AMERICAN BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS SUPPLY CO., INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
CREDIT TERMS & CONDITIONS
As a condition to the election of American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at its National Support Center at One ABC Parkway, Beloit, Wisconsin (d/b/a “ABC Supply Co., Inc.,” and “Bradco Supply,” among others) (hereinafter, “Seller”) to extend credit to Buyer, Buyer has executed Seller’s Credit Application and agrees to the following terms and conditions for all purchases made by Buyer from Seller or any of its subsidiaries. All purchases by Buyer from Seller are made pursuant to this Credit Agreement, the Seller Credit Application, and Seller Terms of Sale. The terms and conditions of the Seller Credit Application and the Seller’s Terms of Sale (https://www.abcsupply.com/terms-of-sale) are incorporated by reference herein. Any payments made through Seller’s Internet-based Invoice Gateway (more information at https://account.abcsupply.com/) are also subject to the terms and conditions of the Invoice Gateway, which Buyer hereby acknowledges and accepts. The Credit Application, Credit Agreement, the Terms of Sale and the Invoice Gateway terms and conditions (if applicable) together constitute the entire agreement between Seller and Buyer and will be collectively referred to from time to time as the Agreement. In the event of any conflict in the terms of the aforementioned, the terms of the Seller Purchase Agreement will control.
1. Buyer will pay each invoice in full in accordance with the terms of the particular Purchase Agreement, invoice, or other shipping document, with or without Buyer’s signature. In the event Buyer fails to make payment when due, Buyer will pay, in addition to the invoice amount, a monthly late payment charge of 1.5%. Seller reserves the right to change such charges from time to time in its sole discretion and without notice. All payments are due within terms. Buyer agrees that should the late payment charge be deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to violate any law, Buyer’s sole remedy against Seller for such violation will be the application of any late payment charge paid in excess of the maximum rate allowable by law toward the unpaid account balance (or a refund of such excess if no account balance remains unpaid).
2. Buyer agrees to pay all costs of collection by Seller of any amounts due hereunder, including actual attorney’s fees. Buyer further agrees that, in the event any action arising out of or related to the Agreement between Buyer and Seller, and Seller prevails, Buyer will pay Seller its actual attorney’s fees and other costs incurred as a result of or in connection with such actions. To the extent state law limits the recoverability of attorney’s fees, Seller will be entitled to recover its fees up to the maximum allowed by state law.
3. Buyer grants Seller authorization to perform a credit check and obtain a credit report for Buyer on an annual basis, or more frequently as Seller may deem necessary.
4. Seller will have the sole discretion and complete right to apply any payment received from Buyer hereunder in a manner that Seller deems proper. Unless otherwise specified in the remittance advice, Seller may apply payments first to late payment charges, service charges, shipping charges, attorney’s fees, or any other applicable charge, in any order, before applying the remainder of any such payments toward Buyer’s principal account balance.
5. Buyer represents and warrants that Buyer is not a “consumer” as defined in the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, or any other consumer credit laws (Federal, State or Local), and Buyer waives all rights granted to consumers under the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, and other Federal, State and Local laws pertaining to “consumer” rights. Buyer further represents and warrants that all purchases made from Seller and any credit extended hereunder will be used solely for business and commercial purposes. Buyer further represents and warrants that any purchases from Seller of “consumer products” as defined in the Magnuson Moss Act or any similar law are being made (i) for resale, (ii) for use in commercial structures, or (iii) for use in the construction of a new residential structure or a substantial addition or remodel to an existing residential structure. Buyer acknowledges and agrees that Seller is a distributor, not a manufacturer, and does not provide warranties on the goods it merely distributes.
6. If this Credit Application and Credit Agreement is executed by a corporation, LLC, partnership or other business entity or company (“Company”), the undersigned individual represents and warrants that the Company has the power to enter into this Agreement, the execution of this Agreement by the undersigned has been duly authorized by the Company and this Agreement is in the best interest of the Company.
7. Governing Law: Any action arising out of or related to the Agreement will be brought, at Seller’s sole discretion, in a court of law or equity in a county in which the pertinent Seller Branch is situated or, in the county in which the project for which the goods are used or to be used is located, or where an action between Seller and a third party is pending that concerns the subject matter of the agreement. The Agreement will be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the procedural and substantive laws of the State where the action is brought. BUYER WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY REGARDING ANY AND ALL DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, subject to the law of the jurisdiction where the action is pending. The Agreement contains the full, final and exclusive statement of the Agreement between Seller and Buyer, and no terms and conditions other than those stated herein, and no agreement or understanding in any way purporting to modify the terms and conditions thereof, will be binding on Seller without Seller written consent. Waiver by Seller of any terms or conditions of this contract or waiver of any breach thereof will not be construed as a waiver of any other terms, conditions, or breach. Determination that any provision of the Agreement is illegal or invalid will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of the Agreement.
8. Buyer agrees to provide Seller with no less than thirty days prior written notice by Certified or Registered Mail of any change in Buyer’s name, address, ownership, or form of business entity.
9. All notifications from Buyer should be addressed to the Seller branch from which Buyer has purchased the most goods in the last 90 days. A copy of all notifications should also be sent to the Vice President of Customer Financial Services at Seller’s National Support Center at One ABC Parkway, Beloit, WI 53511.
10. Conflicting Provisions and Order of Precedence: The terms and conditions noted in this Agreement will govern and apply to any and all purchases, whether for materials and/or services made by the Buyer from Seller or any division, affiliate and/or predecessor thereof, at any time whatsoever, whether past, present, or future. In the event the terms and conditions noted herein conflict with terms and conditions of any other existing or future agreement between Seller and Buyer, including, without limitation, any purchase orders or other documents issued by Buyer relating to any material purchases, then in each instance, the terms and conditions of Agreement noted herein shall prevail in all respects, notwithstanding any language in such other agreement or document to the contrary. Buyer hereby acknowledges that this provision is a material inducement to Seller to establish an open account business relationship with Buyer and extending any and all payment terms or credit to the Buyer.
11. Counterparts: This Credit Agreement may be executed in counterparts each of which will constitute an original and all of which taken together will constitute a single agreement. Delivery of an electronic image and/or facsimile copy of this executed Agreement or any other document or of an executed counterpart signature page to this Agreement by facsimile, email or other electronic method, or delivery of an email communication from an authorized representative of a party providing such party’s acceptance or approval of a document previously transmitted to such party by electronic means, will be binding and considered a delivery of an executed original of such document.
12. Indemnity: TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BUYER AGREES TO PROTECT, DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD SELLER (INCLUDING ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES, COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE “INDEMNITEE”) FREE AND HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL EXPENSES, CLAIMS, DEMANDS, CAUSES OF ACTIONS, SUITS OR OTHER LITIGATION (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CLAIMS FOR ACTUAL, STATUTORY, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, AND ALL COSTS THEREOF AND ATTORNEY’S FEES) OF EVERY KIND AND CHARACTER ON ACCOUNT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE, BODILY INJURY, SICKNESS, DEATH OR OTHER LOSS (HEREIN COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE “LOSS”) IN ANY WAY OCCURRING, INCIDENT TO, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH (1) BREACH OF THE WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS PROVIDED HEREIN; (2) ANY MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE BY BUYER HEREIN; OR (3) ANY BREACH OF OR DEFAULT UNDER THE CREDIT APPLICATION AND AGREEMENT.
13. Default: Subject to the limitations of applicable law, Seller may declare Buyer to be in default under this Agreement if Buyer: (a) fails to make any payment when due; (b) violates any part of this Agreement or any other agreement Buyer has with Seller; (c) becomes the subject of bankruptcy, receivership or other insolvency proceedings; (d) exceeds the credit limit on Buyer’s account; or (e) Seller reasonably believes itself to be insecure. Upon Buyer’s default, and subject to the limitations of applicable law, Seller has the right, in its sole discretion, to: (i) reduce Buyer’s credit limit; (ii) terminate Buyer’s account, in which case the terms of this Agreement will apply until full payment owing on Buyer’s account is received, including finance charges which will continue to accrue until the date of full payment; (iii) require immediate payment of Buyer’s entire account balance, all accrued but unpaid finance charges (if applicable), and all fees and other charges listed in this Agreement; and (iv) bring an action to collect all amounts owed.