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Terms
and Conditions of Sale
1. Acceptance. All contracts with LEP Special Fasteners, Inc.
(Seller) are expressly limited to
and made conditional upon Purchasers acceptance of the terms
and conditions contained
herein. (The term Purchaser as used herein is hereby defined
to include the direct purchaser
of the goods, its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns
and all third parties who
purchase products or components which contain goods manufactured by
Seller). Any of the
Purchasers terms and conditions, which are not separately agreed
to in writing are hereby
objected to and rejected. Objection to any terms and conditions contained
herein shall be
deemed to have been waived if written notice of such objections is
not received by Seller
within 10 (ten) days of the date of receipt of the quotation or invoice,
whichever is sooner.
Purchaser will in any event be deemed to have assented to all terms
and conditions contained
herein if any part of the goods described herein is accepted.
Please note particularly the Warranty and Limitation of Remedies provisions
set forth below:
2. Warranty and Limitation of Remedies. All goods manufactured
by Seller are warranted to
be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use.
THIS EXPRESS
WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF AND EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER
EXPRESSED,
IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
In the event of Sellers liability, whether based on contract,
tort, negligence, strict liability or
otherwise, Purchasers sole and exclusive remedy will be limited
to, at Sellers option, the
repair of replacement by Seller of any nonconforming goods for which
claim is made by
Purchaser in accordance with these terms and conditions or to the
allowance of a credit for the
portion of the purchase price paid by the Purchaser attributable to
the nonconforming goods.
Seller shall not be liable for incidental, which seller hereby disclaims,
consequential or special
damages, or any other losses, damages or expenses, directly or indirectly
arising from the
sale, remanufacture, handling or use of the goods or from any other
cause relating thereto.
THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY, IF ANY, OF SELLER FOR ALL DAMAGES, INCLUDING
WITHOUT
LIMITATION CONTRACT DAMAGES AND DAMAGES FOR INJURIES TO PERSONS OR
PROPERTY,
WHETHER ARISING FROM SELLERS BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT, BREACH OF WARRANTY,
NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER TORT WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCTS,
IS
LIMITED TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT. PURCHASER
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE QUOTED PRICE OF THE GOODS REFLECTS THE ABOVE-STATED
LIMITATIONS OF WARRANTIES AND SELLERS LIABILITIES; PURCHASER
EXPRESSLY ACCEPTS
THESE LIMITATIONS IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PRICE TO BE PAID FOR THE
GOODS AND
AGREES THAT SELLER WOULD NOT SELL THE GOODS TO PURCHASER AT THE QUOTED
PRICE
WITHOUT THE ABOVE-STATED LIMITATIONS OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITIES.
Any action
brought relating to the goods must be commenced within one year from
the date such cause
of action arose.
3. Default. Each shipment deliverable under any order accepted
by the Seller shall be deemed to
be sold under a separate contract, and the party in default in respect
to any such shipment
shall be liable for such default. But any such default shall not entitle
the other party to
repudiate the contract in regard to any shipments to be made in the
future.
4. Claims, Notice of defects. In the event any goods to be
furnished hereunder are claimed to
be defective, the Seller shall be given ample opportunity for inspection
or upon request shall
be furnished with a sample of such goods. Seller shall be liable only
to repair or replace
defective goods or to allow credit for such item at its option. Any
claims must be made within
10 (ten) days after receipt of the goods shipped hereunder.
5. Returned Goods. Goods may be returned upon Sellers
written approval. All returned goods
must be packaged in Sellers box bearing the original lot identification
number of the returned
part and must reference a return authorization number provided by
Seller. Any credit issued
for returned non-defective goods shall be subject to Sellers
restocking charge.
6. Patent or Trademark Infringemen . If the goods sold hereunder
are to be prepared for
manufacture according to the Purchasers specifications, Purchaser
shall defend, hold harmless
and indemnify Seller against any claims, liability, costs, or attorneys
fees incurred in relation
to any claim for patent or trademark infringement.
7. Force Majeure. Seller shall not be liable for any delay
in delivery or for non-delivery, in whole
or in part, caused by the occurrence of any contingency beyond the
control either of Seller or
of suppliers to the Seller including but not limited to failure or
delay in transportation, acts of
any government or any agency or subdivision thereof, judicial action,
labor disputes, fire,
accident, or acts of nature, shortage of labor, fuel, raw material
or machinery or technical
failure. If any contingency occurs, Seller may allocate production
and deliveries among Sellers
customers.
8. Confidentiality. In the event Purchasers personnel
visit Sellers plant or Purchaser otherwise
receives any proprietary or confidential information from Seller,
such information shall be
retained as confidential by Purchaser and not be used or disclosed
to any third party without
the written consent of Seller. Seller retains all rights in any invention,
improvement,
discovery, or patent it conceives relating to goods delivered hereunder.
9. Prices . Unless otherwise stated, all prices quoted are
valid for no more than 15 (fifteen) days
from the date of the sales quotation and are subject to change at
any time, without notice, to
prices prevailing at time such goods are shipped by Seller. Any prices
quoted for tooling or
similar equipment consist of charges for engineering and development,
and do not entitle the
Purchasers to ownership or right of removal of such tooling or equipment.
If there is a delay in
completion of shipment of said order, due to any changes requested
by Purchaser or as a
result of any delay on Purchasers part in furnishing information
required for completion of the
order, the price agreed upon at the time of acceptance of order is
subject to change. All prices
are FOB Sellers plant unless agreed upon and stated in writing
by Seller. Prices are exclusive
of all taxes, federal, state or local unless otherwise noted. There
will be added to the quoted
price any sales or other tax or duty which Seller may be required
to collect to pay upon the
sale of goods quoted. If such amount is not included in invoice of
the goods, it may be
invoiced separately later.
10. Q uantity Shipped. The total quantity of any item of goods
shipped by Seller is subject to a
tolerance of plus or minus 10 (ten) percent of the total quantity
ordered of that item. The
total price charged by Seller shall be adjusted to reflect the actual
quantity shipped to
Purchaser.
11. Delivery. The promised delivery date is the best estimate
possible of when the goods will be
shipped. Seller shall not be liable for any loss, damage, incidental
or consequential damage
due to delays.
12. Cancellation. Orders accepted by Seller cannot be cancelled
or deliveries deferred except
with Sellers consent in writing and upon such terms as will
indemnify Seller against loss,
including incidental, consequential and special damages. Orders cancelled
or terminated by
the Purchaser for reasons not the fault of Seller are subject to cancellation
charges in addition
to actual costs incurred by Seller.
13. Engineering and Development. Any equipment constructed or
supplied by Seller, including
patterns, jigs, dies, gauges and tools, is proprietary to the Seller.
Therefore, payment of
charges for engineering and development of such equipment which the
Seller constructs,
designs or requires for use in the production of goods for Purchaser
conveys neither ownership
not the right of removal from the Seller.
14. Credit Approval. Shipment and delivery of goods and performance
of work shall at all times
be subject to the approval of Sellers credit department and
Seller may at any time decline to
make any shipment or delivery or perform any work except upon receipt
of payment or upon terms and conditions or security satisfactory to
Seller. The Seller has sole discretion of
terminating the credit line to the Purchaser.
15. Payment Terms. Subject to the provisions of credit approval
and unless otherwise stated,
terms of payment are net 30 (thirty) days from the date of the invoice,
without any offset. On
all past-due invoices Seller reserves the right to charge interest,
which shall accrue and shall
be payable by Purchaser to Seller at the rate of 18% per annum or
at the maximum rate of
interest allowed by law, whichever is less.
16. Remedies. The rights and remedies reserved to Seller shall
be cumulative and additional to
all other remedies provided by law or equity. Seller shall be entitled
to recover costs and
attorney fees in the enforcement or defense of any rights hereunder.
17. Assignments. Neither party shall assign its rights or delegate
its performance hereunder
without the prior written consent of the other and any attempted assignment
of delegation
without such consent shall be void.
18. Entire Agreement. This instrument contains the entire agreement
of the parties relating to
the subject matter hereof and may not be waived, changed, modified,
extended or discharged
orally but only by agreement in writing and signed by the party against
whom enforcement of
any such waiver, change, modification, extension or discharge is sought.
19. Governing Law. This agreement shall be construed, interpreted
and the rights of the parties
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana. Purchaser
irrevocably waives
to the extent allowed by law (a) trial by jury in any action or proceeding
with respect to this
agreement, and (b) any objection (including, without limitation, any
objection to the laying of
venue or based on the grounds of forum non conv eniens ) which it
may now or hereafter
have to the bringing of any action or proceeding with respect to this
agreement in Frankfort
Indiana. Nothing herein shall limit the right of Seller to bring proceedings.
20. Inspection. Purchaser shall inspect all goods immediately
upon delivery. Ten (10) days after
Sellers initial delivery to Purchaser or Purchasers agent,
Purchaser shall have waived all
inspection rights and have irrevocably accepted the goods if no written
objection to Seller is
made by Purchaser as to the price, quality, quantity or condition
of the goods.
21. No Conflicting or Supplemental Terms and Conditions. All
contracts for sale of goods
including the price quoted is conditioned upon Purchasers acceptance
without change,
deviation or supplementation of the foregoing Terms and Conditions
of Sale. The acceptance
of the prices quoted irrevocably constitutes the acceptance of all
of Terms and Conditions of
Sale contained herein by Purchaser, and any different or supplemental
terms of sales
contained on any order form or other writing (including any electronic
format) prepared by
Purchaser shall be null, void and of no force or effect, unless separately
and expressly
accepted in writing by an authorized representative of Seller.
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