Uitspraak
GERECHTSHOF AMSTERDAM
1.AWWG INVESTMENTS B.V.,
PEPE JEANS S.L.,
PEPE RETAIL – COMÉRCIO DE TÊXTEIS, UNIPESSOAL, LTDA.,
4.G-III APPAREL GROUP LTD.,
KARL LAGERFELD INTERNATIONAL B.V.,
DKNY STORES (SPAIN S.L.),
1.De zaak in het kort
2.Het geding in hoger beroep
3.Feiten
.4 During the term of this Agreement the Agent shall not, without the prior written approval of Hilfiger, trade in or manufacture products competitive with the Products within the Territory, with the exception of the Competitive Products.
any change in the persons or legal entities controlling the Agent” en in de Portugese Agentuurovereenkomst “
if [NAME DIRECTOR (…)] no longer manages Agent’s business and (…) such change, according to Hilfiger, is detrimental to Hilfiger”.
12.1 All information provided to the Agent in connection with this Agreement shall only be used by the Agent within the framework of this Agreement.
15.1Limitation to the Territory. Franchisee shall confine its Stores within the Territory and shall not:
10.1 Retention of Records. Each party shall keep the other party informed of all matters relevant to the other party’s interest. (…) Franchisee shall keep at its principal office, full, accurate and separate books of account, records and copies of all documents and other material relating to the sale of Merchandise (…)”.
As discussed some months ago, we are open to document an early break option for 2 years, despite our relationship it’s a long term one, with automatic renewals every 5 years. We are happy to document the break option, together with some minor changes to clarify, for example, the last seasons of the agency. However, considering that our relationship has always been from both sides a PVH Iberia relationship, that implies that we cannot break the initial spirit of the contract, keeping all the exit conditions the same in the TH and CK business as defined in the TH contract.”
one to one Meeting in Madrid [naam 5] and [naam 2] => [naam 6] explica a [naam 2] la agencia de KL”. Bij de bespreking waren aanvankelijk aanwezig [naam 4] en [naam 1] van AWWG en [naam 2] en ( [naam 7] ) [naam 7] van PVH. De laatste nam deel via een videoverbinding. Daarna hebben [naam 1] en [naam 2] één-op-één met elkaar gesproken.
Also, as i mentioned to you during our catch up in Madrid, we are almost ready to sign the agency agreement for KL in Iberia and we are exploring as well the possible agency for DKNY/DK too. As you can see, this is very much aligned to our strategy and we reconfirm to continue growing our agencies business in Iberia.”
Thanks for your below message. (…)”
Thanks for taking the call… i realized you were at lunch… sorry… but I wanted to share the news about giii investment and partnership (but with the NDA I couldn’t do it earlier)
We are extremely concerned that your Letter is the result of a planned strategy to unduly terminate our commercial relationship, thereby attempting to avoid the agreed legal consequences for such termination.”
Heb jij op enig moment richting AWWG ingestemd met het aangaan van agentuurrelaties voor Karl Lagerfeld, DKNY en/of Donna Karan? Een simpel 'ja' of 'nee' volstaat voor ons. (…)”
Nee niet zo specifiek en expliciet.
4.Eerste aanleg
5.Beoordeling
Deze discussie werd geïnitieerd door PVH en niet door AWWG. Het doel van de discussie van onze kant was tweeledig. Ten eerste wilden we praten over de contractsituatie na de eerdere mislukte besprekingen over een mogelijke terugkoop van de Iberische activiteiten van AWWG”. Die bespreking vond uiteindelijk plaats op 3 april 2024 maar heeft opnieuw niet geleid tot afspraken over een einde aan de samenwerking.