EXHIBIT 10.70
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DATED OCTOBER 1998
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(1) SHEPHERD NEAME LIMITED
(2) UBSN LIMITED
SECOND AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made the ____ day of October 1998.
BETWEEN:
(1) SHEPHERD NEAME LIMITED (Company Registration Number 138256) whose
registered office is at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx XX00 0XX ("the
Employer"); and
(2) UBSN LIMITED (Company Registration Number 2367133) whose registered
office is at 00 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX00 0XX ("the
Recipient").
WHEREAS
The Recipient wishes to avail itself of the services of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx of Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx XX0 0XX, ("the Employee') and
the Employer has agreed to make such services available to the Recipient with
effect from the date hereof upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement.
IT IS AGREED as follows
1. DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words
and expressions shall have the following meanings:
Contract of Employment the terms and conditions of employment as at the
date of this Agreement between the Employer and
the Employee or such other terms and conditions
of employment as may apply to his employment
with the Employer from time to time;
Secondment Period the term of this Agreement:
Services such services as the Employee is required by the
Recipient to perform relating to his acting as
Managing Director with responsibility for the
day to day operation of the Recipient's business
in accordance with the Contract of Employment,
such services to be performed, for the avoidance
of doubt, on a full time basis throughout normal
working hours.
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2. SERVICES
The Employer shall procure that the Employee shall be seconded to the Recipient,
on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to provide the Services during
the Secondment Period.
3. TERM
This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and continue until terminated
by either party giving to the other not less than three months' written notice.
4. SECONDMENT FEE
4.1 During the Secondment Period, the Recipient shall pay to the
Employer in arrears each calendar month a secondment fee (plus
VAT thereon) of such sum as is notified to the Recipient by the
Employer as being the costs of employing the Employee during the
relevant calendar month in accordance with the Contract of
Employment including, but not limited to, wages and salaries,
pension contributions, benefits, tax and National Insurance
contributions and employee related overheads and expenses (plus
VAT thereon). Each monthly secondment fee (plus VAT) shall be
payable by the Recipient to the Employer within 7 days of an
invoice being submitted to the Recipient by the Employer.
4.2 The Employer may in its sole discretion, at any time and on any
number of occasions, increase the secondment fee to take account
of any increases in the salary, and/or benefits and/or pension
contributions in respect of the Employee.
5. CONTROL
During the Secondment Period, the Employee shall be under the exclusive day to
day control and supervision of the Recipient, in particular in relation to the
allocation and performance of his duties, and shall be subject to the working
practices of, and take instructions from, the Recipient.
6. CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
The Recipient acknowledges that the Employer has provided the Recipient with a
copy of the Contract of Employment. The Employer shall promptly inform the
Recipient of any variation to the Contract of Employment and supply the
Recipient with a copy of such variation.
7. INDEMNITY
The Recipient shall not at any time during the Secondment Period through any act
or omission directly or indirectly cause a breach of the Contract of Employment
or any employment policy relating thereto and shall indemnify and keep
indemnified the Employer against any and all casts, claims, demands, expenses,
liabilities or losses (including any related settlement costs and expenses to
include legal fees) made against or incurred or suffered by the Employer in
relation to the Employee arising out of or in connection with the provision of
the Services including, but not limited to, health and safety issues.
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8. CONFIDENTLAUTY
Any confidential information and/or know-how of which the Employee becomes aware
by virtue of his activities in providing the Services shall belong to the
Recipient absolutely and the Employer shall not, whether during the Secondment
Period or thereafter, make use of any such rights for its own or anyone else's
benefit.
9. LAW
This Agreement shaft be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
England.
SIGNED By
for and on behalf of
SHEPHERD NEAME LIMITED
in the presence of:
SIGNED By
for and on behalf of
UBSN LIMITED
in the presence of:
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