WARNING: IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE
WITHIN SHOULD NOT BE
COMPLETED WITHOUT PRIOR LEGAL
ADVICE
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SALE
2001 (REVISED) EDITION
PARTICULARS
and
CONDITIONS OF SALE
of
PROPERTY AT ABBEY ROAD, DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN
SALE BY AUCTION
to be held at Lisney, 24 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
on the 30 day of September 2005
at 3.00 o’clock
Vendor:
European Electronic Test Centre
Address: 24 St.
Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
Vendor’s
Solicitor: A & L Goodbody
Address:
International Financial Services Centre, North Wall Quay, Dublin
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Law Society General Conditions of
Sale
2001 (Revised) Edition
0 Law Society of Ireland
MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT made this 30 day of September 2005
BETWEEN
EUROPEAN
ELECTRONIC TEST CENTRE
having its registered office at PO Box 271, Grand Cayman Islands,
British West Indies
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(VENDOR)
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Dekmot Haughey
(In trust for Dorville Homes Ltd)
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(PURCHASER)
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whereby it is
agreed that the Vendor shall sell and the Purchaser shall purchase
in accordance with the annexed Special and General Conditions of
Sale the property described in the within Particulars at the
Purchase Price mentioned below
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Purchase Price:
€8,850,000
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Closing Date:
27 October 2005
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Interest rate:
10% per cent per annum
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SIGNED
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(Purchaser)
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Witness :/s/
Fiona Hickey
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Witness :/s/
Peter Browne
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Occupation:
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Address: 211
St.
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ALL THAT AND
THOSE part of the
hereditaments and promises demised by Lease dated 21
February 1949 (the Lease) made between Clara Espinasse
of the first part, Arthur James Beatty of the second part, Anthony
Boyland and Patrick Boyland of the third part being the property
comprised in and demised by a Deed of Assignment dated 16
November 1960 and made between the said Christopher G. Cooney
Limited of the first part, The Governor and Company of the Bank of
Ireland of the second part and Warner-Lambert Ireland Limited of
the third part and thereon edged red. HELD for the term of
200 years from the 29 day of September 1948 subject to
the yearly rent of €115.00 (but indemnified against the
payment of the entire thereof) and subject to the covenants and
conditions therein contained on the Lessee’s part to be
observed and performed insofar as same may affect the Subject
Property.
SUBJECT TO
AND WITH THE BENEFIT OF:-
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(1)
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Lease dated 12 March 1962
between Warner-Lambert (Ireland) Limited and The Electricity Supply
Board for the term of 100 years from 12 March 1962 for
the yearly rent of 1 shilling.
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(2)
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Lease dated 27 June 2003
(the Occupational Lease) and made between the Vendor of the
one part and Abbey Healthcare Limited of the other part in respect
that part of the Subject Property therein described for a term of
4 years and 9 months from 1 April 2003 expiring on
31 December 2007 for the annual rent of
€66,000.
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A.
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TITLE
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1
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Certified copy Lease dated 21
February 1949 and made between Clara Espinasse of the first
part, Arthur James Beatty of the second part and Anthony Boyland
and Patrick Boyland of the third part.
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2.
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Original Assignment dated 16
November 1960 made between Christopher G. Cooney Limited of
the first part, The Governor and Company of Ireland of the second
part and Warner-Lambert (Ireland) Limited of the third
part.
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3.
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Original Deed of Assignment dated 9
May 1985 made between Warner-Lambert Ireland Limited of the
one part and the Vendor of the other part.
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4.
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Original Declaration dated 1
April 1985 of Denis Bergin confirming compliance with
covenants contained in the Lease and the Supplemental Indentures
dated 7 May 1954 and 23 September 1960.
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5.
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Original counterpart Lease dated 12
March 1962 made between Warner-Lambert (Ireland) Limited of
the one part and The Electricity Supply Board of the other
part.
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6.
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Original counterpart Deed of
Covenant dated 17 November 1960 between Warner-Lambert
(Ireland) Limited and The County Council of the County of Dublin of
the other part.
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7.
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Certified copy counterpart Deed of
Endorsement dated 23 September 1960 between Clara Espinasse
and Christopher G. Cooney Limited in respect of Lease dated 21
February 1949.
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8.
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Counterpart Lease dated 27
June 2003 and made between the Vendor of the one part and
Abbey Healthcare Limited of the other part.
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B.
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PLANNING
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9.
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Copy Notification of Grant of
Permission Register Reference Number G498.
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10.
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Copy Notification of Decision to
Grant Permission Register Reference Number K298.
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11.
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Copy Notification of Grant of
Permission Register Reference Number M489.
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12.
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Copy Notification of Grant of
Permission Register Reference Number M2368.
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13.
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Planning Permission Register
Reference Number 2652.
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14.
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Planning Permission Register
Reference Number R.A.1315.
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15.
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Copy Building Bye-Law Approval
Notice BBL/771/77.
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Copy Building Bye-Law Approval Order
Number BBL/617/68.
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17.
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Original Architect’s
Certificate of Compliance of Paddy Dowling dated 5
December 1985.
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18.
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Certificate of Compliance dated 3
May 1985 of Christopher Kearon with Planning Permission renew
boundary wall and railings and external loading dock.
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19.
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Copy Planning Search dated 22
June 2005.
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C.
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GENERAL
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20.
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Original Family Law Declaration of
Denis Bergin dated 27 March 1985 for the benefit of the
Vendor.
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21.
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Copy Section 45 Consent dated
23 March 1985.
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22.
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Copy Certificate of Incorporation
and Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
following:-
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22.1.
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Christopher G. Cooney
Limited.
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22.2.
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Warner-Lambert Ireland
Limited.
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22.3.
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European Electronic Test
Centre.
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Negative Search
No. 1007/1985 together with Negative Search for all acts by
Warner-Lambert Ireland Limited from 19 March 1985 to 4
March 1996 and against the Vendor from 9 May 1985 to the
date of the Certificate to affect the lands of
Kill-O’The-Grange in the Barony of Rathdown and County of
Dublin and situate at Abbey Road, Dun Laoghaire in the County of
Dublin.
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Save where the context otherwise
requires or implies or the text hereof expresses to the contrary,
the definitions and provisions as to interpretation set forth in
the within General Conditions shall be applied for the purposes of
these Special Conditions.
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2.
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The
said General Conditions shall:
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2.1.
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apply to the sale in so far as the
same are not hereby altered or varied, and these Special Conditions
shall prevail in case of any conflict between them and the General
Conditions
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2.2.
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be
read and construed without regard to any amendment therein, unless
such amendment shall be referred to specifically in these Special
Conditions.
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3.1.
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The
title to the Subject Property shall commence with the Lease dated
21 February 1949 and shall pass to Indenture of Assignment
dated 16 November 1960 and shall be deduced therefrom. A
certified copy only of the Lease shall be handed over on closing.
Without prejudice all intermediary title and prior title documents
in the Vendors possession shall be handed over on
closing.
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3.2.
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By
virtue of Supplemental Indentures dated 7 May 1954 and 23
September 1960 each made between Clara Espinasse of the one
part and Christopher G. Cooney Limited of the other part the Lease
was varied in that the said Supplemental Indentures permitted
(inter alia) the erection of a factory on the Subject Property and
the user thereof for traders, manufacturers or businesses. The
Purchaser will be furnished with a certified copy of the Deed of
Endorsement dated 23 September 1960 and will accept same as
evidence of the Lessor’s consent for the construction of the
buildings on the Subject Property and that all conditions to which
such consents may be subject have been complied with. The Vendor
does not have in its possession a copy of the Supplemental Deed
dated 7 May 1954 and the Purchaser shall not call for the
Vendor to produce the said Deed and the Purchaser shall raise no
objection, requisition or enquiry in this regard.
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3.3.
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The
Subject Property is being sold subject to and with the benefit of
Indenture of Sub-Lease dated 12 March 1962 and made between
Warner-Lambert (Ireland) Limited of the one part and The
Electricity Supply Board of the other part for the term of
100 years from 12 March 1962 subject to yearly rent of
one shilling (if demanded). The consent of the party entitled to
the Lessors’ interest under the 1949 Lease, to the grant to
the 99 year Lease to the ESB is endorsed on the said Lease.
Nothing further will be provided. The Vendor has never demanded
from the ESB the rent payable under the Sub-Lease from the date the
Vendor acquired the Property. No objection, requisition or enquiry
shall be raised in this regard. The Vendor will notify the ESB of
the change in ownership following the sale.
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3.4.
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The
Property is being sold subject to the restrictive covenant
contained in the Deed dated 17 November 1960 and made between
Warner-Lambert (Ireland) Limited of the one part and Dublin County
Council of the other part in relation to the use of the Subject
Property. In this regard the Purchaser is referred to Declaration
of Denis Bergin (Director of Warner-Lambert Ireland Limited) dated
1 April 1985 (paragraph 5) in which he confirms to the best of
his knowledge, information and belief that the covenants and
conditions contained in this Deed have been complied with and that
no notices have been served on Warner-Lambert (Ireland) Limited by
the County Council. On closing the Purchaser will be furnished with
a similar declaration from an officer of the Vendor confirming that
insofar as they are aware the covenants and conditions contained in
the Deed dated 17 November 1960 have been complied with
since the Vendor acquired the Subject Property and that no notices
have been served on the Vendor by the said County Council or on
their behalf or by any other party. Nothing further shall be
provided and no objection, requisition or enquiry shall be raised
in this regard.
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3.5.
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The
Purchaser is referred to the Declaration of Denis Bergin (Director
of Warner-Lambert (Ireland) Limited) dated 1 April 1985
(paragraph 4) as evidence of compliance of the obligations of the
Lessee contained in the Lease and the Supplemental Agreements and
as evidence that there has been no material change of use of the
Subject Property by Warner-Lambert (Ireland) Limited since it
acquired the Property in 1960. On closing an officer of the Vendor
will provide a Declaration confirming that to the best of their
knowledge, information and belief there have been no breaches of
the said covenants and that no notices have been served in respect
of the Subject Property comprised in and demised by the Lease and
that there has been no material change of use of the Subject
Property by the Vendor since it acquired the Subject Property in
1985.
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3.6.
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The
Vendor has made no steps to acquire the freehold interest in the
Property. It will be matter for the Purchaser to make any enquiries
in relation to the acquisition of the freehold of the Subject
Property and no objection, requisition or enquiry shall be raised
in this regard.
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3.7.
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To
the extent that the Vendor’s interest in the Subject Property
is subject to any mortgage or charge on completion, the Purchaser
shall not require a release and discharge of the relevant mortgage
or charge on the completion of the Sale but shall accept the
Vendors Solicitors’ undertaking to discharge out of the
proceeds of sale all sums required to satisfy the relevant mortgage
or charge and to furnish a release and/or discharge in respect
thereof (or alternatively the relevant mortgage with a vacate
endorsed) as soon as practicable following completion of the
Sale.
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4.1.
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The
Purchaser is referred to the Occupational Lease at document number
8 of the Documents Schedule hereto in which part of the Subject
Property is let to the Occupational Tenant for a term of
4 years and 9 months from 1 April 2003 to 31
December 2007 and subject to the annual rent of €66,000
(inclusive of insurance).
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4.2.
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The
Purchaser shall assume and the Vendor shall not be obliged to prove
compliance by the Occupational Tenant of the Subject Property with
any covenants on the their part contained in the Occupational
Lease.
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4.3.
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The
rent for the quarter in which the closing date falls shall be
apportioned from the date of closing to the end of that quarter in
respect of the rent actually received. In the event that the
Occupational Tenant shall not have discharged the rent in respect
of the period up to the date of actual closing the Vendor shall be
entitled to collect from the Occupational Tenant outstanding
arrears of rent due under the Occupational Lease in respect of the
period up to the date of completion and if necessary to issue
proceedings against the Occupational Tenant (but not proceedings
for bankruptcy, winding up, dissolution or ejectment).
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4.4.
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The
Purchaser shall not call for evidence of payment of rates by the
Occupational Tenant in relation to that part of the Subject
Property let to the Occupational Tenant or for evidence of payment
of water charges, refuse charges and similar outgoings and accepts
that the same is the liability of the Occupational Tenant as
occupier thereof. The Purchaser shall be deemed to satisfy itself
in that regard prior to the execution hereof and shall raise no
objection, requisition or enquiry in relation thereto. No
apportionment shall be required on completion in respect of such
outgoings in respect of that portion of the Subject Property. The
Vendor will apportion commercial rates only in respect of the part
of the Subject Property occupied by the Vendor.
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5.1.
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The
Purchaser shall carry out its own inspection and survey of the
Subject Property and will satisfy itself regarding the extent to
which the Subject Property (which, for the avoidance of doubt
includes all buildings and structures thereon and any work carried
out thereon) and use thereof complies with the provisions of the
Local Government (Planning and Development) Acts 1963 to 1999, the
Planning and Development Act 2000, the Local Government (Sanitary
Services) Acts 1878 to 1964, the Building Control Act 1990, the
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989, the Fire Services Act
1981 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Planning
Acts) and any enactments or re-enactment thereof and all
regulations made from time to time thereunder effect the Subject
Property or the use thereof.
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5.2.
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The
Purchaser is furnished with the Planning Permissions, the Building
Bye Law Approval Notice and the Certificate of Compliances referred
to at 9 to 18 of the Document Schedule and copy planning search at
number 19 of the Document Schedule. The Vendor refers to Permission
D00A/0530 listed on the planning search and confirms that no works
were carried out on foot of this Permission. The Vendor does not
have a copy of Permission D00A/0530 and the Purchaser shall not
call for a copy of same. No further permissions, approvals,
certificates, opinions or correspondence shall be furnished or
required in relation to the Subject Property and General Condition
36 is hereby varied.
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6.
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Identity
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The
Purchaser shall be deemed to have satisfied itself in relation to
all matters pertaining to the identity of the Subject Property and
the boundaries thereof prior to the execution hereof and shall
raise no objection, requisition or enquiry in this regard. General
Condition 14 is hereby deleted.
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7.
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Completion
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The
sale shall be completed and the balance of the purchase money paid
by the Purchaser on or before the closing date in sufficient time
to enable the Vendor to receive full value for the balance of the
purchase price on the date of actual completion. The provisions of
General Condition 24 (a) of the 2001 Contract are hereby
varied accordingly.
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8.
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Insurance
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The
Vendor shall on the date of closing cancel its insurance in respect
of the Subject Property. The Purchaser shall effect its own
insurance as and from the date of completion of the
sale.
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9.
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Vacant Possession
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The
sale of the Subject Property is subject to the Occupational Lease
and accordingly vacant possession of that portion of the Subject
Property let to the Occupational Tenant shall not be delivered on
completion.
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10.
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Roads and Services
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The
Purchaser shall be deemed to have satisfied itself prior to the
execution hereof that the Subject Property is adequately serviced
and has the benefit of all easements, rights and privileges
required for the proper use and enjoyment of same and the extent to
which the roads, laneways and services to and abutting the Subject
Property have been taken in charge by the Local Authority and shall
raise no objection, requisition or enquiry in this
regard.
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11.
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Non-Title Information
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The
non-title information has not been completed as the Property
comprises a commercial property.
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12.
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No Turn
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The
Purchaser shall not (without the prior consent of the Vendor)
assign, novate, sub-sell or otherwise dispose of its interest in
respect of the Subject Property under this Contract.
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13.
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Entire Agreement
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This Contract comprises the entire
of the Agreement between the Vendor and the Purchaser.
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statements,
representations, warranties or otherwise whatsoever made by the
Vendor, its agents or employees during the course of negotiations
leading up to the closing date which are not herein contained and
set forth are hereby treated as having been withdrawn and will have
no force or effect at law whatsoever.
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Reply
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(Please tick
and / or Insert
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comments as
appropriate)
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SERVICES
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YES
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NO
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COMMENT
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1.1. How is the
Subject Property serviced as to:
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1.2. Have the
services (including roads, lanes, footpaths, sewers and drains)
abutting or servicing the Subject Property been taken over by the
Local Authority?
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Will a letter
from the Local Authority or a solicitor’s certificate to
vouch the position be furnished on or before closing?
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If services are
not in charge, are there appropriate easements and indemnities in
existence?
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1.3. Is the
Subject Property serviced by:
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1.3.2. private
drainage scheme.
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1.4. Is the
Subject Property serviced for television and K so, is it
by;
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1.4.4. TV
aerial owned by Vendor; or
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1.4.5. TV
aerial owned by another.
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If 1.4.2 or
1.4.4 applies, will it be included in the Purchase
Price?
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1.5. Is there a
telephone line to be supplied with the Subject
Property?.
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1.6. Is there
an ISDN line to be supplied with the Subject
Property’?
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2.1. Are there
any contents included in the Purchase Price?
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If so, give
Vendors estimate of value.
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€
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2.2. Are there
any fixtures, fittings or chattels included in this Sale which are
the subject of any Lease, Rent, Hire Purchase Agreement or Chattel
Mortgage?
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If so, furnish
now the Agreement and on closing proof of payment to date or
discharge thereof.
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3.1. What is
the Rateable Valuation of:
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3.2. Give
particulars of any other periodic or annual charge which affects
the Subject Property or any part of it.
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2.
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CONTENTS
Yes
No
Comment
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i.
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Are
there any contents included in the Purchase Price.
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If
so, give Vendor’s estimate of value.
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ii.
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Are
there any fixtures, fittings or chattels included in this Sale
which are the subject of any Lease, Rent, Hire Purchase Agreement
or Chattel Mortgage.
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If
so, furnish now the Agreement and on closing proof of payment to
date or discharge thereof.
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3.
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OUTGOINGS
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i.
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What is the Rateable Valuation
of:
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(a)
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Lands;
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(b)
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Buildings.
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ii.
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Give particulars of any other
periodic or annual charge which affects the Subject Property or any
part of it.
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NOTE:
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These General Conditions are not to
be altered or deleted other than by way of Special Condition. A
Special Condition altering or deleting a General Condition should
give the reason for such variation, unless manifestly evident.
Special Conditions should be utilised in instances where it is
required to adopt Recommendations or Advices of the Law Society or
of any Committee associated with it, where such Recommendations or
Advices are at variance with provisions expressed in the General
Conditions.
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GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SALE
DEFINMONS
In these
General Conditions:
“Conditions” means the attached Special
Conditions and these General Conditions
“Documents Schedule”,
“Searches Schedule” and “Special Conditions” mean
respectively the attached Documents Schedule, Searches Schedule and
Special Conditions.
“Memorandum” means the Memorandum of Agreement on Page 1
hereof
“Particulars”
means the Particulars and Tenure on
Page 2 hereof and any extension of the same
“Purchaser” means the party identified as such in the
Memorandum
“Sale” means the transaction evidenced by the
Memorandum, the Particulars and the Conditions
“Subject Property”
means the property or interest in
property which is the subject of the Sale
“Vendor” means the party identified as such in the
Memorandum.
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2.
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In
the Conditions save where the context otherwise requires or
implies:
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“Apportionment Date”
means either (a) the later of
(i) the Closing Date (as defined hereunder) and (ii) such
subsequent date from which delay in completing the Sale shall cease
to be attributable to default on the part of the Vendor or
(b) in the event of the Vendor exercising the right referred
to in Condition 25 (a)(ii) hereunder, the date of actual completion
of the Sale or (c) such other date as may be agreed by the
Vendor and the Purchaser to be the Apportionment Date for the
purpose of this definition
“Assurance” means the document or documents whereby the Sale
is to be carried into effect
“Closing Date”
means the date specified as such in
the Memorandum, or, if no date is specified, the first Working Day
after the expiration of five weeks computed from the Date of
Sale
“Competent Authority”
includes the State, any Minister
thereof, Government Department, State Authority, Local Authority,
Planning Authority, Sanitary Authority, Building Control Authority,
Fire Authority, Statutory Undertaker or any Department, Body or
person by statutory provision or order for the time being in force
authorised directly or indirectly to control, regulate, modify or
restrict the development, use or servicing of land or buildings, or
empowered to acquire land by compulsory process
“Date of
Sale” means the date of the auction when the Sale shall have
been by auction, and otherwise means the date upon which the
contract for the Sale shall have become binding on the Vendor and
the Purchaser
“Development”
has the meaning ascribed to it by
the Local Government (Planning and Development Act) 1963 or by the
Planning and Development Act, 2000 which ever meaning shall be
applicable to the circumstances
“Lease” includes (a) a fee farm grant and every
contract (whether or not in writing or howsoever effected, derived
or evidenced) whereby the relationship of Landlord and Tenant is or
is intended to be created and whether for any freehold or leasehold
estate or interest and (b) licences and agreements relating to
the occupation and use of land, cognate words being construed
accordingly
“Non-Title Information
Sheet” means the
Non-Title Information sheet attached hereto
“Planning
Legislation” means the Local Government (Planning and
Development) Acts 1963 to 1999, the Planning and Development Act,
2000, Building Bye Laws, the Building Control Act 1990, and all
regulations made under those Acts
“Purchased Chattels”
means such chattels, fittings,
tenant’s fixtures and other items as are included in the
Sale
“Purchase Price”
means the Purchase Price specified
in the Memorandum PROVIDED HOWEVER that, if the Sale provides for
additional moneys to be paid by the Purchaser for goodwill, crops
or Purchased Chattels, the expression “Purchase
Price” shall be extended to include such additional
moneys
“Requisitions”
include Requisitions on the title or
titles as such of the Subject Property and with regard to rents,
outgoings, rights, covenants, conditions, liabilities (actual or
potential), planning and kindred matters and taxation issues
material to such property
“Stipulated Interest
Rate” means the
interest rate specified in the Memorandum, or, if no rate is so
specified, such rate as shall equate to 4 per centum per annurn
above the Court Rate obtaining pursuant to Section 22, Courts
Act, 1981 and ruling at the date from which interest is to
run
“Working Day”
does not include any Saturday or
Sunday or any Bank or Public Holiday or any of the seven days
immediately succeeding Christmas Day.
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3.
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In
the Conditions save where the context otherwise requires or
implies:
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Words importing
the masculine gender only include the feminine, neuter and common
genders, and words importing the singular number only include the
plural number and vice versa
The words
“Vendor” and “Purchaser” respectively
include (where appropriate) parties deriving title under them or
either of them and shall apply to any one or more of several
Vendors and Purchasers as the case may be and so that the
stipulations in the Conditions contained shall be capable of being
enforced on a joint and several basis
Any condition
(or, as the case may be, any part of any condition) herein
contained, not going to the root of the Contract, which shall be or
become void, illegal or invalid or shall contravene any legislation
for the time being in force, shall, while the same shall continue
to be void, illegal, invalid, or so in contravention be deemed to
have been severed and omitted from the Conditions PROVIDED HOWEVER
that neither its inclusion in the first instance nor its deemed
severance and omission as aforesaid shall prejudice the
enforceability of the
Conditions nor
affect or curtail the other stipulations and provisions herein set
forth
Unless the
contrary appears, any reference hereunder:
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(a)
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to
a particular Condition shall be to such of these General Conditions
of Sale as is identified by said reference
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(b)
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to
a Statute or Regulation or a combination of Statutes or Regulations
shall include any extension, amendment, modification or
re-enactment thereof, and any Rule, Regulation, Order or Instrument
made thereunder, and for the time being in force
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Headings and
marginal notes inserted in the Conditions shall not affect the
construction thereof nor shall the same have any contractual
significance.
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4.
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Where the Sale is by auction, the
following provisions shall apply:
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(a)
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the
Vendor may divide the property set forth in the Particulars into
lots and sub-divide, consolidate or alter the order of sale of any
lots
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(b)
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there shall be a reserve price for
the Subject Property whether the same shall comprise the whole or
any part of the property set forth in the Particulars and the
Auctioneer may refuse to accept any bid. If any dispute shall arise
as to any bidding the Auctioneer shall (at his option) either
determine the dispute or again put up the property in question at
the last undisputed bid. No person shall advance at a bidding a sum
less than that fixed by the Auctioneer, and no accepted bid shall
be retracted. Subject to the foregoing, the highest accepted bidder
shall be the Purchaser
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(c)
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the
Vendor may:
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(i) bid
himself, or by an agent, up to the reserve price
(ii) withdraw the whole of the property set
forth in the Particulars or, where such property has been divided
into lots, withdraw any one or more of such lots at any time before
the same has been sold without disclosing the reserve
price
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(d)
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the
Purchaser shall forthwith pay to the Vendor’s Solicitor as
stakeholder a deposit of ten per centum (10%) of the Purchase Price
in part payment thereof, and shall execute an agreement in the form
of the Memorandum to complete the purchase of the Subject Property
in accordance with the Conditions.
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5.
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Where the sale is by private treaty,
the following provisions shall apply:
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(a)
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the
Purchaser shall, on or before the Date of Sale, pay to the
Vendor’s Solicitor a deposit of the amount stated in the
Memorandum in part payment of the Purchase Price, which deposit is,
with effect on and from the Date of Sale, to be held by the said
Solicitor as stakeholder
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(b)
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if
notwithstanding Condition 5(a) a part of such deposit has been or
is paid to any other person appointed or nominated by the Vendor,
that other person, with effect as from the Date of Sale, shall be
deemed to receive or to have received said part as
stakeholder
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(c)
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any
moneys paid by way of deposit by or on behalf of the Purchaser
prior to the Date of Sale to the Vendor’s Solicitor or to any
such other person as aforesaid shall, up to the Date of Sale, be
held by the recipient thereof as trustee for the
Purchaser.
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THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS APPLY
WHETHER THE SALE IS BY
AUCTION OR BY PRIVATE TREATY
PURCHASER QN NOTICE OF CERTAIN
DOCUMENTS
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6.
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The
documents specified in the Documents Schedule or copies thereof
have been available for inspection by the Purchaser or his
Solicitor prior to the Date of Sale. If all or any of the Subject
Property is stated in the Particulars or in the Special Conditions
to be held under a lease or to be subject to any covenants,
conditions, rights, liabilities or restrictions, and the lease or
other document containing the same is specified in the Documents
Schedule, the Purchaser, whether availing of such opportunity of
inspection or not, shall be deemed to have purchased with full
knowledge of the contents thereof, notwithstanding any partial
statement of such contents in the Particulars or in the
Conditions.
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7.
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Within seven Working Days from the
Date of Sale, the Vendor shall deliver or send by post to the
Purchaser or his Solicitor copies of the documents necessary to
vouch the title to be shown in accordance with the
Conditions.
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8.
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(a) The Title to be
shown to the Subject Property shall be such as is set forth in the
Special Conditions
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(b)
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Where the title to be shown to the
whole or any part of the Subject Property is based on possession,
the Vendor shall, in addition to vouching that title and dealing
with such further matters as are required of him by the Conditions,
furnish to the Purchaser on or before completion of the Sale a
certificate from the Revenue Commissioners to the effect
(i) that the Subject Property or (as the case may be) such
part of the same as aforesaid is not charged with any of the taxes
covered by the provisions of Section 146, Finance Act, 1994 as
amended by Section 128 Finance Act, 1996 or (ii) that the
Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that any such charge will be
discharged within a time considered by them to be
reasonable
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(c)
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Save as stipulated in the Special
Conditions the Vendor shall, prior to or at the completion of the
Sale, discharge all mortgages and charges for the payment of money
(other than items apportionable under Condition 27(b)) which affect
the Subject Property.
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9.
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Where the Vendor is a company,
corporation, association or other similar entity incorporated,
formed or
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