Common use of The Put Option Clause in Contracts

The Put Option. 2.1 In consideration of the payment of ten pounds (£10) by the Sponsor to the Guarantor and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and adequacy of which the Guarantor hereby acknowledges), the Guarantor hereby grants to the Sponsor the option (i) at any time to require the Guarantor to purchase from the Sponsor up to fifty per cent. (50%) of the Residual Partnership Interest and (ii) at any time after the Put Option Date (as defined in the Secondary Put Agreement) to require the Guarantor to purchase from the Sponsor the Residual Partnership Interest in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (the “Put Option”). 2.2 The Sponsor shall be entitled, but not obliged, at any time to exercise the Put Option at the Residual Interest Put Option Price by serving a Put Option Notice on the Guarantor specifying the Put Option Date and upon the service of such Put Option Notice, the Guarantor shall be obliged to purchase and the Sponsor shall be obliged to sell the Residual Partnership Interest on the Put Option Date for the Residual Partnership Interest Put Option Price and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of Clause 5 provided however that the Guarantor may nominate a third party to take the transfer in its place.