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LIMITATION, ANY GENERAL, DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, STATUTORY OR
<br />CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, IRRESPECTIVE OF CAUSE, SUCH LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM
<br />SUM OF $1,000.00 COLLECTIVELY FOR CINTAS AND REPRESENTATIVES, AND THIS LIABILITY SHALL BE
<br />EXCLUSIVE. IF CUSTOMER WISHES TO INCREASE THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, CINTAS AND CUSTOMER
<br />MAY NEGOTIATE A SUPPLEMENTAL WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF CINTAS'S LIABILITY
<br />BUT NO SUCH AGREED UPON INCREASE TO THE LIMIT OF CINTAS'S LIABILITY SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO
<br />FIND CINTAS OR ITS SUBCONTRACTORS OR REPRESENTATIVES TO BE INSURERS.
<br />14. Central Qqntrol Panel, Customer understands, acknowledges, and agrees that Customer shall provide an undamaged
<br />and fully operational System compliant with law including, without limitation, a central control panel compliant with law (the
<br />"Panel") useable by Cintas without any cost or expense to Cintas, e.g., if the Panel is programmed with proprietary data
<br />and not fully accessible or useable by Cintas, Customer shall promptly have the Panel reprogrammed so that it is fully
<br />accessible and useable by Cintas or, if necessary, replaced by Customer or replaced by Cintas at an additional charge to
<br />Customer.
<br />15. Communication Path and Signals. Etedrical Connections. and Systems. Customer acknowledges and agrees that during
<br />the term of this Alarm Monitoring Agreement, it is Customers sole responsibility to provide and maintain the
<br />communication path (e.g., telephone lines, radio signal path, VOIP, etc.) for all monitoring signals. In all cases, Customer
<br />acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility to provide and maintain all required dedicated electrical
<br />connections to the System and equipment necessary or as required by applicable local, state, NFPA, insurance, and any
<br />other applicable standards and codes. Customer further acknowledges and agrees that Cintas has no responsibility to
<br />notify Customer of any failures in the communication path or signals received, including, but not limited to, failures of the
<br />System to send any periodic confirmation that the communication path and/or System is operational.
<br />16. NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS BY CINTAS REGARDING SYSTEM. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES
<br />AND AGREES THAT CINTAS HAS NOT MADE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED)
<br />TO CUSTOMER OF ANY KIND REGARDING THE SYSTEM AT THE PREMISES IDENTIFIED UNDER THIS ALARM
<br />MONITORING AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE, ITS
<br />MERCHANTABILITY, OR ITS SUITABILITY OR EFFECTIVENESS AS AN ALARM SYSTEM. UNDER THE TERMS OF
<br />THIS ALARM MONITORING AGREEMENT, NEITHER CINTAS NOR ANY SUBCONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
<br />THE MAINTENANCE, SERVICE, REPAIR, OR OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
<br />FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE SYSTEM TO DETECT AND COMMUNICATE SIGNALS TO THE MONITORING
<br />FACILITY.
<br />17. Suspension of Se Ice. Customer agrees that (i) Cintas's obligations hereunder are waived automatically without notice,
<br />and (ii) Cintas is released for and from all loss, damage, and expense in the event of a default or breach of this Alarm
<br />Monitoring Agreement by Customer or if the monitoring facility, transmission medium between the System and the
<br />monitoring facility, or the System are destroyed, damaged, altered, rendered inoperable, or malfunction for any reason
<br />whatsoever, for the duration of such interruption of service, and Customer shall be entitled to reimbursement of the
<br />unearned charge paid for the period of interruption upon Customer's request. CUSTOMER AGREES THAT THIS SHALL
<br />BE THE LIMIT OF CINTAS'S LIABILITY FOR ANY SUCH EVENT.
<br />18. Delay or Interrumtlon of Service.: Cintas and its Subcontractors shall not be liable for delays in or interruption of Monitoring
<br />Service caused, in whole or in part, by riots, strikes, lockouts, other labor disputes, civil unrest, terrorism, war (declared or
<br />undeclared), insurrections, weather, natural phenomena, earthquakes, lightning, storms, power failures, hurricanes,
<br />tornadoes, interruption of communications (including, but not limited to, telephone, cable, cellular, satellite, internet, radio
<br />service or the malfunction of any or all such communications or communication devices for any reason whatsoever), acts
<br />of God, social instability, casualty, governmental orders, laws, rules, regulations, transportation, environmental conditions,
<br />or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Cintas or its Subcontractors ("Force Majeure'), and all Monitoring
<br />Services shall be suspended during Force Majeure. Customer acknowledges and agrees that during any interruption of
<br />Monitoring Services for any reason including, without limitation, Force Majeure, Cintas has no duty or obligation to notify
<br />Customer of any such interruption or to supply Customer with alternative or substitute Monitoring Services, and has no
<br />liability for declining or failing to do so.
<br />19. Consent to Intercept Record, Disclose and Use Contents of Communications. Customer, for itself and as the authorized
<br />agent of its employees, invitees, guests, and representatives (individually and collectively, "Any Person"), consents to
<br />Cintas and any Subcontractor recording, retrieving, reviewing, copying, disclosing, and/or using the contents of all
<br />telephone and other forms of transmission or communication to which Customer and/or Any Person and Cintas or any
<br />Subcontractor are parties.
<br />20. Default of Customer. In the event of any default by Customer, without limiting the rights of Cintas under this Alarm
<br />Monitoring Agreement or at law or equity, Cintas shall be entitled to retain all prepayments received, and Customer shall
<br />immediately pay to Cintas (i) all payments then due and payable, and (ii) ninety percent(90%) of all payments which would
<br />be due under this Alarm Monitoring Agreement for the unexpired term as liquidated damages and not as a penalty. In any
<br />such event, Cintas shall have no further obligation to perform under this Alarm Monitoring Agreement. In addition, if any
<br />suit or alternative dispute resolution proceeding is instituted and Cintas is the substantially prevailing party by judgment,
<br />award, finding, or settlement, Customer shall pay directly or reimburse Cintas for all of its costs and expenses, including,
<br />without limitation or example, consultants' and professionals' fees and costs including, without limitation or example,
<br />reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.
<br />21. Governing Law. To the greatest extent permitted by law, this Alarm Monitoring Agreement shall be governed by the laws
<br />of the Customer is located, and it explicitly excludes any reference or resort to choice of law rules that suggest or require
<br />that the laws of another jurisdiction be applied.
<br />22. Intentionally Omitted,
<br />23. LIMITATION OF ACTION. ANY ACTION BY CUSTOMER AGAINST CINTAS OR ANY SUBCONTRACTOR MUST BE
<br />COMMENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE ACCRUAL OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION OR THE ACTION SHALL BE
<br />BARRED, REGARDLESS OF ANY OTHER STATUTE OF LIMITATION OR REPOSE THAT MAY APPLY TO THE
<br />CLAIM UNDER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.
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