Management Services Agreement
Volcan Australia Corporation Pty Ltd
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Australian Gemstone Mining Pty Ltd
Level 14, Australia Square
264-278 George Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
DX 129 SYDNEY
ABN 37 246 549 189
Tel: (02) 9334
8555
Fax: 1300 369
656
www.hwl.com.au
Ref: PJS:SS:83028
Table of Contents
Management Services Agreement
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July 1,
2008
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Parties
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Volcan
Australia Corporation Pty Ltd ACN 131 553 341
of Level 34, 50 Bridge Street,
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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( Company )
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Australian
Gemstone Mining Pty Ltd ACN 073 120 591 of 67 Penkivil Street, Bondi, New South Wales,
Australia
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( Manager )
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Background
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A.
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The Company carries on the
Business.
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B.
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The Manager has particular skill,
experience and expertise in providing management services including
executive, administrative, corporate compliance, accounting and
secretarial services and geological and technical
expertise.
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C.
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The Company wishes to retain the
Manager to provide management services to the Company.
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D.
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The Key Persons are employees of
the Manager.
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E.
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The Manager has, at the request
of the Company, agreed to provide the Services and make the Key
Persons available to the Company on the terms of this
Agreement.
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Agreement
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1.
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Definitions and
interpretation
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1.1
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Definitions
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In this Agreement, unless the
context indicates a contrary intention:
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Agreement
means this agreement, the Schedules
and Annexures attached to this agreement and any document or
documents supplemental to this agreement;
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Board means the board of directors of the Company
from time to time;
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Business means the business described in item 2 of
Schedule 1 and any related services and ancillary businesses
carried on by the Company from time to time;
Business Day means a day on which banks are open for business
in Sydney, Australia, excluding a Saturday, Sunday or a Jewish or
public holiday;
Commencement Date means the date referred to in item 1 of Schedule
1;
Company means Volcan Australia Corporation Pty Ltd ACN
131 553 341;
Company Property means all of the Company's estate, right, title
and interest in, to, under or derived from the assets and
undertaking of the Company both present and future and wherever
situate, and whether real or personal including without limitation
Land;
Confidential Information means information, including any of the
following information (whenever it was obtained) in relation to the
Company’s:
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(a)
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Business, operations or
strategies;
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(b)
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the terms of this
Agreement;
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(c)
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information designated as
confidential by the Company;
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(d)
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information acquired by the
Manager solely by virtue of the provisions of this
Agreement;
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(e)
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actual or prospective customers,
clients or competitors.
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Information is not confidential in any of the
following circumstances:
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(f)
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it is in the public domain,
unless it came into the public domain by a breach of
confidentiality;
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(g)
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it is already known by the other
person at the time this Agreement is entered into; or
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(h)
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it is obtained lawfully from a
third party without any breach of confidentiality;
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Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001
(Cth);
Insolvency Event means, in relation to a party:
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(a)
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a receiver, receiver and manager,
trustee, administrator, other controller (as defined in the
Corporations Act) or similar official is appointed over any of the
assets or undertakings of the party;
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(b)
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a party suspends payment of its
debts generally;
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(c)
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a party is or becomes unable to
pay its debts as and when they fall due or is or becomes unable to
pay its debts or is presumed to be insolvent within the meaning of
the Corporations Act;
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(d)
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a party enters into or resolves
to enter into any arrangement, composition or compromise with, or
assignment for the benefit of, its creditors, or any class of
them;
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(e)
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a party ceases to carry on
business or threatens to cease to carry on business;
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(f)
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a resolution is passed or any
steps are taken to appoint, or to pass a resolution to appoint, an
administrator; or
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(g)
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an application or order is made
for the winding up or dissolution of a party, or a resolution is
passed or any steps are taken to pass a resolution for the winding
up or dissolution of a party, otherwise than for the purpose of an
amalgamation or restructuring that has the prior written consent of
the other party;
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Intellectual Property means:
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copyright;
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(b)
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all rights conferred under
statute, common law or equity in relation to inventions (including
patents);
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(c)
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registered and unregistered
trademarks;
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(d)
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registered and unregistered
designs;
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circuit layouts;
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Confidential Information;
and
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(g)
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all other agreed rights resulting
from intellectual activity in the industrial and mining
fields;
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Key
Persons means each
of:
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(a)
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Pnina Feldman
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(b)
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Sholom Dovber Feldman,
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Simon Robert Pecover;
and
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Robert Coenraads
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and such other person as agreed
in writing between the parties, and Key Person means any one
of them;
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Land means all rights, estates and interests
(whether freehold or leasehold) and including mining tenements now
or in the future owned by the Company in any real property and all
buildings, fences, structures, plan, machinery, fixtures, tailings
and equipment now or in the future affixed to such real
property;
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Manager
means Australian Gemstone Mining Pty
Ltd ACN 073 120 591 and includes the employees and agents of the
Manager and any other persons duly authorised to act on its behalf
in relation to the Business;
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Service Fee
means the fee set out in item 4 of
Schedule 1; and
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Services
means all duties and
responsibilities to be performed and carried out by the Manager in
relation to the Business as reasonably required by the Company and
agreed to under the terms of this Agreement, and as set out in item
3 of Schedule 1.
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1.2
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Interpretation
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In this Agreement unless the
context requires otherwise:
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(a)
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headings are included for
convenience only and do not affect interpretation;
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(b)
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a reference to a document
includes a reference to that document as amended, novated,
supplemented, varied or replaced;
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a reference to a part, clause,
party, annexure, exhibit or Schedule is a reference to an item of
that type in this Agreement and includes a reference to the
provisions or terms of that part, clause, Annexure, exhibit or
Schedule;
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a reference to a party to this
document includes the party’s successors and permitted
assigns and includes any person to whom this Agreement is
novated;
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reference to $, Dollars or
dollars is a reference to the lawful tender for the time being and
from time to time of the Commonwealth of Australia;
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(f)
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a covenant, representation,
warranty or an agreement between more than one person binds them
jointly and severally;
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a provision of this Agreement is
not to be construed against a party solely on the ground that the
party is responsible for the preparation of this Agreement or a
particular provision;
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a reference to liquidation
includes appointment of an administrator, compromise, arrangement,
merger, amalgamation, reconstruction, winding up, dissolution,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, scheme composition or
arrangement of creditors, insolvency, bankruptcy or any similar
procedure or if applicable changes in the constitution of a
partnership or the death of a person; and
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(i)
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a reference to a body which is
not a party to this Agreement which ceases to exist or whose power
or function is transferred to another body, is a reference to the
body which replaces or substantially succeeds to the power or
function of the first body.
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Parties
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(a)
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An obligation, representation or
warranty in favour of more than one person is for the benefit of
them separately and jointly.
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(b)
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A party which is a trustee is
bound both personally and in its capacity as a trustee.
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Engagement
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(a)
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The Company engages the Manager
to provide the Services to the Company as an independent contractor
on the terms of this Agreement, and the Manager accepts the
engagement.
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(b)
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The engagement starts on the
Commencement Date and shall continue until terminated in accordance
with clause 13.
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3.
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Services
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(a)
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The Manager shall, during the
term of this Agreement, provide or procure the provision of the
Services to or for the Company to the extent and at the times
reasonably requested by the Company during normal business
hours.
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During the term of this Agreement
the Manager shall supply the Services by retaining the Key Persons
to provide the Services to the Company.
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The parties may agree from time
to time to add or remove Services, and from the date of that
agreement, Schedule 1 shall be amended accordingly.
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Promotion
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The Manager shall use its best
efforts and shall procure that the Key Persons use their best
efforts to promote and enhance the Business and the interests and
reputation of the Company and must not do anything which may injure
the Business or the Company’s reputation.
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Duties of the
Manager
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(a)
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The Manager shall:
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act in accordance with the
directions of the Board of the Company which may from time to time
in writing vary or override the obligations, powers and authorities
of the Manager;
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procure that the Services are
carried out:
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diligently and
competently;
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(B)
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expeditiously;
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in accordance with all laws and
requirements of any government or government agency; and
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to the professional standard of
skill and care to be reasonably expected from a person engaged in
providing the Services;
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devote the time and attention to
the interests of the Company necessary to discharge effectively its
duties to the Company under this Agreement;
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honestly discharge its duties in
the course of providing the Services to the Company;
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comply in a timely manner with
all reasonable requests of the Company or its representatives in
connection with its duties and responsibilities under this
Agreement; and
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provide the Company with any
information it reasonably requires from time to time.
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The Manager must keep adequate
books and records in sufficient detail to record the Services
provided and retain such books and records for a period of six
years after the termination or expiration of this Agreement. On
request by the Company, the Manager must provide the Company with
reasonable access during business hours to examine and copy such
books and records.
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Powers of the
Manager
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Subject to clause 5(a)(i), the
Manager in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement
shall have the power and authority, in Australia or elsewhere, to
do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in
connection with, or incidental to the provision of the Services to
the Company including without limitation, the power and
authority:
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to pay out of the Company's money
all professional advisers to the Company (including solicitors and
accountants), managers, clerks and other servants employed by the
Company;
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to incur on behalf of the Company
all expenses as the Manager considers reasonable and necessary and
which would normally be expected to be incurred in the normal
course of managing the Business including the cost of printing
stationery, insurances, legal costs, postage and other general
office costs which would normally be expended in the course of
business;
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to enter into possession and take
control of the Company Property;
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to lease, let or hire or dispose
of the Company Property;
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to grant options over the Company
Property on such conditions as the Manager thinks fit;
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to borrow any money which may be
required for any of the purposes mentioned in this clause 6 in the
name of the Company or otherwise and secure any moneys so borrowed
by mortgage or charge over the Company Property or any part of it
provided however that the Manager shall not be bound to enquire as
to the necessity or propriety of any such borrowing nor be
responsible for the misapplication or non- application of any
moneys so borrowed;
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to insure the whole or any party
of the Company Property which is of an insurable nature against
loss or damage by fire or other risks in such sums as the Manager
shall think fit;
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to repair, renew or enlarge the
Company Property;
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to convert the Company Property
into money;
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to carry on any business of the
Company;
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to take on lease or on hire, or
to acquire, any property necessary or convenient in connection with
the carrying on of a business of the Company;
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to sell or concur in selling or
otherwise dispose of absolutely or conditionally all or any part of
the Company Property either by public auction or private treaty or
by tender for cash or on credit and either in one lot or in parcels
and either with or without special conditions or stipulations as to
title or time or mode of payment of purchase money or otherwise and
with power to allow the whole or any part of the purchase money to
remain on mortgage over the property sold or over any other
security or to remain owing without any security and upon such
other terms and conditions as the Manager may consider expedient
without being responsible for any loss occasioned thereby and with
full power to buy in and rescind or vary any contract for sale and
resell without being responsible for loss and to compel the
specific performance of any contract by suite in equity or
otherwise and to execute assurances of all or any part of the
mortgage property in the name and on behalf of the Company or
otherwise and to do all other acts and things for completing any
such sale which the Manager may deem necessary;
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to sever fixtures belonging to
the Company and sell them apart from any other part of the Company
Property;
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to make any arrangement or
compromise which the Manager shall think expedient in the interests
of the Company;
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to carry out and enforce specific
performance of or otherwise obtain the benefit of all contracts
entered into or held by the Company or entered into in exercise of
the powers or authorities hereby conferred;
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to execute any document, bring or
defend any proceedings or do any other act or thing in the name of
and on behalf of the Company;
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to draw, accept, make and endorse
a bill of exchange or promissory note on behalf of the
Company;
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to use a seal of the
Company;
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(s)
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to engage or discharge employees
on behalf of the Company;
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(t)
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to appoint a solicitor,
accountant or other professionally qualified person to assist the
Manager;
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to appoint an agent to do any
business that the Manager is unable to do, or that it is
unreasonable to expect the Manager to do, in person;
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where a debt or liability is owed
to the Company, to prove the debt or liability in a bankruptcy,
insolvency or winding up, and in connection therewith, to receive
dividends and to assent to a proposal for a composition or a scheme
or arrangement;
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to make or defend an application
for the winding up of the Company;
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to settle, arrange, compromise
and submit to arbitration any accounts, claims, questions or
disputes whatsoever which may arise in connection with the business
of the Company or in respect of the Company Property or in any way
relating to this Agreement and to execute releases or other
discharges in relation to those matters; and
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to do or cause to be done all
such acts and things without limitation as such Manager shall think
expedient in the interests of the Company.
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Service Fee
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(a)
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In consideration for the Services
provided by the Manager, the Company shall pay the Service Fee to
the Manager within 30 Business Days of receipt of an
invoice.
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The Manager must issue an invoice
to the Company monthly.
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Payments must be made to the
Manager at its place of business or in any other manner that the
Manager reasonably nominates.
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If the parties agree to alter the
Services in accordance with clause 3(c) as the case may be, the
parties may agree to
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