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FRANCHISE AGREEMENT
between
[YOUR COMPANY]
and
[_____________________]
No.:
WHEREAS
1. The Franchisor is (i) a holder of “[YOUR COMPANY]” trademark license
(“Trademark”) and the owner/legal holder of the Franchisor’s
Intellectual Property Rights (as defined below) which all would be utilized
by the Franchisor for the purpose of the implementation of this
Agreement; and
NOW THEREFORE, based on good faith and mutual trust, the Parties in
consideration of the undertakings and commitments set forth herein, agree
as follows:
Article 1
DEFINITIONS
““Marketing and Sales Services Fee” means fee which must be paid by
the Franchisee to the Franchisor for the marketing and sales services
provided by the Franchisor as stipulated in Article 13 of this Agreement.
““Training Fee” means fee which must be paid by the Franchisee to the
Franchisor for providing training program pursuant to Article 13 of this
Agreement.
““Audit and Quality Control Fee” means fee which must be paid by the
Franchisee to the Franchisor for conducting audit and quality control
pursuant to Article 13 of this Agreement.
““Franchise Fee” means fee which must be paid by the Franchisee to the
Franchisor before the date of the signing of this Agreement, as set out in
Article 13 of this Agreement.
“Area” means the geographical area where the Franchisee may conduct the
marketing and distribution activities of the Franchise Product as stipulated in
Article 3.3 of the Agreement.
Article 2
GRANTING OF RIGHTS
For the duration of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of
the Franchisor, the Franchisee shall not:
d. Purchase, use, market, distribute and/or sell products other than: (i)
the Franchisor’s Product; (ii) the Franchise Product; and/or (iii) any
other product agreed by the Franchisor from time to time.
e. directly or indirectly produce any products which will used for the
purpose of implementations of this Agreement which are not in
accordance with the Production Manual and other relevant terms as
set out in this Agreement.
Article 3
BUSINESS SITE AND AREA
3.1 The Franchisee own and/or control the Establishment at the addresse(s)
as set out franchising business address from where it will conduct the
Operational Activities.
3.2 The Franchisee shall not change the location of its Establishment without
the Franchisor’s prior written consent
3.3 In relation to its Operational Activities, The Franchisee may only conduct
marketing and distribution of the Franchise Product within [please insert
the exact area]
3.4 For the purpose of implementing this Agreement, the Franchisee shall
within 30 days after signing the agreement complete the modifications
of the Establishment to conform with [YOUR COMPANY] Identity
Guidelines, directions provided by the Franchisor and relevant terms of
this Agreement.
3.5 Any costs incurred in performing such modifications set out in Article 3.4
above shall be borne by the Franchisee.
3.6 The requirement set out in Article 3.4 above is an essential part of this
arrangement therefore should the Franchisee fails to complete such
modification during the time period set out above or other period as
agreed by the Franchisor in writing, the Franchisor may immediately
terminate this Agreement and any fees paid by the Franchisee to the
Franchisor in accordance with the trems of this Agreement will not be
paid back to the Franchisee. Termination of this Agreement may
resulted in penalty as listed in Article 16 of this Agreement.
Article 4
QUALITY STANDARD
4.1 In performing the Operational Activities, the Franchisee shall follow the
quality standard such as production, after sales service, reporting,
bookkeeping, accounting, and/or management as provided in the
relevant Manuals.
4.3 Franchisee is not allowed to sell franchise product which would not
comply with quality standard. Franchise product which would not comply
with quality standard should immediately be demolished. Sales of the
products that do not pass Franchise quality control might resulted in
termination of this contract and its consequences according to Article
16.
4.4 The Franchisor will immediately notify the Franchisee in the event of any
amendments, supplements or variation to any of the Manuals.
Article 5
REGISTRATION OF AGREEMENT
5.1 The Franchisee shall register this Agreement with all related information
to the appropriate authority no later than 30 (thirty) business days after
the date of this Agreement
5.1 The Franchisee shall take all necessary action to obtain a Franchise
Business Registration Letter (FBRL) and apply for an extension of the
FBRL in the event that it expires prior the the expiration of this
Agreement. Any expense incurred in this regard shall be borne by the
Franchisee.
5.2 Franchisee shall provide a copy of the FBRL to the Franchisor as soon as
the Franchisee obtains the FBRL from the relevant authority.
Article 6
TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
6.2 The Franchisor reserve the rights to terminate or postpone trainings if all
the required training items are not available or Franchisee does not have
a proper human resources to participate in the training.
Article 7
FRANCHISE PRODUCTS
7.1 The Franchisor shall sell the Franchisor’s Products to the Franchisee to
be: used as material for the production of the Franchise Product;
7.2 The Franchisee shall sell the Franchisor Product at the lowest price as
will be determined by the Franchisor from time to time after taking into
account among other production and distribution costs, market
conditions as well as margin for the Franchisee.
7.3 The Franchisee may determine the sale price of the Franchise Product
with due consideration to the Franchisor’s lowest selling price.
7.4 In order to maintain the sustainability of the Operational Activities, the
Franchisor will perform reasonable effort to make a punctual delivery of
the Franchisor’s products to the Franchisee.
8.2 If the franchisee obtained credit facility from third party, the Franchisee
shall fulfill all of its obligations, including punctual payment of the
installments in accordance with the terms and conditions of the credit
facility. In the event the Franchisee fails to fulfill these obligations, the
Franchisor shall have the right to unilaterally terminate this Agreement
pursuant to Article 15 of this Agreement.
Articles 9
EQUIPMENTS AND MACHINERIES
9.1 The Franchisee must use equipments and machineries that must be
purchased and/or leased by the Franchisee from the Franchisor.
9.2 The Franchisee must paid all the machines and supporting equipments
used to produce the Franchisor products in advance before the signing of this
agreement.
Article 10
REPORTING, CONTROLLING AND INSPECTION
Article 11
INTELLLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
11.2 The Franchisee hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement is
not intended to transfer Trademark and Franchisor’s Intellectual Property
Rights to the Franchisee. Therefore, the Franchisee is prohibited from
conducting any action which can result in the loss or nullification of the
rights of the Franchisor to Franchisor’s Intellectual Property Right,
including but not limited to registering Franchisor’s Intellectual Property
Right under the Franchisee’s or any other name.
11.5 The Franchisee shall immediately notify the Franchisor in the event that
the Franchisee discovers unlawful use of the Franchisor’s Intellectual
Property Rights. The Franchisee shall assist the Franchisor in addressing
the unlawful and/or unauthorized use of the Franchisor’s Intellectual
Property Rights.
Article 12
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
12.1.1 The Franchisee has full legal authority and has obtained all
permits necessary to perform its business activities, to sign the
Agreement and perform its obligations under this Agreement, so
that the Franchisee does not default, contradict, or violate any
laws, regulations or other contracts under which the Franchisee is
a party.
12.1.2 The Franchisee is not involved in any court dispute which
may materially affect the Franchisee’s business activity, is not
subject to any petition for bankruptcy, petitioning for the
suspension of any payments, or declaring itself bankrupt.
12.1.5 The Franchisee is the legal owner or otherwise has full legal
rights and control to the Establishment for the full term of this
Agreement.
Article 13
FEES AND PAYMENT METHOD
b. Training Fee for the first year training program as set out in
Article 6 of this Agreement, in the amount of:
13.1.2 The Franchisee shall pay the Franchise Fee prior to the
signing of this agreement and valid for five years. Franchise Fee
cannot be redeemed when this Agreement is terminated for any
reasons.
13.1.3 In the following year, the Training Fee (technical and non
technical) will be charged depending on the performance of the
Franchisee in the first year. If the performance does not meet
satisfactorily level determined by the Franchisor, the Franchisee
shall pay the training fees that will be stipulated by the Franchisor
no later than [1 month] before the anniversary of this Agreement.
13.2.2 The Franchisee shall pay the Royalty Fee on monthly basis,
and such payment must be received no later than the 3rd business
days after the 10th day the relevant month.
13.3.2 Franchisee shall pay the Marketing and Sales Services Fee
after the Franchisee has received payment from the relevant
customer as stipulated in Article 13.3.1 above.
13.3.3 The Franchisee shall pay the Marketing and Sales fee on
monthly basis, and such payment must be received no latter than
the 3rd business day after the 10th day of the relevant month.
[YOUR COMPANY]
Bank Name
Account No. :
Article 14
TERM AND EXTENSION OF AGREEMENT
14.1 Term of Agreement
This Agreement may be extended upon the agreement of the Parties, for
additional period of 5 (five) years, with the condition that the Franchisee
has notified the Franchisor in writing of its desire to extend this
Agreement, at least 6 (six) months prior to the expiration of this
Agreement.
Article 15
TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
15.1 Each Party is entitled to terminate this Agreement in the event of the
occurrence of the following:
e. At any time during the life of this Agreement, if the Franchisee loses
support from the related authorities, its business licenses have been
revoked or cancelled, or it is involved in an incident with its clients or
any other incidents which can ruin the reputation of the Franchisor
and/or reduce its ability to perform the business or Operational
Activities by giving prior notice no later than 14 (fourteen) calendar
days prior.
f. The Franchise Agreement has expired or been terminated by giving
prior notice no later than 14 (fourteen) calendar days prior.
15.2 In the event that the Parties must terminate this Agreement under
Article 15.1 of this Agreement, the Party intending to terminate this
Agreement must provide prior written notice on the other Party
indicating its intention to terminate this Agreement.
15.4 The Parties hereby waive Article 1266 of the Indonesian Civil Code to
the extent that prior judicial approval is required as a precondition to the
termination of this Agreement.
Article 16
CONSEQUENCES OF TERMINATION
In the event that this Agreement is terminated for any reason whatsoever,
the Franchisor and Franchisee agree to the following:
a. The Franchisee shall pay Royalty Fee for the month when the Agreement
is terminated
Article 17
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
17.1 The events below are referred to as “Event of Default”, and are
as follow:
a. In the event that one Party fails to fulfill its obligations as set out in
this Agreement, provisions, consents, or provisions stipulated in this
Agreement or related documents without any written agreement or
notice.;
17.3 30 (thirty) calendar days after the meeting stated in Article 17.2
above the event of default has not be remedied, the non defaulting party
shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement and upon the termination
the Parties agree that the actions stipulated in Article 17 shall
immediately be taken.
Article 18
FORCE MAJEURE
18.1 The Parties shall not be held liable for delays or failure to fulfill
their respective obligations due to matters beyond the control of the
respective Parties (Force Majeure), such as:
b. outbreak of diseases;
18.2 The Party affected by Force Majeur shall serve a written notice to
the other Party within 14 (fourteen) calendar days from the date the
Force Majeur occured, and shall use its best efforts to fulfill its
obligations under this Agreement.
18.3 In the event that the Party affected by the Force Majeure, after
using its best efforts, fails to fulfil its obligations under this Agreement,
the Parties shall convene a discussion to overcome the problem and
reach a mutually beneficial solution.
Article 19
CONFIDENTIALITY
19.1 The Franchisee, its affilates, executives, directors, employees, and
agents shall keep confidential all information and Manual obtained from
the Franchisor, and the Franchisee is prohibited from using such
information for purposes other than as stipulated in this Agreement,
except for information which is already known by the public, and
information that has become public information after its disclosure.
Article 20
GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement and the rights and obligations of Parties shall be executed
and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the [YOUR COUNTRY].
Article 21
DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS
21.1 All disputes arising between the Parties shall be settled through
mutual discussions within 14 (fourteen) calendar days of a Party serving
written notice to the other Party concerning a dispute pertaining to the
implementation of or differences of interpretation to this Agreement.
Article 22
NOTICES
Any notice shall be in writing and shall either be personally delivered or
transmitted by prepaid registered mail or transmitted by facsimile (with
receipt) to the party at the addresses that follow;
1. [YOUR COMPANY]
XXXXXXX
[YOUR CITY] xxxxx
Telephone : (62-21)
Fax : (62-21)
2. [Franchisee]
[address]
Telephone : (62-21)
Fax : (62-21)
Attention. : ___________
Any Party may change its address by giving notice to the other Party, and the
change of address shall be effective upon receipt of the notice by the other
Party.
Article 23
ASSIGNMENT
23.1 Assignment by the Franchisee
The Franchisor may assign any right and obligation as stipulated in the
Agreement to the affiliated third party.
Article 24
INDEMNITY
24.1 The Franchisor shall not be responsible for any losses or damages
which may be suffered, directly or indirectly, by the Franchisee whether
or not arising from the implementation of this Agreement.
24.2 The performance of the Operational Activities and any action taken
by the Franchisee, its agent and Contractor which are directly or
indirectly related to this Agreement shall be the sole responsibility of the
Franchisee and the Franchisee shall indemnify and hold the Franchisor,
any of its subsidiaries, affiliates. agents, directors, commissioners,
consultants (“Idemnified Persons”) from any losses, damages, costs
(including advocate fees) arising out of any legal actions, suits, demand,
claims, made by any party (whether private or government) arising out
of the performance of the Operational Activities by the Franchisee or
actions taken by the Conractor (whether or not pursuant to the
Construction Agreement).
Article 25
MISCELLANEOUS
26.1 Final Agreement
26.2 Severability