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These excerpts taken from the AAPL 10-K filed Dec 19, 2003. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
12.1 Neither party shall be entitled to special, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, including lost profits, opportunities or savings based on any breach or default of the other party, even if such party is informed of their possibility, except (i) [**], and (ii) to the extent such damages are awarded in a final judgment or settlement covered by Section 11. 12.2 In no event shall either partys aggregate liability to the other party for damages in connection with all claims relating to this Agreement exceed the amount of [**], regardless of the form of action (including fundamental breach, negligence, misrepresentation, or other contract or tort claim), provided that this limitation will not apply to: (i) the amount of any damages for bodily injury (including death) caused by such partys negligence or damages to real property and tangible personal property caused by such partys negligence; and (ii) payments owed for Products and Services provided hereunder. This Section 12.2 also applies to any of IBMs subcontractors and any Authorized Purchasers. It is the maximum for which IBM and its subcontractors are collectively responsible, and for which Apple and its Authorized Purchasers are collectively responsible. 12.3 Under no circumstances is either party liable to the other for any of the following: (i) third party claims against a party for losses or damages other than those in Section 11 and 12.2 (i), above; or (ii) loss of, or damage to, records or data. Further under no circumstances will IBM be liable when the Products or Services are used in conjunction with military, nuclear, automotive or aeronautical applications or medical implantation or other direct life support applications where malfunction may result in injury, harm or death to persons, or used in any other ultrahazardous applications
[**] = information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. Such omitted information has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 13.0 WARRANTIES 13.1 Product Warranty. 13.1.1 PowerPC Warranty. IBM warrants each PowerPC Product delivered hereunder to be free from defects in material and workmanship and to comply with Product specifications at the time of manufacture, as agreed in writing by IBM and Apple, for the notice period of [**] from the date of shipment. 13.1.2 ASIC Product Warranty. IBM warrants all ASIC Products delivered to be free from defects in material and workmanship and conform to the Product specifications as set forth in the RTM for the notice period of [**] from the date of shipment. Apple acknowledges that the functionality of ASIC Products may be contingent on Apples designs and, therefore, Apple agrees that such warranty does not apply to the functionality of ASIC Products designed by Apple and manufactured by IBM under this Agreement except to the extent the lack of functionality is due to a defect in materials or workmanship. 13.1.3 Other Product Warranty. IBM warrants all other standard Products delivered to be free from defects in material and workmanship and to conform to the Product Specifications for the notice period of [**] from the date of shipment unless otherwise stated in an Attachment applicable to such standard Products, and all other custom Products delivered to be free from defects in material and workmanship for the notice period of [**] from date of shipment unless otherwise stated in an Attachment applicable to such custom Products. Apple acknowledges that the functionality of such other custom Products may be contingent on Apples designs and, therefore, Apple agrees that such warranty does not apply to the functionality of Products designed by Apple and manufactured by IBM under this Agreement except to the extent the lack of functionality is due to a defect in materials or workmanship. IBM warrants Services will be performed using reasonable care and ordinary skill. 13.2 The Product warranty does not include defects in or failures of Products that result from (i) an Apple-supplied design; (ii) matters not covered in the Product specification or use outside of the intended operating environment set forth in the applicable Product specifications; (iii) accident, disaster, neglect, abuse, misuse, improper handling, testing, storage or installation after delivery to the carrier, including improper handling in accordance with generally acceptable static sensitive electronic device handling requirements; (iv) alterations, modifications or repairs
[**] = information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. Such omitted information has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. by Apple or third parties not authorized by IBM in writing; (v) removal or alteration of labels by Apple or a third party; or (vi) failure caused by a product which IBM did not provide or for which IBM is not responsible. IBM does not warrant uninterrupted or error free operation of the Products or that IBM will correct all defects. 13.3 THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS OR USAGE FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. 13.4 This warranty is not transferable. No course of dealing, course of performance, usage of trade, or description of Product or Service shall be deemed to establish a warranty, express or implied. 13.5 If an Authorized Purchaser or Designee claims that any Products or Services are nonconforming, the Authorized Purchaser or Designee shall, (i) promptly notify IBM, in writing, of the basis for such claim of nonconformity; (ii) follow IBMs instructions for the prompt return of the Products; and (iii) return such Products freight collect to IBMs designated facility. If IBM determines that the returned Products are nonconforming and such returned Products were shipped with Apples consent prior to their qualification, IBMs sole and exclusive obligation will be to, at IBMs option, repair or replace the defective Products, or issue a credit for the purchase price (e.g., Section 14.0 will not apply to such Product units delivered before the Product is qualified). If IBM determines the Products are nonconforming and they were shipped subsequent to their qualification, IBM will issue a credit or rebate for the purchase price. 13.6 Prior to returning any defective Products to IBM, the Authorized Purchaser or Designee shall obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization number (RMA) from IBM (which IBM will provide within [**] Business Days of the request) and provide the specific description of the problem, by part number for the total quantity of the defective Products. The Authorized Purchaser or Designee shall only return the exact quantity authorized in each RMA by following IBMs RMA instructions. Each shipping container shall contain only one (1) RMA.
13.7 IBMs sole liability and Apples exclusive remedy for breach of warranty shall be limited as stated in this Section 13, except that Product Failures which exceed the applicable Failure Threshold shall be governed by Section 14 below.
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14.0 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 12.1 Neither party shall be entitled to 12.2 This Section 12.2 also 12.3 Under
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13.7 IBMs sole liability and Apples exclusive remedy for breach
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