Co-op Connections Business Participation Form

Thank you for your interest in the Co-op Connections program! Randolph EMC, in conjunction with other Touchstone Energy® cooperatives around the country, developed the Co-op Connections program to deliver more value to members and assist participating businesses in increasing customer visits. REMC provides the Co-op Connections card FREE of cost. There is no charge to businesses to participate in the program, and no charge for members to use it.

This program gives you the opportunity to offer REMC’s 31,500 cooperative members valuable discounts. What’s more, your offers will also be available to millions of other cooperative members all across the nation! This means that the Co-op Connections program card is valid across the United States, regardless of the co-op's name on the front of the card.

Randolph Electric members have already received their Co-op Connections cards and are already taking advantage of the national offers available to them. We hope you will join these national businesses to make the program even more valuable to our members, our communities and our local economy.

When you sign on to participate, we promote your business and discount offers to our members at no cost to you. This year we will closely monitor the program’s success and give you the opportunity annually to opt in or out of the program. 

Please fill out the contract form below to join our Co-op Connections program:

*Offers should be valid for at least one year

By signing this Contract I, as the above-named business (“Business”), agree to be a participating Co-op Connections
business and will give discounts to all Co-op Connections Cardholders as noted in the Co-op Connections brochure. I can
provide whatever discount I want, as long as it is something that provides a real economic value to Cardholders. I have
chosen the discount described below. I will continue to offer this discount (or a better discount) for a minimum of one
year, unless my local cooperative, Randolph EMC,(“Local Co-op”) terminates this Contract as provided below or
Touchstone Energy Cooperatives, Inc. (“Touchstone Energy”) either terminates the Co-op Connections program or Local
Co-op’s participation in the program. This Contract is effective from the day I submit this form until the day it is
terminated as described below.

ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. This Contract is between You and Local Co-op. Neither
Touchstone Energy nor any Touchstone Energy® Cooperative (“Co-op” or “Co-ops”) is liable for financial or
contractual responsibilities of holders of the Co-op Connections Card (“Card”). Further, nothing in this
Contract shall be construed to establish a joint venture, partnership, agency, franchise, or employment
relationship among Touchstone Energy, any Co-op and Business. Neither Touchstone Energy nor any Co-op
will be liable for your products or services or for any inaccuracy in your marketing materials. All Cards are
the property of Touchstone Energy, and any unauthorized reproduction or misrepresentation of the Card is
strictly prohibited. Your marketing materials and advertisements will not use the name, trademark, or other
intellectual property of Touchstone Energy or any Co-op without prior written approval. You will post Co-op
Connections signage as required by Touchstone Energy. Local Co-op can terminate this Contract on 30 days
notice (or immediately if you commit any material breach, if your business is sold or changes ownership, if your
local participating cooperative drops out of the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives program, or if you become the
subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding). You can terminate this Contract at any time after one
year on 30 days prior written notice. Touchstone Energy can terminate the Co-op Connections program at any
time, or can terminate Local Co-op’s participation in the program, either of which event will terminate this
Contract also. You, your employees, and your affiliates will maintain the confidentiality of any confidential
information belonging to Touchstone Energy or Local Co-op and that you will not disclose it to any third party.
Touchstone Energy and Local Co-op, their employees, and their affiliates will maintain the confidentiality of
any confidential information belonging to Business and will not disclose it to any third party. You agree to
indemnify, defend and hold Touchstone Energy, Co-ops, and their affiliates and all of their employees, officers,
directors and shareholders harmless against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs or other expenses or
claims or counterclaims of third persons or entities related to this Contract, except for any such claims arising
from Touchstone Energy’s or Local Co-op’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. This Contract is governed
by the substantive laws of Virginia. Any action relating to this Contract must be brought in federal or state
court located in Virginia. Each party waives its right to jury trial for any dispute relating to this Contract.
Touchstone Energy can change any term of this Contract at any time by posting the change on any public
section of the www.connections.coop Web site. Changes will be effective 30 days after posting to the Web site.
Additional or updated terms may be posted at www.connections.coop, and those terms control even if they
conflict with this writing. Each party acknowledges the other’s exclusive ownership of, and right to use, its own
trademarks, service marks, trade names, and copyrighted materials. Neither acquires any rights in the other’s
trademarks, service marks, trade names, or copyrighted materials through this Contract. In connection with
this Contract, neither party will use, or sell products bearing or comprised of, the other’s intellectual property
without the owner’s prior written consent.

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