Annexure 1: Channel Partner Scope
(To be executed on non-judicial stamp paper of Rs. 100/-)
The terms of engagement of the Channel Partner / Agency / Direct Selling Agent ("Channel Partner" or "Partner") with Annun Fintech Private Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013, having CIN U66190AP2026PTC124408, its registered office at 7-22-21, Ajjarapu Vari Street, Rajahmundry, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh - 533101 and its corporate office at T-Hub Phase 2, Plot No. 1/C, Sy. No. 83/1, Raidurgam Panmaktha, Hyderabad Knowledge City, Serilingampally, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500081, operating under the brand name "Flexifee", which expression shall include its successors and assigns ("Flexifee" or the "Company"), shall be governed by this document read with the Channel Partner Terms and Conditions and Code of Conduct (Annexure 3), the Commercial / Payout Schedule (Annexure 2) and the Channel Partner Enrollment Form, each as amended and supplemented from time to time, including those published on the Flexifee website (collectively, the "T&C").
Flexifee is a technology and distribution platform that enables parents and guardians to pay K-12 school fees in monthly instalments while partner schools receive fees upfront. Credit facilities to parents are sanctioned and disbursed by banks / NBFCs regulated by the Reserve Bank of India with whom Flexifee has tie-ups ("Lending Partners"). The sanction of any credit facility is the sole decision of the Lending Partner.
The Partner shall at all times keep all data and information relating to Flexifee, its Lending Partners, Partner Schools and customers strictly confidential, in compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and other applicable data privacy laws. The services shall commence from the Effective Date and shall continue unless terminated earlier in accordance with these terms by either party in writing, provided that the Partner's accrued liabilities under this engagement shall survive expiry or termination.
Scope of Service
Identify and introduce K-12 schools ("Partner Schools") interested in offering the Flexifee fee instalment facility to parents, and facilitate onboarding meetings with school management.
Assist Partner Schools in completing Flexifee's school onboarding agreement, KYC and documentation, and in setting up the Flexifee fee collection process.
Identify and source parents / guardians of students of Partner Schools who wish to avail the fee instalment facility ("Potential Customers"), and direct them to apply only through the Flexifee app, web platform or application forms authorised by Flexifee.
Obtain, with the Potential Customer's explicit consent, the details and documents required by Flexifee and / or its Lending Partners for identification, KYC verification and processing, and submit the same to Flexifee within 3 (three) working days of receipt.
Answer queries and give proper guidance to Potential Customers and Partner Schools on Flexifee's products, process and charges, strictly as per the information and material provided by Flexifee.
Follow up with Potential Customers for pending documentation till disbursement, and support school-level awareness activities (parent orientations, notices, events) as approved in writing by Flexifee.
Note:
The Partner shall ensure that no officer, director or employee of Flexifee or of its Lending Partners (or any immediate family member) receives anything of value of any kind from the Partner or its officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with these services, and that none of them has a business relationship of any kind with the Partner or its personnel. During the term and for 6 (six) months after termination, the Partner shall not solicit or entice away Flexifee's employees, Partner Schools or customers in any manner.
The Partner's employees and staff shall not claim any employment or interest in the services of Flexifee and shall not raise any industrial dispute, directly or indirectly, with or against Flexifee in respect of any service condition or otherwise.
The Partner acknowledges that Flexifee, its Lending Partners, the Reserve Bank of India and any other competent authority shall have the right to inspect the Partner and its books and accounts relating to these services, through one or more of their officers, employees or other persons.
The Partner shall not collect any money (fees, instalments, processing charges, cash, cheques or otherwise) from Potential Customers or Partner Schools, and shall not charge any customer or school any amount for the Flexifee facility. All payments shall be made directly to Flexifee or the Lending Partner through the channels notified by them.
Fee Structure & Terms
In consideration of the services provided to Flexifee, the Partner shall be entitled to receive fee / payout as per the Commercial / Payout Schedule agreed in Annexure 2, upon successful disbursement of fee instalment facilities to Potential Customers sourced by the Partner and / or upon achievement of such other milestones as specified in Annexure 2.
Payment Terms & Conditions
Fee (payout) shall be calculated on the basis of the actual amount disbursed, on a monthly basis. The payout cycle shall be the 1st to the last day of each calendar month, and payment shall be made subsequent to receipt of the relevant invoice.
All payments shall be made to the Partner after scrutiny of invoices and after making statutory deductions towards taxes, duties etc., as applicable from time to time. TDS will be deducted as per prevailing tax laws.
The fee / payout structure provided by Flexifee in writing to the Partner shall be valid till further notice. Flexifee may, at its sole discretion, revise the fee / payout structure or rates at any time with prior written intimation, and the revised structure shall be binding on the Partner prospectively.
The Partner shall submit all documents required by Flexifee for generating the Partner Code, and shall raise invoices for fee (payout) only after generation of the Partner Code and fulfilment of all conditions related to submission of documents mentioned herein. The Partner shall provide all documents required for taxes and other levies, as applicable.
Fee / payout on cases that are cancelled, refunded or foreclosed within 6 (six) months from the date of disbursement, or that are found at any time to involve fraud, misrepresentation or forged documents, shall be deducted / recovered from subsequent payouts or from the Security Deposit.
The Partner shall not be entitled to any fee / payout until all sanction conditions, including submission of documents required by Flexifee and / or the Lending Partner, are duly complied with by the Potential Customer.
Flexifee shall have the right to set off, deduct and recover from the fees, the Security Deposit or any other amount payable to the Partner, any and all amounts which are or may become payable by the Partner to Flexifee under these services or on any other account. The Partner shall immediately reimburse to Flexifee any amount which was undue or has been paid by mistake.
The Partner shall indemnify Flexifee and its Lending Partners for any loss or damage caused due to any fraud, wilful negligence or malpractice of the Partner or its personnel. In such case, Flexifee shall have the right to immediately terminate the engagement and discontinue the services of the Partner.
The Partner shall co-operate fully in defending any claim by any local, state or central authority against Flexifee with respect to any levies, taxes, duties, fines and / or penalties due and payable by the Partner.
Refundable Security Deposit
The Partner shall pay to Annun Fintech Private Limited an interest-free refundable security deposit of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) (the "Security Deposit") before activation of the Partner Code. The Security Deposit shall be paid only through banking channels (NEFT / RTGS / IMPS / UPI / cheque / DD) from the Partner's own bank account. Cash shall not be accepted.
Flexifee shall issue a written acknowledgement / receipt for the Security Deposit within 7 (seven) working days of its realisation.
The Security Deposit is held solely as security for the due performance of the Partner's obligations. It is not a fee, charge or consideration for appointment, does not carry any interest, and does not create any partnership, franchise, investment or ownership interest in Flexifee.
Upon expiry or termination of the engagement for any reason, Flexifee shall refund the Security Deposit within 45 (forty-five) days from the later of (a) the effective date of termination, and (b) the date on which the Partner has returned all Flexifee material, identity cards, platform access and data, and settled all dues, after adjusting any amounts recoverable from the Partner (including clawbacks, excess or mistaken payouts, losses, damages and costs).
Flexifee may adjust or forfeit the Security Deposit, in whole or in part, in case of fraud, misrepresentation, collection of money from customers or schools, misuse of data, or material breach of the T&C by the Partner or its personnel, without prejudice to any other rights and remedies available to Flexifee. If any amount is adjusted during the term, the Partner shall restore the Security Deposit to Rs. 10,000/- within 15 (fifteen) days of written notice, failing which Flexifee may suspend the Partner Code.
The refund shall be made only by electronic transfer to the Partner's bank account registered with Flexifee. The Partner shall not assign, pledge or encumber the Security Deposit, or set it off against any amount payable by the Partner.
Arbitration & Jurisdiction
This engagement shall be governed by the laws of India. All disputes between the parties shall be referred to a sole arbitrator appointed by mutual consent of the parties, failing which in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, as amended from time to time. The seat and venue of arbitration shall be Hyderabad, Telangana. The language of arbitration shall be English, and the arbitral award shall be final and binding on the parties. Subject to the above, courts at Hyderabad shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
Successors
The term "Partner" wherever used herein shall mean and include its employees, agents, sub-contractors (if permitted) and representatives and the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns of all such persons.
Termination
Either party may, without assigning any reason, terminate the services by giving the other party 15 (fifteen) days' written notice (in the case of Flexifee) or 30 (thirty) days' written notice (in the case of the Partner). On expiry of the notice period, the services shall stand terminated.
Flexifee shall have the right to terminate the services with immediate effect if it comes to the notice of Flexifee that the Partner is in breach of the T&C or applicable law, or has acted against the interest of Flexifee, its Lending Partners, Partner Schools or customers. Flexifee further reserves the right to publish a notice in local newspapers and / or on its website and social media informing the public at large of such discontinuance and cautioning the public not to deal with the Partner on behalf of Flexifee.
Declaration
In discharge of my/our duties, I/We hereby confirm that I/We have read and understood the T&C (as set out in Annexure 3) and accordingly accept the same. Any amendment to the T&C shall be applicable to me/us prospectively. I/We further confirm having received copies of the T&C, including the Code of Conduct and the Commercial / Payout Schedule (Annexure 2), for my/our records and reference.
I/We accept the foregoing terms, including the terms of the Refundable Security Deposit of Rs. 10,000/-, and undertake to abide by the T&C (including the Code of Conduct) at all times. I/We also confirm that I/We shall provide all documents as per the checklist provided by Flexifee.