Apator SA and PGE Dystrybucja SA concluded some contracts
Further to the tender won in PGE Dystrybucja SA („PGE”), the Executive Board of Apator SA announces that on
1st February 2016 Apator SA concluded contracts with the eight Branch Offices of PGE. The subject of the contracts is the supply of single phase and three phase electricity meters of the value of PLN 31,7 m in 2016 with the option of the supplies in 2017 for the amount of PLN 39,8 m. Apator SA will have received from PGE the declaration of use or resign from the right to the option till 31st October 2016.
The conditions of the contracts concluded are not different from typical ones for such type of transactions on the market.
Apator SA („Contractor”) is obligated to make pay liquidated damages to PGE („Ordering Party”):
(a) in case of withdrawal from the contracts by either Party due to the reasons being the responsibility of the Contractor, - in net amount of 10% of payment and in case of the withdrawal from the contracts by Ordering Party due to defective software for the operation of the equipment being the subject of the supplies – in amount of 30% of the payment;
(b) in case of the delay in the date of the supply by the Contractor of particular batch of the supplies being performed under the contracts – for each day of the delay in net amount of 0, 5% of the payment due to Contractor for the delay of the supply defined as the product of unit price of the equipment and number of ordered or scheduled supplies of the equipment included in the supply delayed;
(c) in case of the delay in the date of remedy the defect in the equipment by the Contractor notified in warranty period – in amount of 5% of the net unit price of particular equipment for each day of the delay, while the penalty is calculated separately to each equipment notified in warranty period;
(d) in case of the delay in date of remedy by the Contractor the defect of the software for the operation of the equipment being the subject of the supplies notified in warranty period – in amount of PLN 500 for each day of the delay;
(e) in case of the delay in the receipt of the equipment notified for the reception through the fault of the Contractor - in net amount of 5% of the unit price of particular equipment for each day of the delay while the penalty is calculated separately for each equipment;
(f) in case of breaching the secrecy of the Ordering Party by the Contractor or persons it is responsible for – in amount of PLN 5.000 for each case.
The Ordering Party has the right to withdraw from the contracts:
(i) in case when the delay of the Contractor in performance of any of the supply or remedy of the notified defects of the software for the operation of equipment being the subject of the supply will exceed 60 days in relation to the fixed date; moreover, the Ordering Party has the right to calculate liquidated damages in amount specified in point (a);
(ii) in case when the software does not provide with the functionality of the equipment included in the order or its use is not possible due to the defects identified or the claims of the third persons; furthermore the Contractor is obligated to return any payments received under the contract from Ordering Party for the return of the equipment received.
The Contractor has the right to calculate liquidated damages towards the Ordering Party in net amount of 10% of payment in case of the withdrawal from the contract by either of the Party due to reasons the Ordering Party is responsible for.
The contracts have been recognized as the important one in respect of the exceeding of 10% of equities of Apator SA. The information on the tender won, Apator SA announced in current reports no. 55/2015.
Legal basis: §5 para 1 point 3 of the Regulation of Minister of Finance regarding current and regular information being transferred by the issuers of securities and conditions to be considered as equivalent information required by law of the state not being the member of the EU.