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These excerpts taken from the GPS 10-Q filed Jun 9, 2009.

RECITALS

 

A. Gap desires to contract with Supplier, and Supplier desires to contract with Gap, to provide the Services (as defined below) in accordance with the Service Levels (as defined below), the Business Objectives (as defined below), and the other requirements of this Agreement.

 

B. Gap’s strategic and business objectives, to be accomplished through this Agreement, include: (1) implementing the standardized, strategic architecture as quickly as possible without major disruption to Gap’s business; (2) obtaining a dramatic reduction in Gap’s overall operating expense to reduce Gap’s total cost of ownership; (3) improving deployment of new Authorized User (as defined below) equipment; (4) reducing downtime to Authorized Users; (5) supporting the old and new Gap IT infrastructures during migration; (6) receiving reliable & flexible Services from Supplier; (7) obtaining an end state that results in a best-in-class solution for all aspects of Gap’s IT infrastructure; (8) dramatically reducing complexity as compared to Gap’s current IT infrastructure; (9) improving overall management of Gap’s IT infrastructure; (10) achieving flexibility to quickly expand and contract the Services and the Gap IT infrastructure to meet Gap’s business requirements, address changes in the global marketplace, and/or facilitate moving toward a strategic architecture; (11) creating an IT infrastructure which allows Gap IT to instantly react to business requests for functionality without requiring the time and expense of implementing a totally new IT environment for each request (e.g., functionality, capacity, or reduction on demand); (12) defining and implementing key statistics, metrics, and monitoring for the Gap IT infrastructure to facilitate proactive IT management rather than reactive IT management; (13) Gap retention of overall strategic responsibility for the IT infrastructure; (14) Supplier’s compliance with Gap’s Policies and Procedures (as defined below), including Gap’s IT delivery model; (15) obtaining highly-motivated Supplier Personnel (as defined below) that will provide high-quality services at a competitive cost; (16) utilizing Gap strategic business partner’s products within the Gap IT infrastructure; (17) increasing the level of customer service and satisfaction; (18) compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Corporate Reform Act and Gap’s Sarbanes-Oxley Reporting Requirements and Process (as defined in Section 1.129 below); and (19) proactive management of the Services to improve overall business value, performance, availability, and reliability ((1) – (19) are collectively referred to herein as the “Business Objectives”).

 

C. Both Parties acknowledge that a principal objective of Gap in entering into this Agreement is to insure that the Services enable Gap to achieve the Business Objectives stated above.

 

D. The Parties also intend for this Agreement to provide a contractual infrastructure to facilitate the acquisition of new sourcing service lines by Gap from Supplier such as logistics and supply chain management, supply chain applications, and human resources support; it being understood that Gap’s decisions to introduce such services and which supplier it will utilize are in its sole discretion.

 

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RECITALS

A. Supplier and Gap have entered into that certain First Amended and Restated Master Services Agreement dated March 2, 2009 (the “Agreement"). Capitalized terms not defined in this Guarantee shall have the meanings as set forth in the Agreement.

B. Supplier has agreed to guarantee, to the extent provided herein, the full and faithful payment of any Liability that any Supplier In-Country Affiliate may incur pursuant to the applicable Implementation Agreement.

C. For purposes of this Guarantee, the term “Liability or Liabilities” includes any and all debts, payment obligations, and/or liabilities finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be due and owing from any Supplier In-Country Affiliate to Gap or a Gap In-Country Affiliate whether the Supplier In-Country Affiliate is liable individually or jointly with others, whether for principal, interest or other debts or liabilities.

RECITALS

A. Gap and Supplier have entered into that certain First Amended and Restated Master Services Agreement dated as of March 2, 2009 (the “Agreement"). Capitalized terms not defined in this Guarantee shall have the meanings as set forth in the Agreement.

B. Gap has agreed to guarantee, to the extent provided herein, the full and faithful payment of any Liability that any Gap In-Country Affiliate may incur pursuant to the applicable Implementation Agreement.

C. For purposes of this Guarantee, the term “Liability or Liabilities” includes any and all debts, payment obligations, and/or liabilities finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be due and owing from any Gap In-Country Affiliate to Supplier or a Supplier In-Country Affiliate whether the Gap In-Country Affiliate is liable individually or jointly with others, whether for principal, interest or other debts or liabilities.

These excerpts taken from the GPS 8-K filed May 24, 2007.

RECITALS

A. The Company, the LC Subsidiaries and the LC Issuer are parties to a 3-Year Letter of Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2005 (the “Agreement”), providing for the issuance by the LC Issuer of Letters of Credit (as therein defined) for the account of the Company and the LC Subsidiaries.

B. As of the date hereof, certain Letters of Credit remain outstanding and undrawn.

C. The Company and the LC Subsidiaries wish to amend the Agreement to terminate the obligation of the LC Issuer to issue further Letters of Credit and to provide that Letters of Credit issued and outstanding as of the date hereof need not be cash collateralized on the Termination Date in accordance with the existing terms and provisions of the Agreement.

D. The LC Issuer is willing to make such amendment, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings, if any, assigned to them in the Agreement.

2. Amendments to Agreement.

(a) Section 1.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the definition of “Termination Date” and substituting therefor the following:

“‘Termination Date’ means May 18, 2007.”

(b) Section 2.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.01 Letters of Credit. The LC Issuer has, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, Issued for the account of the Company and one or more LC Subsidiaries, certain Letters of Credit that remain outstanding and undrawn as of the date of the First Amendment hereto.”


(c) Section 2.02 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.02 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(d) Section 2.03 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.03 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(e) Section 2.05 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.05 Letter of Credit Facility Fees. The Company hereby agrees to pay to the LC Issuer a letter of credit facility fee at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time on the Facility Amount in effect from time to time (regardless of the actual or deemed usage thereof) for the period from the date hereof until the Termination Date, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of January, April, July and October and on the Termination Date.”

(f) Section 2.09 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.09 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(g) Section 2.10 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.10 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(h) Section 2.15 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.15 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(i) Section 2.16 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.16 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(j) Article IV of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Article in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

RECITALS

A. The Company, the LC Subsidiaries and the LC Issuer are parties to a 3-Year Letter of Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2005 (the “Agreement”), providing for the issuance by the LC Issuer of Letters of Credit (as therein defined) for the account of the Company and the LC Subsidiaries.

B. As of the date hereof, certain Letters of Credit remain outstanding and undrawn.

C. The Company and the LC Subsidiaries wish to amend the Agreement to terminate the obligation of the LC Issuer to issue further Letters of Credit and to provide that Letters of Credit issued and outstanding as of the date hereof need not be cash collateralized on the Termination Date in accordance with the existing terms and provisions of the Agreement.

D. The LC Issuer is willing to make such amendment, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings, if any, assigned to them in the Agreement.

2. Amendments to Agreement.

(a) Section 1.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the definition of “Termination Date” and substituting therefor the following:

“‘Termination Date’ means May 18, 2007.”

(b) Section 2.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.01 Letters of Credit. The LC Issuer has, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, Issued for the account of the Company and one or more LC Subsidiaries, certain Letters of Credit that remain outstanding and undrawn as of the date of the First Amendment hereto.”


(c) Section 2.02 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.02 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(d) Section 2.03 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.03 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(e) Section 2.05 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.05 Letter of Credit Facility Fees. The Company hereby agrees to pay to the LC Issuer a letter of credit facility fee at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time on the Facility Amount in effect from time to time (regardless of the actual or deemed usage thereof) for the period from the date hereof until the Termination Date, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of January, April, July and October and on the Termination Date.”

(f) Section 2.09 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.09 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(g) Section 2.10 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.10 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(h) Section 2.15 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.15 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(i) Section 2.16 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 2.16 [Intentionally Omitted]”

(j) Article IV of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Article in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

This excerpt taken from the GPS 10-K filed Mar 28, 2006.

RECITALS

A. Gap and Supplier have entered into that certain Master Services Agreement dated as of January 13, 2006 (the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms not defined in this Guarantee shall have the meanings as set forth in the Agreement.

B. Gap has agreed to guarantee, to the extent provided herein, the full and faithful payment of any Liability that any Gap In-Country Affiliate may incur pursuant to the applicable Implementation Agreement.

C. For purposes of this Guarantee, the term “Liability or Liabilities” includes any and all debts, payment obligations, and/or liabilities finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be due and owing from any Gap In-Country Affiliate to Supplier or a Supplier In-Country Affiliate whether the Gap In-Country Affiliate is liable individually or jointly with others, whether for principal, interest or other debts or liabilities.

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