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AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE ENTIRE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL OF TRAVELEX ATMS LIMITED

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Title: AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE ENTIRE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL OF TRAVELEX ATMS LIMITED
Governing Law: Oregon     Date: 9/28/2005
Industry: Business Services     Sector: Services

AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE ENTIRE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL OF TRAVELEX ATMS LIMITED, Parties: trm corp
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CONFORMED COPY

Exhibit 10.8(a)

1 September 2005

AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE ENTIRE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL OF TRAVELEX ATMS LIMITED

TRM

(1)

 

TRAVELEX UK LIMITED AND SNAX 24 CORPORATION LIMITED

 

 

 

(2)

 

TRM SERVICES LIMITED

 

 

 

(3)

 

TRM CORPORATION

 


 

 

Contents

 

 

 

 

 

Clause

 

Page

 

1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. AGREEMENT FOR SALE

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. CONDITIONS

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. BETWEEN EXCHANGE AND COMPLETION

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. BANK OF AMERICA UNDERTAKING AND ESCROW ARRANGEMENTS

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. CONSIDERATION

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. COMPLETION ACCOUNTS

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTs

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. COMPLETION

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. GUARANTEES AND INDEBTEDNESS

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. WARRANTIES

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. TAX

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF THE BUYER

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. GUARANTEE

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. PAYMENTS AND INTEREST

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

16. BOOKS AND RECORDS

 

 

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

17. ASSIGNMENT

 

 

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CONFIDENTIALITY

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

19. COSTS

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

20. NOTICES

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

21. THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

 

 

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

22. OBLIGATIONS AFTER COMPLETION AND FURTHER ASSURANCE

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

23. NO MERGER

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

24. COUNTERPARTS

 

 

40

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Clause

 

Page

 

25. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

 

 

41

 

 

 

 

 

 

26. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

 

41

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

 

 

 

Details of the Company

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

 

 

 

 

Warranties

 

 

 

 

Part 1: General

 

 

43

 

Part 2: Accounts, Financial, Banking and Current Trading

 

 

45

 

Part 3: Compliance and Litigation

 

 

48

 

Part 4: Contracts

 

 

52

 

Part 5: Assets

 

 

55

 

Part 6: Sites and Environment

 

 

57

 

Part 7: Pensions

 

 

58

 

Part 8: Employment

 

 

60

 

Part 9: Intellectual Property

 

 

62

 

Part 10: Information Technology

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 3

 

 

 

 

Tax

 

 

 

 

Part 1: Tax definitions and interpretation

 

 

66

 

Part 2: Tax Warranties

 

 

73

 

Part 3: Tax Covenant

 

 

77

 

Part 4: Miscellaneous, including exclusions and limitations, conduct of claims and payments

 

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 4

 

 

 

 

Limitations on Sellers’ Liability

 

 

90

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 5

 

 

 

 

Conduct of Business Pending Completion

 

 

97

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 7

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 8

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 9

 

 

 

 

Confidential Treatment

 

 

100

 

 


 

Agreed Form Documents

Bank of America Undertaking

Business Sale Agreement

Disclosure Letter

Escrow Agreement

Indemnity for missing share certificates

Minutes of the Buyer

Minutes of the Seller

Resignation of directors and secretary

Termination Agreement

Transitional Services Agreement

 


 

THIS AGREEMENT is made on 1 September 2005

BETWEEN:

(1)

 

TRAVELEX UK LIMITED , a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 1985596) whose registered office is at 65 Kingsway, London WC2B 6TB and SNAX 24 CORPORATION LIMITED , a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 2787267) whose registered office is at 110 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6AR (together, the “ Sellers ”);

 

 

 

(2)

 

TRM SERVICES LIMITED , a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 5542372) whose registered office is at 30 Old Burlington Street, London W1S 3NL (the “ Buyer ”); and

 

 

 

(3)

 

TRM CORPORPATION , a corporation organised and existing under the laws of the state of Oregon, United States of America whose principal place of business is at 5208 NE 122 nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97230, USA (the “ Guarantor ”).

RECITALS:

(A)

 

The Company (as defined below) is a private company limited by shares. Further details about the Company are set out in schedule 1.

 

 

 

(B)

 

The Sellers wish to sell and the Buyer wishes to buy all of the issued share capital of the Company on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

 

 

(C)

 

The Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the obligations of the Buyer on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

1.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

 

 

1.1

 

In this Agreement, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:

 

 

 

Accounts

 

the audited individual accounts (within the meaning of section 226 Companies Act 1985) of the Company for the financial year ended on the Accounts Date, a copy of which is annexed to

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this Agreement and marked “A”;

 

 

 

Accounts Date

 

31 December 2004;

 

 

 

Assets

 

has the meaning given to it in the definitions contained in the Business Sale Agreement;

 

 

 

ATM

 

a domestic currency dispensing automated teller machine including any associated Housing and software necessary to run the automated teller machine;

 

 

 

Bank of America Undertaking

 

the letter, in the agreed form, to be issued to the Sellers on the date of this Agreement by Bank of America N.A.;

 

 

 

Borrowings

 

the amount of the borrowings of the Company by way of bank loans, and other borrowed money, overdrafts, finance and capital leases, acceptance and documentary credit facilities and factoring and other types of receivable financing transactions including interest and penalties thereon but excluding (i) the Shareholder Loans and (ii) the Inter-Company Debts;

 

 

 

Business

 

has the meaning given to it in the definitions contained in the Business Sale Agreement;

 

 

 

Business Day

 

a day on which banks are open for business in London, other than Saturday or Sunday;

 

 

 

Business Sale Agreement

 

the agreement in the agreed form between Travelex UK Limited (1) TRM (ATM) Limited (2) and TRM Corporation (3);

 

 

 

Buyer’s Accountants

 

the Buyer’s accountants for the time being;

 

 

 

Buyer’s Group

 

the Buyer, any ultimate parent undertaking of

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the Buyer for the time being and all direct or indirect subsidiary undertakings for the time being of any such parent undertaking;

 

 

 

Buyer’s Solicitors

 

Davenport Lyons of 30 Old Burlington Street, London W1S 3NL;

 

 

 

CAA

 

the Capital Allowances Act 2001;

 

 

 

Company

 

Travelex ATMs Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 4046739;

 

 

 

Companies Act 1985

 

the Companies Act 1985;

 

 

 

Completion

 

completion of the sale and purchase of the Shares in accordance with this Agreement;

 

 

 

Completion Accounts

 

a pro-forma statement of certain assets and certain liabilities of the Company as at 5.30 p.m. on the Completion Date, as listed in each case in part 1 of schedule 9 (Completion Accounts);

 

 

 

Completion Date

 

the date on which Completion takes place;

 

 

 

Conditions

 

the conditions listed in clause 3.1;

 

 

 

Confidential Information

 

all confidential information and trade secrets relating exclusively to the business of the Company including all financial, marketing and technical information, ideas, concepts, technology, processes and knowledge together with lists or details of customers, suppliers, prices, discounts, margins, information relating to research and development, current trading performance and future business strategy and any information derived from any of them and subsisting at the Completion Date, but excluding any such information which is in the public

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domain other than by reason of any breach by any party bound thereby of any confidentiality undertaking in each case to the extent confidential and relating exclusively to the business of the Company;

 

 

 

Disclosure Letter

 

the disclosure letter in the agreed form from the Sellers to the Buyer, dated with the date of this Agreement, together with the documents attached to it;

 

 

 

Employees

 

the individuals employed or engaged by the Company and/or by Travelex UK Limited at Completion which at the date of this Agreement are set out in schedule 8;

 

 

 

Encumbrance

 

a mortgage (fixed or floating), charge, pledge, lien, option, restriction, hypothecation, guarantee, trust, right of set-off, right of first refusal, right of pre-emption or other third party right (legal or equitable), interest or claim of any kind including any assignment by way of security, reservation of title or other security interest of any kind, howsoever created or other arrangement having similar effect;

 

 

 

End Date

 

(i) the date falling 45 days after the date on which the Requested Information (as defined in clause 4.3) is supplied to the Buyer; or (ii) (if earlier) 30 November 2005; or (iii) such later date as the Sellers and the Buyer may in writing agree or as is determined by clause 4.8;

 

 

 

Environment

 

the natural and man-made environment and all or any of the following media, namely air (including air within buildings and air within other natural or man-made structures above or below ground), water (including water under or within

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land or in drains or sewers and inland waters), land and any living organisms or systems supported by those media;

 

 

 

Environmental Law

 

all applicable laws, regulations, directives, statutes, subordinate legislation, common law, civil codes and other national and local laws, all judgments, orders, instructions or awards of any court or competent authority and all codes of practice, industry agreements and guidance notes which primarily serve to protect the Environment and includes all laws relating to actual or threatened emissions, seepages, discharges, escapes, releases or leaks of pollutants, contaminants or Hazardous Substances;

 

 

 

Escrow Account

 

the bank account to be opened in the joint names of the Sellers’ Solicitors and the Buyer’s Solicitors in accordance with the Escrow Agreement;

 

 

 

Escrow Agreement

 

the agreement, in the agreed form, between the Sellers, the Buyer, TRM (ATM) Limited, the Sellers’ Solicitors and the Buyer’s Solicitors to be entered into pursuant to clause 5.1;

 

 

 

Group

 

the Buyer’s Group or either Seller’s Group, as the context requires;

 

 

 

Guaranteed Contracts

 

the Master Agreement dated 15 January 2002 between the Company (1) TotalFinaElf UK Limited (2) and Travelex UK Limited (3) and the Master Agreement dated 5 October 2001 between the Company (1) United Cinemas International (2) and Travelex UK Limited (3);

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Hazardous Substances

 

any substance or organism which alone or in combination with others may cause harm or damage to the Environment, human health and safety, flora or fauna and includes without limitation, any hazardous or toxic materials, pollutants and wastes;

 

 

 

Housing

 

any cabinet, kiosk, acoustic hood, shelter or booth or similar things (including any side panels, door, signage, lighting, metal frame, back plate or other configurations) forming the structure of an ATM;

 

 

 

ICTA

 

the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

 

 

 

Independent Accountants

 

the independent firm of chartered accountants to whom matters are referred in accordance with clause 8.1;

 

 

 

Intellectual Property Rights

 

all Registered Intellectual Property Rights and all inventions (whether patentable or not), design rights, database rights, copyright, moral rights, semiconductor topography rights, unregistered trade and service marks, logos, get-up and trade names and the goodwill attaching to them, Know-How, and any rights or forms of protection of a similar nature and having equivalent or similar effect to any of them which subsist anywhere in the world;

 

 

 

Inter-Company Debts

 

all monies owing by the Company to either Seller or any member of either Seller’s Group, excluding (a) the Shareholder Loans and (b) any amounts owing to Snax 24 Corporation Limited in relation to trading balances, which latter amount, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be paid off at Completion;

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Know-How

 

all know-how, trade secrets and confidential information, in any form (including paper, electronically stored data, magnetic media, film and microfilm) including, without limitation, drawings, formulae, test results or reports, project reports and testing procedures, information relating to the working of any product, process, invention, improvement or development, instruction and training manuals, tables of operating conditions, information concerning intellectual property portfolio and strategy, market forecasts, lists or particulars of customers and suppliers, sales targets, sales statistics, prices, discounts, mark-ups, future business strategy, tenders, price sensitive information, market research reports and business development and planning reports but always excluding any Confidential Information;

 

 

 

Losses

 

in relation to any matter, all liabilities, losses, claims, damages, fines, penalties, costs and expenses relating to that matter (including for the avoidance of doubt all reasonable and properly incurred legal and professional costs);

 

 

 

Management Accounts

 

the unaudited management accounts of the Company comprising a balance sheet as at 30 June 2005 a profit and loss account for the period which began on 1 January 2005 and ended on 30 June 2005, a copy of which is annexed to this Agreement marked “B”;

 

 

 

Net Current Liability Statement

 

the statement of the Net Current Liability Value in the format set out in part 3 of schedule 9 (Completion Accounts);

 

 

 

Net Current Liability Value

 

the amount (if any) in pounds sterling by which

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the aggregate value of those liabilities of the Company as at the Completion Date that are listed in part 1 of schedule 9 (Completion Accounts) exceed the aggregate value of those assets of the Company as at the Completion Date that are listed in part 1 of schedule 9 (Completion Accounts), as shown in the Completion Accounts (and for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of that excess (if any) shall be expressed as a positive rather than as a negative figure), and provided that (a) if the aggregate amount of those liabilities is equal to the aggregate amount of those assets, the Net Current Liability Value shall be zero; and (b) if the aggregate amount of those liabilities is less than the aggregate amount of those assets then the amount of that shortfall shall be expressed as a negative (rather than as a positive) amount, so that (for illustrative purposes only) if the aggregate amount of those liabilities exceeds the aggregate value of those assets by £100,000, the Net Current Liability Value shall be £100,000 and if the aggregate amount of those liabilities is less than the aggregate value of those assets by £100,000, the Net Current Liability Value shall be –(£100,000);

 

 

 

Pension Scheme

 

the scheme known as the Travelex Group Personal Pension Plan operated by Scottish Equitable plc;

 

 

 

Previous Accounts

 

the audited individual accounts (within the meaning of section 226 Companies Act 1985) of the Company for the two financial years immediately preceding the financial year ended on the Accounts Date;

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Recognised Investment Exchange

 

has the meaning set out at section 285 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

 

 

 

Registered Intellectual Property Rights

 

all patents, utility models, registered designs, registered copyrights, plant variety rights, registered trade and service marks and the goodwill attaching to them, domain names and applications for registration and rights to grant of them and any rights or forms of protection of a similar nature anywhere in the world;

 

 

 

Relief

 

has the meaning given to it in part 1 of schedule 3;

 

 

 

Repeated Warranties

 

the Warranties, other than those set out in paragraph 1.4.3 of part 2 of schedule 2, as such warranties continue to be repeated in accordance with clause 11.1 between the date of this Agreement and the Completion Date (or if earlier the date on which this Agreement terminates) provided that, for the purposes of this definition, references to “Employees” in the Warranties set out in part 8 of schedule 2 shall be regarded as references to employees of the Company on the date of this Agreement;

 

 

 

Sellers’ Accountants

 

the Sellers’ accountants for the time being;

 

 

 

Seller’s Group

 

in relation to Travelex UK Limited, Travelex Holdings Limited and all direct and indirect subsidiary undertakings from time to time of Travelex Holdings Limited and, in relation to Snax 24 Corporation Limited, itself and all of its direct and indirect subsidiary undertakings from time to time;

 

 

 

Sellers’ Solicitors

 

Olswang of 90 High Holborn, London

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WC1V 6XX;

 

 

 

Shareholder Loans

 

the outstanding loans made by each Seller to the Company, such loans being (as at the date of this Agreement) in the amount of £281,308 due to Snax 24 Corporation Limited and £341,379 due to Travelex UK Limited, including principal and accrued interest, fees, costs and expenses (if any);

 

 

 

Shares

 

the issued shares in the capital of the Company;

 

 

 

Site Agreements

 

shall have the meaning given to it in paragraph 1.1 of part 6 of schedule 2;

 

 

 

TaxorTaxation

 

has the meaning given to it in part 1 of schedule 3;

 

 

 

Tax Authority

 

has the meaning given to it in part 1 of schedule 3;

 

 

 

Tax Claim

 

a claim under the Tax Covenant or for any breach of any of the Tax Warranties;

 

 

 

Tax Covenant

 

the tax covenants given in favour of the Buyer set out in part 3 of schedule 3;

 

 

 

Tax Warranties

 

the warranties of the Sellers relating to Tax given under clause 11.1 which are set out in part 2 of schedule 3;

 

 

 

TCGA

 

the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992;

 

 

 

Termination Agreement

 

the agreement in the agreed form to be entered into on the date of this Agreement between Travelex UK Limited (1) Snax 24 Corporation Limited (2) and the Company (3) terminating the share subscription and shareholders agreement dated 6 March 2001 in relation to the Company;

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Transitional Services Agreement

 

the transitional services agreement in the agreed form to be entered into between Travelex UK Limited, the Buyer and the Company on the date of this Agreement;

 

 

 

Travelex Holdings Limited

 

a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 4090247) whose registered office is at 65 Kingsway, London WC2B 6TB;

 

 

 

VAT

 

value added tax as provided for in VATA, and any tax imposed in substitution for it;

 

 

 

VATA

 

the Value Added Tax Act 1994;

 

 

 

Warranties

 

the warranties of the Sellers given under clause 11.1 which are set out in schedule 2, and the Tax Warranties; and

 

 

 

Warranty Claim

 

a claim for any breach of any of the Warranties other than a Tax Warranty.

 

1.2

 

In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise:

 

1.2.1

 

any reference to the parties or a recital, clause or schedule is to the parties or the relevant recital, clause or schedule of or to this Agreement, and any reference in a schedule to a paragraph is to a paragraph of that schedule or, where relevant, that part of that schedule;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.2

 

the clause headings are included for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.3

 

use of the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.4

 

use of any gender includes the other genders;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.5

 

financial year ”, “ parent undertaking ” and “ subsidiary undertaking ” have the meanings given to them by sections 223 and 258 of the Companies Act 1985 respectively;

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1.2.6

 

any reference to a statute, statutory provision or subordinate legislation (“ legislation ”) shall be construed as referring to that legislation as amended and in force from time to time and to any legislation which re-enacts or consolidates (with or without modification) any such legislation except to the extent that any amendment, re-enactment or consolidation on or after the date of this Agreement would increase the liability of any party under this Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.7

 

any reference to a document being “ in the agreed form ” means a document in a form agreed by the parties and either entered into on the date of this Agreement by the relevant parties or initialled by the parties or on their behalf by the Sellers’ Solicitors and the Buyer’s Solicitors, in the latter case with such amendments as they may subsequently agree;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.8

 

if a period of time is specified and dates from a given day or the day of an act or event, it shall be calculated exclusive of that day;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.9

 

a person shall be deemed to be connected with another if that person is connected with another within the meaning of section 839 of ICTA;

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.10

 

references to writing shall include any modes of reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form (but not email);

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.11

 

reference to a balance sheet or profit and loss account shall include a reference to any note forming part of it; and

 

 

 

 

 

1.2.12

 

references to this Agreement include this Agreement as amended or supplemented in accordance with its terms.

 

1.3

 

The schedules and recitals form part of this Agreement and shall have effect as if set out in full in the body of this Agreement, and any reference to this Agreement includes the schedules and recitals.

 

 

 

1.4

 

Save as otherwise specifically provided, all warranties, undertakings and other obligations of each Seller under this Agreement are several and not joint or joint and several.

 

 

 

2.

 

AGREEMENT FOR SALE

 

 

 

2.1

 

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Seller shall sell or cause to be sold and the Buyer shall buy those Shares set out against that Seller’s name in schedule 1 free from all Encumbrances and with full title guarantee.

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2.2

 

The Shares shall be sold pursuant to clause 2.1 with all rights attaching to them on or after the date of this Agreement, including the rights to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, paid or made on or after the date of this Agreement.

 

 

 

2.3

 

Each Seller hereby waives all rights of pre-emption arising on the sale of the Shares, whether conferred by the articles of association of the Company or in any other way.

 

 

 

3.

 

CONDITIONS

 

 

 

3.1

 

Completion is subject to each of the following conditions being satisfied or (where permitted) waived on or before 5.30 p.m. (London time) on the End Date;

 

 

3.1.1

 

unconditional written consent from each counterparty to the contracts set out in schedule 7 to a change of control of the Company or to an assignment of the relevant contract to TRM (ATM) Limited or the Buyer (as appropriate) having been obtained (or deemed obtained in accordance with clause 3.2);

 

 

 

 

 

3.1.2

 

the funding of the consideration for the purchase of the Shares having been obtained on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Buyer.

3.2

 

The Sellers shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the Condition set out in clause 3.1.1 is satisfied on or before the End Date. The Buyer shall provide all reasonable information relating to it and to the Buyer’s Group reasonably requested by any counterparty such as is referred to in clause 3.1.1, and for the purposes of obtaining the consents referred to in that clause, the Guarantor shall (if so, requested by any such counterparty) offer a reasonable guarantee of the obligations of the Company or either Seller (as the case may be) under the relevant contract. If the Guarantor fails to supply any such guarantee or the Buyer is in material breach of its obligations under the previous sentence, then without prejudice to the other rights of the Sellers, the consent of the relevant counterparty shall be deemed obtained for the purposes of clause 3.1.1 if such failure is the reason for the consent not having been obtained. The Buyer shall take all reasonable steps to obtain the funding referred to in clause 3.1.2 on or before the End Date provided that the Buyer shall be under no obligation to continue to raise the funding to the extent that (a) such funding ceases to be viable because of a material adverse change affecting stock markets or interest rates or (b) to the extent that funding on terms acceptable to the proposed suppliers of financing would be likely to result in the share price of the Guarantor falling by more US$1.55. The Buyer shall not be obliged to accept the offer of any funds unless the funding is available to the Buyer on terms reasonably believed by it to be commercially reasonable.

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3.3

 

The Buyer may by notice to the Sellers waive the Condition set out in clause 3.1.1.

 

 

 

3.4

 

If the Conditions have not been fulfilled, or waived where permitted by clause 3.3, on or before the End Date, the provisions of this Agreement shall terminate and no party shall have any further rights or obligations under this Agreement, including accrued rights and obligations at the time of termination (other than accrued rights and obligations in respect of breaches of clause 3.2, which accrued rights and obligations shall not be affected by termination), save that clauses 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 14, 17 to 20 and 25 to 26 shall remain binding on the parties in accordance with their terms.

 

 

 

4.

 

BETWEEN EXCHANGE AND COMPLETION

 

 

 

4.1

 

During the period between the signing of this Agreement and ending at Completion or the termination of this Agreement (whichever is the earlier) the Sellers shall comply with the provisions set out in schedule 5.

 

 

 

4.2

 

The Sellers shall procure that during the period beginning on the signing of this Agreement and ending at Completion or the termination of this Agreement (whichever is earlier) the Buyer and any persons authorised by it shall be given reasonable access during normal business hours and on reasonable notice to the employees, premises, plant, machinery, books of account, records and documents of the Company and the directors and employees of the Company shall be instructed to give as soon as reasonably practicable to the Buyer and any persons authorised by it all information in relation to the Company that the Buyer may reasonably request. Without limiting the previous sentence, upon receipt of the Written Request from the Buyer, the Sellers shall provide the Buyer with the Requested Information as soon as reasonably practicable and shall, where necessary and as soon as reasonably practicable, instruct PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to undertake such work as is reasonably necessary, at the Buyer’s cost to provide the Requested Information in a timely manner.

 

 

 

4.3

 

Upon receipt of the Requested Information by the Buyer, the Sellers shall be deemed to have complied with their obligation in the second sentence of clause 4.2. For the purposes of clauses 4.2 and 4.3:

 

4.3.1

 

Written Request ” means the request in writing that definitively lists all the financial information and financial statements in relation to the Company and the Business, for acquired assets or businesses (or assets or businesses whose acquisition is probable) that the Buyer requires in order to be able to prepare and issue:

 

 

4.3.1.1

 

registration statements (including a Form S-1 or Form S-3 registration statements);

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4.3.1.2

 

other filings with respect to the offer and sale of the Guarantor’s securities for the purposes of the fundraising referred to in clause 3.1.2; or

 

 

 

 

 

4.3.1.3

 

periodic or other reports disclosing the acquisition of such assets or businesses;

in order to raise the consideration referred to in clause 3.1.2; and

 

4.3.2

 

Requested Information ” means the information requested by the Buyer in the Written Request to the extent that the same is information which is necessary under relevant law or regulations to enable the Buyer to prepare and issue the documents referred to in clauses 4.3.1.1 to 4.3.1.3.

4.4

 

The Sellers shall indemnify the Buyer in respect of any reduction in the value of the Shares arising as a result of all breaches of the Repeated Warranties if (and only if) the aggregate amount of that reduction, and the aggregate reduction in the value of the Business and the Assets caused by all breaches of the Repeated Warranties as defined in the Business Sale Agreement, exceeds £250,000 in which event the Sellers shall subject to clauses 4.6 and 4.8 indemnify the Buyer for the entire amount of the reduction in the value of the Shares including any amount taken into account in reaching the £250,000 threshold.

 

4.5

 

If following the date of this Agreement, but before Completion, or any termination of this Agreement the Buyer becomes aware of any breach of the Repeated Warranties entitling it to be indemnified under clause 4.4, then subject to clause 4.6 the Buyer shall within five Business Days of becoming aware of the relevant breach give notice to the Sellers giving its best estimate of the diminution in the value of the Shares caused by the breach or breaches in question, and requiring that the amount of the specified diminution in value shall at Completion be deducted from the purchase price payable in accordance with clause 9 and shall instead be deposited into the Escrow Account and only be released from such account in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

4.6

 

The Buyer shall have no rights to be indemnified under clause 4.4 or otherwise in respect of any breach of the Repeated Warranties resulting from:

 

 

4.6.1

 

any fact or matter disclosed in the Disclosure Letter on the basis set out in clause 11.1 or any claim made or proceedings threatened by any third party arising out of any fact or matter disclosed in the Disclosure Letter on such basis; or

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4.6.2

 

any change in stock markets, interest rates, exchange rates, commodity prices or other general economic conditions generally affecting the industry in which the business carried on by the Company operates.

4.7

 

The liability of the Sellers under this clause 4 shall be joint and several.

 

4.8

 

The Sellers shall not be liable in respect of a breach of a Repeated Warranty if, on or before the date falling 10 Business Days after the date on which notice of that breach is received by the Sellers under clause 4.5, the Sellers have remedied the relevant breach or prevented the Buyer from suffering any potential loss in respect of the subject matter of that breach or caused any loss which could be so suffered by the Buyer to be made good. The Buyer shall comply with all reasonable requests made by the Sellers at the Sellers’ cost during that period for the purposes of so remedying any such breach or preventing any such loss. If any period of time is used by the Sellers to remedy the breach or remedy any breach under clause 5.6 of the Business Sale Agreement the End Date shall be extended by the same period of time.

5. BANK OF AMERICA UNDERTAKING AND ESCROW ARRANGEMENTS

5.1

 

On the date of this Agreement the Buyer shall procure that the Bank of America Undertaking is issued to the Sellers signed on behalf of the Bank of America N.A. and the Buyer and the Sellers shall procure that the Escrow Agreement is executed.

5.2

 

If:

 

 

5.2.1

 

at any time on or after 8 October 2005 and before the End Date Completion has not occurred and the Condition set out in 3.1.1 has been satisfied or waived; or

 

 

 

 

 

5.2.2

 

the End Date is extended to a date after 30 November 2005, then notwithstanding the fact that the Condition set out in clause 3.1.1 has not been satisfied or waived;

the parties agree that the sum of £1.5 million referred to in the Bank of America Undertaking is to be paid to the Buyer’s Solicitors in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement. If Completion has not occurred by the End Date and the Condition set out in clause 3.1.1 has been satisfied or waived then subject to clause 5.3.3 such amount shall be paid to the Sellers in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

5.3

 

If:

 

5.3.1

 

Completion occurs on or before the End Date; or

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5.3.2

 

the Condition set out in clause 3.1.1 has not been satisfied or waived by the End Date; or

 

 

 

 

 

5.3.3

 

the Condition set out in clause 3.1.2 has not been satisfied by the End Date by reason of a breach by the Sellers of the second sentence of clause 4.2;

then the Sellers shall not be entitled to receive £1.5 million from the Buyer and the sum of £1.5 million referred to in the Bank of America Undertaking shall be paid to the Buyer in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

5.4

 

The parties shall promptly give appropriate instructions to the Escrow Agents (as defined in the Escrow Agreement) to ensure that payments are made out of the Escrow Account either to give effect to clause 5.2 or clause 5.3 or (in the case that money is deposited into the Escrow Account under clause 4.5) to ensure that the money in question is paid to the appropriate person(s) having regard to the outcome of the Buyer’s claim to be indemnified under clause 4.4 by reason of breach of the Repeated Warranties.

6. CONSIDERATION

6.1

 

The aggregate purchase price for the Shares shall be the sum of £16,251,000 (subject to adjustment (if appropriate) under clause 10.8) which sum shall be payable to the Sellers in cash on Completion, plus any sum payable by the Buyer and minus any sum payable to the Buyer in accordance with clauses 6.2, 6.5 and 10.9.

6.2

 

On the date falling five Business Days after the calculation of the Net Current Liability Value becomes final and binding on the parties in accordance with clause 7 of this Agreement:

 

 

6.2.1

 

if the Net Current Liability Value is greater than £(X+C) the Sellers shall pay to the Buyer an amount equal to the amount by which the Net Current Liability Value exceeds £(X+C); or

 

 

 

 

 

6.2.2

 

if the Net Current Liability Value is less than £(X-C), the Buyer shall pay to the Sellers an amount equal to the amount by which the Net Current Liability Value is less than £(X-C);

where:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X =

 

£1,000,560

 

x  B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

 

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A = 743

B = the number of ATMs in operation as at the Completion Date

C = £25,000

together in either case with interest accruing from day to day, both before and after judgment, from the Completion Date until the date of payment at a rate of two per cent. above the base rate for the time being of Barclays Bank plc. All payments pursuant to this clause shall be made by telegraphic transfer of immediately available funds to the bank accounts specified in clause 15. The liability of the Sellers under this clause 6.2 shall be joint and several.

6.3

 

After 17 October 2005 but before 31 October 2005, the Sellers shall deliver to the Buyer a list (“ ATM List ”) confirming the total number of ATMs of the Company and the Business which were installed as at 17 October 2005 (the “ Installed ATMs ”) and highlighting any such ATMs which were not operational as at such date. The ATM List shall be, in relation to the operational ATMs, derived from the LINK Daily Download Report as at 5.30 pm on 17 October 2005 and as regards such operational ATMs shall be final and binding.

6.4

 

To the extent that the ATM List identifies any non-operational ATMs, the Sellers will provide to the Buyer on or before 2 November 2005 a copy of the LINK Daily Download Report (which confirmation shall be final and binding) confirming which of the non-operational ATMs on the ATM List have, by 31 October 2005 become operational, such ATMs, together with those operational ATMs on the ATM List provided under clause 6.3 above, being together the “ Total Operational ATMs Number ”.

 

6.5

 

At Completion, or if later, on 7 November 2005:

 

6.5.1

 

to the extent that the Total Operational ATMs Number is less than 1182 (“ ATM Shortfall Number ”) there shall be deducted from the purchase price payable in accordance with clause 6.1 an amount equal to the ATM Shortfall Number x £16,750 or, (if Completion has occurred), the Sellers shall pay to the Buyer, an amount equal to the ATM Shortfall Number x £16,750; and

 

 

 

 

 

6.5.2

 

to the extent that the Total Operational ATMs Number is more than 1182 (“ ATM Excess Number ”) then the purchase price payable in accordance with clause 6.1 shall be increased by an amount equal to the ATM Excess Number x £16,750, or (if Completion has already occurred) the Buyer shall pay to the Sellers, an amount equal to the ATM Excess Number x £16,750.

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The liability of the Sellers to make the payment under clause 6.5.1 shall be joint and several.

7.

 

COMPLETION ACCOUNTS

7.1

 

The Sellers shall use their reasonable endeavours to ensure that a draft of the Completion Accounts is prepared as soon as possible after Completion and delivered to the Buyer on or before the date falling 20 Business Days after Completion, together with the Net Current Liability Statement signed by the Sellers.

 

7.2

 

The Completion Accounts shall be drawn up in accordance with the accounting bases, methods and policies set out in part 2 of schedule 9.

7.3

 

The draft Completion Accounts and the calculation of the Net Current Liability Value set out in the Net Current Liability Statement shall be deemed agreed by the Buyer on the date falling 10 Business Days after the date on which those documents are first delivered to the Buyer and shall be final and binding on the parties for all purposes (and shall respectively constitute the Completion Accounts for the purposes of this Agreement and the Net Current Liability Value for the purposes of clause 6), unless during that period the Buyer gives notice to the Sellers that it disagrees with the calculation of the Net Current Liability included in the Net Current Liability Statement. Any notice so given shall include reasonable details (so far as practicable) of the reasons for any disagreement and any suggested adjustment, together with reasonable supporting evidence for each adjustment, including any relevant working papers.

 

7.4

 

If any notice is so served by the Buyer during such 10 Business Day period, the Buyer and the Sellers shall attempt in good faith to resolve any matters in dispute and agree a final form of Completion Accounts and the calculation of the Net Current Liability Value on or before the date falling 10 Business Days after the date on which the Sellers receive that notice. The Completion Accounts and the calculation of the Net Current Liability Value so agreed by them shall be final and binding on the parties for all purposes (and shall respectively constitute the Completion Accounts for the purposes of this Agreement and the Net Current Liability Value for the purposes of clause 6). In the absence of agreement between the Buyer and the Sellers within that time period, the Independent Accountants shall be instructed to deliver a determination of the matters in dispute and a calculation of the amount of the Net Current Liability Value and revised Completion Accounts adjusted only to take account of the matters determined by them. As so revised, the Completion Accounts shall then constitute the Completion Accounts for the purposes of this Agreement.

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7.5

 

Each party shall promptly provide to the other or the other’s accountants or professional advisers (and to the Independent Accountants) all such documents and information as may reasonably be requested for the purpose of preparing or reviewing the Completion Accounts and the Net Current Liability Statement. The parties’ obligations under this clause shall, without limitation, extend to providing access to or copies of all working papers in their possession or under their control (other than those created by their respective accountants) created in the course of the preparation and/or review of the Completion Accounts and/or Net Current Liability Statement, together (in the case of the Buyer) with extracts from the Company’s and the Business’s accounting records to which the working papers relate or from which the working papers have drawn information, and access upon reasonable notice and during normal working hours to relevant personnel, and to relevant records and information within the possession or under the control, of the relevant party.

 

8.

 

APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

8.1

 

Any matters which this Agreement provides are to be determined by the Independent Accountants may be referred for determination by either the Sellers or the Buyer to:

 

 

8.1.1

 

KPMG or (if they refuse to accept instructions) Deloitte or (if they refuse to accept instructions) any other independent firm of chartered accountants whose identity is agreed between the Sellers and the Buyer and whose terms of engagement are agreed to and signed by the accountants, the Sellers and the Buyer; or

 

 

 

 

 

8.1.2

 

if no such firm is agreed or no such terms of engagement are signed on or before the date falling 20 Business Days after the date on which a firm accepts instructions (in the case of KPMG or Deloitte) or in any other case is first proposed by either party to the other for the purpose, such independent firm of chartered accountants on such terms of engagement as shall be chosen or (as the case may be) specified on the application of either party by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. If any of the Sellers or the Buyer fails to sign such terms of engagement on or before the date falling five Business Days after the date on which such choice or (as the case may be) specification is made, Independent Accountants shall be deemed to have been appointed and to have determined the matter or matters to be referred to the Independent Accountants under this clause in favour of the party who has signed the terms of engagement.

8.2

 

The Independent Accountants:

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8.2.1

 

shall act as experts and not as arbitrators;

 

 

 

 

 

8.2.2

 

shall decide on the procedure (subject to clause 8.2.3) and timetable to be followed in the determination (provided that, in any event, they shall give the Sellers and the Buyer the opportunity of making such representations as they may reasonably require); and

 

 

 

 

 

8.2.3

 

shall be required only to determine those matters that this Agreement provides should be determined by them (and not any additional or separate issues subsequently raised by the parties) and deliver such determination and any calculation, statement or accounts required to be provided by them by this Agreement in writing to the parties on or before the date falling 20 Business Days after the date of the appointment of the Independent Accountants.

 

8.3

 

In the absence of fraud or manifest error, the decision of the Independent Accountants and any determination and any calculation, statement or accounts required to be provided by them by this Agreement shall be final and binding on the parties for all purposes. The fees and expenses of the Independent Accountants shall be paid by such party or parties as the Independent Accountants shall determine to be appropriate in their sole discretion, having regard to the relative merits of the arguments of each of the parties. In default of a determination by the Independent Accountants as to fees and expenses, they shall be borne as to 50 per cent. by the Buyer and 50 per cent. by the Sellers.

8.4

 

The Sellers and the Buyer shall each use all reasonable endeavours to co-operate with the Independent Accountants and to enable them to reach their determination within the time period set by this Agreement including by co-operating with any timetable and procedure set by the Independent Accountants. In particular, the Sellers and the Buyer shall each provide each other and the Independent Accountants with or with access to all such documents and information as are in their possession or under their control, and access to all relevant personnel upon reasonable prior notice and during normal working hours, as may from time to time be requested by the Independent Accountants in their absolute discretion. In the event that any of the Sellers or the Buyer does not co-operate with or grant access to or supply any document or information so requested within any time specified by the Independent Accountants, the Independent Accountants shall be entitled to make such assumptions for the purposes of making their determination (including any determination as to costs) as a result of that failure to co-operate, grant access or supply such document or information as they shall in their absolute discretion determine to be appropriate.

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9.

 

COMPLETION

 

9.1

 

Subject to clauses 9.5 to 9.8 (inclusive) Completion shall take place at the offices of the Sellers’ Solicitors within two Business Days after all of the Conditions have been satisfied or waived in accordance with clause 3 (or such later date as the Buyer and the Sellers shall agree).

9.2

 

At Completion, the Sellers shall deliver or make available to the Buyer:

 

 

9.2.1

 

transfers of the Shares in favour of the Buyer or its nominee, duly executed by the Sellers or any other registered holders;

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.2

 

the share certificates representing the Shares or an indemnity in the agreed form for any missing share certificates;

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.3

 

the resignation from their respective offices of each of the directors and the secretary of the Company, in the agreed form, executed as a deed;

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.4

 

details of the amounts, in each case as at Completion, of the Shareholder Loans, the Inter-Company Debts and the Borrowings;

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.5

 

a deed of release in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyer executed by Barclays Bank plc with regard to the Shares held by Travelex UK Limited and a deed of release in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyer executed by National Westminster Bank plc with regard to the Shares held by Snax 24 Corporation Limited;

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.6

 

all consents required for the sale of the Shares from Apax Partners Europe Managers Limited and agents of senior and mezzanine financiers under certain financing arrangements;

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.7

 

the seal (if any), statutory books and certificate of incorporation (and any certificate of incorporation on change of name) of the Company;

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.8

 

a certified copy of the Termination Agreement executed by each Seller and the Company;

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.9

 

the Transitional Services Agreement executed by Travelex UK Limited;

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.10

 

a list of all Site Agreements falling within paragraph 1.6.6 of part 4 of schedule 2;

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.11

 

a list of all ATMs for which planning permission has been obtained as described in paragraph 1.6 of part 6 of schedule 2;

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9.2.12

 

a certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of each Seller in the agreed form resolving that the relevant Seller should enter into this Agreement, and each other document to be signed by it at Completion, and authorising the execution of those documents by each person signing on behalf of that Seller; and

 

 

 

 

 

9.2.13

 

confirmation, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, that the master agreement between Travelex UK Limited, TotalFinaElf UK Limited and the Company has not been terminated and continues in force.

9.3

 

The Sellers shall ensure that a board meeting of the Company is held at Completion at which:

 

 

9.3.1

 

the people nominated by the Buyer are appointed as the directors and secretary (as the case may be) of the Company with immediate effect;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.2

 

the resignations referred to in clause 9.2.3 are accepted with effect from the close of the meeting;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.3

 

the registered office of the Company is changed to that named by the Buyer;

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.4

 

the transfers referred to in clause 9.2.1 are (subject only to their being duly stamped) approved for registration; and

 

 

 

 

 

9.3.5

 

the Transitional Services Agreement is approved for signature.

9.4

 

At Completion, the Buyer shall deliver to the Sellers:

 

 

9.4.1

 

a certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the Buyer in the agreed form resolving that the Buyer should enter into this Agreement, and each other document to be signed by it at Completion, and authorising the execution of those documents by each person signing on behalf of the Buyer;

 

 

 

 

 

9.4.2

 

a certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the Guarantor in the agreed form resolving that the Guarantor should enter into this Agreement and give the guarantee in clause 14, and authorising the execution of this Agreement by each of the persons signing for the Guarantor;

 

 

 

 

 

9.4.3

 

the Transitional Services Agreement, executed by the Buyer and the Company;

and shall:

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9.4.4

 

pay the aggregate sum of £16,251,000 as adjusted pursuant to clauses 6.5 and 10.8 (less any amount which is to be paid into the Escrow Account in accordance with clause 4.5) to the Sellers in accordance with clause 15.1;

 

 

 

 

 

9.4.5

 

pay any amount due to be paid into the Escrow Account pursuant to clause 4.5 into the Escrow Account; and

 

 

 

 

 

9.4.6

 

procure the repayment of the Shareholder Loans, the Inter-Company Debts and the Borrowings as at Completion.

9.5

 

If either of the Sellers (regarded for the purposes of this clause 9.5 as a single party) or the Buyer does not or is unable to fulfil any material obligations under clauses 9.2, 9.3 or clause 9.4 as the case may be at the time when Completion is due to take place under clause 9.1 (the party who does not or is unable to fulfil those obligations being referred to in this clause 9 as the “ defaulting party ”), the other party (referred to in this clause 9 as the “ non-defaulting party ”) may in addition to any other right or remedy it may have, by notice to the defaulting party:

 

 

9.5.1

 

postpone Completion by up to 20 Business Days; or

 

 

 

 

 

9.5.2

 

elect to proceed to Completion, in which case the defaulting party shall be obliged to fulfil those obligations under clauses 9.2, 9.3 or clause 9.4, as the case may be, which it is then able to fulfil and to fulfil the remaining obligations on or before any later date specified for the purpose in the notice; or

 

 

 

 

 

9.5.3

 

if having already given notice under clause 9.5.1 and a period of not less than 20 Business Days having elapsed without each unfulfilled obligation in question having been fulfilled in all material respects, elect not to complete the sale and purchase of the Shares.

9.6

 

If Completion is postponed on any occasion under clause 9.5.1, clause 9.5 shall apply with respect to each occasion to which it is so postponed.

 

9.7

 

The parties shall not be obliged or entitled to complete the sale and purchase of any of the Shares unless the purchase of all of the Shares is completed and unless the Business Sale Agreement is completed simultaneously.

9.8

 

If the non-defaulting party elects not to complete the sale and purchase of the Shares in accordance with clause 9.5.3, or if the parties are not obliged or entitled to complete the sale and purchase of the Shares by reason of clause 9.7 and any party so notifies the other party, the parties shall have no further rights or obligations under this Agreement, other than accrued rights

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and obligations at the time of that election in respect of prior breaches, including breaches of clauses 9.2 to 9.4 save that clauses 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 14 and 17 to 20 and 25 to 26 shall remain binding on the parties in accordance with their terms, provided that where the Buyer is the non-defaulting party, it may demand by way of a pre-agreed estimate of its loss the aggregate sum of £1,500,000 from the Sellers (or the aggregate sum of £750,000 if TRM (ATM) Limited makes a similar demand under the Business Sale Agreement) which sum the Sellers shall be liable jointly and severally to pay in full and final settlement of any rights and remedies the Buyer might otherwise have had in respect of the breach or breaches in question, all of whose rights and remedies shall be unconditionally waived and released with effect from receipt by the Buyer of the sum payable under this clause.

10.

 

GUARANTEES AND INDEBTEDNESS

 

10.1

 

The Buyer shall use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that as soon as reasonably practicable after Completion each member of each of the Seller’s Groups is released from any and all subsisting guarantees, security interests and indemnities given by it in relation to the obligations of the Company given by Travelex UK Limited under the Guaranteed Contracts. The Sellers shall co-operate with the Buyer in obtaining such releases and neither the Buyer nor the Guarantor shall be obliged to pay any monies or assume any additional obligations over and above those in the existing guarantees. Pending each such release, the Buyer shall indemnify each relevant member of each of the Seller’s Groups on demand against all Losses actually incurred by that member arising on or after Completion from or in connection with any such guarantee, security interest or indemnity.

10.2

 

The Sellers shall ensure that at or before Completion the Company is released from any and all guarantees, security interests and indemnities given by it in favour of either of the Sellers or any member of either Seller’s Group and the Buyer’s Group shall have no liability in respect thereof and the Sellers shall indemnify each member of the Buyer’s Group on demand and against all Losses actually incurred by that member arising from or in connection with any such guarantee, security or indemnity.

 

10.3

 

To the extent that the same is not included in the Actual Exchange Debt (as defined in clause 10.5 below) the Sellers shall procure that the Company discharges all trade creditors of, and amounts accrued by, the Company as at the date of this Agreement relating to the acquisition and installation of fixed assets (together with any interest and penalties thereon) and shall indemnify the Buyer in respect of all Losses incurred by it as a result of any failure so to do.

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10.4

 

The purchase price set out in clause 6.1 is calculated on the basis that the aggregate amount of the Borrowings, Inter-Company Debts and Shareholder Loans as at the date of this Agreement (“ Estimated Exchange Debt ”) is £15,594,000.

 

10.5

 

The Sellers shall, prior to Completion, notify the Buyer of:

 

10.5.1

 

the actual aggregate amount of the Borrowings, Shareholder Loans and Inter-Company Debts as at the date of this Agreement (“ Actual Exchange Debt ”);

 

 

 

 

 

10.5.2

 

the amount (if any) by which the aggregate amount of the Borrowings, Shareholder Loans and Inter-Company Debts as at Completion exceeds the Actual Exchange Debt (“ Excess Debt ”); and

 

 

 

 

 

10.5.3

 

the amount of the Excess Debt which is not attributable to ATM Capital Expenditure (as defined below) (“ Non-ATM Excess Debt ”).

For the purposes of this clause 10.5, “ ATM Capital Expenditure ” shall mean expenditure on the acquisition, installation and upgrade of any ATMs attributable to any ATMs acquired, installed or upgraded in excess of the Total Operational ATMs Number (as defined in clause 6.3) and any further expenditure as agreed between the Buyer and the Sellers.

10.6

 

The Sellers’ calculation of the Actual Exchange Debt, the Excess Debt and the amount of the Non-ATM Excess Debt shall be deemed agreed by the Buyer on the date falling 10 Business Days after the date on which those documents are first delivered to the Buyer and shall be final and binding on the parties for all purposes unless during that period the Buyer gives notice to the Sellers that it disagrees with such amounts. Any such notice shall give reasonable details (so far as is practicable) of the reasons for any disagreement and any suggested adjustment, together with reasonably supporting evidence.

10.7

 

If any notice is served by the Buyer during such 10 Business Day period, the Sellers and the Buyer shall attempt in good faith to resolve any matters in dispute and agree the amounts of the Actual Exchange Debt, the Excess Debt and the amount of the Non-ATM Excess Debt on or before the date falling 10 Business Days after the date on which the Sellers receive that notice. Such amounts as agreed will be final and binding on the parties for all purposes. In the absence of agreement between the Buyer and the Sellers within that time period, the Independent Accountants shall be instructed to deliver a determination of the matters in dispute in accordance with clause 8 and confirm the amounts of the Actual Exchange Debt, the Excess Debt and the amount of the Non-ATM Excess Debt. Each party shall promptly provide to the other or the other’s accountants or professional advisers (and to the Independent Accountants) all such

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documents and information as may reasonably be requested for the purpose of preparing or reviewing the calculations of Actual Exchange Debt, Excess Debt and Non-ATM Debt. The parties’ obligations under this clause shall, without limitation, extend to providing access to or copies of all working papers in their possession or under their control (other than those created by their respective accountants) created in the course of the preparation and/or review of such calculations, together (in the case of the Buyer) with extracts from the Company’s and the Business’s accounting records to which the working papers relate or from which the working papers have drawn information, and access upon reasonable notice and during normal working hours to relevant personnel, and to relevant records and information within the possession or under the control, of the relevant party.

10.8

 

If prior to Completion, the amount of the Actual Exchange Debt, the Excess Debt and the Non-ATM Excess Debt is agreed or determined in accordance with clauses 10.6 and 10.7, then:

 

 

10.8.1

 

the amount (if any) of the Non-ATM Excess Debt shall be deducted from; and/or

 

 

 

 

 

10.8.2

 

the amount (if any) by which the Actual Exchange Debt exceeds the Estimated Exchange Debt shall be deducted from; or

 

 

 

 

 

10.8.3

 

the amount (if any) by which the Actual Exchange Debt is less than the Estimated Exchange Debt shall be added to;

the amount payable for the Shares pursuant to clause 6.1. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause 10.8, the Buyer shall procure that the aggregate of the Borrowings, Shareholder Loans and Inter-Company Debts is repaid at Completion in accordance with clause 9.4.6.

10.9

 

In the event that the Buyer and the Sellers fail to agree the calculation of the Actual Exchange Debt, the Excess Debt and the Non-ATM Excess Debt, prior to Completion, then:

 

10.9.1

 

the Sellers shall indemnify the Buyer for the amount (if any) of the Non-ATM Excess Debt;

 

 

 

 

 

10.9.2

 

the Sellers shall indemnify the Buyer for the amount (if any) by which the Actual Exchange Debt exceeds the Estimated Exchange Debt; or

 

 

 

 

 

10.9.3

 

the Buyer shall indemnify the Sellers for the amount (if any) by which the Actual Exchange Debt is less than the Estimated Exchange Debt;

 

 

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together in each case with interest accruing from day to day, both before and after judgment from the Completion Date on the date of payment at a rate of two per cent above the base rate for the time being of Barclays Bank Plc.

10.10

 

The Liability of the Sellers pursuant to clause 10.9 shall be joint and several.

10.11

 

For the avoidance of doubt, all cash in hand and at bank of the Company at Completion shall be for the account of the Sellers.

 

11.

 

WARRANTIES

11.1

 

The Sellers jointly and severally warrant to the Buyer that except as disclosed in the Disclosure Letter in sufficient detail to enable the Buyer to have a reasonable understanding of the nature and scope of the matter disclosed, each of the Warranties is true and accurate at the date of this Agreement and subject to clause 4.6 the Repeated Warranties will continue to be so up to Completion with reference to the facts and circumstances from time to time applying.

 

11.2

 

Each of the Warranties is separate and is to be construed independently of the other Warranties, subject to clause 11.3.

11.3

 

The only Warranties given:

 

 

11.3.1

 

in respect of the Environment are those set out in paragraph 2 of part 6 of schedule 2 and the other Warranties shall be deemed not to be given in relation to the Environment;

 

 

 

 

 

11.3.2

 

in respect of pension matters are those set out in part 7 of schedule 2 and the other Warranties shall be deemed not to be given in relation to pension matters;

 

 

 

 

 

11.3.3

 

in respect of the employees of the Company and other employment matters are those set out in part 8 of schedule 2 and the other Warranties shall be deemed not to be given in relation to such employees and other employment matters;

 

 

 

 

 

11.3.4

 

in respect of Intellectual Property Rights are those set out in part 9 of schedule 2, and the other Warranties shall be deemed not to be given in relation to Intellectual Property Rights;

 

 

 

 

 

11.3.5

 

in respect of matters relating to the information technology of the Company and other information technology matters are those set out in part 10 of schedule 2, and the other Warranties shall be deemed not to be given in relation to information technology; and

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11.3.6

 

in respect of Taxation are the Tax Warranties, and the other Warranties shall be deemed not to be given in relation to Taxation.

11.4

 

Except in the case of fraud by any director or employee of the Company, the Sellers waive and hereby release the Company from any rights they may have in connection with any error in or omission from the Disclosure Letter against the Company or any director or employee of the Company on whom the Sellers have relied in connection with preparing the Disclosure Letter.

 

11.5

 

The Buyer shall be entitled to claim both before and after Completion that any of the Warranties has or had been breached even if the Buyer discovered or could have discovered on or before Completion that the Warranty in question was or was likely to be breached and Completion shall not in any way constitute a waiver of any of the Buyer’s rights. The Buyer warrants to the Sellers that it has no actual knowledge of any fact, matter or circumstance which would give rise to a breach of the Warranties at the date of this Agreement, and for these purposes, the Buyer’s actual knowledge shall be limited to the actual knowledge of Tom Mann, Ashley Dean, Rhys Edwards and Ian Strang at the date of this Agreement.

11.6

 

Subject to paragraph 4.1 of schedule 4, the rights and remedies of the Buyer in respect of a breach of any of the Warranties shall not be affected by Completion, by any investigation made by or on behalf of the Buyer into the affairs of the Company, by the giving of any time or other indulgence by the Buyer to any person, or by any other cause whatsoever except a specific waiver or release by the Buyer in writing and any such waiver or release shall not prejudice or affect any remaining rights or remedies of the Buyer.

 

11.7

 

Schedule 4 (Limitations on Sellers’ Liability) shall (save as otherwise provided) apply to limit or exclude, in accordance with its terms, any liability of the Sellers in respect of a breach of the Warranties (other than the Warranties given in paragraphs 1 and 6 of part 1 of schedule 2) and part 4 of schedule 3 (Miscellaneous, including exclusions and limitations, conduct of claims and payments) shall apply to limit or exclude, in accordance with its terms, any liability of the Sellers in respect of a breach of the Tax Warranties, other than in either case any such liability as is referred to in paragraph 4.5 of schedule 4. This clause shall not prevent either Seller from claiming against the other Seller by virtue of any right of contribution or indemnity to which it may be entitled.

11.8

 

Any amount paid by or on behalf of either Seller in respect of a breach of the Warranties and/or under a claim made under the Tax Covenant shall be deemed to reduce the purchase price payable to that Seller for the Shares registered in its name by, and be a repayment of, that amount.

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11.9

 

Where any Warranty refers to the awareness, knowledge or belief of the Sellers or any analogous expression, that Warranty shall be deemed to include an additional statement that it has been made after diligent and careful enquiry by the Sellers of the following persons in relation to the Warranties set against their respective names, and the awareness, knowledge or belief of both the Sellers shall be limited to the actual awareness, knowledge or belief of such individuals:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clive Kahn, Clive Nation, Nick
Cockett, Kylie-Ann Tremlett, Sylvain
Pignet, James Birch

 

all Warranties

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Ahearn

 

paragraphs 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 of part 3 of schedule 2 (Compliance and Litigation) and paragraphs 1.3 and 1.4 of part of schedule 2 (Contracts) and paragraphs 1.4 and 1.5 of part 6 of schedule 2 (Site Agreements)

 

 

 

 

 

Jackie Manley

 

paragraph 4 of part 3 of schedule 2 (Compliance and Litigation)

 

 

 

 

 

Geoff Baldock and Emma Turner

 

part 2 of schedule 2 (Accounts, Financial, Banking and Current Trading)

 

 

 

 

 

Lynette Mapp

 

part 3 of schedule 2 (Compliance and Litigation) and part 4 of schedule 2 (Contracts)

 

 

 

 

 

David Burgin

 

part 5 of schedule 2 (Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

Ann Colley

 

part 7 of schedule 2 (Pensions) and part 8 of schedule 2 (Employment)

 

 

 

 

 

Gareth Richards

 

part 10 of schedule 2 (Information Technology)

 

 

 

 

 

Martyn Emmerson and Lisa Westerman

 

Tax Warranties

The Sellers jointly and severally warrant to the Buyer that the individuals listed above are the appropriate people to review the relevant Warranties for the purposes of confirming their

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accuracy and that there are no other persons of whom it would be reasonable for the Sellers to make enquiry.

11.10

 

The Sellers shall disclose to the Buyer as soon as is reasonably practicable following their becoming aware of the same, any matter which becomes known to them prior to Completion which constitutes a breach of the Repeated Warranties.

12.

 

TAX

 

 

 

 

 

The provisions of part 3 of schedule 3 shall have effect on Completion.

 

13.

 

PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF THE BUYER

13.1

 

Each Seller agrees that it shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or jointly with any other person, and whether as shareholder, partner, director, principal, consultant or agent:

 

 

13.1.1

 

for a period of 12 months starting on the Completion Date, employ any employee of the Company as at Completion, or solicit, canvass or induce or endeavour to induce any such employee to leave his position, whether or not that person would commit a breach of his contract by so leaving or offer employment to any such person;

 

 

 

 

 

13.1.2

 

for a period of two years starting on the Completion Date, solicit or induce any material supplier to the Company or any party to a Site Agreement to cease to do business with the Company or (in the case of a material supplier) to reduce the amount of supplies to or transactions with the Company or adversely to vary the terms on which they so do business, or (in the case of a party to a Site Agreement) seek to induce that party to permit the Seller in question to install and operate an ATM at the relevant site; and

 

 

 

 

 

13.1.3

 

for a period of two years starting on the Completion Date, carry on or be engaged, interested or concerned in any business which within the United Kingdom carries on a Restricted Activity.

13.2

 

Nothing in clause 13 shall prohibit either Seller from directly or indirectly:

 

 

13.2.1

 

acquiring and holding any interest in any business which carries on a Restricted Activity, provided that the turnover of that business attributable to the Restricted Activity in each of the last two financial years preceding the completion of the acquisition does not exceed five per cent. of the aggregate turnover of all entities which are the subject of the acquisition in question in those financial years, as derived from any relevant

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annual audited accounts (or in their absence any relevant management accounts) for those two financial years; or

 

 

 

 

 

13.2.2

 

holding any interest in any securities listed or dealt in on any securities exchange if that Seller and all other members of that Seller’s Group are together interested in securities which amount to less than five per cent of the issued securities of that class and which carry less than five per cent of the voting rights (if any) attaching to the issues securities of that class; or

 

 

 

 

 

13.2.3

 

publishing or causing to be published any advertisement not intended to induce any employee of the Company (as opposed to any equivalent employee of another company) as at Completion to leave his position; or

 

 

 

 

 

13.2.3

 

instructing an employment agency to recruit any individual if the Seller in question does not encourage that agency to approach any employee of the Company as at Completion.

13.3

 

Neither Seller shall after Completion disclose or use any Confidential Information or trade secrets relating to the Company. This clause shall not prohibit disclosure of:

 

 

13.3.1

 

Confidential Information under a legal obligation involuntarily incurred or if required by the law of any relevant jurisdiction or by any competent regulatory or governmental body or securities exchange in any relevant jurisdiction;

 

 

 

 

 

13.3.2

 

any Confidential Information which is or becomes part of the public domain without breach of this clause or clause 13.4; or

 

 

 

 

 

13.3.3

 

Confidential Information to any other member of that Seller’s Group or to any professional advisers of that Seller or of any other member of that Seller’s Group.

13.4

 

Each Seller shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that no member of that Seller’s Group from time to time takes or omits to take any action which, if taken or omitted by that Seller, would constitute a breach of clause 13.1 or 13.3.

 

13.5

 

Each of the restrictions in clauses 13.1 and 13.3 shall be enforceable by the Buyer independently of each of the others and its validity shall not be affected if any of the others is invalid.

13.6

 

If any of the restrictions in clauses 13.1 and 13.3 is void but would be valid if some part of the restrictions were deleted, the restriction in question shall apply with such deletion as may be necessary to make it valid.

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13.7

 

Each Seller acknowledges that the above provisions of this clause are no more extensive than is reasonable to protect the Buyer as the acquirer of the Shares.

 

13.8

 

In this clause 13, “ Restricted Activity ” means the operation of any ATM in the United Kingdom which dispenses the national currency for the time being of the United Kingdom, but excludes:

 

13.8.1

 

acting as “landlord” (and carrying out maintenance activities) in relation to a site on which an ATM is installed, where that ATM is operated by a third party paying a fee to the relevant Seller (whether that fee is fixed or calculated by turnover or determined in any other way) provided that no Seller shall be in any way otherwise involved in the operation of the ATM in question or the processing of transactions in relation to that ATM;

 

 

 

 

 

13.8.2

 

operating any ATM installed at any site (including for example but without limitation an airport terminal) at which Travelex UK Limited or any member of its Seller’s Group carries on any foreign exchange business, whether or not the ATM in question is located in the bureau at which that foreign exchange business is carried on; and

 

 

 

 

 

13.8.3

 

operating any ATM which utilises so-called “Dynamic Currency Conversion” technology;

provided that for a period of two years following Completion, before carrying on any activity falling within the scope of clauses 13.8.1 and 13.8.2 in relation to any ATM installed after the date of Completion or in respect of which the existing contract terminates after Completion, or before carrying on any activity falling with the scope of clause 13.8.3, Travelex UK Limited shall (where relevant, to the extent permitted by any relevant landlord or superior landlord) first offer the Buyer a right of first refusal with regard to the financial and operational terms on which the ATM in question is to be operated as set out in clauses 13.9 to 13.13 below.

13.9

 

The Buyer shall within five Business Days after being notified pursuant to clause 13.8 advise Travelex UK Limited that it wishes to enter into negotiations for the operation of the ATM(s) in question. If no such notice is received within such a period the Buyer shall be deemed to have declined the offer of first refusal made by Travelex UK Limited and Travelex UK Limited shall then be free to enter into a contract with any third party for the operation of the ATM(s) in question.

13.10

 

If the Buyer advises Travelex UK Limited pursuant to clause 13.9 that it wishes to enter into negotiations, Travelex UK Limited agrees to enter into good faith negotiations with the Buyer for a period of 10 Business Days from the date of receipt of the notification pursuant to clause 13.9 (the “ Exclusivity Period ”) for the operation of the ATM(s) in question and during the Exclusivity

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Period Travelex UK Limited agrees not to enter into any contract with any third party in respect of the operation of such ATM(s).

 

 

 

13.11

 

If, after the Buyer has given notice in accordance with clause 13.9 but before the end of the Exclusivity Period, the Buyer does not wish to proceed with negotiations with Travelex UK Limited, the Buyer shall notify Travelex UK Limited in writing of that fact and on receipt of such notification Travelex UK Limited shall be entitled to enter into any contract with any third party for the operation of the ATM(s) in question.

 

 

 

13.12

 

If following expiry of the Exclusivity Period, Travelex UK Limited and the Buyer have failed to agree on the terms of an agreement in relation to the operation of the ATMs in question and Travelex UK Limited subsequently agrees terms with a third party in relation to the operation of the same ATMs, then before entering into any agreement with such third party Travelex UK Limited shall first give the Buyer the opportunity to enter into such agreement, on the same terms as those agreed to by the third party. If the Buyer fails to enter into such agreement within 5 Business Days of receipt of Travelex UK Limited’s offer, then such offer shall be deemed to have been declined by the Buyer and Travelex UK Limited shall be entitled to enter into such agreement with the third party in question.

 

 

 

13.13

 

If the Buyer and Travelex UK Limited fail to agree on the terms of an agreement in relation to the operation of the ATM(s) within the Exclusivity Period and any offer made by Travelex UK Limited in accordance with clause 13.12 is not accepted or is deemed to have been declined, then Travelex UK Limited shall then be entitled to enter into a contract with any third party for the operation of the ATM(s) in question.

 

 

 

14.

 

GUARANTEE

 

 

 

14.1

 

In consideration of the Sellers entering into this Agreement the Guarantor as primary obligor irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

14.1.1

 

undertakes to ensure the Buyer’s performance of all its obligations under this Agreement in accordance with its terms and the Company’s performance of all of its obligations under the Guaranteed Contracts in accordance with their terms (“ Guarantee Obligations ”);

 

 

 

 

 

14.1.2

 

guarantees as a continuing guarantee to the Sellers the performance and observance by the Buyer and the Company of the Guaranteed Obligations or arising in consequence of any breach of the Guaranteed Obligations;

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14.1.3

 

agrees that if and each time that the Buyer fails to make any payment to the Sellers when it is due under this Agreement, the Guarantor shall on demand (without requiring the Sellers first to take steps against the Buyer or any other person) pay that amount to the Sellers .

14.2

 

The liability of the Guarantor under this clause shall not be released or diminished in whole or in part by anything which, but for this provision, might operate to affect its liability, including without limitation:

 

 

14.2.1

 

any variation of the terms of this Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

14.2.2

 

any forbearance or neglect or delay in seeking the performance of any obligations under this Agreement or the Guaranteed Contracts or any granting of time for the performance of those obligations or any other arrangement between the Sellers (or either of them), the Buyer and the Company or any other person; or

 

 

 

 

 

14.2.3

 

any unenforceability or invalidity of any obligation of the Buyer or the Company, so that this clause shall be construed as if there were no such unenforceability or invalidity.

14.3

 

The guarantee in clause 14.1 is a continuing guarantee and accordingly shall remain in force until all of the obligations of the Buyer under this Agreement and all of the obligations of the Company under the Guaranteed Contracts have been fully performed or fully satisfied.

 

 

 

14.4

 

The guarantee in clause 14.1 shall be in addition to and without prejudice to and not in substitution for, the performance and observance of the Buyer’s obligations under this Agreement and the Company’s performance and observance of its obligations under the Guaranteed Contracts.

 

 

 

14.5

 

The Guarantor warrants and represents to the Sellers that:

 

 

14.5.1

 

the Guarantor is a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Oregon;

 

 

 

 

 

14.5.2

 

the Guarantor has all necessary power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

14.5.3

 

this Agreement constitutes (or will when executed constitute) valid and binding obligations on the Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms;

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14.5.4

 

the entering into and performance by the Guarantor of its obligations under this Agreement:

 

 

14.5.4.1

 

will not result in a breach of any provision of the memorandum or articles of association or analogous constitutional documentation of the Guarantor;

 

 

 

 

 

14.5.4.2

 

will not result in a breach of any order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental, administrative or regulatory body or agency to which the Guarantor is party or by which it is bound; and

 

 

 

 

 

14.5.4.3

 

does not require the consent of any third party.

14.6

 

If any monies paid to the Sellers (or either of them) under this Agreement have to be repaid by the Sellers to the Buyer by virtue of any provision or enactment relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation for the time being in force or on any other ground, the liability of the Guarantor shall be computed as if those monies had never been paid to the Sellers at all.

 

 

 

14.7

 

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing under clause 14 shall require the Guarantor to complete the acquisition of the Shares if the Condition set out in clause 3.1.2 has not been satisfied by the End Date.

 

 

 

15.

 

PAYMENTS AND INTEREST

 

 

 

15.1

 

Payments to be made to the Sellers under this Agreement shall be made in pounds sterling by telegraphic transfer of immediately available funds to the following account of the Sellers’ Solicitors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

 

or to any other account of which the Sellers give the Buyer at least three Business Days’ notice from time to time.

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15.2

 

Payment to be made to the Buyer under this Agreement shall be made in pounds sterling by telegraphic transfer of immediately available funds to the following account of the Buyer’s Solicitors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

 

 

15.3

 

Payment of any sum to a party’s solicitors will discharge the obligations of the relevant party to pay the sum in question, and that party shall not be concerned to see the application of the monies so paid.

 

 

 

16.

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS

 

 

 

 

 

The Buyer shall ensure that all records (whether in electronic or in any other form) of the Buyer relating to the business of the Company which are relevant in connection with any Warranty Claim or other claim against the Sellers under this Agreement are retained for so long as any actual or threatened Warranty Claim or other claim remains outstanding. The Buyer shall ensure that the Sellers are provided as soon as reasonably practicable after request with access to those records and is permitted at the Sellers’ expense to make copies of them.

 

 

 

17.

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

 

 

17.1

 

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