system: You are a contract-analysis assistant performing a span-extraction task. You are given an excerpt from a commercial contract and the name of a clause type to locate within it.

Return the exact text of the requested clause, copied verbatim from the excerpt — identical wording and punctuation, with no paraphrasing, summarising, explanation, or added commentary.

The excerpt is one window of a much longer contract and often will not contain the requested clause. If the requested clause does not appear in this excerpt, respond with exactly: Not found.

Output only the extracted clause text, or the exact string `Not found.` — nothing else.

user: Contract excerpt:
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST * Portions denoted with an asterisk have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. EXHIBIT 10.16 DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN INGRAM MICRO AND NETGEAR NETGEAR Agreement Number: N115 Effective Date: March 1, 1996 Term: 1 Year Ingram Micro, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of California, having a place of business located at 1600 E. St. Andrew Place, Santa Ana, California, USA, ("Distributor") and NETGEAR, Inc. ("NETGEAR"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bay Networks, Inc., organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, having a place of business at 4401 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, California, USA, agree that the following terms govern the purchase, sale, and licensing of Products (as defined below) between the parties. NOTICES: All notices given under the Agreement are to be in writing and may be sent by mail, telefax, courier service or otherwise delivered to the party to be notified at the following address, or to such other address as may have been substituted by written notice: To Distributor: To NETGEAR: 1600 E. ST. ANDREWS PL. 4401 Great America Parkway P.O. BOX 25125 P.O. Box 58185 SANTA ANA, CA 92799-5125 Santa Clara, CA 95052-8185 (???) Patricia Dutra-Gerard DISTRIBUTOR AND NETGEAR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EACH HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT TOGETHER WITH THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT, UNDERSTANDS IT AND AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. AGREED: AGREED: Distributor NETGEAR, Inc. By: /s/ Sanat K. Dutta By: /s/ Joe Booker ---------------------- ----------------------- (authorized signature) (authorized signature) Name: Sanat K. Dutta Name: Joe Booker --------------- ---------------- (type or print) (type or print) Title: Executive vice President Title: Vice President & General Manager Commercial Business Unit Date: October 16, 1996 Date: November 5, 1996 Ingram NETGEAR Distributor Agreement 083096 1. APPOINTMENT Subject to Distributor's performance of its obligations under this Agreement, Distributor is appointed as a NETGEAR Distributor and may purchase certain equipment ("Hardware") and licenses for software including revisions and updates ("Software"), as are listed in NETGEAR's then-current price list (the "Price List") for resale within the Territory (as defined below). During the initial one (1) year term of this Agreement. Distributor shall be the only distributor appointed by NETGEAR in the Territory, subject to Distributor conducting mutually agreed to marketing activities as described in the Marketing Plan to be developed and agreed to by and between the parties and which shall be attached to and made a part of this Agreement as Exhibit 4. For the purposes of this provision, distributor shall mean a company acquiring products directly from NETGEAR for resale or license to dealers or other second tier resellers which in turn resell or license the products to end use customers. The foregoing notwithstanding, during the initial one (1) year term and any subsequent period. NETGEAR reserves the right to sell or license Products in the Territory to customers other than distributors such as, but not limited to resellers who procure Products at centralized locations for resale to end-use customers solely through their wholly or majority owned retail outlets, both store-front and catalog. Following the initial one (1) year term, for any extension or renewal term, Distributor's appointment as Distributor shall be non-exclusive and NETGEAR may appoint other distributors in the Territory at its sole discretion. 2. TERRITORY Except as may be otherwise provided by law, Distributor may not distribute or re-export any Products outside of the Territory identified herein as the United States without the specific written consent of NETGEAR. In the event that Distributor wishes to expand the scope of the Territory and is able to adequately sell and support Products within the additional region, then upon the approval of NETGEAR, the parties may choose by written agreement to modify the Territory. 3. ORDERS A. Distributor may purchase Products by placing orders under this Agreement which are accepted by NETGEAR. No order will be effective until accepted by delivery of NETGEAR's order acknowledgment. Distributor agrees that each order placed with NETGEAR for Products shall be governed by this Agreement, regardless of any additional or conflicting term in Distributor's order. Unless otherwise specifically stated in the Order, all Orders accepted by NETGEAR shall be deemed to be for immediate release. Orders may be sent by telefax or other electronic media approved by NETGEAR and must specify: (a) Distributor's Purchase Order number, (b) Product and/or Service number and description for each item ordered; (c) Desired quantities; (d) Purchase price for each Product or Service ordered; (e) Tax
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Extract the exact clause related to "Effective Date" from the excerpt above.

assistant: March 1, 1996