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sArvices EXHIBIT A
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<br />AR~TEX SERVICES, Inc.
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<br />agrees to supply and t h e undersigned Customer("Customer') agrees to rent garments and/or other items ("Merchandise") and accept related services
<br />from Company, in accordance with the following terms, conditions and schedule of charges:
<br />Changes Charge Garment
<br />No. of Employees Garment (per week) (per employeeiweekj Charaes
<br />UNLESS SPECIFIED OTHERWISE THE GARMENTS SUPPLIEG
<br />UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE NOT FLAMF RETARDANT OR ACID
<br />RESISTANT AND CONTAIN NO SPECIAL FLAME RETARDANT OR
<br />ACID RESISTANTFEATURES. THEYARE NOTDESIGNED FOR USE IN
<br />AREAS OF FLAMMABILITY RISK OR WHERE CONTACT WITH HAZAR
<br />DOUS MATERIALS IS POSSIBLE. FLAME RETARDANT AND ACID
<br />RESISTANT GARMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM COMPANY ON RE
<br />QUEST. CUSTOMEFt WARRANTS THAT NONE OF THE CMPLOYEES
<br />FOR WHOM GARMENTS ARE SUPPLIED PURSUAPJTTO THISAGREE
<br />MENTREQUIRE FLAME RETARDANTORACID RESISTANTCLOTHING
<br />1. Company will furnish Customer with Merchandise as described,
<br />freshly processed, mended and finished in accordance with yenerally
<br />accepted standards of ;he textile rental industry. Company will replace
<br />Merchandise wom out through normal wear and tear which can no longer
<br />be rendered adequately serviceable.
<br />2. Ail Merchandise supplied to Customer under this Agreement is the
<br />property of Company and shall be promptly retumed on demand. Custo
<br />mer agrees to be responsible for Merohandise lost or damaged except
<br />through normal wear and tear. Lossidamage charges for garments shall
<br />be at Company's current retail price. Loss/damage charges for other items
<br />supplied are specrfied above Customer is responsible for the yarment
<br />and service charges appllcabie to each employee without regarG to the
<br />absence of employee for any reason other than termination of employ
<br />ment.
<br />3. The term of this Agreement shall be for one hundred fifty-six (1561
<br />consecutive weeks from the date Merchanciise is first installed on
<br />Customers premises, and shall Ge renewed for successive fifty-two (52)
<br />consecutive week periods unless either party gives the other written
<br />notfce of termination at least thirty (30) days before the end of the then
<br />current contract term. Subject to availability of specially ordered Mer
<br />chandise, installation shali occur no more than forty-five (45) days from tne
<br />date of this Agreement.
<br />4. All rental service and preparation charges (indudiny name, emblem,
<br />and lettering charges) are due and payable in cash on delivery o'
<br />Merchandise; except that if Customers credit is approved by Company.
<br />payment is due withir ten (10) days of the date of each statement
<br />rendered by Company. Any statement or charge not paid when due is
<br />subject to a late payment charge of 11,o per month on any unpaid
<br />balance, but in no event in excess of the highest ra1P permitted by law_
<br />5. The terms of this Agreement shall apply to all increases or additions ir
<br />Merchandise and related services, as reflected in Cnmpany's supplemen
<br />tal order forms. Customer agrees that the p!ices set forth in this Agree-
<br />ment for Merchandise and related services may be increased due to
<br />increased labor, energy or material costs on thirty (30) days writ;en notice
<br />from Company.
<br />6. The Merchandise and related services describec above shali not be
<br />reduced, except that Customer may reduce the garments and services
<br />related thereto in the event an employee is no longer employed by
<br />Customerand is not replaced by another employee, subject to Customers
<br />obliyation to notify Company of the employee's termination and the return
<br />of the garments issued to the employee. With respect to the categories o!
<br />Merchandise and service covered by this Agreement, Customer acknow
<br />ledges that Company's Merchai-idise and service are not interchangeable
<br />with that of other textile rental and maintenance c,ompanies and to ;3void
<br />intermixing of Merchandise and service agrees that during the tenn oi this
<br />Agreement and any renewals, as to the categories of Merchandise and
<br />service covered by this Agreement, Customer will use only Companys
<br />Merchandise and service, and wili have Company's Merchandise(indu(i
<br />ing garments) processed only by Company. This restriction does not
<br />apply to categories of Merchandise not contracted for under this
<br />4grPement.
<br />7. Customer expressly waives the right ?o terminate this Agreement
<br />during the initial term or any extension thereef for deficiencies in service
<br />and/or quality ot Merchandlse uniess: (1) complaints are first made
<br />T'•r ~ f~ ' r.a
<br />Customer Name -"/L
<br />Customer Address
<br />❑ Corporation ❑ Partnership ❑ individuai
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<br />Customer Signature (PRINT AND 51GN NAME)
<br />promptly in writing to C;ompany, statiny the precise nature of any com-
<br />plaints; (2) Company is afforded at least thirty (30) days to correct or take
<br />reasonable steps to correct :~ny deficiency complained of, and (3) Com-
<br />pany fails to correci or take reasonable steps to correct those deficiencies
<br />ccmplained ot within thirty (30) days. In the event Company attempts to
<br />correct tt-~e de!iciencies, and customer believes such corrections are
<br />inadequate, Customershail give Companywritten explanatiorr of the basis
<br />for the claim of inadequate correction.
<br />8- in the event ihat Customer cancels, breaches or otherwise termi-
<br />nates this Ayreement, or any ex?ensions hereof, prior to the end of the
<br />term, without limiting Coinpany's remedies, Customer agrees to buy from
<br />Company at Companys option, all the garments then in service at
<br />Gompany's tllen current retail price, less an amount equal to two end
<br />ume-half percent (25°0) of su-,h price multiplied by the number of
<br />conipl~te monfhsthisA.greemeno hasthenbeen ineffect, butinnoevent
<br />shall the pnce payable be less than !wenty five percent (25°/0) of the
<br />i:UirE;lt rEfHil UnCP. Of the ifPmiSi
<br />9 CompanY and CustomPr h,~reby waive a!r claims against each other
<br />tor damayes ansing trom interruption or postponement of service caused
<br />by reason of acts of Gcd, strikes, lockouts, or oiher industrial disturbances,
<br />wars.riots,arrests,explosions,fire accidents or any other cause not within
<br />the sole conlrol ot the cwstorner orCompany. In such event, Customer
<br />m:ry continue to use ihe Merchandise without Company's laundering and
<br />mamtenance service and Gurnpanys charges shall be at the rate of
<br />twenty-five percent i250,] otihe amount ordlnarilydue underthiscontraCt,
<br />excepf loss!damaye charges shall remain unchanged. Upon discon
<br />tinuance of the ceuse(s) o; intcrruption or postponement Uf serviCe,
<br />Company shall resume normal service and the ihen current term ef this
<br />Ayreement shall be extended by a Geriod equai to the period of the
<br />interruption or postponemen!
<br />i 0 In the event of any controversy, claim or dispute as to construction or
<br />operation of, or rights and liabilities relating to thisAgreement, each such
<br />yuestion shall be sLbmitted to and settled by arbitration to be conducted
<br />by the The American Arbitration Association and held in the state and
<br />county in which Company's faciliiy providing serviCe to CustOmer is
<br />~~ated Gustomaragrees to reimburse Corttpany for all costs of litigation
<br />,ind reasonabie attorney's fees which Company may incur by reason of
<br />Custorner's failure to perform under [his Agreement.
<br />11- Gustomerrepresentsandwarrantsthat.asofthe dateofthiscuntract
<br />or the date ot installation of tJerchandise and commencement of service,
<br />Customer is not obligated to obiain Merchandise or service covered by
<br />this Ayreement from any other person or entity, and that the execution of
<br />this Agreement by Customer does not and will not constitute a breach of
<br />any existing contract to which Custumer is a party. Customer agrees to
<br />indemnify Company from and against any losses, claims, expenses,
<br />damages, or liabilities, including reasonable attomey's tees incurred by
<br />Company as a result of any misrepresentation by Customer under this
<br />SP.CtlOfl.
<br />12 This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to ?he benefit
<br />of the parties hereto, their heirs, administrators, executors, successors or
<br />assiyns, and supersedes any prior arrangement, agreement or under-
<br />standinq relating to the siibject matter of this agreement.
<br />13. This Agreement shall be construed to be several in its nature, and as
<br />such, if for any reason any paragraph or portion of any paragraph is
<br />subsequently deterrnined to be invalid or unenforceable, or in need of
<br />rnociification by any courf or by the arbitrator for any reason, then and in
<br />tl7at event, the rest oi this Agreement shall stand and be in fuil force and
<br />etfect as modified, except insofar as the invalid porfion thereof shall be
<br />stricken.
<br />? 4. Custorner has read ihe foregoing in its entirety and unrierstands ali
<br />of its terms and conditions, and the person signiny on behaif of
<br />Customer warrants tu Company that he has the authority and power to
<br />execute thls Agreement on behalf of Customer, and after the execution
<br />hereof Customer is bound by al( of the terms and conditions herein.
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<br />Order Accepted By (for Company)
<br />'See reverse side for address of planUdt:pot identified hy localion nurnber
<br />R.ate P~1in. & p e r C oss charge S
<br />Item Inventory 11; Per i`iixquency Services (per item) Der- osit
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