Hosting - Class

The Service Provider

Class Creative Limited a company registered in England and Wales under number 06783153 whose registered office is at 11 Kingfisher Business Park, Redditch, B98 8LG.

Whereas

The Service Provider is engaged in the business of providing Hosting Services to clients and has reasonable skill, knowledge, qualifications and experience in that field.

The Client wishes to acquire the Hosting Services provided by the Service Provider as detailed in Clause 6 and Schedule 1, subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

The Service Provider wishes to provide the Hosting Services to the Client subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of this Agreement

1) Definitions and Interpretation

In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
- “Business Day”means any day (other than Saturday or Sunday) on which ordinary banks are open for their full range of normal business in England;
- “Commencement Date”means the date on which this Agreement comes into force pursuant to Clause 2;
- “Confidential Information”means, in relation to either Party, information which is disclosed to that Party by the other Party pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise (whether orally or in writing or any other medium, and whether or not the information is expressly stated to be confidential or marked or may be interpreted as such);
- “Downtime”means the non-availability of one or more parts of the Hosting Services as defined in Clause 7;
- “Fees”means the fees payable by the Client to the Service Provider in accordance with Clause 5 and Schedule 1;
- “Hosting Package”means the specification under which the Hosting Services and Fees shall be determined and provided as set out in Schedule 1;
- “Hosting Services”means the website hosting services provided by the Service Provider as set out in Clause 6;
- “Intellectual Property Rights”means any and all patents, rights in inventions, rights in designs, trade marks, trade and business names and all associated goodwill, rights to sue for passing- off or for unfair competition, copyright, moral rights and related rights, rights in databases, topography rights, domain names, rights in information (including know-how and trade secrets) and all other similar or equivalent rights (subsisting now or in the future) in any part of the world, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights for their full term;
- “Scheduled Service Downtime”means Downtime which is pre-planned by the Service Provider for maintenance, upgrades and similar activities in accordance with Clause 8;
- “Service Levels”means the agreed levels to which the Service Provider’s performance in providing the Hosting Services must adhere as set out in Clause 7;
- “Support Request”means a message sent to the Service Provider via email to the following email: [email protected]
- “Term”means the term of this Agreement as set out in Clause 2; and
- “Uptime”means the normal, fully functional availability of the Hosting Services and all components thereof.
Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference in this Agreement to
1. “writing” and any cognate expression, includes a reference to any communication effected by electronic or facsimile transmission or similar means;
2. a statute or a provision of a statute is a reference to that statute or provision as amended or re-enacted at the relevant time;
3. “this Agreement” is a reference to this Agreement and each of the Schedules as amended or supplemented at the relevant time;
4. a Schedule is a schedule to this Agreement; and
5. a Clause or paragraph is a reference to a Clause of this Agreement (other than the Schedules) or a paragraph of the relevant Schedule.
6. a “Party” or the “Parties” refer to the parties to this Agreement.
The headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall have no effect upon the interpretation of this Agreement.
Words imparting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa.

2) Term of Agreement

This Agreement will come into force on the commencement date of [DD/MM/YYYY] and shall continue on a [monthly/annual] basis, subject to the provisions of Clauses 7 and 12.

3) Service Provider’s Obligations

The Service Provider shall provide the Hosting Services to the Client in accordance with the provisions of Clause 6 and Schedule 1 and in accordance with the required Service Levels set out in Clause 7.
The Service Provider shall provide the Client with such information and advice in connection with the Hosting Services and the provision thereof as the Client may, from time to time, reasonably require both before and during the provision of the Hosting Services.
The Service Provider shall use reasonable endeavours to keep the Client informed of any special requirements (including, but not limited to, legislative requirements) applicable to the provision of the Hosting Services. To the extent necessary and appropriate, the Service Provider shall promptly take steps to comply with any such requirements. These steps shall not otherwise alter this Agreement in any way.

4) Client’s Obligations

The Client shall provide the Service Provider with such information in connection with the Hosting Services and the provision thereof as the Service Provider may, from time to time, reasonably require both before and during the provision of the Hosting Services.
The Client shall comply with any and all terms and conditions which the Service Provider may apply to the Hosting Services.

5) Fees and Payment

The Client shall pay the Fees to the Service Provider on a [monthly/annual] basis in accordance with the pricing structure of the Hosting Package as consideration for the Hosting Services provided by the Service Provider in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
All payments required to be made pursuant to this Agreement by the Client shall be made at monthly intervals by Direct Debit payments to the Service Provider.
Where any payment pursuant to this Agreement is required to be made on a day which is not a Business Day, it may be made on the next following Business Day.
If either Party fails to pay on the due date any amount which is payable to the other pursuant to this Agreement then, without prejudice to and notwithstanding sub-Clause 12.2.1, that amount shall bear interest from the due date until payment is made in full, both before and after any judgment, at a rate of 5% per annum over the Bank of England base rate from time to time in force.

6) Provision of the Hosting Services

The Service Provider shall, throughout the term of this Agreement, provide the Hosting Services to the Client in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the provisions of the Hosting Package and the Service Levels.
The Service Provider shall be responsible for ensuring that it complies with all statutes, regulations, bye-laws, standards, codes of conduct and any other rules relevant to the provision of the Hosting Services.
The Service Provider shall provide the Hosting Services only as specified in the Hosting Package unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties.

7) Service Levels

The Service Provider shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure an Uptime rate of 99%.
The Service Provider shall implement such organisational, technological and other measures as are reasonably required to ensure the Uptime rate set out in sub-Clause 7.1.
For the purposes of this Agreement, Downtime refers to one or more whole periods of 60 minutes commencing upon the submission by the Client of an email informing the Service Provider of the non-availability of the Hosting Services.
The Service Provider shall issue a discount of 5% of the monthly Fees payable for each whole 24 hour period of Downtime. Such discounts shall be applied to the Fee payment due immediately following the Downtime. Discounts shall be made up to a maximum of 50% of the Fees payable for a given month.
In the event that the Hosting Services are unavailable for a period exceeding 24 hours per month for 3 consecutive months, the Client shall have the right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with sub-Clause 12.3.
Sub-Clauses 7.4 and 7.5 shall not apply to any Downtime which results from any of the following:
1. Scheduled Service Downtime;
2. Failure of the Client’s own computer systems, network or software;
3. Failure by the Client, its employees, subcontractors, agents or other similar third parties to comply with any reasonable instructions issued by the Service Provider;
4. Breach by the Client of any terms or restrictions of the Hosting Package including, but not limited to, exceeding data storage or transfer limitations;
5. Problems which are beyond the reasonable control of the Service Provider including, but not limited to, internet service provider failure and other matters arising under Clause 15;

8) Scheduled Service Downtime

The Service Provider may, from time to time, require Scheduled Service Downtime in order to perform maintenance and upgrades on its computer systems, network and infrastructure.
The Service Provider shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure that any period of Scheduled Service Downtime causes minimal disruption to the Hosting Services and is as brief as is reasonably possible. Nothing in this sub-Clause 8.2 shall constitute a guarantee of the same.
The Service Provider shall notify the Client of Scheduled Service Downtime no later than 24 hours prior to the start of the same. Such notice shall include an outline summary of the work to be performed during, and the estimated duration of, the Scheduled Service Downtime.
Whenever possible, the Service Provider shall use reasonable endeavours to perform maintenance and upgrades without incurring any Scheduled Service Downtime.

9) Service and Performance Monitoring

The Service Provider shall appoint the Performance Monitor to ensure that the Hosting Services are provided in accordance with the Service Levels and the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in particular to deal with respond accordingly to any and all emails informing the Service Provider of the non- availability of the Hosting Services.

10) Confidentiality

Each Party undertakes that, except as provided by sub-Clause 10.2 or as authorised in writing by the other Party, it shall, at all times during the continuance of this Agreement and for 30 days after its termination:
1. keep confidential all Confidential Information;
2. not disclose any Confidential Information to any other party;
3. not use any Confidential Information for any purpose other than as contemplated by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
4. not make any copies of, record in any way or part with possession of any Confidential Information; and
5. ensure that none of its directors, officers, employees, agents or advisers does any act which, if done by that Party, would be a breach of the provisions of sub- clauses 10.1.1 to 10.1.4 above.
Either Party may:
1. disclose any Confidential Information to:
2. any sub-contractor or supplier of that Party;
3. any governmental or other authority or regulatory body; or
4. any employee or officer of that Party or of any of the aforementioned persons, parties or bodies; to such extent only as is necessary for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement, or as required by law, and in each case subject to that Party first informing the person, party or body in question that the Confidential Information is confidential and (except where the disclosure is to any such body as is mentioned in sub-Clause 10.2.1.2 above or any employee or officer of any such body) obtaining and submitting to the other Party a written undertaking from the person in question, as nearly as practicable in the terms of this Clause 10, to keep the Confidential Information confidential and to use it only for the purposes for which the disclosure is made; and
5. use any Confidential Information for any purpose, or disclose it to any other person, to the extent only that it is at the date of this Agreement, or at any time after that date becomes, public knowledge through no fault of that Party, provided that in doing so that Party does not disclose any part of that Confidential Information which is not public knowledge.

11) Intellectual Property Rights

The Service Provider will not acquire ownership of any Intellectual Property Rights subsisting in any material belonging to the Client which the Client may, from time to time, require the Service Provider to host or store in the course of providing the Hosting Services.
The Client agrees to fully indemnify the Service Provider against any and all costs, expenses, liabilities, losses, damages, claims and judgments that the Service Provider may incur or be subject to as a result of the infringement of any Intellectual Property Rights belonging to any third party arising out of the Client’s failure to obtain the necessary rights and permissions from third parties in relation to any material (or Intellectual Property Rights) owned by such third parties.
The provisions of this Clause 10 shall continue in force in accordance with their terms, notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement for any reason.

12) Termination

Either Party may terminate this Agreement by giving to the other not less than 120 days written notice.
Either Party may forthwith terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the other Party if:
1. any sum owing to that Party by the other Party under any of the provisions of this Agreement is not paid within 30 days of the due date for payment;
2. the other Party commits any other material breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement and, if the breach is capable of remedy, fails to remedy it.
3. an encumbrancer takes possession, or where the other Party is a company, a receiver is appointed, of any of the property or assets of that other Party;
4. the other Party makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors or, being a company, becomes subject to an administration order (within the meaning of the Insolvency Act 1986);
5. the other Party, being an individual or firm, has a bankruptcy order made against it or, being a company, goes into liquidation (except for the purposes of bona fide amalgamation or re-construction and in such a manner that the company resulting therefrom effectively agrees to be bound by or assume the obligations imposed on the other Party under this Agreement);
6. anything analogous to any of the foregoing under the law of any jurisdiction occurs in relation to the other Party;
7. the other Party ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business; or
8. control of the other Party is acquired by any person or connected persons not having control of that other Party on the date of this Agreement. For the purposes of this Clause 12, “control” and “connected persons” shall have the meanings ascribed thereto by Sections 1124 and 1122 respectively of the Corporation Tax Act 2010.
9. The Client shall have the right to forthwith terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the Service Provider in the event that the Service Provider fails to provide the Hosting Services in compliance with the Service Levels for the period set out in sub-Clause 7.5.
10. The right to terminate this Agreement given by this Clause 12 shall not prejudice any other right or remedy of either Party in respect of the breach concerned (if any) or any other breach.

13) Liability and Indemnity

Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, neither Party shall be liable or responsible to the other in contract, tort or otherwise (including any liability for negligence) for:
1. any loss of revenue, business, contracts, anticipated savings or profits, or any loss of use of facilities; or
2. any special indirect or consequential loss howsoever arising.
3. For the purposes of sub-Clause 14.1.1 “anticipated savings” means any expense which either Party expects to avoid incurring or to incur to a lesser degree than would otherwise have been the case by reason of the use of the Hosting Services provided by the Service Provider under this Agreement.

14) Force Majeure

Neither Party to this Agreement shall be liable for any failure or delay in performing their obligations where such failure or delay results from any cause that is beyond the reasonable control of that Party. Such causes include, but are not limited to: power failure, internet service provider failure, industrial action, civil unrest, fire, flood, storms, earthquakes, acts of terrorism, acts of war, governmental action or any other event that is beyond the control of the Party in question.

15) Nature of the Agreement

This Agreement is personal to the Parties and neither Party may assign, mortgage, or charge (otherwise than by floating charge) [or sub-license] any of its rights hereunder, or sub-contract or otherwise delegate any of its obligations hereunder, except with the written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to its subject matter and may not be modified except by an instrument in writing signed by the duly authorised representatives of the Parties.
Each Party acknowledges that, in entering into this Agreement, it does not rely on any representation, warranty or other provision except as expressly provided in this Agreement, and all conditions, warranties or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
No failure or delay by either Party in exercising any of its rights under this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of that right, and no waiver by either Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
At any time after the Commencement Date each of the Parties shall, at the request and cost of the other Party, execute or procure the execution of such documents and do or procure the doing of such acts and things as the Party so requiring may reasonably require for the purpose of giving to the Party so requiring the full benefit of all the provisions of this Agreement.

16) Severance

The Parties agree that, in the event that one or more of the provisions of this Agreement is found to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, that / those provisions shall be deemed severed from the remainder of this

Agreement. The remainder of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable.

17) Finally

This Agreement (including any non-contractual matters and obligations arising therefrom or associated therewith) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales.

Any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim between the Parties relating to this Agreement (including any non-contractual matters and obligations arising therefrom or associated therewith) shall fall within the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.