Example Of Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)


MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

This MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (the “MOU”) is executed on this the day of the 10th September, 2015.

BETWEEN

K M Engineering represented by its Owner Md. Arif Sultan, son of Md. Gulam Kabir & Mrs. Moktara Begum, Present Address: Celebration Piont (7th Floor) Plot-35, Road-113/A, Gulshan, Dhaka-1212, Dhaka, Permanent Address: House # 766/A, Road # 7, Baitul Aman Housing Society, Mohammadpur, Adabor, Dhaka-1207. National ID No 2690243847364, by faith- Islam, by profession-Businessman, by Nationality- Bangladeshi by birth, we the proprietor of K M Engineering, a sole proprietorship concern, (the “Firm”) owned by us, owned and regulated a VSP Service Provider; License No. BTRC/LL/VSP(614) KM/2013-614, dated: 25/03/2013 (the“VSP License”) in Bangladesh hereinafter referred to as the First Party.
AND

Md. Tanvirul Islam, son of Md. Gulam Kabria & Shahanaj Kabria, House-Ka-88 (3rd Floor) Mohakhali, Dakhsin Para, Gulshan, Dhaka-1212, National ID No. 2692620330339, by faith- Islam, by profession-Businessman, by Nationality- Bangladeshi by birth (Hereinafter referred to as the "Second Party").

Collectively, First Party and Second Party are referred to as "Parties".

RECITALS

(A)       K M Engineering, a sole proprietorship concern, (the “Firm”) owned by its proprietor Md. Arif Sultan owns and regulates a VSP license bearing No. 614, dated: 25.03.2013 (the “VSP License”) in Bangladesh.  
  
(B)       The Second Party being interested in purchasing the VSP License and the Firm approached the First Party and the First Party has agreed to sell the VSP License and the Firm to the Second Party on the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned.

(C)       In the premises as stated above, execution of this MOU between the Parties hereto has become expedient and necessary and the Parties hereto upon their mutual agreement have agreed to enter into this MOU under the terms and conditions set forth hereunder.

NOW, THEREFORE, BOTH PARTIES ENTER INTO THIS MOU, HAVING THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE AND BINDING TO THE RELEVANT PARTIES:

In this MOU, unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions in this Clause shall apply.

1.1              Definitions

Claim’ means any action, suit, proceeding or demand of any kind howsoever arising and whether present or future, fixed or unascertained, actual or contingent, whether at law, in equity, under statute or otherwise.

Considerationmeans Tk. 5,75,000 (Taka Five Lac Seventy Five Thousand) only;

Firm means K M Engineering, details of which are set out above;

Tk.’ means the lawful currency of Bangladesh;

VSP Licence’ means VSP license bearing No. 614, dated 25.03.2013;

1.2              Singular, Plural, Gender

References to one gender include all genders and references to the singular include the plural and vice versa.

1.3              Heading

The headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

1.                  THE DUTIES, ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMMITMENT OF THE                                                  FIRST PARTY

2.1       The First Party expresses its desire to release full ownership of the VSP License and the  Firm.

2.2       The First Party also expresses its sole willingness and sworn legal ability to release the same stated in section 2.l.

2.3       The First Party Warrants that:
             i.         It will be highly ethical and trustworthy.
             ii.        It will provide a special power of attorney and an authorization letter to the
Second Party in relation to the transfer of the VSP License and the Firm.
iii.        It will hand over the original copy of the VSP License and the Trade License No.              0633710 dated 20.08.2014
iv.        It will also hand over the copy of submitted application to BTRC for the said VSP license including the photocopy of pay order to the Second Party.
v.         The First Party will not do any related business, whatsoever, with the Second Party’s client(s).
vi.    The First Party shall not do any illegal business related to the systems and services of VSP business with the Second Party’s referred client(s) and vice versa.
vii.   They will not revive the ownership, liabilities, duties and responsibilities including operation from the Second Party by any means.
viii.  The 2nd Party can make another new trade license if needed in future using the same name.

2.                  THE DUTIES, ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMMITMENT OF THE SECOND PARTY

3.1              The Second Party expresses his/her desire to take over full ownership of the VSP License and the Firm.

3.2              The Second Party also expressed his/her willingness and sworn legal ability to take over the same stated in section 2.

3.3              The Second Party warrants that:
i.      He/she/they will be highly ethical and trustworthy.
ii.     He/she/they will operate the VSP License by taking over its full ownership, income tax, financial liabilities, duties and responsibilities from the First Party.
iii.    He/she/they will take all necessary actions to formalize the transfer of the Trade License held by the Firm and the First Party shall have no responsibility with regards to such transfer.
iv.    He/she/they will pay a total of Tk.5,75,000 (Taka Five Lac Seventy Five Thousand) only to the First Party (the “Consideration”) as consideration for the VSP License and the Firm, which shall be paid by the Second Party against a post dated cheque bearing reference no. or pay order....................................... dated......................... in favour of  K M Engineering (the “Cheque”).
v.    After signed the MOU, the second party will pay all government Tax or any other Tax instead of first party (K M Engineering) if arise in future.
vi. The Second party shall not do any illegal business related to the systems and service of VSP Business with the First Party’s referred client(s).

3.4              Indemnity: The Second Party covenants with the First Party to indemnify and save harmless the First Party from and against any and all Losses which the First Party may at any time and from time to time sustain, incur or suffer by reason of misuse of the VSP License of any kind whatsoever or any breach of any representation, warranty or undertaking given by the Second Party under this MOU  and keep the first party immune from any legal precedings arising out the license from the date of hand over.
4.         BOTH THE PARTIES AGREE ON THE FOLLOWING

4.1       The international and national patent, copyright and trademarks of the developed materials/software products/services shall remain with the individual Parties.

4.2       The First Party shall neither hold any responsibility nor bear any liability whatsoever in relation to or in connection with or arising out of the VSP License that is VoIP.
4.3       Both the Parties should have mutual respect for each other.
4.4    At the time of signing this Memorandum of Understanding the Second Party, Buyer of the License shall pay as advance Tk. 1,00,000 (One Lac) only in cash or pay order to the First Party, owner of the License. The rest amount Tk. 4,75,000 shall be paid by the Second party to the First Party at the time of signing the power of Attorney.
4.5    The original copy of the VSP License shall remain deposited with the second party at the time of signing the MOU, subject to the condition that if second party does not pay or fail or become uncapable to pay the rest amount within the stipulated time, the original copy of the License shall be given back/ return to the First Party that is owner of the License by the Second Party. No excuse in the matter of such return of the license (original) shall be accepted or entertained. 
4.6              Ownership of the trade license retained by the first party shall be transferred to the    name of the second party and address also will be changed accordingly and within 03 (Three) working days after such change of ownership of trade license and the address mentioned in the license the second party shall pay the rest of the total amount to the first party. After receiving the total amount, the first party shall sign the power of Attorney in favor of second party. In case of failure in payment of rest amount within 03 (Three) working days as mentioned above, MOU will be automatically cancelled.

5.         INFORMATION

5.1       The First Party shall promptly provide the Second Party all necessary information to perform its duties, responsibilities and commitments under this MOU.

6.                  EXCLUSIVITY

6.1  This is an exclusive MOU.

7.               INCOME SHARING

7.1       Any income (i.e. fees, commissions, gain, profit, and benefits of financial nature) that is received from the First Party or client(s) of the First Party after execution of this MOU shall be the sole property of the Second Party and there will be no sharing with the First Party.

8.                  MUTUAL CO-OPERATION AND GOOD FAITH

8.1       During the pendency of this MOU, both the Parties shall extend mutual cooperation to each other. Both the Parties shall work with mutual co-operation and in good faith.

9.                  CONFIDENTIALITY

9.1       The Parties recognize that each Party has a legitimate interest in maintaining confidentiality regarding this MOU, the subject matter of this MOU, or any other agreements, documents or transactions referred to or contemplated herein and all trade secrets, confidential and/or proprietary knowledge or information of the other Parties which that Party may receive or obtain as a result of entering into or performing its obligations under this MOU (collectively, “Confidential Information”).

9.2       Each Party:

(i)         agrees that it shall keep the Confidential Information in the strictest confidence;

(ii)        agrees that it shall not divulge, communicate to any person (other than those whose province it is to know the same) or use or exploit for any purpose whatsoever any of the Confidential Information;

(iii)       undertakes to restrict access to the Confidential Information to its respective officers, employees, bankers and professional advisers on a need-to-know basis only; and

(iv)       undertakes that it shall not make any announcement relating to this MOU, the subject matter contained herein and the fact of entering into this MOU without the prior written consent of the other Parties and each Party shall prevent its employees, agents or professional advisers (if any) from so doing. Any such announcement shall be made in the manner and on terms agreed in writing between the Parties.

9.3       The restrictions contained in this section 9 in relation to the Confidential Information shall not apply to:

(i)         any information which becomes generally known to the public, other than by reason of any willful or negligent act or omission of any Party or any of their employees or representatives;

(ii)        any information which is, at the time of disclosure, legally in the possession of the Party to which such information is to be furnished; and

(iii)       any information which is required to be disclosed pursuant to any applicable legal requirement or legal process issued by any court or any competent government or regulatory authority or rules or regulations of any relevant regulatory body; provided, that prior to making any such disclosure, the Party shall promptly inform the Party that owns such Confidential Information so that the Party owning such Confidential Information may seek a protective order or other confidential treatment.

10.              INDEMNITY

10.1     The Parties hereby agree to indemnify each other on full indemnity basis from all loss damages, costs and expenses sustained by the other Party for the failure of a Party to perform its obligation agreed pursuant to this MOU.

11.              ARBITRATION AND JURISDICTION

11.1          Any disputes or differences arising between the Parties out of or in connection with or incidental to this MOU including the operation or interpretation of this MOU shall be solved amicably by mutual discussions between the Parties. In the event of failure to solve any such disputes within 30 days from the date of the dispute, the matter shall be referred to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act, 2001. Each Party shall appoint its own arbitrator and the appointed arbitrators shall appoint the Chairman of the arbitral tribunal. The language of the arbitration shall be English and the venue shall be Dhaka. The procedure of arbitration shall be determined by the arbitral tribunal.

11.2          This MOU is subject to exclusive jurisdiction of the laws of Bangladesh and the courts of Bangladesh shall have jurisdiction to resolve any dispute between the parties.



12.              AMENDMENTS
12.1     This MOU may not be modified, amended, or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by the First Party and the Second Party.

13.              MISCELLANEOUS
13.1     No failure or delay (whether express or implied) on the part of one Party in exercising nor any omission to exercise any right, power, privilege or remedy accruing to the aforementioned Party upon any default or breach of any covenant condition or duty on the part of the other Party shall impair any such right, power, privilege or remedy or be construed as a waiver thereof or any acquiescence in any such default or breach affect or impair any right, power, privilege or remedy of the first mentioned Party in respect of any other or subsequent default.

14.              COUNTERPARTS

14.1     This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts.  All counterparts will be taken to constitute one instrument.

In witness whereof this MOU has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning.

FIRST PARTY
SECOND PARTY


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1. Md. Arif Sultan
Proprietor
K M Engineering


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Md. Tanvirul Islam
House-Ka-88 (3rd Floor) Mohakhali, Dakhsin Para, Gulshan, Dhaka-1212
Witness:
Witness:
1.

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Mohammad Anisor Rahman
28/2/A Mir HajirBagh, Shampur,
Dhaka-1204
1.


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