The following definitions shall apply to these Terms:
Affiliate means in relation to a body corporate, any other entity which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under direct or indirect common control with, that body corporate from time to time.
Agreement has the meaning given to it in clause 1.4.
Applicable Law means any of the following, to the extent that it applies to a party or any subcontractor: any statute, regulation, by law, ordinance or subordinate legislation in force from time to time; any binding court order, judgement or decree; and any applicable mandatory industry codes, guidelines, policies or standards.
Authorised Users means employees or other personnel of the Customer who are granted access to the Hofy Platform, including Organisation Managers and any Team Members who have access to the Platform.
Charges has the meaning given to it in clause 7.1.
Clearance Equipment means any Equipment which Hofy agrees to purchase from the Customer.
Clearance Information means the information which Hofy requests about the Equipment, including but not limited to information about its specification and condition.
Clearance Provider has the meaning given to it at A5.2; which is Hofy’s approved third party clearance provider.
Condition Standards means the condition standards that Hofy applies to returned Equipment, as amended from time to time.
Confidential Information means in relation to a party and/or a party's Affiliates, information that is by its nature confidential; and/or is designated by that party as confidential; or the other party knows or ought to know is confidential; and includes, but is not limited to, trade secrets, know-how, inventions, techniques, processes, software programs and other IT related information, documentation, schematics, procedures, contracts, customer bases, customer information, information regarding employees, policyholders or beneficiaries, financial information, budgets, sales, marketing, public relations, advertising and commerce plans, ideas, strategies, designs, projections, business plans, real estate plans, strategic expansion plans, products and product designs, sourcing information, potential product labelling and marking ideas, unpublished information relating to the Intellectual Property Rights of either party, and other non-public information relating to either party's business, but in all cases excluding Personal Data.
Confirmed means that Hofy has provided notice to the Customer that it has accepted an order from any Authorised User for the purchase of Equipment or Services, either to an Organisation Manager via the Platform or otherwise in writing to any manager designated by the Customer.
Customer means the legal entity which accepts Hofy Ltd’s Terms of Service by means of entering into a Service Order. Where appropriate, references to Customer may also be deemed to include references to a Customer Affiliate, where Hofy has accepted a request to provide Equipment or Services to a Customer Affiliate.
Customer Connected Entities has the meaning given to it in clause 12.6.
Customer Data means all data, information and reports entered into or created through use of the Services, and which may include personal data.
Data Protection Law has the meaning given to it in the Data Processing Schedule
Data Processing Schedule means the document titled 'Data Processing Schedule' and provided at Schedule 6 which is incorporated into each Agreement and which sets out the parties' respective rights and responsibilities with respect to processing personal data.
Delivery Address means the delivery address provided by the Customer at the point of order (or any other address subsequently agreed between the Customer and Hofy).
Device means a laptop, phone or tablet.
Early Termination has the meaning given to it in clause 15.1.
Early Termination Fee has the meaning given to it in clause 15.4.
Eligible Storage Location means any territories from which Hofy will collect Storage Equipment, or to which Hofy will distribute Storage Equipment, as the case may be, as set out in Hofy’s current Storage Information Document.
Equipment means Devices, furniture and other hardware and equipment.
Estimate a non-binding indication of the price that Hofy may pay for the Clearance Equipment.
Force Majeure Event means an event outside a party's reasonable control, including without limitation: acts of God, flood, drought, earthquake or other natural disaster; terrorist attack, civil war, civil commotion or riots, war, threat of or preparation for war, armed conflict, imposition of sanctions, embargo, or breaking off of diplomatic relations; nuclear, chemical or biological contamination or sonic boom; pandemics or public health emergencies; any law or any action taken by a government or public authority, including without limitation imposing an export or import restriction, quota or prohibition, or failing to obtain a necessary licence or consent.
Hofy Group Company means Hofy B.V., Hofy Inc, or any of Hofy Ltd’s subsidiaries, or any future holding company of Hofy Ltd.
Initial Service Term means the initial minimum contractual period of any Services, as specified on the Platform or in the Service Order.
Insolvency Event means any of the following: the party is unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 as they fall due; or a resolution is passed for the administration of the party; or the presentation of a petition for winding up of the party, which petition is not dismissed within twenty eight (28) days; or an order is made or a resolution is passed for winding up of the party, save for the purpose of a solvent reconstruction or amalgamation with the resulting entity assuming all the obligations of the entity that has been wound up; or if a receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, examiner, liquidator, provisional liquidator or similar officer is appointed over all or any part of the assets or undertaking of the party and is not discharged with thirty (30) days of such appointment; or the party enters into or proposes a "Voluntary Arrangement" as defined within Part 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or convenes a meeting of its creditors or makes a composition with its creditors generally or an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or other similar arrangement; the party goes into liquidation (voluntary or otherwise) other than a genuine solvent reconstruction or amalgamation; the party ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business or trade; any third party enforces a security interest over all, or substantially all, of the assets of the party; or any event analogous to paragraphs (a) to (h) above which occurs in any other jurisdiction to which the party is subject.
Intellectual Property Rights means all intellectual property rights including, but not limited to, patents, trade secrets, trade marks, service marks, trade names, copyrights and other rights in works of authorship (including rights in computer software), rights in logos and get up, inventions, moral and artists' rights, design rights, trade or business names, domain names, know-how, database rights and semi-conductor topography rights and all intangible rights and privileges of a similar nature analogous or allied to any of the above in every case whether or not registered or unregistered and all rights or forms of protection of a similar nature in any country.
Lease Commencement Date means the start date of any lease of Equipment, as specified in the Platform.
Loaner Device means a Device which is temporarily supplied by Hofy to the Customer during any period of repair or replacement under the terms of Hofy’s Global Hardware Support Service.
Minimum Subscription Period means the minimum term of any Services which are required with the lease of Equipment or purchase of Equipment under clauses S3.12. and S3.15.
Offer has the meaning given to it in clause 1.3.
Payment Terms means 30 days from the date of issue of an invoice as set out in the Service Order or on the Hofy Platform (as applicable).
Organisation Manager has the meaning given to it in clause S3.2.1.
Plan means the SAAS Plan subscription which entitles (1) Authorised Users to access and use the Hofy Platform, and (2) the Customer to manage the Equipment assigned to Team Members on the Platform and (3) the Customer to use any other services on the Platform which requires a subscription.
Platform (or Hofy Platform) means the online platform made available by Hofy as specified in the Service Order, through which additional Services may be requested and which is further described in Schedule 2.
Point of Sale has the meaning given to it at clause A5.19; when Hofy issues the Customer with a Purchase Note for the Clearance Equipment.
Pricing and Service Overview means Hofy’s pricing sheet for Hofy’s Services, as may be amended from time to time.
Pricing Information has the meaning given to it in clause 7.1.
Qualified Provider means a suitably qualified and experienced provider of repairs or replacements of the Devices (which may or may not be an approved provider of the manufacturer).
Quote a non-binding indication of the price that Hofy may pay for the Clearance Equipment following inspection of the Clearance Equipment.
Service(s) means the service(s) to be provided by Hofy to the Customer in accordance with any Agreement, as specified in the Service Order and/or via the Hofy Platform and as described in the applicable Schedule. For the avoidance of doubt, all references to Services include the services described at Schedule 2 (SAAS Platform), Schedule 3 (Hofy’s lease Equipment Subscription Service), Schedule 4 (Global Hardware Support Service) and Schedule 5 (Optional Services).
Service Term means the full contractual period of any Services.
Software means the software owned by or licensed to Hofy by a third party and which may be used in the provision of the Services or to which the Customer may be given access as part of the Services.
Start Date has the meaning given to it in clause 4.
Storage has the meaning given to it in clause S5.4.
Storage Equipment has the meaning given to it in clause S5.4.
Storage Information Document means Hofy’s document setting out additional information regarding Hofy’s storage service, including the territories in which Storage is available.
Supported Device has the meaning given to it in clause S4.1.3.
Team Member means any employee or other personnel of the Customer who receives Equipment from Hofy, who may or may not be an Authorised User.
Terms has the meaning given to it in clause 1.1.
Total Cost means the total price stated to be payable by the Customer for any purchase or lease of Equipment or any other Service (as the case may be) at the point of invoice, excluding any other Charges incurred in accordance with these Terms.
Third Party Finance Provider means any third party finance provider appointed by Hofy from time to time.
Used Equipment means any Equipment which has been leased to the Customer by Hofy.
Users means Team Members, Authorised Users and any other individuals for whom the Customer requires subscription services on the Hofy Platform.
Working Day means any complete working day on a Monday to Friday between 9am-5pm UTC in any week, excluding UK public holidays and any local public holidays in the territory where the Equipment is to be delivered.