languages other than English. If we do, the English version of this Agreement will govern our relationship and the translated version is provided for convenience only and will not be interpreted to modify the English version of this Agreement.

j. Assignment. You will not assign or transfer this Agreement, including any assignment or transfer by reason of merger, reorganization, sale of all or substantially all of its assets, change of control or operation of law, without our prior written consent. We may assign this Agreement to any affiliate or in the event of merger, reorganization, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, change of control or operation of law.

k. No Third Party Beneficiaries.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any person or entity (other than the parties hereto) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

l. Program Policies.  We may change the Program Policies from time to time by updating our website. Your participation in the  Partner Program is subject to the Program Policies, which are incorporated herein by reference.

m. No Licenses. We grant to you only the rights and licenses expressly stated in this Agreement, and you receive no other rights or licenses with respect to us, the LEANSTACK Products, our trademarks, or any other property or right of ours.

n. Sales by LEANSTACK. This Agreement shall in no way limit our right to sell the LEANSTACK Products, directly or indirectly, to any current or prospective customers.

o. Authority. Each party represents and warrants to the other that it has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and that it is binding upon such party and enforceable in accordance with its terms.

p. Survival. The following sections shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement: ‘Revenue Share and Payment’, ‘Proprietary Rights’, ‘Confidentiality’, ‘Effects of Termination/Expiration’, ‘Indemnification’, ‘Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability’, ‘Non-Solicitation’ and ‘General’.

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