Exhibit 10.22
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT
(“Agreement”) is entered into as of the 21
st
day of December, 2004,
by and between QVC, Inc. (“QVC”), a Delaware
corporation with its principal place of business at Studio Park,
1200 Wilson Drive, West Chester, PA 19380, and Nutri/System, Inc.
(“Company”), a Delaware corporation, with its principal
place of business at 202 Welsh Road, Horsham, PA 19044.
BACKGROUND
A. QVC and its subsidiaries promote,
market, sell and distribute (collectively, “Promote”)
products through various means and media, including without
limitation, their televised shopping programs (the
“Programs”).
B. Company manufactures, develops
and/or sells meal programs for weight loss (all such meal programs
for weight loss manufactured, developed or sold by Company, whether
now in existence or developed hereafter, collectively, the
“Products”).
C. Company and QVC desire that QVC
Promote the Products through certain means and media.
NOW, THEREFORE, incorporating the
foregoing background, in consideration of the Drop Ship Order(s)
(as defined below) issued or to be issued by QVC to Company, for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant of License and Other
Rights . Company grants to QVC and its subsidiaries throughout
the Term (as defined in paragraph 3 below) of this Agreement:
(i) the exclusive irrevocable right in the United States, its
territories and possessions, the United Kingdom, and Germany (the
‘Territory”) to Promote the Products through Direct
Response Television Programs (as defined below); (ii) the
nonexclusive irrevocable right in the Territory to Promote the
Products through QVC’s Internet Site (as defined below) and
video streaming on QVC’s Internet Site(s); through
QVC’s Insider magazine; and (iii) the nonexclusive
irrevocable right in the Territory to use, publish, reproduce and
transmit the trademarks, trade names, logos, and/or patents and
copyrights used and/or developed by Company in connection with the
Products, including without limitation the words
“Nutri/System” (whether now in existence or created
hereafter, collectively, the “Trademarks”) to Promote
the Products in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. In addition, Company grants to QVC and its subsidiaries
the nonexclusive irrevocable right (subject to the provisions of
paragraph 4 below) to use the rights granted in (i), (ii) and
(iii) above during the Sell-Off Period (as defined in
paragraph 3 below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Direct
Response Television Program” shall mean any televised program
which requests a consumer to respond to any promotion of any
product or service by mail, telephone or other electronic means,
which program: (A) contains an intermittent or continuous call
to action, and devotes at least twenty percent (20%) of
its
programming time to the promotion of products or
services; or (B) is otherwise in the style of a televised
retailing program, The foregoing definition of Direct Response
Television Programs shall not be construed to include Infomercials
or Direct Response Commercial Spots (as such terms are defined,
below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Infomercial”
shall mean pre-recorded television program intended or designed to
be aired multiple times on one or more than one channel, through
which a consumer is requested to purchase any product or service by
mail, telephone or other electronic means. Televised electronic
retailing programs of the kind customarily aired by QVC on its
television shopping channel shall not constitute Infomercials.
“Direct Response Commercial Spots” shall mean a
pre-recorded television advertisement of 2 minutes or less in
length, intended or designed to be aired multiple times and on more
than one channel, through which a consumer is requested to purchase
any product or service by mail, telephone or other electronic
means. Televised electronic retailing programs of the kind
customarily aired by QVC on its television shopping channel shall
not constitute Direct Response Commercial Spots. “QVC’s
Internet Site” shall mean the Internet Site located at
www.OVC.com and any successor or mirror site to such
Internet site. Company acknowledges that signals from QVC’s
Direct Response Television Programs and other means and media
cannot be limited to the Territory and such signals will spillover
into areas outside of the Territory (the “Spillover
Effect”). Company also acknowledges that although Company has
limited QVC’s right to Promote the Products via Direct
Response Television Programs and other means and media to the
Territory, QVC will not be in breach of this Agreement for the
Spillover Effect. For purposes hereinafter, the rights granted to
QVC pursuant to this Paragraph 1 hereof are collectively referred
to as the ‘License”.
2. Products .
(a) From time to time, QVC may issue
to Company a drop ship order, the current form of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by
reference (any such drop ship order, as may be issued from time to
time, is hereinafter referred to as a “Drop Ship
Order”). Unless otherwise indicated in the “Sale or
Return designation, each Drop Ship Order shall be accepted by
Company as an order for the purchase of Products on a “100%
Sale or Return” basis. Hereafter, any purchases of Products
by QVC shall be made according to the terms set forth in this
Agreement and on any such Drop Ship Order(s), subject to
Section 8(f) below. This paragraph 2, together with all other
terms of each Drop Ship Order, shall survive the expiration or
termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement or otherwise, QVC makes no
representations or warranties with resp