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Distributor Questionnaire

Please return this completed Questionnaire to:

Your Company Name:________________________________________________________________________________

Address:___________________________________________________________________________________________

Email Address:______________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone Number: __________-__________-__________ Fax Number:___________-____________-___________

General Information
Company Name:_____________________________________________________________________________________

Address:___________________________________________________________________________________________

Email Address:______________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone Number: __________-__________-__________ Fax Number:___________-____________-___________

Skype Name:______________________________________ Twitter Name:__________________________________

Company Organization (Please Check):

 Proprietorship  Corporation  Partnership  Limited Liability

Country Organized:_______________________________________________ Date Organized:_____________________

Principal Officers and Owners:

1. Name: _______________________________________ Title:________________________________________


Phone Number:________-________-_________ Email:_____________________________________________
2. Name: _______________________________________ Title:________________________________________
Phone Number:________-________-_________ Email:_____________________________________________
3. Name: _______________________________________ Title:________________________________________
Phone Number:________-________-_________ Email:_____________________________________________
4. Name: _______________________________________ Title:________________________________________
Phone Number:________-________-_________ Email:_____________________________________________

If you are a subsidiary, please give the name, address, and phone number of your parent company:

Name:_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Street Address:______________________________________________________________________________________

City:___________________________ State/Province:__________________________ Postal Code:_______________

Country:_________________________________________ Phone Number:_________-____________-_____________


Describe your company’s major business activity:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please list all of your company’s branch offices and representatives:

1. Name of Branch:______________________________________________________________________________
Name of Representative:_______________________________________________________________________
Phone Number: ________-________-________ Email:_______________________________________________
2. Name of Branch:______________________________________________________________________________
Name of Representative:_______________________________________________________________________
Phone Number: ________-________-________ Email:_______________________________________________
3. Name of Branch:______________________________________________________________________________
Name of Representative:_______________________________________________________________________
Phone Number: ________-________-________ Email:_______________________________________________
4. Name of Branch:______________________________________________________________________________
Name of Representative:_______________________________________________________________________
Phone Number: ________-________-________ Email:_______________________________________________

Please identify individuals in your company responsible for sales, services, and administration:

Sales:
1. Name:_______________________________________________ Phone Number: ________-________-________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Name:_______________________________________________ Phone Number: ________-________-________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Name:_______________________________________________ Phone Number: ________-________-________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________
Services:
1. Name:_______________________________________________ Phone Number: ________-________-________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Name:_______________________________________________ Phone Number: ________-________-________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Name:_______________________________________________ Phone Number: ________-________-________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________
Administration:
1. Name:_______________________________________________ Phone Number: ________-________-________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Name:_______________________________________________ Phone Number: ________-________-________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Name:_______________________________________________ Phone Number: ________-________-________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________
Financial Information

Sales (U.S. Dollars) for the last year:_____________________________________________________________________

Sales (U.S. Dollars for the current year:__________________________________________________________________

Sales Forecast:______________________________________________________________________________________

Your company’s paid-in capital:_________________________________________________________________________

Bank Name and Address:

Name:_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Street Address:______________________________________________________________________________________

City:___________________________ State/Province:__________________________ Postal Code:_______________

Country:_________________________________________ Phone Number:_________-____________-_____________

Business References:
1. Name of Business:_____________________________________________________________________________
Street Address:_______________________________________________________________________________
City:________________________ State/Province:_______________________ Postal Code:_______________
Country:____________________________________________________________________________________
Name of Contact:_____________________________________ Phone Number:________-________-_________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Name of Business:_____________________________________________________________________________
Street Address:_______________________________________________________________________________
City:________________________ State/Province:_______________________ Postal Code:_______________
Country:____________________________________________________________________________________
Name of Contact:_____________________________________ Phone Number:________-________-_________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Name of Business:_____________________________________________________________________________
Street Address:_______________________________________________________________________________
City:________________________ State/Province:_______________________ Postal Code:_______________
Country:____________________________________________________________________________________
Name of Contact:_____________________________________ Phone Number:________-________-_________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________________

Please include a current financial statement and/or marketing report with this document.
Marketing Information
Are you currently a representative, dealer, or distributor of metallography equipment and consumables?

 Yes  No

Are you currently a representative, dealer, or distributor of any other products or industries? If yes, please list below:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Is this representation/distribution your only business activity?  Yes  No

If no, please list your other businesses below:

1. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

If you have a brochure or line card with all of the companies you represent, please attach it to this document.

What is the approximate volume of Business?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

How is the volume allocated over the companies you represent?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

What Market Segments do you work with?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

What is your approach to selling throughout the United States?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

How many employees do you have in total and how many are devoted to this part of your business?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Are your employees located in one central location or in offices across the country?

__________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you have offices in several cities or do you work with independent sub-distributors?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

If you work with sub-distributors:

How is this organized?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

How is your relationship with the sub-distributors?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Please describe why your current line of products is a good match for your company:

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

How long have you been in the metallurgy business? _______________________________________________

How long have you been in your other business(s)________________________________________________

Please list the PACE products you are interested in selling:

 Consumables  Metallographic equipment  Microscopes  Hardness Testers 


Other:____________________________

Are you currently a representative or agent for any other company that manufactures products that are similar to our
products?  Yes  No

If yes, please list the company name(s) below:

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

Do you have any objection to us contacting such principals?  Yes  No  Not Applicable

What is your geographic sales area for the equipment/products listed above?

__________________________________________________________________________________________
Can you help us understand the size of the market for our products? Please provide examples of other products and
compare your country to another country, it would be helpful:

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

What can you advise about the demand of our product(s) in your country?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

What are the projected sales of all your products for the next fiscal year (U.S. Dollars)? ___________________

What are the projected sales of our products for the next fiscal year (U.S. Dollars)? ______________________

Will you maintain equipment/product for demonstration in your country?  Yes  No

Please describe your product display and/or product demonstration procedures:

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Regulatory Information

1. Do you agree to comply with U.S. export regulations


(see following web page for more information http://www.bis.doc.gov/)?  Yes  No
2. Do you understand and agree to disclose the Ultimate consignee for
our products by properly providing us the U.S. Bureau of Economic Security
Form BIS 711 – see attached?  Yes  No
3. Do you agree not to sell or to sell to sub agents/distributors which intend
to sell into restricted countries (e.g. South Sudan, Iran, North Korea,
Cuba, Syria) or to any persons on the US government consolidated
denied parties list)?  Yes  No

If you answered “NO” to any of the above regulatory questions please explain.

__________________________________________________________________________________________
If you answered “NO” to any of the above regulatory questions are
you planning to get an export license through the US government?
IF SO WE NEED A COPY FOR OUR FILES before we can release the shipment.  Yes  No

What is the regulatory process for importing product into your country?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

What is the regulatory process for selling products in your country?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Please describe the registration process:

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Technical Support

PACE Technologies believes that it is very important that we can provide our customers technical support (e.g. provide
recommended specimen preparation procedures, set-up and demo the equipment, etc.?

Do you have any persons within your organization that have experience in metallographic specimen preparation?
 Yes  No

Would you be willing to send someone from your organization to attend one of our specimen preparation training
courses?  Yes  No

Service Information

Although we design the equipment to be easy to service, we still highly recommend that you attend one of our service
training seminars. Would you be interested in attending one of our service training seminars?
 Yes  No

Do you have your own service facility and workshop for repairs and overhaul of your company’s products and other
equipment?  Yes  No

If you answered “NO” above, do you contract with an outside service vendor?  Yes  No

If “YES”, please give the name and address of the outside service vendor:

Company Name:_____________________________________________________________________________________

Street Address:______________________________________________________________________________________
City:___________________________ State/Province:__________________________ Postal Code:_______________

Country:___________________________________________________________________________________________

Phone Number:_________-____________-_____________ Fax Number: ___________-___________-___________

Website:___________________________________________________________________________________________

Name of Contact:____________________________________________ Phone Number:________-________-_________


Email:_____________________________________________________________________________________________

If you do not have a service facility, are you willing to establish one for the support of our products?  Yes  No

If yes, when?_______________________________________________________________________________________

Test Equipment for Servicing Products

Please list your products:

Item Model Specifications

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

Please attach a list of your test equipment, if available.

How long have you serviced or installed products in the metallurgy industry? ____________________ years.
Signature

___________________________________________ (your company name) promises to keep the contents of this


distributor questionnaire confidential and promises that the information contained in this document is true and
accurate to the best of your knowledge. Please attach any additional relevant documents or comments that may be
helpful to our evaluation. Thank you.

Questionnaire Completed By:

Name_________________________________________ ______ Title__________________________________________

Signature______________________________________ ____________ Date:___________________________________