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The Royal Bank of Scotland plc is registered in Scotland No
90312
Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB
Agency
agreements exist between members of The Royal Bank of Scotland
Group
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THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
LETTER WHICH SETS OUT THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
OF YOUR
GROUP OVERDRAFT
FACILITY. PLEASE NOTE
THAT OVERDRAFTS ARE REPAYABLE ON DEMAND.
WE RECOMMEND
THAT YOU TAKE
INDEPENDENT
LEGAL ADVICE IF YOU HAVE ANY
DOUBTS
REGARDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FACILITY.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland
Solent Corporate Centre
Date: 6th March 2006
Address: 3 Hampshire Business Park, PO Box 462
Templars Way, Chandlers Ford
Hants SO53 3RY
Private & Confidential
Telephone: 023
8024 2163
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Vicon Industries Limited
Company Number 1551194
Brunel Way,
Segensworth East,
Fareham,
Hampshire,
PO15 5TX
Dear Sirs
Multi-Currency Overdraft Facility
Account Holding Branch/Office:
Portsmouth Commercial Road Branch (sorting code 56 00 64)
I write to advise the terms and conditions upon which The Royal
Bank of Scotland
plc ("RBS") acting as agent for National Westminster Bank Plc is
willing to make
available to you a
multi-currency
overdraft facility for the purpose of
your
business.
1
Definitions
1.1 In this letter the following expressions shall have the following
meanings:-
"Bank" means National
Westminster Bank Plc, which is the lender under this
letter, and the "Bank" means its successors and assigns;
"euro" means the single currency adopted or to be adopted by
participating
member states under the Treaty establishing the European Union;
"Facility" means the multi-currency overdraft facility made
available or to
be
made available on the terms and conditions set out in this
letter;
"Facility Accounts"
means the Sterling Current Account and the Foreign
Currency Current Account;
"Facility Limit" means (pound)1,000,000;
"Foreign Currency Accounts" means the Foreign Currency Creditor
Account and
the
Foreign Currency Current Account;
"Foreign Currency"
means any non-Sterling
currency (including the euro)
which is freely
convertible into
Sterling and readily available in the
London Interbank Market;
"Foreign Currency
Creditor Account" means the deposit account denominated
in
United States Dollars
referenced
140-01-06101445
(or as amended
from
time
to time pursuant to Clause 12.5);
"Foreign Currency Current Account" means the current account
denominated in
euros referenced
550-00-06854451 (or as amended from time to time pursuant
to
Clause 12.5) on which the Facility is made available;
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"Sterling" means the lawful currency of the United
Kingdom;
"Sterling Current
Account" means the current account denominated in
Sterling on which the Facility is made available, referenced
account number
01144642 (or as amended from time to time pursuant to Clause 12.5);
and
"United States
Dollars" and "US$"
mean the lawful
currency of the United
States of America.
Overdraft Limit(s) and Utilisation
1.2 The Facility may
be utilised by overdrawing the Facility Accounts up to the
Facility Limit. The Facility Limit must not at any time be
exceeded.
1.3 For the purpose of
calculating utilisation of the Facility:-
(a)
any credit
balances on the
Foreign Currency
Accounts will be
netted
against any debit balance on the Foreign Currency Accounts in the
same
Foreign Currency; then
(b)
the Sterling
equivalent
of the net balances on
the Foreign
Currency
Accounts shall be
calculated by
reference to the
prevailing market
rate of exchange; and then
(c)
the Sterling
equivalent
of the net balances on
the Foreign
Currency
Accounts will be netted against (or aggregated with) the balance on
the Sterling Current Account.
1.4 The Bank may
decline to pay a cheque (or allow any other payment or
withdrawal) from a
Facility Account
(whether in credit or debit) which
would result in the Facility Limit being exceeded.
1.5 If the Bank does
pay a cheque (or allows any other payment or withdrawal)
resulting in the
Facility Limit being
exceeded it will not
mean that the
Facility Limit has
changed or that the Bank will agree to pay any other
cheque (or allow any other payment or withdrawal) which would have that
effect.
1.6 The Bank may disregard any uncleared credits for the purposes of
calculating the utilisation of the Facility (and any interest
payable). If
however the
Bank does pay a cheque (or allows any other payment or
withdrawal) against
uncleared credits this
does not mean that it is bound
to
do so at other times.
Creditor Account
The Foreign Currency
Creditor Account
should remain in credit at all times and
the Bank may decline to pay a cheque (or allow any other payment or
withdrawal)
which could result in a cleared debtor balance. If the Bank does pay a cheque
(or allows any other
payment or withdrawal) resulting in a cleared debtor
balance it will not mean that a borrowing facility has been established or
that
the Bank will agree to
pay any other cheque
(or allow any other payment or
withdrawal) which would have the same effect. 2 Preconditions
2.1 The Bank
will not be
obliged to make the Facility available until the
following conditions have been met:-
(a)
any security required in terms of Clause 9 of this
letter has been
valued and completed to the Bank's satisfaction; and
(b)
you have accepted the
Facility on the terms and conditions set out in
this letter
by returning the duplicate of this letter with the
acknowledgement duly
signed, within 28 days of the date of this
letter.
3
Availability
3.1 The Facility is
repayable upon demand
in accordance
with normal
banking
practice and the Facility can be unconditionally cancelled by the Bank at
any
time.
3.2 Subject
to the Bank's rights under Clause 5.1 the Facility will be
available until
notification to you by the Bank of its intention to cancel
the
Facility. Without
prejudice to the Bank's rights under this Clause the
Facility will be subject to review on at least an annual basis.
3.3 The Bank will always give notification of its intention to place a
restriction on your ability to make drawings on the Facility.
3.4 You may at any
time advise us in
writing that the
Facility is no longer
required.
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4 Set Off,
Retention and Appropriation
4.1 In addition to any other rights to which it may be
entitled, including
rights under any
guarantee or security,
the Bank may retain,
set off or
appropriate any credit balances (whether current or not yet due)
either on
the
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