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Sage HR Terms & Conditions

These Terms govern the use of the Platform provided by Sage Global Services Limited (registered company no. 09506951) of C23 - 5 & 6 Cobalt Park Way, Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom, NE28 9EJ (“Sage HR”) and are an agreement between you and Sage HR.

By signing an Order as part of the ordering process and/or your installation or use of the Platform, you agree to the following Terms governing your use of our Platform. If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms. If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with these Terms, you must not use our Platform.

We may update these Terms at any time, and the most recent version can be accessed on the terms and conditions page of our website accessible via https://sage.hr/terms-and-conditions. We will make reasonable efforts to communicate any changes to you via a notification in the Platform or by sending an email to your billing contact, but it is up to you to ensure that you regularly check, read, understand and agree to the most recent version of these Terms as you will be deemed to accept all updates if you continue to access and use the Platform.

These Terms were updated on 27 January 2022.

In these Terms, the following words shall have the following meanings:

“Affiliate” means any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the subject entity, where “control” is the direct or indirect ownership or control of at least a majority of the voting rights in the entity, or otherwise the power to direct the management and policies of the entity. An entity is an Affiliate only so long as such control continues;

“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in England when banks in London are open for business;

“Business Hours” means 9:00 to 17:00 GMT (inclusive) on any Business Day;

“Commencement Date” means the earlier of the date on which we provide Professional Services to you or the date on which you commence operational use of the Platform provided to you from time to time (including the start date of any Trial Period);

“Confidential Information” has the meaning given to it in clause 10.1;

“Content” means any information, data (including personal data) and/or material uploaded into the Platform by you, your employees, your Affiliates, Users and/or representatives, or by us on your behalf, including (without limitation) any text or images;

“Data Protection Addendum” means the relevant data protection addendum available at https://www.sage.com/en-gb/legal/terms-and-conditions/product-and-service-terms-and-conditions/data-protection-addendum/ for the UK and https://www.sage.com/en-za/legal/terms-and-conditions/product-and-service-terms-and-conditions/ for South Africa (Sage Data Processing Agreement (Processor) September 2021 insofar as Sage acts in the capacity of Processor or Sage Data Processing Agreement (Controller) September 2021 insofar as Sage acts in the capacity of Controller), as may be amended from time to time which, together with this agreement, comprise the Agreement.

“Data Protection Laws” has the meaning set forth in the applicable Data Protection Addendum;

“Discloser” has the meaning given to it in clause 10.1;

“Documentation” means the user guides, specifications, instructions and manuals relating to the use of the Platform that we may make made available to you from time to time;

“Feedback” has the meaning given to it in clause 7.3;

“Force Majeure Event” has the meaning given to it in clause 12.1;

“Initial Term” means a period of one (1) month or such other period set out in the Order from (and including) the Commencement Date which will on expiry automatically renew for the Renewal Term, unless terminated in accordance with these Terms;

“Intellectual Property Rights” means rights recognised by any jurisdiction with respect to intellectual work product, such as patent rights (including priority rights), design rights, copyrights and related rights (including moral rights), mask work rights, trade marks, service marks, domain name rights, database rights, patents, trade secrets, know-how, rights in confidential information and all other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications (or rights to apply) for and renewals and extensions of, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world;

“Licence Fee” means the monthly, quarterly or annual licence fee payable by you for your access to and use of the Platform, as detailed on our website, Welcome/Logon information email and/or in any applicable Order which shall be stated exclusive of VAT as may be amended by us from time to time;

“Mobile Application” means the Sage HR application that we have developed for use on mobile phones which allows you and your Users to use the Platform in accordance with these Terms;

“Order” means an ordering document (such as a licence order or a work order) executed by you and us for subscription to the Platform and/or, if applicable, for the provision of Professional Services by us in our sole discretion;

“Party” means you and us, together the “Parties” ;

“personal data” has the meaning set forth in the applicable Data Protection Addendum;

“Platform” means the online platform upon which we host the service solutions, the Mobile Application and any other software and/or services that you procure from us under these Terms;

“Professional Services” means the professional services we and/or a Third-Party Provider acting on our behalf may provide to you from time to time, including but not being limited to consulting, training, development and/or implementation services;

“Recipient” has the meaning given to it in clause 10.1;

“Renewal Term” means a period of one (1) month or such other period set out in the Order automatically beginning from the date of expiry of the Initial Term and/or each subsequent Renewal Term, unless terminated in accordance with these Terms;

“Retention Period” has the meaning given to it in clause 9.6;

“Special Conditions” means the terms and conditions specified in the Order specifying any special terms and conditions which apply to that Order, and which override these Terms to the extent of any inconsistency in relation to that Order only;

“Term” means the period from (and including) the Commencement Date until your subscription licence to access and use the Platform is terminated in accordance with these Terms, including the Initial Term and any subsequent Renewal Term(s);

“Terms” means these terms and conditions, and any attachments, exhibits, annexes and Schedules hereto, and any applicable Order;

“Third-Party Services” means any product (e.g. software, cloud services, or forms), tool (e.g. integration or development tools) or service (e.g. implementation, configuration, development or accounting) including but not being limited to Professional Services, provided to you by a party other than us (a “Third-Party Provider” );

“Trial” has the meaning given to it in clause 2.1;

“Trial Period” means an initial period as set out in your Welcome/Logon information email, Order or as otherwise agreed between the Parties provided to you on your registration to use the Platform;

“us”, “we”, “our” means Sage Global Services Limited (registered company no. 09506951) of C23 - 5 & 6 COBALT PARK WAY, COBALT PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE28 9EJ;

“Usage Data” has the meaning given to it in clause 7.4;

“User” means a named individual authorised by you to use the Platform, for whom you have purchased a subscription, and who has been supplied with user credentials for the Platform by you or by us at your request;

“VAT”: any value added tax or sales tax applicable in a country in which the Platform is provided; and

“your” or “you” means the person accepting these Terms and/or signing the Order, provided that if such acceptance is on behalf of a company or other legal entity then: (i) the representative represents that they have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms; and (ii) “you” and “your” refers to such entity and, to the extent any of your Affiliates use the Platform, such Affiliates.

1.2 The Schedules form part of these Terms and shall have effect as if set out in full in the body of these Terms. Any reference to these Terms includes the Schedules, appendices, annexes, attachments and exhibits (if any).

1.3 A reference to a statute, statutory provision or subordinate legislation is a reference to it as it is in force from time to time, taking account of any amendment or re-enactment and includes any statute, statutory provision or subordinate legislation which it amends or re-enacts.

1.4 All references in these Terms to the singular shall mean the plural and vice versa, all references to persons shall include bodies corporate and other legal personae and vice versa, and all references to the masculine shall include the feminine and neutral and vice versa.

1.5 References to any party shall include that party’s personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

1.6 Headings are for convenience only and may not be used in interpretation.

1.7 Any words following the terms “including”, “include”, “in particular”, “for example” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words, description, definition, phrase or term preceding those terms.

1.8 In the event and to the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between the clauses of these Terms and the Schedules and/or any annexures to the Schedules, then unless expressly stated otherwise, the conflict or inconsistency shall be resolved in accordance with the following descending order of precedence (from high priority to low priority);

1.8.1 the Special Conditions;
1.8.2 these Terms;
1.8.3 any Schedules to these Terms; and
1.8.4 any annexures to such Schedules.

2.1 From time to time, we may in our sole discretion offer trials to use the Platform for a Trial Period without payment of a Licence Fee or for a reduced rate Licence Fee (a “Trial” ). Any use of the Platform during a Trial shall be subject to these Terms to the extent applicable.

2.2 We may in our sole discretion determine your eligibility for a Trial and withdraw or modify a Trial at any time without prior notice and with no liability, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

2.3 For some Trials we may require you to provide your payment details to start the Trial. By providing such details you agree that we may automatically begin charging you the Licence Fee on the first day immediately following the end of the Trial Period on a recurring basis. If you do not want to continue to use the Platform following any Trial Period, you must provide prior written notice to us by contacting [email protected]

2.4 We may in our sole discretion make available special price deals, discounts, free periods, promotional offers and other incentives in respect of the Licence Fees payable in relation to use of the Platform from time to time. Any such promotional offers will be subject to these Terms and we reserve the right to withdraw or cease to offer any special price deals, discounts, free periods, promotional offers and other incentives at any time without notice to you.

3.1 For the duration of any Trial Period, we grant you a limited-term, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable licence for you to access and use (for you and your Affiliates’ own internal business purposes only) of the Platform so that you can evaluate whether you would like to subscribe to use and access the Platform. We may monitor your usage of the Platform during the Trial Period.

3.2 Following expiry of the Trial Period, we agree to provide to you a limited-term, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable licence for you to access and use (for you and your Affiliates’ own internal business purposes only) the Platform for the Term, subject to these Terms and your continued payment of the Licence Fee. Your subscription licence to use the Platform granted in accordance with this clause 3.2 includes onboarding support, which will be provided by us using a series of feature focused emails. You will also have access to our general support resources including knowledgebases, learning sites, communities and direct support as may be provided from time to time at our absolute discretion.

3.3 Unless otherwise agreed by us, licences to use the Platform are purchased as time-based subscriptions. Each User must have a valid subscription for the Platform. User subscriptions are for named Users and cannot be shared with other person(s) but may be reassigned to new named Users from Users who you notify to us in writing have ceased using the Platform. We reserve the right to monitor your and your Users’ use of the Platform to effect these Terms and/or verify compliance with any subscription limits and/or these Terms.

3.4 In the event that your use of the Platform interferes with or disrupts the integrity, security, availability or performance of the Platform, we may modify or temporarily restrict or suspend your use of the Platform immediately and without notice to you. The Parties will cooperate in good faith to resolve the issue as soon as reasonably possible.

3.5 We will provide you with login details to enable you to connect to the Platform. You and your Users will be able to access the Platform using a verified email address and password.

3.6 The Mobile Application is accessible by you and your Users by entering the login details as per clause 3.5.

3.7 Subject to clause 3.8, we will use reasonable commercial endeavours to: (i) provide the Platform without major interruption; (ii) ensure that the Platform is materially error free; and (iii) ensure that the Platform is available with 99% uptime in aggregate for the duration of the Term.

3.8 Notwithstanding clause 3.7, we reserve the right at any time to suspend without notice your access to and/or use of the Platform for the purpose of enabling us to carry out essential emergency and/or urgent maintenance. We will use reasonable commercial endeavours to provide you with reasonable advance notice of any scheduled non-emergency maintenance. Scheduled non-emergency maintenance will be performed outside of Business Hours to the extent reasonably practicable. We will use commercially reasonable endeavours to notify you of any unplanned downtime of the Platform and to resolve the issue as soon as reasonably practicable.

3.9 Subject to clause 3.10, we will indemnify you against all loss, liability or reasonable expense arising out of any claim brought by a third-party that the Platform infringes the Intellectual Property Rights owned or controlled by a third-party, to the extent that the alleged infringement is not based on: (a) a modification of the Platform by anyone other than us; (b) use of the Platform in combination with any software, hardware, network or system not supplied or approved by us if the alleged infringement relates to such combination; or (c) use of the Platform in a manner contrary to our instructions and/or the Documentation. If the Platform infringes, or we reasonably believe it may infringe third-party Intellectual Property Rights, we may, at our own expense and option: (i) procure the right for you to continue use of the Platform; (ii) modify the Platform so that it becomes non-infringing without material loss of functionality; or (iii) if (i) or (ii) are not feasible, terminate your use of the Platform in accordance with these Terms and refund you a pro-rata portion of any prepaid fees for the Platform covering the period when you were unable to use the Platform due to the third-party infringement claim. The indemnification obligations set forth above represent our sole and exclusive liability and your exclusive remedy for any third-party infringement claim described in this clause 3.9.

3.10 In the event of a potential indemnity obligation under clause 3.9, you shall provide to us: (i) prompt written notice of the claim or a known threatened claim, such that our ability to defend the claim is not prejudiced; and (ii) control of, and reasonable assistance in, the defence and settlement of the claim, at our expense. Without our prior written consent, you shall not settle or consent to an adverse judgment in any such claim that adversely affects our rights or interests of or imposes additional obligations on us.

4.1 You agree that you will:

4.1.1 comply with any reasonable instructions or directions issued by us, our employees, representatives or Affiliates, from time to time;

4.1.2 conform to such protocols and standards as are issued by us, our employees, representatives or our Affiliates, from time to time in respect of the access and/or use of the Platform;

4.1.3 fully indemnify us, our employees, officers, directors representatives, agents and our Affiliates, against any and all claims, costs and expenses which we may incur resulting from your and your Users’ acts or omissions in respect of the Platform including (without limitation) you and your Users’ use of it and any Content and/or your breach of any of your obligations under these Terms including, but not being limited to, those claims arising out of a third-party claim alleging that your collection or use of Content or you and your Users’ use of the Platform in breach of these Terms infringes the rights of, or has caused harm to, a third-party, or violates applicable law; and

4.1.4 when using the Platform, comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including but not being limited to the Data Protection Laws.

4.2 In addition, you acknowledge and accept that you are solely responsible and liable for:

4.2.1 all access to, use of and the activity of your Users in the Platform, and your Users’ compliance with these Terms and any Documentation;

4.2.2 the establishment, maintenance and monitoring of adequate internal security measures in connection with the accessing and use of the Platform by you and your Users including without limitation ensuring the confidentiality and safe storage of all User login details, usernames and passwords and not using obvious passwords and updating them regularly. You shall immediately notify us if you suspect a breach of your internal security measures (e.g. the unauthorised use of any login details, usernames and/or passwords);

4.2.3 storing, maintaining and backing up the Content and ensuring the Platform includes the functionality to assist you in backing-up the Content;

4.2.4 ensuring that all Content (including without limitation any description, date or information relating to the Content) uploaded by you, your Users or by us on your behalf is accurate and up to date and is compliant with all applicable laws and regulations; and

4.2.5 ensuring that any security level set for any Content (whether by us or you) is appropriate.

4.3 You acknowledge and agree that:

4.3.1 your right to use (for you and your Affiliates’ own internal business purposes only) the Platform is personal to you and may not be assigned, sub-licensed, sold, resold, transferred, distributed or otherwise disposed of or commercially exploited in any way, including by way of charge, lien or other encumbrance;

4.3.2 we have the right to connect to and access your Content for the purposes of providing the Platform to you (including (without limitation) for maintenance and technical purposes) and to verify that you and your Users are complying with these Terms;

4.3.3 we do not owe to you, your Users, Affiliates or any third party any obligation to monitor, check or review the legality, validity or accuracy of any Content;

4.3.4 you will pay any Licence Fee and other such charges for your use of the Platform in accordance with these Terms;

4.3.5 the use of the Platform is entirely at your own risk; and

4.3.6 you shall notify us immediately if you become aware or reasonably suspect that your or any Users’ account security relating to the Platform has been compromised and you shall comply with our instructions and take all steps required by us at your cost to rectify any such security issue as described in this clause 4.3.6.

4.4 You agree that you will not (and you will ensure that your Users, employees, representatives and Affiliates will not):

4.4.1 permit any third-party other than your Users to access or use the Platform or otherwise violate or circumvent any use limitations or restrictions set forth in Platform or the Documentation;

4.4.2 derive the source code or use tools to observe the internal operation of, or scan, probe or penetrate the Platform, except as expressly permitted by applicable law;

4.4.3 copy modify or make derivative works of the Platform;

4.4.4 use the Platform or any materials provided by us to build a competitive product or service or to carry out any benchmarking exercise with a third-party product or service;

4.4.5 remove any proprietary markings or notices from any materials provided to you by us;

4.4.6 create internet links to or from, or frame or mirror any part of the Platform; or

4.4.7 use the Platform: (a) to send spam, duplicative or unsolicited messages in violation of applicable laws and/or regulations; (b) to send or store material that violates the rights of a third-party; (c) to send or store material containing viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other harmful computer code, files, scripts, agents or programs; (d) in a way that interferes with or disrupts the integrity, security, availability or performance of the Platform; and (e) for any other illegal or unlawful purpose, including infringing third-party Intellectual Property Rights.

An Order may include Special Conditions that shall apply in addition to these Terms and the subscription licence to the Platform supplied pursuant to it. The Special Conditions may (without limitation) disapply, amend and/or replace various provisions in these Terms.

6.1 Subject to these Terms you agree to pay us the Licence Fee for the Term. We shall be entitled to increase the Licence Fees and/or and any other applicable charges at any time upon prior written notice which will take effect upon your next payment date thereafter.

6.2 The Licence Fee and all other applicable charges are payable immediately on the date of the invoice. All payment obligations are non-cancellable and all amounts paid are non-refundable other than as set out in these Terms.

6.3 If we do not receive the Licence Fee and any other applicable charges you owe us by the due date in accordance with clause 6.2, the Licence Fee shall accrue interest at the lower of 1.5% per month or the maximum rate permitted by law from the due date until the date of payment. Non-payment of the Licence Fee for the use of the Platform or of any other amounts due by you to us is a material breach of these Terms.

6.4 Unless we notify you otherwise, you will not be charged for your use of the Mobile Application. Should a charge become payable, we shall inform you on reasonable notice as to the amount payable. You and/or your Users continued use of the Mobile Application shall constitute your deemed acceptance of such charges.

6.5 The termination, repudiation or expiry of these Terms shall not affect your obligation to pay Licence Fees to us in respect of any right of access to the Platform which was granted to you prior to the date of termination, repudiation or expiry of these Terms including for the avoidance of doubt any Term set out and agreed in the Order. All training days purchased and taken must be paid for immediately on termination. No refunds will be paid on a pro-rata basis for the use of the Platform and/or training days provided save as expressly set out in these Terms.

6.6 Following the expiry of the Trial and subject to you paying the applicable Licence Fees in accordance with this clause 6, your access to the Platform shall automatically continue in accordance with clause 2.3.

7.1 Subject to the limited rights expressly granted hereunder, as between the Parties we own all rights, title and interest, including all Intellectual Property Rights, in and to the Platform, including any configurations, customisations, modifications, enhancements, updates and revisions thereof. All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved by us. The names and logos and the product names associated with the Platform are our or our licensors’ trademarks, and no right or licence is granted under these Terms to use them.

7.2 Subject to the limited rights expressly granted hereunder, as between the Parties you own all rights, title and interest, including all Intellectual Property Rights, in and to the Content. You grant us, our Affiliates, employees, personnel, representatives, agents and subcontractors a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to host and use the Content to the extent necessary to provide the Platform and perform our rights and obligations under these Terms.

7.3 You may, but are not required to, provide us or our Affiliates, employees, personnel, representatives, agents or subcontractors with ideas, suggestions, requests, recommendations or feedback about the Platform ( “Feedback” ). If you do so, you grant us and our Affiliates, employees, personnel, representatives and agents a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable licence to use, exploit, reproduce, incorporate, distribute, disclose, and sublicence the Feedback for any purpose.

7.4 We may collect non-personally identifiable data resulting from Users’ use of the Platform, such as metadata, performance metrics and usage trends or volume ( “Usage Data” ) for internal research and to make improvements to the Platform. Our use of Usage Data will be in an aggregated form that does not identify or otherwise permit the identification of named individual Users or other persons.

7.5 You agree that we may record, retain and use Customer Data, in order to: (i) carry out research and development to improve our services, products and applications; (ii) develop and provide new and existing functionality and services (including statistical analysis, benchmarking and forecasting services, predictive analytics and artificial intelligence/machine learning) to you and other Sage customers; and (iii) provide you with location based services (for example location relevant content) where we collect geo-location data to provide a relevant experience.

8.1 Each Party represents to the other that it has the authority to enter into these Terms and any applicable Order, to carry out its obligations under set out in these Terms and any applicable Order, and to give the rights and licences granted herein.

8.2 We warrant that:

8.2.1 the Platform will perform materially in accordance with the current Documentation issued from time to time; and

8.2.2 we will not materially decrease the functionality of the Platform during the Term.

8.3 If you notify us in writing that the Platform does not conform with any of the warranties in clause 8.2, we will use reasonable efforts to investigate and correct any such non-conformance promptly. You will use reasonable efforts to mitigate any damage you may incur as a result of such non-conformance. Subject to your right to terminate in accordance with these Terms, this clause 8.3 constitutes your sole and exclusive remedy for breach of the warranties in clause 8.2.

8.4 Except as expressly provided otherwise in these Terms, the Platform is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and we, on behalf of ourselves, our Affiliates and licensors, disclaim to the fullest extent permitted by law, all warranties, guarantees, conditions, terms, undertakings, representations and obligations express or implied by statute, common law, trade usage, course of dealing or otherwise, all of which are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law, including those (i) of merchantability or satisfactory quality, (ii) of fitness for a particular purpose, (iii) of non-infringement and (iv) arising from customer, trade usage, course of prior dealing or course of performance. Except as expressly provided herein, we do not represent nor do we give any warranty, guarantee or undertaking of any kind that the Platform is free from all bugs, errors or mistakes, or that it will meet your requirements or produce particular outcomes and/or results. You acknowledge and accept that it is your responsibility to ensure that the Platform will meet your requirements.

8.5 In no event shall we be liable for operational difficulties caused by or arising from the integration of the Platform with any equipment or software not supplied or approved by us or by any modifications, variations or additions made to the Platform not undertaken by us, or caused by any abuse, corruption or incorrect use of the Platform, including, without limitation, use of the Platform with hardware and/or software which is incompatible with the Platform.

8.6 Subject to clauses 8.7 and 8.8, both Parties’ maximum aggregate liability in contract, tort (including for negligence), misrepresentation and/or otherwise howsoever arising under or in connection with these Terms and their subject matter (including all losses, liabilities, claims, actions, demands, proceedings, damages, costs, charges and expenses in respect thereof or in relation thereto) shall be limited to the total Licence Fees paid or payable by you to us in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

8.7 Notwithstanding any other clause of these Terms, neither Party excludes or reduces its liability under or in connection with these Terms to the extent that it arises in respect of any of the following matters:

8.7.1 for death or personal injury resulting from negligence proved against either Party;

8.7.2 for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

8.7.3 for any other matter for which it would be unlawful for either Party to exclude or limit or attempt to exclude or limit its liability; or

8.7.4 any amount paid or payable by a Party in relation to an indemnity provided in accordance with these Terms.

8.8 Subject to clause 8.7, neither Party shall have any liability to the other Party (howsoever arising, including any liability in tort) under or in connection with these Terms or their subject matter for any:

8.8.1 loss of profits, the loss of the use of money or anticipated savings;

8.8.2 loss of revenue;

8.8.3 business interruption; loss of or damage to reputation or goodwill;

8.8.4 loss of opportunity or contracts;

8.8.5 wasted management or other staff time;

8.8.6 losses or liabilities under or in relation to any other contract; loss of, damage to or corruption of data or information, in each case whether direct, indirect, special and/or consequential loss or damage; or

8.8.7 for any other indirect, special and/or consequential loss or damage of any kind.

9.1 The Term shall commence on the Commencement Date and, subject to the provisions of this clause 9, shall continue until terminated in accordance with this clause 9.

9.2 Subject to clause 9.3, either Party may terminate these Terms by giving thirty (30) days written notice to the other Party prior to the expiry of the Initial Term and/or each subsequent Renewal Term which will take effect either:

9.2.1 at the end of the calendar month following the month in which the notice is served in accordance with this clause 9.2, if the duration of your Initial Term and/or Renewal Term is one (1) month or less; or

9.2.2 on the expiry of the Initial Term and/or Renewal Term if the duration of your Initial Term and/or Renewal Term is greater than one (1) month.

9.3 We shall be entitled (at our sole discretion) to suspend or terminate your access to and your right to use the Platform with immediate effect if:

9.3.1 you commit a material breach of these Terms;

9.3.2 you are unable to access the Platform due to a claim pursuant to clause 3.9;

9.3.3 you become the subject of a winding up petition in bankruptcy or another proceeding relating to insolvency (within the meaning of Section 123 Insolvency Act 1986), receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors;

9.3.4 any event occurs, or proceeding is taken, with respect to you in any jurisdiction to which you are subject that has an effect equivalent or is similar to any of the events set out in clause 9.3.3; or

9.3.5 there is a change in control that results in you being or being an Affiliate of any of our direct competitors.

9.4 Termination, repudiation or expiry of these Terms will be without prejudice to any accrued rights of either Party and will not affect any provision of these Terms that expressly, or by implication, is intended to operate after repudiation, expiration or termination of these Terms shall remain in full force and effect.

9.5 On termination for any reason:

9.5.1 all rights and applicable licences granted to you and your Users under these Terms shall cease immediately;

9.5.2 you shall cease all activities authorised by these Terms; and

9.5.3 you shall immediately pay to us any Licence Fees and any other applicable charges due to us under these Terms.

9.6 If requested by you within thirty (30) days after the effective date of termination or expiration of these Terms ( “Retention Period” ), we will make a file of the Content available to you for downloading in the format agreed between the parties from time to time. After the Retention Period, we will have the right to delete all the Content and will have no further obligation to make it available to you. We recommend that you download a copy of the Content before the Retention Period expires.

10.1 Each Party shall, while accessing and providing access to the Platform respectively under these Terms and thereafter, keep secret and confidential all business, technical or commercial information which may be intentionally or unintentionally disclosed or made available by one Party ( “Discloser” ) to the other Party or its Affiliates ( “Recipient“ ), whether orally or in writing, that is designated as confidential or that reasonably should be understood as confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of disclosure ( “Confidential Information” ).

10.2 Each Party shall use the same degree of care as it uses for its own Confidential Information to protect the Discloser’s Confidential Information from any use or disclosure. The Recipient may disclose the Confidential Information to its employees, Affiliates and service providers to the extent that it is necessary to perform its obligations pursuant to these Terms, provided that they are bound by confidentiality obligations no less restrictive than those set out herein. The Recipient may not disclose Confidential Information to any other person unless expressly authorised in writing to do so by the Discloser.

10.3 The obligations of confidentiality contained in this clause 10 shall not apply to information that:

10.3.1 at the time of its disclosure, by the Discloser, is already in the public domain or which subsequently enters the public domain other than by the breach of these Terms;

10.3.2 at the time of its disclosure by the Discloser is already known by the Recipient and the latter is not subject to any existing duty of confidence in respect of the information in question;

10.3.3 was rightfully received from a third-party authorised to make such disclosure without restriction;

10.3.4 that has been independently developed by the Recipient without use of, or reference to, the Discloser’s Confidential Information; or

10.3.5 is required to be disclosed under applicable law or order of a court of competent jurisdiction or government department or agency or by the London Stock Exchange (or other relevant Stock Exchange), provided that prior to such disclosure the Recipient shall, to the extent that is legally permitted to do so, advise the Discloser of the proposed form of disclosure.

10.4 You accept that nothing in this clause 10 shall require the Recipient to return or destroy any documents and materials containing or based on the Discloser's Confidential Information that the Recipient is required to retain by applicable law, or to satisfy the requirements of a regulatory authority or body of competent jurisdiction or the rules of any listing authority or stock exchange, to which it is subject. The provisions of these Terms shall continue to apply to any documents and materials retained by the Recipient pursuant to this clause 10.4.

10.5 A breach of the Recipient’s confidentiality obligations may cause irreparable damage, which money cannot satisfactorily remedy, and therefore the Discloser may seek the remedies of injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of this clause 10 without the need to prove damages or post a bond or other surety.


10.6 Each Party will abide by the terms of the applicable Data Protection Addendum.

10.7 Subject to clause 10.6 and any erasure request made pursuant to the Data Protection Laws, we will process any request made by you to delete any part or all of your Content sixty (60) days after receiving this request, except to the extent that any such Content constitutes Usage Data and/or we are required to retain any part or all of the Content in accordance with applicable laws and/or regulations. Where we are permitted to comply with your deletion request, we will take all commercially reasonably efforts to irretrievably delete and/or destroy any part or all of your Content in accordance with this clause 10.7.

11.1 We may present to you (including on our websites) Third-Party Services. We do not endorse or make any representation, warranty or promise regarding, and do not assume any responsibility for, any such Third-Party Service, regardless of whether it is described as “authorised”, “certified”, “recommended” or the like. We have no obligation to make available or provide support for Third-Party Services and do not guarantee the initial or continuing interoperability of the Platform with any Third-Party Services.

11.2 We are not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from the transfer of data over communications networks and facilities, including the internet by your Third-Party Provider, and you acknowledge that the Platform may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such communications facilities. This shall not relieve us of our responsibility in respect of the operation of our internal communications networks and facilities that are within our control.

11.3 If you use a Third-Party Service that requires access to or transfer of the Content, you acknowledge that any such access or transfer is between you and the Third-Party Provider pursuant to the Third-Party Provider’s own terms and conditions and privacy notices, and that we are authorised to provide the Content as requested by the Third-Party Services. We shall not be liable or responsible for any modification, loss, damage or deletion of the Content by any Third-Party Services obtained by you.

12.1 We shall not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under these Terms that are caused by events outside of our reasonable control ( “Force Majeure Event” ).

12.2 A Force Majeure Event includes in particular (but without limitation) the following:

12.2.1 strikes, lockouts or other industrial action;

12.2.2 civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war;

12.2.3 fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic, pandemic or other natural disaster or Act of God;

12.2.4 nuclear, chemical or biological contamination or sonic boom;

12.2.5 impossibility of the use of public or private telecommunications networks;

12.2.6 the acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government;

12.2.7 the non-delivery or late delivery of products or services to us by third parties; or

12.2.8 any other event beyond a Party’s reasonable control.

12.3 Our performance under these Terms is deemed to be suspended for the period that the Force Majeure Event continues and we will have an extension of time for performance for the duration of that period.

All notices given by you to us must be given in writing (including by email) to Sage Global Services Limited’s registered office address: C23 - 5 & 6 COBALT PARK WAY, COBALT PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE28 9EJ, as may be updated from time to time, or by email to [email protected] We may give notice to you at either the e-mail or postal address provided to us when registering for a Trial. Notice will be deemed received and properly served twenty-four (24) hours after an e-mail is sent, or five days after the date of posting any letter. In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an e-mail, that such e-mail was sent to the specified e-mail address of the addressee.

You shall not use the Platform, Documentation or any other materials provided by us from time to time, including but not being limited to our Intellectual Property Rights or Confidential Information, to build a competitive product or service or to benchmark with a product or service not provided by us.

15.1 We may sub-licence, transfer, assign, sub-contract, charge or otherwise dispose of any of our rights or obligations under these Terms, provided we give you written notice of the same.

15.2 You may not sub-licence, transfer, assign, sub-contract, charge or otherwise dispose of any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent.

If we fail at any time to insist upon strict performance of any of your obligations under any of these Terms, or if we fail to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which we are entitled under these Terms, this shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and shall not relieve you from compliance with such obligations. A waiver by us of any default shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default. No waiver by us of any of these Terms shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver and is communicated to you in writing in accordance with these Terms.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to confer a benefit on, or to be enforceable by, any person who is not a Party to these Terms. These Terms do not create any right enforceable by any person who is not a Party to them under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

Each Party is an independent contractor, and neither Party has any authority to act on behalf of the other. Neither Party will represent itself as agent, servant, franchisee, joint venturer or legal partner of the other. We are entering into these Terms as principal and not as agent for any other Affiliate company, and claims under these Terms may be brought only against us and not against any of our Affiliates.

If any of these Terms are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term or condition will to that extent be severed from the remaining Terms which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

These Terms contain and constitute the entire understanding and agreement between us in connection with and about the subject matter of these Terms and supersede all earlier and other agreements and understandings between us and all earlier representations by either of us about such subject matter. Any prior representations, warranties, statements and assurances which are not expressly set out in these Terms will not be of any effect. Each Party warrants that there is no representation, warranty, promise, term, condition, obligation or statement upon which they have relied in entering into these Terms and which is not expressly set out in these Terms and no such representation, warranty, promise, obligation, statement or any other term or condition is to be implied in them whether by virtue of any usage or course of dealing or otherwise (including, subject to clause 8, by statute or common law) except as expressly set out in these Terms. If a Party has given any representation, warranty, promise or statement then (except to the extent that it has been set out in these Terms) the Party to whom it is given waives any rights or remedies which it may have in respect of it. This clause 20 shall not exclude the liability of a Party for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation or concealment or any resulting right to rescind these Terms.

These Terms may not be amended, modified, varied or supplemented except in writing signed by or on behalf of both Parties.

22.1 Each party shall comply with all applicable laws, statutes, codes and regulations in relation to the Platform, including applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, Data Protection Laws and tax evasion laws. The Platform may be subject to export laws and regulations of the United States and other jurisdictions. Each party represents that it is not named on any U.S. government denied persons list and that it is not owned or controlled by a politically exposed person. You shall be obliged to notify Sage HR if, during the Term, you become named on any U.S. government denied persons list or you become owned or controlled by a politically exposed person. In the event that these circumstances arise, Sage HR shall be entitled to terminate these Terms immediately on written notice to you. You shall not permit Users to access or use the Platform in violation of any U.S. export law or regulation or in any Restricted Territories. “Restricted Territories” means (i) Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and the territory of Crimea / Sevastopol, (ii) any other country or territory that is subject to sanctions by the United Kingdom, the European Union, or the U.S (iii) any other country or territory that becomes subject to sanctions by the United Kingdom, the European Union, or the U.S after the Commencement Date. You shall have and shall maintain throughout the Term appropriate procedures and controls to ensure and be able to demonstrate your compliance with this clause 22.1. Each party will promptly report to the other party if it has violated, or if a third party has a reasonable basis for alleging that it has violated, this section. In the event that this clause 22.1 is breached, Sage HR shall have a right to terminate these Terms immediately on written notice to you.

22.2You shall assist in any due diligence process we may ask you to participate in from time to time to ensure your compliance with these Terms and, in particular, this clause 22. You shall provide us with all reasonable co-operation, information and assistance in relation to our due diligence processes for any purpose, including but not limited to enabling us to establish ownership and to identify any territory in which you and any or all of your Users use and access the Platform for whichever purpose. Your failure to engage in any such a process and/or provide the required information shall be deemed to be a material breach of these Terms and we shall have a right to terminate these Terms immediately on written notice to you.

These Terms shall be governed in all respects by and be construed in accordance with the law of the applicable territory set forth below (including all non-contractual disputes or claims arising out of the subject matter or formation of these Terms). Any claim or dispute arising from or related to these Terms (including their enforcement or their termination) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction provisions of the applicable territory set forth below and the Parties hereby irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction.  The applicable territory is determined by where your business (and not Sage HR) is located. To the extent the applicable territory is not set forth below, then your applicable territory shall automatically be deemed to be the United Kingdom.