5 sales of certain products and services and to receive commissions from Safeguard on all such sales credited to her. Safeguard was responsible for billing customers and received payments directly from customers. Petitioner was authorized to represent Safeguard only within a limited geographic area. The agreement had an initial term of 5 years. Petitioner had the right to terminate the agreement for any reason upon 60 days' notice. Safeguard had the right to terminate the agreement with 60 days' notice under limited circumstances including, but not limited to, failure by petitioner to meet certain annual commission quotas, or petitioner's material failure to perform any of the other terms or conditions of the agreement. Petitioner's annual quotas were set at actual earnings for the first 2 years and left to be negotiated for the remaining 3 years of petitioner's initial 5- year term. The agreement provided that for a period of 2 years following its termination, petitioner is prohibited from soliciting, selling, or attempting to sell to any Safeguard customer or persons contacted by petitioner for the purpose of their becoming a Safeguard customer within her assigned territory. The agreement further provided: We will withhold each month from payments due you under this Agreement a sum equal to the fixed monthly amounts specified in the "Territory Payback Schedule" which is attached heretoPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next
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