Date July / 30 /2010 Lawyers 140 William Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia Telephone 61 3 9288 0555 Facsimile 61 3 9288 0666 info@maddocks.com.au www.maddocks.com.au Share Purchase Agreement relating to the sale of shares in RD Card Holdings...
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Date July / 30 /2010
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Lawyers 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Telephone 00 0 0000 0000 Facsimile 61 3 9288 0666 xxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx |
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DX 259 Melbourne |
relating to the sale of shares in RD Card Holdings Australia Pty Ltd |
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RD Card Holdings Limited |
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Xxxxxx Express Australia Holdings Pty Ltd |
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ACN 145 445 361 |
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Xxxxxx Express Corporation |
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1. | Definitions | 2 | ||||||
2. | Sale and purchase of shares | 13 | ||||||
3. | Completion Condition | 13 | ||||||
3.1 | Conditions Precedent |
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3.2 | Condition |
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3.3 | Waiver of Condition |
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3.4 | Reasonable endeavours |
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3.5 | Condition not satisfied |
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4. | Period before Completion | 14 | ||||||
4.1 | Carrying on of the Business |
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4.2 | Insurance |
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4.3 | Access |
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4.4 | Co-operation |
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5. | Purchase Price and Debt Repayment | 19 | ||||||
5.1 | Share Purchase Price |
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5.2 | GBP Intra-Group Loan Purchase Price |
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5.3 | Repayment of AUD Senior and Mezzanine Debt |
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5.4 | Update of Estimated Amounts |
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5.5 | Repayment of Estimated Inter-Company Balance |
20 | ||||||
6. | Completion Statement | 20 | ||||||
7. | Completion | 21 | ||||||
7.1 | Place for Completion |
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7.2 | Seller’s Completion Obligations |
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7.3 | Buyer’s Completion Obligations |
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7.4 | Simultaneous actions at Completion |
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7.5 | Failure by a party to Complete |
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8. | Warranties | 23 | ||||||
8.1 | Seller’s Warranties |
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8.2 | Effect of Warranties |
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8.3 | Each Warranty is Separate |
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8.4 | Knowledge of the Seller |
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8.5 | Seller’s undertaking |
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9. | Limitations on liability | 23 | ||||||
9.1 | Disclosure |
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9.2 | Future Events |
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9.3 | Provisions |
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9.4 | Time Limits |
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9.5 | Quantum limits |
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9.6 | Reliance |
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9.7 | Notice of Claims by Xxxxx |
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9.8 | Parties to seek to resolve claims |
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9.9 | Buyer’s obligation to mitigate |
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9.10 | Warranty and indemnity insurance |
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10. | Buyer’s and WEX’s warranties | 27 | ||||||
10.1 | Buyer’s warranties |
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10.2 | WEX’s warranties |
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11. | Taxation | 28 | ||||||
11.1 | Tax Indemnity |
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11.2 | Exception to Tax Indemnity |
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11.3 | Notification and Conduct |
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11.4 | Tax Returns |
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11.5 | Section 338(g) election |
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12. | Tax Refund | 31 | ||||||
12.1 | Conduct of a Tax Refund Claim |
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12.2 | Tax Refund Payment |
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13. | [**] Claim | 32 | ||||||
13.1 | Conduct of the [**] Claim |
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13.2 | [**] Payment |
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13.3 | [**] Counterclaim |
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14. | Business Indemnities | 33 | ||||||
14.1 | Unclaimed Merchant Funds |
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14.2 | Compliance |
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14.3 | Exceptions to indemnity |
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15. | Intellectual Property | 33 | ||||||
15.1 | Licence to use Seller’s Marks |
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15.2 | Limited right to use Seller’s Marks |
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15.3 | No transfer or licence |
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15.4 | Buyer’s undertakings |
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15.5 | Seller may assign |
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16. | Access | 35 | ||||||
16.1 | Buyer to provide access to records |
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16.2 | Buyer Group regulatory filing |
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16.3 | Seller to provide access to records |
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17. | Competition | 36 | ||||||
17.1 | Protection of goodwill |
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17.2 | Definitions |
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17.3 | Separate undertakings |
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17.4 | Value of the Businesses |
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17.5 | Injunction |
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17.6 | Exceptions |
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18. | Power of attorney | 38 | ||||||
18.1 | Appointment of attorney |
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18.2 | Powers of Buyer |
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18.3 | Declaration by Seller |
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18.4 | Valuable consideration |
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18.5 | Express authorisation |
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19. | Termination | 38 | ||||||
20. | Announcements and confidentiality | 39 | ||||||
20.1 | Buyer Group disclosure requirements |
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20.2 | Legal requirements |
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20.3 | Disclosure to officers, employees and professional advisers |
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20.4 | Further publicity |
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20.5 | Confidentiality Deed |
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21. | Duties, costs and expenses | 39 | ||||||
21.1 | Duties |
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21.2 | Seller’s undertaking and indemnity |
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21.3 | GST |
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21.4 | Costs and expenses |
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21.5 | Costs of performance |
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22. | Guarantee and indemnity | 41 | ||||||
22.1 | Guarantee |
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22.2 | Payment |
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22.3 | Performance |
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22.4 | Indemnity |
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22.5 | Extent of guarantee and indemnity |
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22.6 | Principal and independent obligation |
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22.7 | Continuing guarantee and indemnity |
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23. | General | 43 | ||||||
23.1 | Amendment |
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23.2 | Entire Understanding |
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23.3 | Further Assurance |
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23.4 | Payment under Indemnities |
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23.5 | Waiver and Exercise of Rights |
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23.6 | Assignment |
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23.7 | Time of the Essence |
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23.8 | Rights Cumulative |
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23.9 | Notices |
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24. | Interpretation | 44 | ||||||
24.1 | Governing Law and Jurisdiction |
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24.2 | Agent for service — Seller |
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24.3 | Agent for service — WEX |
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24.4 | Persons |
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24.5 | Corporations Act definitions |
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24.6 | Agreed form |
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24.7 | Joint and Several |
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24.8 | Legislation |
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24.9 | This document, clauses and headings |
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24.10 | Severance |
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24.11 | Counterparts |
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24.12 | Attorney |
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24.13 | Currency |
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24.14 | Business Day |
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24.15 | Number and Gender |
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Schedule 1 | 47 | |||||||
Schedule 2 | 59 | |||||||
Schedule 3 | 69 | |||||||
Annexure 1 | 78 | |||||||
Annexure 2 | 79 | |||||||
Annexure 3 | 80 |
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Name
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RD Card Holdings Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with registered number 05921838 | ||
Address
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ReD House, Brookwood, Surrey, GU24 0BL, United Kingdom | ||
Facsimile
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+ 00 0000 000000 | ||
Contact
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Short name
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Seller | ||
Name
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Xxxxxx Express Australia Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 145 445 361 | ||
Address
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Level 61, Governor Philip Tower, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XXX 0000 | ||
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x00 0 0000 0000 | ||
Contact
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Short name
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Buyer | ||
Name
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Xxxxxx Express Corporation, a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware | ||
Address
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00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, XXX | ||
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x0 000 000 0000 | ||
Contact
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | ||
Short name
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WEX |
A. | The Seller is the registered holder of the Sale Shares. | |
B. | The Seller has agreed to sell and the Buyer has agreed to buy from the Seller all of the Sale Shares on the terms and conditions set out in this agreement. |
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1. | Definitions | |
In this agreement, unless expressed or implied otherwise: | ||
Accounting Standard has the meaning given in section 9 of the Corporations Act. | ||
AML Claim means any action, claim, demand or proceeding by the Buyer under or in connection with this agreement or any part of it (including for breach of Warranty or under or in connection with a Business Indemnity), arising out of or in relation to a breach or an alleged breach of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 in relation to the Fuel Card Business. | ||
AUD Intra-Group Loan Agreement means the intra-group loan agreement dated 14 March 2007 between RDCL and the Company pursuant to which RDCL has made an advance to the Company of $15,003,009.53. | ||
AUD Intra-Group Loan Debt means: |
(a) | the aggregate outstanding principal amount owed by the Company under the AUD Intra-Group Loan Agreement; plus | ||
(b) | the amount of interest accrued on such borrowings that has been compounded and added to principal; plus | ||
(c) | the amount of interest that has accrued on such borrowings that has not been compounded or paid, |
(a) | the aggregate outstanding principal amount, denominated in AUD, owed by members of the Target Group in their capacity as borrowers under the Facilities; plus | ||
(b) | the amount of interest accrued on such borrowings that has been compounded and added to principal; and | ||
(c) | the amount of interest that has accrued on such borrowings that has not been compounded or paid, |
(a) | the relevant number of GBP, multiplied by | ||
(b) | the average of the buying and selling rates for converting GBP into A$ quoted by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc at 9am (London time) one Business Day before Completion. |
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(a) | any consent, registration, filing, agreement, notice of non-objection, notarisation, certificate, licence, approval, permit, authority or exemption from, by or with a Government Agency; and | ||
(b) | in relation to anything which a Government Agency may prohibit or restrict within a specific period, the expiry of that period without intervention or action or notice of intended intervention or action. |
(a) | in respect of a day on or by which an obligation under this agreement must be performed by a party, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which retail branches of trading banks are open for business in: |
(i) | if the party is the Seller, London; | ||
(ii) | if the party is the Buyer, Melbourne; or | ||
(iii) | if the party is WEX, South Portland; |
(b) | in any other case, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which retail branches of trading banks are open for business in Melbourne. |
(a) | all cash of any member of the Target Group at hand or at bank (whether on current or deposit account), and cash equivalents of the Target Group; and | ||
(b) | all Inter-Company Receivables, but excluding any amount due to one member of the Target Group by another member of the Target Group. |
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A =
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$353,000,000; | |
B =
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the Australian Dollar Equivalent of the GBP Intra-Group
Loan Debt (expressed as an absolute value); |
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C =
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the Estimated Net Cash/Debt Balance; and | |
D =
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the Estimated Working Capital Amount minus the Normalised Working Capital Amount. |
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(a) | the outstanding principal, capital or nominal amount (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any premium payable on redemption or prepayment) in respect of all bank loans and overdrafts and Finance Leases owed by any member of the Target Group as borrower to a person who is not a member of the Target Group, including the AUD Senior and Mezzanine Debt but excluding the GBP Intra-Group Loan Debt; | ||
(b) | the amount of interest that has accrued on such borrowings that has not been paid; and | ||
(c) | all Inter-Company Payables, but excluding any amount owing from one member of the Target Group to another member of the Target Group. |
(a) | the information memorandum dated 17 May 2010 relating to the Target Group issued by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Australia Limited; | ||
(b) | each document which is contained in the disk delivered by the Seller to the Buyer on the date of this agreement, which contains copies of the documents which were available in the Data Room on or prior to 28 July 2010; | ||
(c) | the Vendor Due Diligence Reports; and | ||
(d) | the Disclosure Letter. |
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(a) | appointed by the Seller and the Buyer; or | ||
(b) | failing agreement of the Seller and the Buyer within 5 Business Days after the date on which a party requests the appointment of an Expert, nominated by the president for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Victorian Division). |
(a) | the senior multicurrency term and revolving facilities agreement dated 29 September 2006, between the Seller (as the parent), RD Card Limited (as the company), the subsidiaries of RD Card Limited listed in Part I of Schedule 1 to the agreement (together with RD Card Holdings Limited and RD Card Limited, as the original guarantors), National Australia Bank Limited and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (as joint mandated lead arrangers), the financial institutions listed in Part II of Schedule 1 to the agreement (as the original lenders), The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (as agent), The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (as security agent) and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (as issuing bank); and | ||
(b) | the mezzanine facility agreement dated 29 September 2006, between the Seller (as the parent), RD Card Limited (as the company), the subsidiaries of RD Card Limited listed in Part I of Schedule 1 to the agreement (together with RD Card Holdings Limited and RD Card Limited, as the original guarantors), National Australia Bank Limited and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (as joint mandated lead arrangers), the financial institutions listed in Part II of Schedule 1 to the agreement (as the original lenders), National Australia Bank Limited (as agent) and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (as security agent); and | ||
(c) | any Ancillary Facility (as defined in the agreement referred to in paragraph (a)), |
(a) | the financial statements for that financial year or period; |
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(b) | the notes to those financial statements; and | ||
(c) | the directors’ declaration about those statements and notes. |
(a) | issuing fuel charge cards, trade account cards and prepaid cards and providing vehicle expense management services to customers in Australia; | ||
(b) | providing fuel charge card services to customers in Australia, |
(a) | the aggregate outstanding principal amount owed by the Company under the GBP Intra-Group Loan Agreement; plus | ||
(b) | the amount of interest accrued on such borrowings that has been compounded and added to principal; plus | ||
(c) | the amount of interest that has accrued on such borrowings that has not been compounded or paid, |
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(a) | are present or future; | ||
(b) | are actual, prospective, contingent or otherwise; | ||
(c) | are at any time ascertained or unascertained. |
(a) | any failure by the Target Group to meet internal projections or forecasts or published revenue or earnings predictions for any period (or for which revenues or earnings are released) on or after the date of this agreement; | ||
(b) | any adverse change, effect, event, occurrence, state of facts or development: |
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(i) | to the extent attributable to the announcement of the acquisition of the Sale Shares under this agreement (including any cancellations of or delays in customer orders, any reductions in sales, any disruption in supplier, distributor, partner or similar relationships or any loss of employees); | ||
(ii) | to the extent attributable to conditions affecting the industries in which the Target Group participates or the Australian economy as a whole; | ||
(iii) | resulting from or relating to compliance with the terms of, or the taking of any action required by, this agreement; | ||
(iv) | arising from or relating to any change in accounting requirements or principles or any change in applicable laws or regulations after the date of this agreement. |
(a) | any contract between ReD Fuel or Motorcharge and a merchant that is on ReD Fuel’s or Motorcharge’s standard merchant terms and conditions or substantially on those terms; | ||
(b) | any contract between ReD Prepaid and a customer that is in the form of, or substantially in the form of, ReD Prepaid’s standard voucher services agreement (other than a customer that is one of ReD Prepaid’s top 20 customers determined by reference to revenue earned in the year ended 31 December 2009). |
(a) | providing gift card and prepaid card services to customers in Australia and New Zealand; | ||
(b) | issuing gift cards and prepaid cards to customers in Australia and New Zealand, |
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(a) | providing real-time payment processing services to third parties (such as the Seller’s existing ReD1GatewayTM and CardExpressTM solutions) for the acquisition of transactions effected using credit, debit or other cards, the switching of those transactions and the processing of relevant payments and transactions arising as a result of the use of those cards, provided that such services do not include issuing credit, debit or other cards or the provision of services to issuers of credit, debit or other cards to enable the issuing of such cards; | ||
(b) | fraud prevention services to third parties (such as the Seller’s existing ReD ShieldTM and PRISMTM solutions) for use in preventing fraud in circumstances where a credit, debit or other card is used to pay for goods or services where the card is not physically shown to the person that is accepting the card as the means of payment for the goods or services (‘card not present’ transactions) or the card is shown to such person (‘card present’ transactions). |
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(a) | the name “Retail Decisions”; | ||
(b) | the ReD Device; | ||
(c) | the words “RED”, “red” and “ReD”; and | ||
(d) | all names, words, marks, logos and devices which are identical or similar to, or are likely to be associated with, the name “Retail Decisions”, the ReD Device, the word “ReD”, the word “RED” and/or the word “red”. |
(a) | the amount of all and any refunds paid or credited after Completion by a Tax Authority to the Buyer or a Buyer Group Company as a direct result of a Tax Refund Claim having been made against a Tax Authority; plus |
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(b) | the amount of any interest paid by any Tax Authority as a result of any refunds obtained, as described in sub-paragraph (a), less any income tax payable on such interest. For clarity, to the extent no income tax is payable on this interest (for example due to the existence of tax losses) there will be no reduction to the amount of interest under this sub-paragraph (b). |
(a) | the Tax Consolidated Group of which the Company is the Head Company; or | ||
(b) | the Tax Consolidated Group of which ReD Fuel was the Head Company, |
(i) | an income tax return for a year ended on or before the Completion Date arising from changes to the Tax Law contained in the Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Act 2010; and | ||
(ii) | the income tax return lodged for the year ended 31 December 2007 relating to an unrealised foreign exchange gain inadvertently included in the Company’s assessable income (the request for amendment dated 23 July 2010). |
(a) | the financial and tax due diligence report prepared by the Seller’s Accountant in respect of ReD Fuel and Motorcharge dated 15 June 2010; | ||
(b) | the financial and tax due diligence report prepared by the Seller’s Accountant in respect of ReD Prepaid dated 15 June 2010; | ||
(c) | the legal due diligence report prepared by the Seller’s Lawyers in respect of ReD Fuel and Motorcharge dated 24 July 2010; | ||
(d) | the legal due diligence report prepared by the Seller’s Lawyers in respect of ReD Prepaid dated 24 July 2010; | ||
(e) | the market report prepared by Xxxxx, Xxxx & Company in respect of ReD Fuel and Motorcharge dated 22 April 2010; and |
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(f) | the market report prepared by Xxxxx, Xxxx & Company in respect of ReD Prepaid dated 22 April 2010. |
2. | Sale and purchase of shares | |
2.1 | Sale and purchase | |
The Seller: |
2.2.1 | as legal and beneficial owner agrees to sell, and the Buyer agrees to buy, full legal and beneficial interest in the Sale Shares; and | ||
2.2.2 | agrees to sell or procure the sale of, and the Buyer agrees to buy, the benefit of the GBP Intra-Group Loan Agreement, | ||
on the terms and conditions of this agreement. |
2.2 | Free from Security Interests | |
The Sale Shares must be transferred free from any Security Interest and with all rights, including dividend rights, attached or accruing to them on and from the date of this agreement. |
3. | Completion Condition | |
3.1 | Conditions Precedent | |
Completion is subject to and conditional on: |
3.1.1 | (Change of control) the counterparty to each Relevant Contract giving written acknowledgement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyer that the change in control contemplated by this agreement of the Target Group Company that is a party to that Relevant Contract does not affect the rights and duties of the parties under that contract; and |
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3.1.2 | (FIRB) the Treasurer (or his delegate) providing written advice without conditions in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyer that there are no objections under Australia’s foreign investment policy or the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cwlth) to the proposed acquisition by the Buyer of the Sale Shares. |
3.2 | Condition |
3.2.1 | Completion will not proceed unless and until each of the Conditions Precedent is satisfied or waived in accordance with this agreement. | ||
3.2.2 | Clause 2 and clauses 5 to 17 (inclusive) have no effect unless and until each of the Conditions Precedent is satisfied or waived. |
3.3 | Waiver of Condition | |
Each Condition Precedent is for the benefit of the Buyer and may only be waived by the Buyer agreeing in writing that the relevant Condition Precedent is waived. |
3.4 | Reasonable endeavours |
3.4.1 | The Seller must use its reasonable endeavours to satisfy the Condition Precedent in clause 3.1.1 (Change of control) as soon as possible and in any event by no later than 90 days after the date of this agreement or such later date as agreed by the parties (both acting reasonably) (Sunset Date). | ||
3.4.2 | Each party must use its reasonable endeavours to satisfy the Condition Precedent in clause 3.1.2 (FIRB) as soon as possible and in any event no later than the Sunset Date. | ||
3.4.3 | If the Buyer or Seller becomes aware that a Condition Precedent has not been satisfied or becomes incapable of being satisfied, it must promptly advise the other party accordingly. | ||
3.4.4 | A reference in this clause 3.4 to a party using its “reasonable endeavours” does not include a reference to that party paying money or providing other valuable consideration to or for the benefit of any person. |
3.5 | Condition not satisfied | |
If a Condition Precedent is not satisfied or waived in accordance with this agreement on or before the Sunset Date, either party may terminate this agreement by giving notice to the other party and clause 19 will apply. |
4. | Period before Completion | |
4.1 | Carrying on of the Business |
4.1.1 | Before Completion the Seller must ensure that the Target Group conducts the Businesses in accordance with its usual business practices. | ||
4.1.2 | Before Completion the Seller must ensure that each Target Group Company: |
(a) | consults with the Buyer by means of a weekly telephone conference call in relation to material developments relating to the Businesses; | ||
(b) | uses its reasonable endeavours to preserve the goodwill of its business; and |
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(c) | promptly notifies the Buyer of any legal proceedings which may occur, be threatened, brought, asserted or commenced against it, its officers or directors, involving its business or assets, for an amount exceeding $100,000. |
4.1.3 | Before Completion, the Seller must ensure that each Target Group Company does not: |
(a) | issue or allot any share or grant any options for the issue of shares or other securities; | ||
(b) | sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or accord to any person the right (absolute or conditional) to call for the issue, allotment, creation, sale, transfer or disposal of any shares or other securities of any Target Group Company (including any option or right of pre-emption or conversion); | ||
(c) | declare or pay any dividend or distribution to its shareholders or otherwise reduce its share capital; | ||
(d) | dispose of any asset with a book value of more than $100,000 other than the sale of stock in the ordinary course of business; | ||
(e) | acquire any asset for a total purchase price of more than $100,000 other than the purchase of stock in the ordinary course of business; | ||
(f) | create or grant any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien (other than a lien arising by operation of law or in the ordinary course of business) or other form of security or encumbrance or equity on, over or affecting the whole or any part of the undertaking or assets of any member of the Target Group; | ||
(g) | enter into a contract that: |
(i) | could result in a Target Group Company incurring capital expenditure exceeding $100,000; or | ||
(ii) | is not in the ordinary course of business or on arm’s length terms; |
(h) | enter into, or amend in a material respect, or terminate, any Material Contract, or enter into (or make any binding offer to enter into) any other obligation which is not in the ordinary course of business; | ||
(i) | enter into, renew, extend, amend in a material respect, or terminate any lease or licence in relation to the Leasehold Properties or for the occupation of any premises other than the Xxxxxx Street Premises; | ||
(j) | offer to employ any person on a remuneration package of more than $100,000 per annum, terminate the employment of any employee on a remuneration package of more than $100,000 per annum (other than for cause), change any material term of employment or increase the remuneration of or provide any bonus to any employee (except as required by law or under the terms of any employment agreement); | ||
(k) | register under or apply for any additional licence or authorisation under the Financial Service Provider (Resolution and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 or any Relevant Legislation; | ||
(l) | except in relation to a Tax Refund Claim, make any Tax election or settle or compromise any income tax liability, unless an election, settlement or |
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compromise is required by law and is supported by an opinion of counsel, or is in the ordinary course of business and is consistent with past practices; | |||
(m) | make any change in the accounting methods, principles or practices used by it at the Last Accounts Date except if required by a change in the Accounting Standards; | ||
(n) | cancel (or enter into any arrangement to cancel) any indebtedness for money owed to it, or waive any claim or right having a value in excess of $100,000; | ||
(o) | raise any new financial accommodation (but this does not prevent the use of existing facilities, in the ordinary course of business); | ||
(p) | lease, licence or otherwise dispose of any of its assets, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and at fair value; | ||
(q) | settle any claim, action or proceeding for an amount in excess of $100,000; | ||
(r) | grant any licence, assignment or other right or interest in respect of intellectual property, other than in the ordinary course of business; | ||
(s) | disclose information, which is owned or used by a Target Group Company in relation to the Businesses, to any third party other than in the ordinary course of business; or | ||
(t) | offer or enter into any agreement to do any of the foregoing. |
4.1.4 | Before Completion, the Seller must procure that RDL and the Company do not amend or terminate the GBP Intra-Group Loan Agreement. | ||
4.1.5 | Clauses 4.1.1 to 4.1.3 shall not operate so as to restrict or prevent (and the prior written consent of the Buyer will not be required in respect of): |
(a) | the entering into in the ordinary course of business of any contract or commitment which is terminable in accordance with its terms by written notice of 3 months or less and which is not (on its own or when aggregated with any related contract or commitment) material in relation to the Target Group; | ||
(b) | any matter reasonably undertaken by any member of the Target Group in an emergency or disaster situation with the intention of minimising any adverse effect thereof (and of which the Buyer will be promptly notified); | ||
(c) | the completion or performance of any obligations undertaken pursuant to any contract or arrangement entered into by any member of the Target Group prior to the date of this agreement; | ||
(d) | any matter contemplated in this agreement; or | ||
(e) | any matter undertaken at the written request of, or with the written consent of, the Buyer. |
4.1.6 | If before Completion the Seller breaches clause 4.1.1 or otherwise fails to ensure that each of the Target Group Companies or RDL complies with the restrictions and obligations in this clause 4.1 and as a result there is a Material Adverse Change then the Buyer may terminate this agreement and clause 19 applies. |
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4.2 | Insurance |
4.2.1 | Until Completion the Seller must, and must procure that the other members of the Retained Group and the Target Group Companies, continue in full force and effect (and renew upon expiry) all policies of insurance maintained by them in respect of the Businesses on the same terms and with at least the levels of cover as prevail at the date of this agreement. Without limitation of the preceding sentence of this clause 4.2.1 the Seller must not and must procure that the other members of the Retained Group do not, commute or modify any of the insurances maintained by them in respect of the Businesses or of any loss or liability of the Target Group Companies and the T/G Affiliates (or either) without the prior written consent of the Buyer. | ||
4.2.2 | Upon Completion, all insurance cover arranged in relation to the Businesses by the Retained Group will cease (other than in relation to insured events and third party claims taking place before Completion) and no member of the Buyer Group will make any claim under any such policies in relation to insured events arising after Completion. The Seller shall be entitled to make arrangements with its insurers to reflect this clause. | ||
4.2.3 | The Seller agrees with the Buyer that the remaining provisions of this clause 4.2 will apply if, following the Completion Date, any Target Group Company and T/G Affiliate (or either) is entitled to claim on any insurance policy maintained by the Retained Group (a “Seller Group Insurance Policy”) in respect of any matter which relates to the carrying on of the Businesses and/or the business of the Target Group Companies on or prior to the Completion Date. | ||
4.2.4 | For the avoidance of doubt, the Buyer must procure that no Target Group Company makes any claim after Completion under any Seller Group Insurance Policy except in accordance with this clause 4.2. The provisions of this clause 4.2.4 and clause 4.2.5 will not limit or restrict any claim or right to make any claim by a Target Group Company and any T/G Affiliate (or either) on any insurance policy maintained with any member of the Retained Group. | ||
4.2.5 | In such circumstances referred to in clause 4.2.3, the Seller must make all necessary claims or permit the Buyer or a Target Company or T/G Affiliate to make all necessary claims under the relevant Seller’s Group Insurance Policy and the Buyer (or such member of the Buyer Group or T/G Affiliate as the Buyer may nominate) will be entitled to be paid any proceeds actually received under the Seller Group Insurance Policy (after taking into account any deductible and less any tax suffered on the proceeds and any reasonable out of pocket expenses suffered or incurred by any members of the Retained Group): |
(a) | provided always that: |
(i) | the Buyer or any member of the Buyer Group will not be entitled to any proceeds received by any member of the Retained Group under any Seller Group Insurance Policy to the extent that those proceeds relate to a claim in respect of a matter other than the carrying on of the Businesses on or prior to Completion or any loss or liability incurred by a Target Group Company and any T/G Affiliate (or either) on or prior to Completion; | ||
(ii) | subject to clause 4.2.6 nothing in this clause 4.2 shall prevent any member of the Retained Group from making any claim and receiving the proceeds under any Seller Group Insurance Policy to the extent that it relates to a loss suffered or incurred by such member; and |
(b) | subject always to the Buyer: |
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(i) | providing (and procuring that any relevant member of the Buyer Group also provides) all assistance, information or co-operation reasonably requested by the Seller (including the Seller’s insurers, appointed claims handlers or any solicitors instructed in relation to such claim) in order that any such claim can be settled and/or repudiated as appropriate; | ||
(ii) | indemnifying the Seller and any other member of the Retained Group from and against all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Seller or any other member of the Retained Group (except salaries and wages of employed staff) for the purpose of complying with this clause 4.2; and | ||
(iii) | paying any local deductible element of any such claim. |
4.2.6 | The Seller (for itself and the Retained Group and R/G Affiliates (as defined below)) undertakes to the Buyer (for itself and, from Completion, as trustee for the Target Group Companies and the T/G Affiliates) to procure that the relevant members of the Retained Group and R/G Affiliates will provide to the Buyer and the Target Group Companies and T/G Affiliates (or any one or more of the foregoing) without undue delay: |
(a) | all assistance, information or co-operation reasonably requested by the Buyer, Target Group Companies and T/G Affiliates (and the insurers of the Seller Group Insurance Policies, appointed claims handlers or any solicitors instructed by them) in order that any claim upon the Seller Group Insurance Policies can be made, prosecuted and / or settled as appropriate; | ||
(b) | all such information reasonably required by the Buyer and its professional advisers to obtain insurances in respect of each of the Target Group Companies for the period commencing from Completion; and | ||
(c) | neither the Seller nor the Retained Group nor any other persons protected under the Seller Group Insurance Policies other than the Target Group Companies and the T/G Affiliates (“R/G Affiliates”) will act or fail to act in any way so as to procure preference for any claim for indemnity by the Retained Group and R/G Affiliates (or either) upon such insurance policies over the Target Group Companies and T/G Affiliates (or either). |
4.3 | Access | |
From the date of this agreement until Completion the Seller must use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that each Target Group Company provides the Buyer with all information that it reasonably requests for the purpose of ensuring an orderly change of ownership of the Businesses including the monthly board packs of the Target Group. | ||
4.4 | Co-operation | |
From the date of this agreement the Seller must use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Seller’s Accountants provide the Buyer, at the Buyer’s expense, with all information and assistance that the Buyer may reasonably request for the purposes of restating: |
4.4.1 | the Last Accounts; and | ||
4.4.2 | the Relevant Accounts for each of the two financial years immediately preceding the financial year ended on the Last Accounts Date, |
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5. | Purchase Price and Debt Repayment | |
5.1 | Share Purchase Price |
5.1.1 | The total consideration for the sale of the Sale Shares shall be the payment by the Buyer to the Seller of: |
(a) | the Completion Payment in accordance with clause 7.3, subject to adjustment after Completion in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Part F of Schedule 3 (Completion Statement); | ||
(b) | an amount equal to the Tax Refund Amount in accordance with clause 12.2; | ||
(c) | an amount equal to the [**] Settlement Amount in accordance with clause 13.2, |
the resulting total aggregate figure being the Share Purchase Price. | |||
5.1.2 | Any payment made by any party under this agreement (other than the payment of the Share Purchase Price or the GBP Intra-Group Loan Purchase Price), including any payment in respect of a claim under the Warranties or under clause 13.2, shall (so far as possible) be treated as an adjustment to the Share Purchase Price to the extent of the payment. |
5.2 | GBP Intra-Group Loan Purchase Price |
5.2.1 | The consideration for the sale of the benefit of the GBP Intra-Group Loan Agreement shall be the payment to the Seller (for the account of RDL) of the GBP Intra-Group Loan Purchase Price in accordance with clause 7.3. Payment by the Buyer of this amount into the account specified by the Seller in accordance with clause 7.3.1 will discharge any obligation of the Buyer under this clause 5.2.1. | ||
5.2.2 | The Seller must no later than one Business Day prior to Completion, by notice in writing to the Buyer, advise the Buyer of the amount of the GBP Intra-Group Loan Purchase Price. |
5.3 | Repayment of AUD Senior and Mezzanine Debt |
5.3.1 | At Completion: |
(a) | the Buyer must advance, or procure the advance, to the Target Group Borrowers an amount in aggregate equal to the amount of the AUD Senior and Mezzanine Debt; | ||
(b) | the Seller must procure that the Company shall direct, and will ensure that each other Target Group Borrower directs, the Buyer to pay such amount on Completion to or for the account of the Lenders in accordance with the payment instructions notified to the Buyer in accordance with clause 5.3.2; and | ||
(c) | the Buyer shall pay such amount by electronic funds transfer to the account nominated by the Seller for this purpose in accordance with such directions in discharge of the AUD Senior and Mezzanine Debt. |
5.3.2 | The Seller must no later than one Business Day prior to Completion, by notice in writing to the Buyer, advise the Buyer of the amount of the AUD Senior and Mezzanine Debt and of the account to which payment of the AUD Senior and Mezzanine Debt must be paid on Completion. Payment by the Buyer of this |
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amount into the account specified by the Seller in accordance with this clause 5.3.2 will discharge the obligations of the Buyer under clause 5.3.1 and 5.3.2. |
5.4 | Update of Estimated Amounts |
5.4.1 | Subject to clause 5.4.2, the Seller may provide a revised estimate, acting in good faith, of any or all of the amounts of the Estimated Cash Value, Estimated Debt Value, Estimated Inter-Company Payables, Estimated Inter-Company Receivables and the Estimated Working Capital Amount (together the Estimate Amounts) by notice given by the Seller to the Buyer on or before the third Business Day before Completion. | ||
5.4.2 | The Seller may only provide a revised estimate in accordance with clause 5.4.1 if the overall effect of that revised estimate and all other revised estimates provided in accordance with clause 5.4.1 is that the net aggregate amount of the Estimate Amounts is not more than: |
(a) | 5% greater; or | ||
(b) | 5% smaller, | ||
than the net aggregate amount of the original Estimated Amounts stated in this agreement. |
5.5 | Repayment of Estimated Inter-Company Balance | |
At Completion: |
5.5.1 | the Buyer must advance, or procure the advance, to the Target Group Borrowers of an amount equal to the amount of the Estimated Inter-Company-Balance; | ||
5.5.2 | the Seller must procure that the Company shall direct, and will ensure that each other Target Group Borrower directs, the Buyer to pay such amount on Completion to the Seller (for the account of the members of the Retained Group to which the Inter-Company Payables are owed) in part discharge of the Inter-Company Payables. The Seller must no later than one Business Day prior to Completion, by notice in writing to the Buyer, notify the Buyer of the account into which any such amount should be paid; and | ||
5.5.3 | the Buyer shall pay such amount by electronic funds transfer to the account nominated by the Seller for this purpose in accordance with such directions in part discharge of the Inter-Company Payables. Payment by the Buyer of such amount into the account nominated by the Seller in accordance with clause 5.5.2 will discharge the obligations of the Buyer under this clause 5.5. |
6. | Completion Statement | |
6.1 | The provisions of Schedule 3 (Completion Statement) shall apply to the preparation and agreement or determination of the Completion Statement. | |
6.2 | Following the agreement, deemed acceptance or determination of the Completion Statement in accordance with Part B of Schedule 3 (Completion Statement), the Seller and the Buyer shall comply with their respective obligations set out in Part F of Schedule 3 (Completion Statement). |
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7. | Completion | |
7.1 | Place for Completion | |
Completion will take place on the Completion Date at the offices of the Seller’s Lawyers or at such other place that the parties agree in writing. | ||
7.2 | Seller’s Completion Obligations |
7.2.1 | At Completion the Seller must deliver to the Buyer the following documents: |
(a) | evidence in a form satisfactory to the Buyer that the Condition Precedent set out in clause 3.1.1 has been satisfied; | ||
(b) | share certificates for the Sale Shares; | ||
(c) | completed transfers of the Sale Shares to the Buyer executed by the Seller; | ||
(d) | signed resignations in the agreed form of the directors and secretary of each Target Group Company (other than any director or secretary whom the Buyer may wish to continue in office, as notified to the Seller prior to Completion); | ||
(e) | a counterpart of the GBP Intra-Group Loan Novation Deed duly executed by RDL and the Company; | ||
(f) | subject to the Buyer complying with its obligations under clause 5.3.1, an original copy of the Facilities Releases executed by the parties thereto; | ||
(g) | original copies of each of the Vendor Due Diligence Reports and reliance letters in the agreed form in respect of their Vendor Due Diligence Reports from the Seller’s Accountant and the Seller’s Lawyers; | ||
(h) | a copy of the signed notice in the agreed form in respect of the Next Digital Agreement notifying the counterparty of the proposed change in control; and | ||
(i) | a counterpart of the ReD Shield Licence Agreement in the agreed form duly executed by Retail Decisions Europe Limited. |
7.2.2 | At Completion, the Seller must make available to the Buyer at the offices of the Target Group: |
(a) | the certificate of incorporation, all prescribed registers and all statutory, minute and other record books of each Target Group Company; | ||
(b) | all ledgers, journals and books of account of each Target Group Company; and | ||
(c) | a list of all bank accounts maintained by the Target Group and forms required by the Target Group’s bank to change the account signatories. |
7.2.3 | At Completion, the Seller must ensure that a meeting of the directors of the Company is convened and the directors of the Company approve: |
(a) | the registration of the Buyer in the register of members as the holder of the Sale Shares; and |
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(b) | the resignations of the persons referred to in clause 7.2.1(d) as directors and the secretary of the Company and the appointment as directors and secretary of the Company of the persons nominated by the Buyer at least 2 Business Days prior to Completion. |
7.2.4 | At Completion, the Seller must ensure that a meeting of the directors of each Subsidiary is convened and the directors of each Subsidiary approve the resignations of the persons referred to in clause 7.2.1(d) as directors and the secretary of the Subsidiary and the appointment as directors and secretary of the persons nominated by the Buyer at least 2 Business Days prior to Completion. |
7.3 | Buyer’s Completion Obligations | |
At Completion the Buyer must: |
7.3.1 | pay to the Seller an amount equal to the sum of the Completion Payment and the GBP Intra-Group Loan Purchase Price by electronic funds transfer to such account as the Seller shall have nominated for the purpose and the Seller acknowledges that such payment is deemed to constitute the notification required under clause 1 of the GBP Intra-Group Loan Novation Deed; | ||
7.3.2 | deliver to the Seller a counterpart of the GBP Intra-Group Loan Novation Deed duly executed by the Buyer; | ||
7.3.3 | comply with its obligations under clauses 5.3 and 5.3.2. |
7.4 | Simultaneous actions at Completion | |
In respect of Completion: |
7.4.1 | the obligations of the parties under this agreement are interdependent; | ||
7.4.2 | all actions required to be performed will be taken to have occurred simultaneously on the Completion Date; and | ||
7.4.3 | the Buyer need not complete the purchase of any of the Sale Shares unless the purchase of all the Sale Shares is completed simultaneously. |
7.5 | Failure by a party to Complete |
7.5.1 | If a party does not Complete, other than as a result of default by the other party, the non-defaulting party may give the defaulting party notice requiring it to Complete within 10 Business Days of receipt of the notice. | ||
7.5.2 | If the defaulting party does not Complete within the period specified in the notice referred to in clause 7.5.1 the non-defaulting party may choose either to seek specific performance or terminate this agreement. In either case, the non-defaulting parts may seek damages for the default. | ||
7.5.3 | If this agreement is terminated then clause 19 will apply. A termination of this agreement under this clause will not affect any other rights the parties have against one another. | ||
7.5.4 | The parties acknowledge and agree that, other than in accordance with clause 3.5, 4.1.6 or 7.5.2, no party may terminate or rescind this agreement for any reason. |
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8. | Warranties | |
8.1 | Seller’s Warranties | |
The Seller: |
8.1.1 | represents and warrants to the Buyer that each of the Warranties is true and correct as at the date of this agreement; and | ||
8.1.2 | subject to this clause 8 and clause 9, indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified the Buyer against any Loss suffered or incurred by the Buyer or any Target Group Company as a result of or in connection with any inaccuracy in or breach of any Warranty. |
8.2 | Effect of Warranties | |
The Seller agrees and acknowledges that: |
8.2.1 | the Buyer is entering into this agreement and will perform the Buyer’s Completion Obligations in reliance on the accuracy of the Warranties; | ||
8.2.2 | none of the Warranties will merge on Completion but all Warranties will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding Completion; | ||
8.2.3 | the indemnity contained in clause 8.1.2 will not merge on Completion but will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding Completion; and | ||
8.2.4 | the rights and remedies of the Buyer in respect of the Warranties will not be affected by Completion. |
8.3 | Each Warranty is Separate | |
The parties acknowledge and agree that each of the Warranties is separate and independent and is not limited by reference to any other clause or anything in this agreement or the Schedules. | ||
8.4 | Knowledge of the Seller | |
Where a Warranty is given by the Seller to the best of its knowledge, or so far as the Seller is aware, the Seller will only have knowledge or awareness of a fact or matter if Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx or Xxxx Xxxxxxxx actually knows or is aware of that fact or matter. | ||
8.5 | Seller’s undertaking | |
The Seller undertakes to the Buyer that, following Completion it will not make any claim against any Target Group Company or any director, employee, consultant or adviser of any Target Group Company who it may have consulted or relied on before agreeing to any term of this agreement or authorising any statement in the Disclosure Letter or any of the other Due Diligence Documents. |
9. | Limitations on liability | |
9.1 | Disclosure |
9.1.1 | The Warranties are given subject to any fact or matter fully and fairly disclosed: |
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(a) | in this agreement; | ||
(b) | in the Due Diligence Documents; | ||
(c) | all information available to the Buyer 2 Business Days prior to Completion from searches of the records and databases of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, IP Australia, the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. |
9.1.2 | The Buyer must not claim that any fact or matter fairly disclosed in this agreement, the Due Diligence Documents or any information available to the Buyer from the searches referred to in clause 9.1.1(c) makes any of the Warranties untrue or misleading or causes them to be breached. |
9.2 | Future Events | |
The Seller is not liable to the Buyer for any Claim which would not have arisen but for, or for any Loss attributable to: |
9.2.1 | any act or inaction after Completion by the Buyer or a member of the Buyer Group or any person acting or purporting to act on behalf of the Buyer or a member of the Buyer Group other than a transaction, act or omission: |
(a) | carried out or effected under a legally binding commitment created on or before Completion; or | ||
(b) | carried out or effected in the ordinary course of the trade carried on by a Target Group Company as at Completion; or | ||
(c) | to the extent caused by the Seller or any member of the Retained Group. |
9.2.2 | the enactment, amendment of any legislation or change in the administration or interpretation by the courts or a Government Agency of any legislation after Completion (including but not limited to legislation which has a retrospective effect or any increase in the rates of taxation announced after the date of this agreement); | ||
9.2.3 | the withdrawal of any extra-statutory concession or other written agreement or arrangement currently granted by or made with any Government Agency or Tax Authority (whether or not having the force of law); | ||
9.2.4 | any change in accounting standards after Completion. |
9.3 | Provisions | |
The Seller is not liable to the Buyer for any Claim which would not have arisen but for, or for any Loss attributable to a liability, if and to the extent a provision for that liability is included or recognised in the Completion Statement. | ||
9.4 | Time Limits | |
The Seller is not liable to the Buyer for any Warranty Claim or Tax Claim unless the Buyer has given written notice to the Seller setting out specific details of the Warranty Claim or Tax Claim: |
9.4.1 | in the case of a Warranty Claim (other than a Tax Claim) on or before the date 30 months after the Completion Date; and |
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9.4.2 | in the case of a Tax Claim, on or before the sixth anniversary of the Completion Date. |
9.5 | Quantum limits |
9.5.1 | The Seller is only liable to the Buyer for any Claim other than an AML Claim if: |
(a) | the amount of that Claim (or Claims in respect of a number of similar or related matters taken together) is $100,000 or more (a Relevant Claim); and | ||
(b) | the amount of all Relevant Claims exceeds $2,500,000 in aggregate, |
in which case, subject to this clause 9, the Seller shall be liable for the full amount of the Relevant Claim or Relevant Claims (and not just the excess). | |||
9.5.2 | The Seller is only liable to the Buyer for any AML Claim if: |
(a) | the amount of that AML Claim (or AML Claims in respect of a number of similar or related matters taken together) is $75,000 or more (a Relevant AML Claim); and | ||
(b) | the amount of all Relevant AML Claims exceeds $500,000 in aggregate, |
in which case, subject to this clause 9, the Seller shall be liable for the amount of the Relevant AML Claim or Relevant AML Claims for the excess above $500,000. | |||
9.5.3 | The parties agree that the total amount payable by the Seller in aggregate in respect of all Claims is not more than $50,000,000. |
9.6 | Reliance |
9.6.1 | The Seller is not liable to the Buyer for any claim arising from or relating to, and the Buyer expressly acknowledges and represents that it does not rely upon, any statement, representation, warranty, promise, undertaking or agreement in connection with the sale of the Sale Shares made by the Seller or any person acting, or purporting to act, on behalf of the Seller or resulting from or implied by conduct made in the course of communications or negotiations in connection with the sale of the Sale Shares not expressly set out in this agreement. | ||
9.6.2 | The Seller is not liable to the Buyer for any Claim if the Claim is in respect of any forecast, estimate, projection or other statement that relates to the future or any statement of opinion honestly held. | ||
9.6.3 | The Buyer acknowledges and undertakes to the Seller (in its own right and as trustee for each of the Released Persons) that: |
(a) | it has had an opportunity to make and has made enquiries and conducted a due diligence investigation into the affairs of the Target Group and its prospects; | ||
(b) | it has received a copies of, and read, the Vendor Due Diligence Reports; | ||
(c) | in entering into this agreement and in proceeding to Completion, the Buyer has not relied on and will not rely on, and waives any right it may have to make a claim against the Seller, any member of the Retained Group or any officer, employee, adviser or representative of the Seller, any member of the Retained Group or any member of the Target Group (Released Persons) in respect of, any representation or warranty (apart from the Warranties) that is |
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express or implied, written, oral collateral, statutory or otherwise (including under Part V of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth), the Corporations Act, the Fair Trading Act 1999 (Vic) or any other legislation in any relevant jurisdiction), as to the affairs of the Target Group or its prospects, from any person. |
9.7 | Notice of Claims by Xxxxx |
9.7.1 | If the Buyer becomes aware of any matter or circumstance that may give rise to a claim under or in relation to or arising out of this agreement, including a breach of a Warranty, and the Buyer resolves to make a claim against the Seller: |
(a) | the Buyer must give notice of the claim to the Seller and the Seller’s Lawyers within 30 days after the Buyer first resolves to make a claim; and | ||
(b) | the notice must contain the following details of the claim: |
(i) | reasonable particulars of the facts, matters or circumstances that may give rise to the claim; | ||
(ii) | if it is claimed that the facts, matters or circumstances referred to in clause (i) constitute a breach of this agreement, including a breach of a Warranty, the basis for that claim; and | ||
(iii) | an estimate of the amount of the Loss, if any, suffered by the Buyer (if the Buyer, acting reasonably, is able to estimate the amount of the Loss with reasonable certainty). |
9.7.2 | The Buyer must give to the Seller access to all such information and documents within the possession or control of the Buyer Group as the Seller may reasonably require to enable it to satisfy itself as to the merits of any claim of which notice is given under clause 9.7.1. | ||
9.7.3 | Clause 9.7.1 does not apply to Tax Claims (to which clause 11.3 applies). |
9.8 | Parties to seek to resolve claims |
9.8.1 | The Seller must give notice (Response Notice) to the Buyer within 90 days of receipt of a notice of a claim under clause 9.7 indicating whether it admits or denies the claim (in whole or in part) and, if the claim is denied, reasonable details of the grounds on which the claim is denied and designating a representative with authority to negotiate the claim on behalf of the Seller. | ||
9.8.2 | Within 10 Business Days of receipt of a Response Notice denying a claim, the Buyer must designate a representative with authority to negotiate the claim on behalf of the Buyer. | ||
9.8.3 | The designated representatives must promptly meet to discuss the claim and seek to resolve the claim within 20 Business Days of their first meeting. | ||
9.8.4 | If the claim is not resolved within the 20 Business Days referred to in clause 9.8.3 or such longer period as the parties may agree, the parties must, before having recourse to arbitration or litigation, refer the claim to mediation in Melbourne in accordance with, and subject to, The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia Mediation and Conciliation Rules. If the Claim is not settled within 60 days after being referred to mediation (unless such period is extended by agreement of the parties) the parties may agree that it be submitted to arbitration in accordance with, and subject to, The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia Rules for the |
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Conduct of Commercial Arbitration or each party may take such other action as it thinks fits, including bringing proceedings in any Court. | |||
9.8.5 | Nothing in this clause 9.8 prevents a party from seeking urgent interlocutory or other equitable relief or remedies. |
9.9 | Buyer’s obligation to mitigate | |
The Buyer must use its reasonable endeavours to mitigate any Loss which it may suffer or incur as a consequence of any breach by the Seller of the Warranties. | ||
9.10 | Warranty and indemnity insurance | |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this agreement: |
9.10.1 | the Buyer will procure warranty and indemnity insurance for all its possible Loss arising under or in respect of all Warranty Claims, all claims under the Business Indemnities and all Tax Claims up to an aggregate amount of $50,000,000; | ||
9.10.2 | the Buyer undertakes and agrees that it will not, and waives any right it may have to, make any Warranty Claim, any claim under the Business Indemnities or Tax Claim except only where such arise in whole or in part out of the fraud of the Seller or the fraud of an officer of the Seller or except to the extent required to permit a claim against the W&I Insurer but, except in the case of such fraud, the Seller shall have no liability to the Buyer whatsoever. For the purpose of recovery upon such W&I Insurer (but not for any other purpose) any amount which would have been due and payable but for this clause 9.10.2 shall be deemed to be due and payable without condition or restriction. The Seller acknowledges that the Buyer may require that the W&I Policy include a term/s the effect of which is that the W&I Insurer must ignore this clause 9.10.2 and any other limitation upon the liability of the Seller or any one else under this agreement that the Buyer reasonably requires in determining whether and in what amount the W&I Policy responds to any Loss of the Buyer arising under or in respect of any Warranty Claims, claims under the Business Indemnities and / or Tax Claims; | ||
9.10.3 | the Buyer must ensure that the W&I Policy provides that the W&I Insurer will only be entitled to subrogate against the Seller in respect of a payment under the W&I Policy which arises in whole or in part out of the Seller’s fraud or the fraud of an officer of the Seller (Qualified Claim) and then only to the extent and in respect of those rights of recovery relating directly to the Seller’s fraud or the fraud of an officer of the Seller; | ||
9.10.4 | the parties acknowledge and agree that the provisions of clause 9.10.2 have full force and effect whether or not the Buyer complies with its obligations under clause 9.10.1 or clause 9.10.3 and irrespective of the terms or the validity of the W&I Policy obtained by the Buyer or whether it responds or not; and | ||
9.10.5 | the Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Seller from and against any subrogation claim, claim for contribution or exercise of rights acquired by assignment by the W&I Insurer from or through the Buyer against the Seller except for a Qualified Claim. |
10. | Buyer’s and WEX’s warranties | |
10.1 | Buyer’s warranties | |
The Buyer represents and warrants to the Seller that: |
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10.1.1 | if has full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this agreement; | ||
10.1.2 | it has taken all corporate and other actions necessary to enable it to enter into and perform its obligations under this agreement; | ||
10.1.3 | this agreement constitutes and imposes legal and binding obligations on it fully enforceable in accordance with its terms; and | ||
10.1.4 | completion of the transactions contemplated by this agreement by the Buyer will not conflict with, result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, or accelerate the performance provided by, any law or the terms of any contract, agreement or deed to which the Buyer may be bound or affected. |
10.2 | WEX’s warranties | |
WEX represents and warrants to the Seller that: |
10.2.1 | if has full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this agreement; | ||
10.2.2 | it has taken all corporate and other actions necessary to enable it to enter into and perform its obligations under this agreement; | ||
10.2.3 | this agreement constitutes and imposes legal and binding obligations on it fully enforceable in accordance with its terms; and | ||
10.2.4 | the obligations of, and completion of the transactions contemplated by this agreement by, WEX do not, or will not conflict with, result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, or accelerate the performance provided by, any law or the terms of any contract, agreement or deed to which WEX may be bound or affected. |
11. | Taxation | |
11.1 | Tax Indemnity |
11.1.1 | Subject to clauses 9 and 11.2, the Seller must pay to the Buyer an amount equal to the amount needed to indemnify the Buyer and each Target Group Company (for whom the Buyer enters this clause as trustee) against any amount of Tax payable by a Target Group Company (or the head company of any consolidated group which the Target Group joins after Completion) to the extent that the Tax relates to any period, or part period, up to and including the Completion Date. | ||
11.1.2 | For the avoidance of doubt, the Tax indemnity in clause 11.1.1 includes any amount payable by the Buyer or a Target Group Company to a Tax Authority by way of a repayment (in part of in whole) of the Tax Refund Amount. |
11.2 | Exception to Tax Indemnity | |
The Seller shall not be liable to indemnify the Buyer or a Target Group Company under the indemnity in clause 11.1: |
11.2.1 | (increase in Tax) to the extent that the Tax Claim results from (or the amount of the Tax Claim is increased because of) an increase in the rate of any Tax after the date of this agreement or to the extent that the Tax Claim is as a result of or in respect of any legislation not in force as at the date of this agreement or any |
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change of any law or administrative practice of any Tax Authority after the date of this agreement (including any such increase, legislation or change that takes effect retrospectively), other than any enactment, amendment or change announced on or before the date of this agreement; | |||
11.2.2 | (provision in the Last Accounts or the Completion Statement) to the extent that the Tax which would be the subject of a Tax Claim (but for this clause 11.2.2) has been provided or allowed for or otherwise taken into account in the Last Accounts or the Completion Statement; | ||
11.2.3 | (Relief) to the extent that the Tax would not have arisen or would have been reduced but for a failure or omission on the part of the Buyer or any Buyer Group Company after Completion to make any election or claim for any Relief in relation to the relevant Tax Claim, the making or claiming of which was taken into account in computing the provision or reserve for Tax in the Last Accounts or the Completion Statement; | ||
11.2.4 | (insurance) to the extent that the Tax liability has been made good by an insurer or compensated for without cost to the Buyer or a Buyer Group Company; | ||
11.2.5 | (voluntary acts of the Buyer) subject to clause 11.5, to the extent that the Tax would not have arisen but for a voluntary transaction, action or omission of the Buyer or any member of the Buyer Group after Completion, other than a transaction, act or omission: |
(a) | carried out or effected under a legally binding commitment created on or before Completion; or | ||
(b) | carried out or effected in the ordinary course of the trade carried on by a Target Group Company as at Completion; |
11.2.6 | (change in accounting policies) to the extent that the Tax would not have arisen but for any change in the bases. methods or policies of accounting of the Buyer or any member of the Buyer Group; | ||
11.2.7 | (Warranty claim) to the extent that the Buyer has made recovery in respect of Tax by means of a claim for breach of any Tax Warranty. |
11.3 | Notification and Conduct |
11.3.1 | If the Buyer becomes aware of any matter or circumstance that may give rise to a Tax Claim and the Buyer resolves to make a Tax Claim against the Seller: |
(a) | the Buyer must give notice of the Tax Claim to the Seller and the Seller’s Lawyers as soon as practicable after the Buyer first resolves to make a claim; and | ||
(b) | the notice must contain the following details of the Tax Claim: |
(i) | reasonable particulars of the facts, matters or circumstances that give rise to the Tax Claim; | ||
(ii) | the basis for the Tax Claim; and | ||
(iii) | an estimate of the Tax Claim Amount and reasonable information and documents to substantiate the Tax Claim Amount to the extent that the information or documents are available to the Buyer or a member of the Buyer Group. |
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11.3.2 | The Buyer must: |
(a) | provide the Seller with reasonable access to the personnel of each Buyer Group Company and to the premises, records and assets within the possession or control of each Buyer Group Company to enable the Seller and its professional advisers to examine the Tax Claim and to take copies of such records, at the expense of the Seller; and | ||
(b) | not, and must procure that no Buyer Group Company, accepts, compromises or pays any Tax Claim Amount or agrees to arbitrate, compromise or settle any legal proceedings which is likely to lead to a liability on the part of the Seller in respect of a Tax Claim without giving reasonable prior notice of the decision to take such action to the Seller provided that a Buyer Group Company may pay all Tax on the last date for payment of that Tax without penalty or interest, whether or not the Buyer has given the notice required by clause 11.3.1(a) to the Seller; and | ||
(c) | consult with the Seller in respect of the Tax Claim and any claim, demand or legal proceeding in respect of the Tax Claim. |
11.3.3 | The Seller must, at the Buyer’s expense, take any reasonable action and provide any reasonable assistance that any Buyer Group Company may require to avoid, contest, compromise or defend any claim, demand or legal proceeding which may lead to a liability on the part of the Seller in respect of a Tax Claim, including providing witness and documentary or other evidence and making appeals and objections. In making a request under this clause 11.3.3, the Buyer must: |
(a) | act in good faith; | ||
(b) | liaise with the Seller in relation to the conduct of any claim, demand or legal proceeding in respect of the Tax Claim; and | ||
(c) | act reasonably in the circumstances, including having regard to the likelihood of success. |
11.4 | Tax Returns |
11.4.1 | The Buyer must ensure that any Tax return which is prepared or lodged by any Target Group Company (or the head company of any consolidated group which the Target Group joins after Completion) after the Completion Date relating in whole or in part to a period before the Completion Date (a Return) is prepared: |
(a) | with due care and in consultation with the Seller; and | ||
(b) | in respect of a period relating in part to a period before the Completion Date and in part to a period after the Completion Date, on a basis that is consistent with the provisions for Tax included in the Completion Statement in respect of the period up to Completion. |
11.4.2 | The Buyer must provide to the Seller, for the Seller’s review, a copy of each Return, together with any supporting information required to be prepared and lodged with that Return. | ||
11.4.3 | Returns provided under clause 11.4.2 must be provided no less than 20 Business Days prior to their actual date of lodgement with the applicable Tax Authority or, in respect of a business activity statement, no less than 5 days prior to their actual date of lodgement with the applicable Tax Authority. |
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11.4.4 | The Seller will have a period of 10 Business Days from receipt of a Return or, in the case of a business activity statement, no less than 3 days from receipt of the business activity statement (Review Period) provided under clause 11.4.2 in which to review the Return and advise the Buyer that it agrees or disagrees with the Return. If the Seller disagrees with the Return, the Seller must provide the Buyer with written details of the specific items or aspects of disagreement before the end of the Review Period. | ||
11.4.5 | Any disagreement between the Buyer and the Seller in respect of a Return which cannot be resolved shall be determined by an Expert acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator (the costs of that determination to be paid half by the Buyer and half by the Seller). The Expert’s determination is, in the absence of manifest error, final and binding on the parties and a party must not commence court proceedings or arbitration in relation to the dispute. |
11.5 | Section 338(g) election | |
The Seller acknowledges and agrees that following Completion: |
11.5.1 | WEX and/or any other member of the Buyer Group may make a Section 338(g) election; | ||
11.5.2 | notwithstanding any other terms of this agreement, nothing in this agreement will prevent WEX and/or any other member of the Buyer Group from making a Section 338(g) election; and | ||
11.5.3 | if the WEX and/or any other member of the Buyer Group makes a Section 338(g) election then it will not be prevented from subsequently claiming under any Tax Warranty or the Tax indemnity in clause 11.1 by virtue of clause 9.2, clause 11.2.5 or otherwise. |
12. | Tax Refund | |
12.1 | Conduct of a Tax Refund Claim | |
The Buyer must: |
12.1.1 | allow the Seller (at the Seller’s expense) to pursue and have conduct of the Tax Refund Claim; | ||
12.1.2 | take any reasonable action and provide any reasonable assistance, and procure that each Buyer Group Company takes any reasonable action and provides any reasonable assistance, that the Seller may require to pursue and have conduct of the Tax Refund Claim, including providing witness and documentary or other evidence and making appeals and objections; | ||
12.1.3 | subject to all associated reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Buyer Group Company being paid by the Seller (excluding, to avoid doubt, any cost in respect of time spent by the personnel of any Buyer Group Company) provide the Seller with reasonable access to the personnel of each Buyer Group Company and to the premises, records and assets within the possession or control of each Buyer Group Company to enable the Seller and its professional advisers to pursue and have conduct of the Tax Refund Claim and to take copies of such records, at the expense of the Seller; and |
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12.1.4 | not, and must procure that no Buyer Group Company, compromises or settles, or agrees to compromise or settle, the Tax Refund Claim without the prior approval of the Seller. |
12.2 | Tax Refund Payment | |
The Buyer must, within 5 Business Days after any Tax Refund Amount has been paid or credited to the Buyer or a Buyer Group Company, pay an amount equal to the Tax Refund Amount by electronic funds transfer to the account of the Seller nominated by the Seller for this purpose. |
13. | [**] Claim | |
13.1 | Conduct of the [**] Claim | |
The Buyer must: |
13.1.1 | allow the Seller (at the Seller’s expense) to pursue and have conduct of the [**] Claim; | ||
13.1.2 | take any action and provide any assistance, and procure that each Buyer Group Company takes any action and provides any assistance, that the Seller may require to pursue and have conduct of the [**] Claim, including providing witness and documentary or other evidence and making appeals and objections; | ||
13.1.3 | subject to all associated reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Buyer Group Company being paid by the Seller (excluding, to avoid doubt, any cost in respect of time spent by the personnel of any Buyer Group Company) provide the Seller with reasonable access to the personnel of each Buyer Group Company and to the premises, records and assets within the possession or control of each Buyer Group Company to enable the Seller and its professional advisers to pursue and have conduct of the [**] Claim and to take copies of such records, at the expense of the Seller; and | ||
13.1.4 | not, and must procure that no Buyer Group Company, compromises or settles, or agrees to compromise or settle, the [**] Claim without the prior approval of the Seller. |
13.2 | [**] Payment | |
The Buyer must, within 5 Business Days after the [**] Claim has been comprised, settled or determined, pay an amount equal to the [**] Settlement Amount by electronic funds transfer to the account of the Seller nominated by the Seller for this purpose. | ||
13.3 | [**] Counterclaim | |
The Seller must pay to the Buyer an amount equal to the amount needed to indemnify the Buyer and each Target Group Company (for whom the Buyer enters this clause as trustee) against any Loss suffered or incurred by any Target Group Company arising out of or in connection with the [**] Claim or any counterclaim that [**] has made or may make in respect of the [**] Claim (including any legal costs incurred for the purpose of pursuing the [**] Claim and defending any such counterclaims). |
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14. | Business Indemnities | |
14.1 | Unclaimed Merchant Funds | |
Subject to clause 9.10, the Seller must indemnify the Buyer and each Target Group Company (for whom the Buyer enters this clause as trustee) against any Loss suffered or incurred by any Target Group Company as a result of the Target Group having to pay more than A$6,000,000 in aggregate to previous or existing customers in respect of: |
14.1.1 | any unclaimed customer merchant funds which relate to services provided prior to the Last Accounts Date and were unclaimed as at the date of this agreement; and | ||
14.1.2 | any interest accrued on any such funds or any penalty, fines or fees in relation to the failure by the Target Group to pay all or part of those funds to the relevant customers or merchants. |
14.2 | Compliance | |
Subject to clause 9.10, the Seller must indemnify the Buyer and each Target Group Company (for whom the Buyer enters this clause as trustee) against any Loss suffered by any Target Group Company in connection with: |
14.2.1 | any breach or alleged breach by any Target Group Company prior to Completion; or; | ||
14.2.2 | subject to clause 14.3, any breach or alleged breach by any Target Group Company following Completion, of any Relevant Legislation or any condition of any Authorisation which it holds or is otherwise required to hold. |
14.3 | Exceptions to indemnity | |
The Seller is not required to indemnify the Buyer under clause 14.2.2 if the breach or alleged breach is solely and directly due to: |
14.3.1 | a change in the nature or manner in which the Target Group Company carries on the Businesses following Completion; | ||
14.3.2 | the enactment, amendment of any legislation or change in the administration or interpretation of any legislation after Completion; or | ||
14.3.3 | the failure by the relevant Target Group Company to maintain any Authorisations following Completion which were in place immediately prior to Completion. |
15. | Intellectual Property | |
15.1 | Licence to use Seller’s Marks |
15.1.1 | The Seller grants, and undertakes to the Buyer to procure that the relevant members of the Retained Group each grant, to the Buyer on behalf of itself and each member of the Buyer Group a royalty free, unconditional and irrevocable licence to use the Seller’s Marks in Australia and New Zealand for the purpose and in the same or substantially the same form and manner used by the Target Group at the date of this agreement (including on sales literature, promotional material, |
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stationery, invoices, products, packaging, business cards, websites, buildings, vehicles and signage) (the Permitted Purpose). | |||
15.1.2 | The licence granted to the Buyer under clause 15.1.1 shall be exclusive for a period of 24 months from the Completion Date. During this period, the Seller must not, and must procure that each member of the Retained Group does not, use or permit any other person to use any of the Seller’s Marks, or any mark substantially identical with or deceptively similar to any of the Seller’s Marks, in Australia or New Zealand for a purpose that is the same or substantially the same as the Permitted Purpose. To avoid doubt, nothing in this clause 15 shall prevent the Seller or any member of the Retained Group from using, or granting to any person a licence to use, any of the Seller’s Marks for the purpose of carrying on the Retained Group Business. | ||
15.1.3 | The licence granted to the Buyer under clause 15.1.1 shall end on the date that is 24 months after the Completion Date, except that it shall continue on a perpetual and non-exclusive basis to the extent that it relates to use of any of the Seller’s Marks on any card issued by ReD Prepaid or a customer of ReD Prepaid before or at any time within 24 months after the Completion Date. | ||
15.1.4 | During the period of exclusivity of the licence under clause 15.1.2, the Seller must take, and must procure that the relevant members of the Retained Group also take, whatever steps are necessary in the circumstances to properly protect the Seller’s Marks, including by bringing legal proceedings at its cost in respect of any infringement of the Seller’s Marks. | ||
15.1.5 | The Seller warrants that: |
(a) | it, or another member of the Retained Group, is the legal and beneficial owner of the Seller’s Marks; | ||
(b) | it, and the relevant members of the Retained Group, are entitled to grant the licence granted under clause 15.1.1; and | ||
(c) | the use of the Seller’s Marks by the Buyer or any other member of the Buyer Group in accordance with the licence granted under clause 15.1.1 will not infringe the intellectual property or other rights of any third person. |
15.1.6 | The Seller indemnifies the Buyer, and each member of the Buyer Group, against all liability, costs (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis), expenses, loss or damage suffered or incurred as a result of any action, claim, demand or proceeding brought or made against the Buyer or the member of the Buyer Group (as applicable) that, if true, would constitute a breach of any of the warranties in clause 15.1.4. |
15.2 | Limited right to use Seller’s Marks | |
The Buyer undertakes to the Seller to procure (at the Buyer’s expense): |
15.2.1 | within 24 months after the Completion Date, the corporate and/or trading name of each Target Group Company which as at Completion or at any time thereafter includes any of the Seller’s Marks is changed to a name that does not include such word or words; and | ||
15.2.2 | within 24 months after the Completion Date, each member of the Buyer Group ceases all use of any of the Seller’s Marks (including by removing or deleting the Seller’s Marks from all sales literature, promotional materials, stationery, invoices, products, packaging, business cards, websites, buildings, vehicles and signage), provided that ReD Prepaid shall not be required to remove or delete any of the |
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Seller’s Marks on any card issued by ReD Prepaid or a customer of ReD Prepaid before or at any time within 24 months after the Completion Date. |
15.3 | No transfer or licence | |
Subject to clauses 15.1 and 15.2 and without prejudice to any of the rights granted to the Buyer in those clauses, the Buyer acknowledges and agrees that nothing in this agreement shall operate as an agreement to transfer (nor shall transfer) any right, title or interest in, nor constitute any licence or right of use in respect of, any trade mark (including the Seller’s Marks). | ||
15.4 | Buyer’s undertakings | |
Subject to clauses 15.1 and 15.2 and without prejudice to any of the rights granted to the Buyer in those clauses, the Buyer undertakes to the Seller and each other relevant member of the Retained Group that it will not (and will procure that the other members of the Buyer Group will not) use, file any trade mark application or apply for any domain name registration in relation to, or claim any rights in or to, the Seller’s Marks, or authorise, assist or encourage any third party to do any of the foregoing in relation to (a) the Businesses (including as the same may develop or change over time) and (b) any business which competes with the business of any member of the Retained Group (or the successors in title or assignees of any of them), for the longer of: |
15.4.1 | the period of five years following the Completion Date; and | ||
15.4.2 | such time as any member of the Retained Group (or the successors in title or assignees of any of them) continues to use (whether on its own or in conjunction with other words or letters) or otherwise has an interest in the Seller’s Marks. |
15.5 | Seller may assign | |
The Seller shall be entitled to assign the benefit of this clause 15 to any assignee of all or any one of the Seller’s Marks to the extent the benefit relates to the Seller’s Marks so assigned but only if: |
15.5.1 | the Seller gives reasonable notice of the proposed assignment to the Buyer; and | ||
15.5.1 | the assignee agrees to provide the licence on the same terms as contemplated under this agreement to the Buyer on behalf of itself and each member of the Buyer Group. |
16. | Access | |
16.1 | Buyer to provide access to records | |
The Buyer shall make available to the Seller any Books and Records of any member of the Target Group (or, if practicable, the relevant parts of those Books and Records) which are reasonably required by the Seller for the purpose of dealing with its Tax and accounting affairs or to comply with applicable law or regulation and, accordingly, the Buyer shall, upon being given reasonable notice by the Seller and subject to the Seller giving such undertaking as to confidentiality as the Buyer shall reasonably require, procure that such Books and Records are made available to the Seller for inspection (during normal Working Hours) and copying (at the Seller’s expense) for and only to the extent necessary for such purpose and for a period of six years from Completion. |
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16.2 | Buyer Group regulatory filing | |
The Seller shall: |
16.2.1 | at the Buyer’s expense promptly provide to the Buyer any information relating to the Retained Group which the Buyer reasonably requests and which WEX is required to include in any filing WEX is required to make with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this agreement; and | ||
16.2.2 | consent to the inclusion of that information in any such filing. |
16.3 | Seller to provide access to records | |
Without prejudice to clause 16.2 above, the Seller shall make available to the Buyer any Books and Records of the Retained Group (or, if practicable, the relevant parts of those Books and Records) which are reasonably required by the Buyer or any member of the Buyer’s Group for the purpose of dealing with its Tax and accounting affairs or to comply with applicable law or regulation and, accordingly, the Seller shall, upon being given reasonable notice by the Buyer and subject to the Buyer giving such undertaking as to confidentiality as the Seller shall reasonably require, procure that such Books and Records are made available to the Buyer for inspection (during Working Hours) and copying (at the Buyer’s expense) for and only to the extent necessary for such purpose and for a period of six years from Completion. | ||
17. | Competition | |
17.1 | Protection of goodwill | |
The Seller must not do, and must procure that each member of the Retained Group does not do, any of the following unless approved by the Buyer: |
17.1.1 | directly or indirectly conduct or otherwise be Involved during the Restricted Period: |
(a) | in Australia and New Zealand; | ||
(b) | in Australia; | ||
(c) | in New Zealand, in any business which competes with the Fuel Card Business or the Prepaid Card Business; |
17.1.2 | solicit or persuade at any time during the Restricted Period any person or corporation which is a customer or client of, or which has dealings with, any Target Group Company, or who was in the previous year a customer or client of, or had dealings with, any Target Group Company, to cease conducting business with any Target Group Company or reduce the amount of business which the person or corporation would normally conduct with any Target Group Company; | ||
17.1.3 | accept at any time during the Restricted Period from a customer or client which is referred to in clause 17.1.2 any business of a kind which forms or may ordinarily form part of the Fuel Card Business or the Prepaid Card Business; | ||
17.1.4 | induce or attempt to induce at any time during the Restricted Period any employee of or consultant with any Target Group Company to terminate his or her employment or consultancy with any Target Group Company; |
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17.1.5 | without prejudice to clause 17.1, at any time transfer, assign or otherwise dispose (Disposition) of any of the Seller’s Marks unless the Buyer is given reasonable notice of the proposed Disposition and the proposed transferee, assignee or disposee agrees to provide the licence to the Buyer for itself and on behalf of each member of the Buyer Group as contemplated in clause 15 of this agreement. |
17.2 | Definitions | |
For the purpose of clause 17.1, Restricted Period means the period commencing on the Completion Date and ending on: |
17.2.1 | the third anniversary of the Completion Date; | ||
17.2.2 | the second anniversary of the Completion Date; | ||
17.2.3 | the first anniversary of the Completion Date. |
17.3 | Separate undertakings | |
Clauses 17.1.1, 17.1.2, 17.1.3 and 17.1.4 have effect as separate undertakings, each being severable from the other. Each separate undertaking results from combining the undertaking in clause 17.1.1, 17.1.2, 17.1.3 or 17.1.4 with each period in clause 17.2. If any such undertaking is unenforceable, it may be severed without affecting the remaining enforceability of the other undertakings. | ||
17.4 | Value of the Businesses | |
The Seller agrees that: |
17.4.1 | any failure to comply with clause 17.1 would diminish the value of the Target Group; and | ||
17.4.2 | the restrictive undertakings in clause 17.1 are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the business of the Target Group and must be given full effect. |
17.5 | Injunction | |
The Seller acknowledges that monetary damages alone would not be adequate compensation to the Buyer for a breach by it of clause 17.1 and that the Buyer is entitled to seek an injunction from a court of competent jurisdiction if: |
17.5.1 | it fails to comply or threatens to fail to comply with clause 17.1; or | ||
17.5.2 | the Buyer has reason to believe that it will not comply with clause 17.1. |
17.6 | Exceptions |
17.6.1 | The Seller will not breach the undertaking given by it in clause 17.1 if it holds or has an interest directly or indirectly in 5% or less of the shares in a listed public company. | ||
17.6.2 | For the avoidance of doubt but without limiting the application of clause 17.1, the parties agree that the Retained Group Business as currently conducted does not constitute a business that competes with a Business. |
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18. | Power of attorney | |
18.1 | Appointment of attorney | |
The Seller appoints the Buyer to be its attorney from the Completion Date until the Sale Shares are registered in the name of the Buyer. | ||
18.2 | Powers of Buyer | |
The Buyer may do in the name of the Seller and on its behalf everything necessary or expedient, in the Buyer’s sole discretion, to: |
18.2.1 | transfer the Sale Shares; | ||
18.2.2 | exercise any rights, including rights to appoint a proxy or representative and voting rights, attaching to the Sale Shares; | ||
18.2.3 | receive any dividend or other entitlement paid or credited to the Seller in respect of the Sale Shares; and | ||
18.2.4 | do any other act or thing in respect of the Sale Shares or the Company. |
18.3 | Declaration by Seller | |
The Seller declares that all acts and things done by the Buyer in exercising powers under this power of attorney will be as good and valid as if they had been done by the Seller and agrees to ratify and confirm whatever the Buyer does in exercising powers under this power of attorney. | ||
18.4 | Valuable consideration | |
The Seller declares that this power of attorney of the Buyer is given for valuable consideration and is irrevocable from the date of this power of attorney until the Sale Shares are registered in the name of the Buyer or this agreement is terminated. | ||
18.5 | Express authorisation | |
The Buyer is expressly authorised to do any act as a result of which a benefit is conferred on it. |
19. | Termination | |
If this agreement is terminated under clause 3.5, clause 4.1.6 or clause 7.5 then this agreement has no further effect and no party has any liability to any other party under this agreement except: |
19.1.1 | termination of this agreement does not affect any other rights the parties have against one another at law; | ||
19.1.2 | each party retains the rights it has against any other party in connection with any breach or claim that has arisen before termination; and | ||
19.1.3 | under clauses 20 and 21 which survive termination. |
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20. | Announcements and confidentiality | |
20.1 | Buyer Group disclosure requirements |
20.1.1 | WEX may disclose all or any part of this agreement and the terms of sale of the Sale Shares in any filing it is required to make with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or the New York Stock Exchange including any Form 8K filing in connection with the transactions contemplated by this agreement. | ||
20.1.2 | WEX must provide the Seller with a draft of any document that contains a disclosure permitted by clause 20.1.1 and provide the Seller with a reasonable opportunity to comment on such disclosure. The Buyer must take account of the Seller’s comments in good faith. |
20.2 | Legal requirements | |
Without prejudice to clause 20.1 a party may disclose anything in respect of this agreement or the terms of sale of the Sale Shares if required: |
20.2.1 | by applicable law, but to the extent possible it must consult with the other party before making the disclosure and use its reasonable endeavours to agree on the form and content of the disclosure; or | ||
20.2.2 | by any recognised stock exchange on which its shares or the shares of any related body corporate are listed. |
20.3 | Disclosure to officers, employees and professional advisers | |
A party may disclose anything in respect of this agreement or the terms of the sale of the Sale Shares to the officers, employees and professional advisers of that party and its related bodies corporate and, in the case of the Buyer, to its W&I Insurer but it must use its reasonable endeavours to ensure all matters disclosed are kept confidential. | ||
20.4 | Further publicity | |
Subject to clauses 20.1, 20.2 and 20.3, no party may disclose the provisions of this agreement or the terms on which the Sale Shares are sold unless the other party has first consented in writing. | ||
20.5 | Confidentiality Deed | |
The Seller must, on the date of this agreement: |
20.5.1 | enter into a termination deed in the agreed form which terminates the Confidentiality Deed with effect from Completion; and | ||
20.5.2 | deliver a counterpart of that termination deed to the Buyer. |
21. | Duties, costs and expenses | |
21.1 | Duties | |
Subject to clause 21.2 below, the Buyer must pay any stamp duty in respect of the execution, delivery and performance of: |
21.1.1 | this agreement; and |
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21.1.2 | any agreement or document entered into or signed under this agreement. |
21.2 | Seller’s undertaking and indemnity |
21.2.1 | The Seller undertakes not to execute this agreement, any transfer in respect of the Sale Shares or any other document to be entered into under this agreement: |
(a) | in the United Kingdom; or | ||
(b) | in any other country, other than Australia, if execution of that agreement or document in that country results directly or indirectly in any stamp duty being payable which would not have been payable if the agreement or document had been executed in Australia. |
21.2.2 | The Seller is liable to pay any stamp duty which arises as a result of any breach by the Seller of its undertaking in clause 21.2.1 above. | ||
21.2.3 | The Seller must pay to the Buyer an amount equal to the amount needed to indemnify the Buyer against any stamp duty which arises as a result of any breach by the Seller of its undertaking in clause 21.2.1 above. |
21.3 | GST |
21.3.1 | Except as otherwise provided by this clause, all consideration payable under this agreement in relation to any supply is exclusive of GST. | ||
21.3.2 | To the extent that any supply under this agreement constitutes a taxable supply, the consideration payable by the recipient to the supplier will be increased by the applicable amount of GST (GST Amount), which shall be calculated by multiplying the amount upon which GST is payable by the prevailing rate of GST. | ||
21.3.3 | Any GST Amount must be paid by the recipient to the supplier at the same time and in the same manner as the relevant consideration is paid or given under this agreement, without any right of set-off or deduction (unless otherwise provided in this agreement). | ||
21.3.4 | If this agreement requires the recipient to pay, reimburse or contribute to any expense, loss or outgoing suffered or incurred by the supplier (Relevant Expense), the amount which the recipient must pay, reimburse or contribute will be the amount net of any input tax credits to which the supplier is entitled in respect of the Relevant Expense, together with any GST Amount if the payment, reimbursement or contribution constitutes consideration for a taxable supply by the supplier to the recipient. | ||
21.3.5 | The supplier must provide to the recipient a valid tax invoice at or prior to the time of payment of any GST Amount. | ||
21.3.6 | To the extent that any adjustment occurs in relation to a taxable supply, the supplier must issue an adjustment note to the recipient within 7 Business Days of becoming aware of the adjustment, and any payment necessary to give effect to such adjustment must be made within 7 Business Days after the date of receipt of the adjustment note. | ||
21.3.7 | Words and expressions used in this clause 21.2 that are defined in the GST Act have the same meanings in this clause. |
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21.4 | Costs and expenses | |
Subject to clauses 21.1 and 21.2, each party must pay its own costs and expenses in respect of the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery, stamping and registration of this agreement and any other agreement or document described in clause 21.1.2. | ||
21.5 | Costs of performance | |
Subject to clause 21.1, any action to be taken by the Buyer or the Seller in performing its obligations under this agreement must be taken at its own cost and expense unless otherwise provided in this agreement. |
22. | Guarantee and indemnity | |
22.1 | Guarantee | |
WEX unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Seller: |
22.1.1 | the payment of the Guaranteed Moneys; and | ||
22.1.2 | the performance of the Buyer’s obligations under this agreement. |
22.2 | Payment | |
If the Guaranteed Moneys are not paid when due, WEX must immediately on demand from the Seller pay to the Seller the Guaranteed Moneys in the same manner and currency as the Guaranteed Moneys are required to be paid. | ||
22.3 | Performance | |
If the Buyer fails to perform its obligations under this agreement when they are due, WEX must immediately on demand from the Seller cause the Buyer to perform its obligations under this agreement. | ||
22.4 | Indemnity |
22.4.1 | If any of the Guaranteed Moneys (or amounts which would have been Guaranteed Moneys had they not been irrecoverable) are irrecoverable by the Seller: |
(a) | from the Buyer; or | ||
(b) | from WEX on the basis of a guarantee, | ||
WEX unconditionally and irrevocably and, as a separate and principal obligation: | |||
(c) | indemnifies the Seller against any claim, action, damage, loss, liability, cost, charge, expense, outgoing or payment suffered, paid or incurred by the Seller in relation to the non-payment of those amounts; and | ||
(d) | must pay to the Seller an amount equal to those amounts. |
22.4.2 | WEX indemnifies the Seller against any claim, action, damage, loss, liability, cost, charge, expense, outgoing or payment suffered, paid or incurred by the Seller in relation to: |
(a) | the failure of the Buyer to perform its obligations under this agreement; or |
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(b) | the failure of WEX to cause the Buyer to perform its obligations under this agreement. |
22.5 | Extent of guarantee and indemnity |
22.5.1 | This clause 22 applies: |
(a) | to the present and future amount from time to time of the Guaranteed Moneys and the present and future obligations of the Buyer under this agreement; and | ||
(b) | to this agreement, as amended, supplemented, renewed or replaced. |
22.5.2 | The obligations of WEX under this clause 22 extend to any increase in the Guaranteed Moneys and any change in the obligations of the Buyer as a result of: |
(a) | any amendment, supplement, renewal or replacement of this agreement; or | ||
(b) | the occurrence of any other thing. |
22.5.3 | This clause 22 is not affected nor are the obligations of WEX under this agreement released or discharged or otherwise affected by anything which but for this provision might have that effect. | ||
22.5.4 | This clause 22.5 applies: |
(a) | regardless of whether WEX is aware of or has consented to or is given notice of any amendment, supplement, renewal or replacement of any agreement to which the Seller and the Buyer are a party or the occurrence of any other thing; and | ||
(b) | irrespective of any rule of law or equity to the contrary. |
22.6 | Principal and independent obligation |
22.6.1 | This clause 22 is a principal obligation and is not to be treated as ancillary or collateral to any other right or obligation. | ||
22.6.2 | This clause 22 is enforceable against WEX: |
(a) | whether or not the Seller has: |
(i) | made demand upon the Buyer; or | ||
(ii) | given notice to the Buyer or any other person in respect of any thing; or | ||
(iii) | taken any other steps against the Buyer or any other person; and |
(b) | whether or not any Guaranteed Moneys is due. |
22.7 | Continuing guarantee and indemnity | |
This clause 22 is a continuing obligation of WEX, despite: |
22.7.1 | any settlement of account; or | ||
22.7.2 | the occurrence of any other thing, |
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and remains in full force and effect until: | |||
22.7.3 | all the Guaranteed Moneys have been paid in full; | ||
22.7.4 | the obligations of the Buyer under this agreement have been performed; and | ||
22.7.5 | this clause 22 has been finally discharged by WEX. |
23. | General | |
23.1 | Amendment | |
This agreement may only be varied or replaced by a document duly executed by the parties. | ||
23.2 | Entire Understanding | |
This agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties as to the subject matter contained in it. All previous agreements, representations, warranties, explanations and commitments, expressed or implied, affecting this subject matter are superseded by this agreement and have no effect. | ||
23.3 | Further Assurance | |
Each party must promptly execute and deliver all documents and take all other action necessary or desirable to effect, perfect or complete the transactions contemplated by this agreement. | ||
23.4 | Payment under Indemnities | |
The Seller shall only be obliged to make a payment to the Buyer pursuant to an indemnity in this agreement if and to the extent that the Seller has admitted liability in respect of the amount claimed under that indemnity, the amount has been finally determined by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and has not been appealed within one month, the matter has been referred to and determined by a mediator or arbitral panel in accordance with clause 9.8.4 or the Buyer has otherwise proven liability in respect of the amount claimed under that indemnity. | ||
23.5 | Waiver and Exercise of Rights |
23.5.1 | A single or partial exercise or waiver of a right relating to this agreement does not prevent any other exercise of that right or the exercise of any other right. | ||
23.5.2 | No party will be liable for any loss or expenses incurred by another party caused or contributed to by the waiver, exercise, attempted exercise, failure to exercise or delay in the exercise of a right. |
23.6 | Assignment | |
A party must not: |
23.6.1 | sell, transfer, delegate, assign, licence; or | ||
23.6.2 | mortgage, charge or otherwise encumber, | ||
any right or obligation under this agreement to any person without the prior written consent of the other party. |
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23.7 | Time of the Essence | |
Time is of the essence as regards all dates, periods of time and times specified in this agreement. | ||
23.8 | Rights Cumulative | |
The rights and remedies conferred on a party by this agreement are in addition to all other rights and remedies of that party. | ||
23.9 | Notices |
23.9.1 | Any notice, consent, demand or other communication authorised or required to be made under this agreement must: |
(a) | be in writing and must be given by hand, or sent by facsimile or sent by prepaid post addressed to a party to the address or facsimile number set out on page 1 of this agreement under the heading “Parties” (or to such other address for the time being notified by one party to the other in accordance with this clause); and | ||
(b) | if given or directed to the Buyer must also be copied and sent to WEX. |
23.9.2 | A notice: |
(a) | given by facsimile will be deemed received when the sender’s facsimile machine generates a transmission report stating that the facsimile was sent in its entirety to the addressee’s facsimile number; | ||
(b) | posted will, if posted within Australia to an Australian address, be deemed received 2 Business Days after posting and, in any other case, be deemed received 7 Business Days after posting. |
24. | Interpretation | |
24.1 | Governing Law and Jurisdiction |
24.1.1 | This agreement is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with the laws of Victoria. | ||
24.1.2 | Each party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Xxxxxxxx and waives any right to object to proceedings being brought in those courts. |
24.2 | Agent for service — Seller |
24.2.1 | The Seller irrevocably appoints the Seller’s Lawyers to be its agent for the receipt of any claim form, application notice, order or judgement or other document relating to any proceeding, suit or action arising out of or in connection with this agreement. | ||
24.2.2 | If the agent at any time ceases for any reason to act as such, the Seller must appoint a replacement agent having an address for service in Australia and shall notify the Buyer of the name and address of the replacement agent. Failing such appointment and notification, the Buyer shall be entitled by notice to the Seller to appoint a replacement agent to act on behalf of the Seller. The provisions of this clause applying to service on an agent apply equally to service on a replacement agent. |
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24.3 | Agent for service — WEX |
24.3.1 | WEX irrevocably appoints Dabserv to be its agent for the receipt of any claim form, application notice, order or judgement or other document relating to any proceeding, suit or action arising out of or in connection with this agreement. | ||
24.3.2 | If the agent at any time ceases for any reason to act as such, WEX must appoint a replacement agent having an address for service in Australia and shall notify the Seller of the name and address of the replacement agent. Failing such appointment and notification, the Seller shall be entitled by notice to WEX to appoint a replacement agent to act on behalf of WEX. The provisions of this clause applying to service on an agent apply equally to service on a replacement agent. |
24.4 | Persons | |
In this agreement, a reference to: |
24.4.1 | a person includes a firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other corporate body; and | ||
24.4.2 | a person includes the legal personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns of that person. |
24.5 | Corporations Act definitions | |
In this agreement, the expressions ‘associate’, ‘related body corporate’ and ‘subsidiary’ have the meanings given to them in the Corporations Act. | ||
24.6 | Agreed form | |
In this agreement, a reference to a document being in ‘the agreed form’ is a reference to a document that is in the form agreed between the parties and for the purposes of identification signed by the Buyer’s Lawyers and the Seller’s Lawyers prior to the date of this agreement. | ||
24.7 | Joint and Several | |
If a party consists of more than one person, this agreement binds them jointly and each of them severally. | ||
24.8 | Legislation | |
In this agreement, a reference to a statute includes regulations under it and consolidations, amendments, re-enactments or replacements of any of them. | ||
24.9 | This document, clauses and headings | |
In this agreement: |
24.9.1 | a reference to this or other document includes the document as varied or replaced regardless of any change in the identity of the parties; | ||
24.9.2 | a reference to a clause, schedule, appendix or annexure is a reference to a clause, schedule, appendix or annexure in or to this agreement all of which are deemed part of this agreement; |
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24.9.3 | a reference to writing includes all modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible, permanent and visible form; | ||
24.9.4 | headings and sub-headings are inserted for ease of reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this agreement; and | ||
24.9.5 | a reference to “includes” and “including” means including without limitation. |
24.10 | Severance |
24.10.1 | If a provision in this agreement is held to be illegal, invalid, void, voidable or unenforceable, that provision must be read down to the extent necessary to ensure that it is not illegal, invalid, void, voidable or unenforceable. | ||
24.10.2 | If it is not possible to read down a provision as required in this clause, that provision is severable without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remaining part of that provision or the other provisions in this agreement. |
24.11 | Counterparts | |
This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts all of which taken together constitute one instrument. | ||
24.12 | Attorney | |
Each attorney executing this agreement represents and warrants that the attorney has not received any notice of revocation of the power of attorney appointing the attorney. | ||
24.13 | Currency | |
In this agreement a reference to ‘A$’, ‘$’, ‘AUD” or ‘dollars’ is a reference to the lawful currency of the Commonwealth of Australia. | ||
24.14 | Business Day |
24.14.1 | If a payment or other act is required by this agreement to be made or done on a day which is not a Business Day, the payment or act must be made or done on the next following Business Day. | ||
24.14.2 | If an act required to be done under this agreement on or by a given day is done after 5.00 pm on that day, then it is taken to be due on the next day. |
24.15 | Number and Gender | |
In this agreement, a reference to: |
24.15.1 | the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and | ||
24.15.2 | a gender includes the other genders. |
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Information about the Company
1.
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Date of registration | : | 18 December 2006 | |||
2.
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Place of registration | : | Victoria, Australia | |||
3.
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Address of registered office | : | Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
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4.
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Issued share capital | : | 73,863,794 ordinary shares | |||
5.
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Directors | : | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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6.
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Secretary | : | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
7.
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Member: |
Name | Registered address | Number of shares held | ||
RD Card Holdings Limited
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ReD House, Cemetery Pales, Brookwood, Surrey, GU24 0BL, United Kingdom |
73,863,794 |
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Information about the Subsidiaries
1.
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Date of registration | : | 18 December 2006 | |||
2.
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Place of registration | : | Victoria, Australia | |||
3.
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Address of registered office | : | Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
|||
4.
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Issued share capital | : | 250 ordinary shares | |||
5.
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Directors | : | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
|||
6.
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Secretary | : | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
7.
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Member: |
Name | Registered address | Number of shares held | ||
RD Card Holdings Australia Pty Ltd |
Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
250 |
1.
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Date of registration | : | 9 February 1982 | |||
2.
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Place of registration | : | Victoria, Australia | |||
3.
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Address of registered office | : | Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
|||
4.
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Issued share capital | : | 7,500,200 ordinary shares | |||
5.
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Directors | : | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
|||
6.
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Secretary | : | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
7.
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Member: |
Name | Registered address | Number of shares held | ||
RD Card Holdings Australia Pty Ltd |
Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
7,500,200 |
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1. |
Date of registration | : | 4 December 1998 | |||
2. |
Place of registration | : | New South Wales, Australia | |||
3. |
Address of registered office | : | Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, | |||
Victoria 3144 | ||||||
4. |
Issued share capital | : | 326,231 ordinary shares | |||
5. |
Directors | : | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||
6. |
Secretary | : | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
7. |
Member: |
Name | Registered address | Number of shares held | ||
Retail Decisions Pty Ltd |
Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
326,231 | ||
1.
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Date of registration | : | 25 March 1981 | |||
2.
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Place of registration | : | Western Australia, Australia | |||
3.
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Address of registered office | : | Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
|||
4.
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Issued share capital | : | 157,283 A Class ordinary shares 157,283 B Class ordinary shares 157,283 C Class ordinary shares 157,283 D Class ordinary shares 14,500 ordinary shares |
|||
5.
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Directors | : | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
|||
6.
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Secretary | : | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
7.
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Member: |
Name | Registered address | Number of shares held | ||
Retail Decisions Pty Ltd
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Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
157,283 A Class ordinary shares 157,283 B Class ordinary shares 157,283 C Class ordinary shares 157,283 D Class ordinary shares 14,500 ordinary shares |
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1.
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Date of registration | : | 13 September 1994 | |||
2.
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Place of registration | : | Victoria, Australia | |||
3.
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Address of registered office | : | Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
|||
4.
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Issued share capital | : | 2 ordinary shares | |||
5.
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Directors | : | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
|||
6.
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Secretary | : | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
7.
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Member: |
Name | Registered address | Number of shares held | ||
Retail Decisions Pty Ltd
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Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
2 |
1.
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Date of registration | : | 15 July 1994 | |||
2.
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Place of registration | : | Victoria, Australia | |||
3.
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Address of registered office | : | Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
|||
4.
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Issued share capital | : | 2 ordinary shares | |||
5.
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Directors | : | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
6.
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Secretary | : | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
7.
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Member: |
Name | Registered address | Number of shares held | ||
Retail Decisions Pty Ltd
|
Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
2 |
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1.
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Date of incorporation | : | 17 March 1982 | |||
2.
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Place of registration | : | New Zealand | |||
3.
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Address of registered office | : | PricewaterhouseCoopers, 000-000 Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx |
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4.
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Issued share capital | : | 100 ordinary shares | |||
5.
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Directors | : | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
|||
6.
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Secretary | : | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
7.
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Member: |
Name | Registered address | Number of shares held | ||
Motorcharge Limited |
Level 1, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
100 |
1.
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Date of registration | : | 1 April 1981 | |||
2.
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Place of registration | : | Western Australia, Australia | |||
3.
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Address of registered office | : | Level 0, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
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4.
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Issued share capital | : | 10,000 ordinary shares | |||
5.
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Directors | : | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
|||
6.
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Secretary | : | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
7.
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Member: |
Name | Registered address | Number of shares held | ||
Motorcharge Limited
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Level 1, 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000 |
10,000 |
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Facilities Security
1. | Fixed and floating charge dated 24 January 2007 between RD Card Holdings Australia Pty Ltd and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (ASIC charge no. 1410590). | |
2. | Fixed and floating charge dated 14 March 2007 between ReD Fuel and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (ASIC charge no. 1431206). | |
3. | Fixed and floating charge dated 14 March 2007 between ReD Prepaid and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (ASIC charge no. 1431214). | |
4. | Fixed and floating charge dated 14 March 2007 between Motorcharge and The Royal bank of Scotland plc (ASIC charge no. 1431211). |
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Relevant Contracts
1. | Master Account Management System Agreement dated 26 August 2004 between ReD Prepaid and Coles Group Limited (formerly called Coles Xxxx Ltd), as amended or replaced from time to time. | |
2. | Customer Account Card Managed Services Agreement dated 15 April 2010 between ReD Fuel and Liquorland Pty Ltd. | |
3. | Coles Account Identification Card Management System Agreement dated 3 October 2007 between ReD Fuel and Coles. |
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Leasehold Properties
1. | Lease dated 23 November 2005 between Perpetual Nominees Limited and ReD Prepaid in respect of premises known as Suite 000, Xxxxx 0, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XXX. | |
2. | Lease dated in or about 2008 between FR Nominees Pty Ltd and ReD Fuel in respect of the premises comprising the first floor and 36 car parking spaces at 0-0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000, as varied by an undated deed of variation executed on or about 10 June 2010. | |
3. | Lease dated 11 November 2003 between G.R.E. Nominees Pty Ltd and ReD Fuel in respect of premises comprising part of the first floor of 00 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx, as renewed by a deed of renewal of lease undated but made in 2007 and as extended and varied by a deed of extension and variation of lease dated 16 December 2008. |
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IP Registrations
Trademark & Number | Owner | Status | Renewal Date | |||
Motorpass (418006)
|
Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | Registered/Protected | 9/11/2015 | |||
Motorcharge (359176)
|
Motorcharge Ltd | Removed — Not Renewed | n/a | |||
M (359956) — road
stripes wavy
|
Motorcharge Ltd | Registered/Protected | 7/05/2012 | |||
Accelerator Plus (882644)
|
Motorcharge Ltd | Registered/Protected | 13/07/2011 | |||
The “Go Anywhere” Fuel
Card — Motorcharge
(887244)
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Motorcharge Ltd | Registered/Protected | 27/08/2011 | |||
Account Card AC
|
Australian Card Services Pty Ltd |
Removed — Not Renewed | n/a | |||
Motor Pass (418633)
|
Australian Card Services Pty Ltd |
Removed — Not Renewed | n/a | |||
Motor Card (419903)
|
Australian Card Services Pty Ltd |
Lapsed/Not Protected | n/a | |||
Motorpass (NZ) (161605)
|
Australian Card Services Pty Ltd |
Expired | n/a | |||
Redepaid (1163467)
|
Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | Lapsed / Not Protected | n/a | |||
One Card (940727)
|
Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | Lapsed / Not Protected | n/a | |||
Dieselpass (1252656)
|
Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | Lapsed / Not Protected | n/a | |||
Farmpass (1252658)
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Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | Lapsed / Not Protected | n/a | |||
Marinepass (1252659)
|
Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | Lapsed / Not Protected | n/a | |||
Taxipass (1252662)
|
Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | Lapsed / Not Protected | n/a |
Domain Name | Registrant | Status | Expiry | |||
xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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Retail Decisions Prepaid Cards Australia |
Registered | 18/05/2014 | |||
xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
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Gift Vouchers | Registered | not specified | |||
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
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Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | Registered | not specified | |||
xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
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Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | Registered | not specified | |||
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
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Motorcharge Limited | Registered | not specified | |||
xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
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Retail Decisions | Registered | not specified | |||
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
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e com industries Pty Ltd | Registered | not specified |
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Business Name | Number | Owner | State | Renewal | ||||
Motorpass
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BN98160854 | Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | NSW | 15/08/2011 | ||||
Motorpass
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B1838399P | Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | Vic | 20/05/2011 | ||||
Motorpass
|
39089B | Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | NT | 14/07/2012 | ||||
Motorpass
|
8349811Y | Retail Decisions Pty Ltd | WA | 5/12/2011 | ||||
Gift Vouchers
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U7454716 | E Com Industries Pty Ltd | NSW | 11/05/2010 |
Business Name | Number | Owner | State | Renewal | ||||
Gift Vouchers
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U7454716 | E Com Industries Pty Ltd | NSW | 11/05/2010 |
Patent no. | Country | Status | ||
66725/00 | Australia | Granted | ||
0207259.3 | United Kingdom | Granted | ||
02106879.1 | Hong Kong | Granted | ||
529868 | New Zealand | Granted | ||
10/069710 | United States | Pending |
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Unregistered IP
Name | Description | |
ReD Prepaid | ||
Ecom Prepaid Database
|
Main database the for card management system and transaction processing | |
GVMI
|
Administrative web application used by ReD Prepaid staff, FDI helpdesk personnel and retailers | |
SVML
|
XML based web gateway for processing card transactions via the internet | |
Stella
|
Application used to configure the prepaid card database | |
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
|
ReD Prepaid’s online gift card mall | |
CMS
|
Application built specifically for Coles to manage corporate and insurance card orders | |
Coles Corporate Online
|
A cut down, online, public version of CMS | |
Loyalty (in development)
|
A new system for managing loyalty programs. ReD Prepaid also has various batch, monitoring and windows services (e.g. an EFTPOS switch service) written in .Net. | |
ReD Fuel | ||
Genesis
|
Fuel card management system responsible for transaction processing, customer billing and merchant reimbursement. | |
Credit Tools
|
Application used to manage and report on customer debt. | |
Merchant Debits
|
Application used by the Merchant Services Team to maintain merchant debit balances | |
EDD Non Payments
|
Database used by the Merchant Services Team to keep track of where a merchant payment transaction has been created by Genesis but has not been physically paid e.g. incorrect bank account, incorrect dealer details | |
Correspondence Database
|
Access database which is used to log correspondence received from both account holders and merchants | |
Call Center Tools
|
Access database which is used by the Credit and Customer Service Teams to assist in collection queue allocations and for the location/allocation of customer payments |
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Name | Description | |
Pos Host
|
Transaction collection system. Collects batch files coming from legacy Motorcharge terminals. It will be decommissioned in 2011, when terminals are swapped for the new ReD terminal. |
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1. | The Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of the Sale Shares. | |
2. | The Seller is the sole member of the Company. | |
3. | The Sale Shares comprise the entire issued share capital of the Company. | |
4. | There is no restriction on the transfer of the Sale Shares to the Buyer. | |
5. | Except for the Facilities Security, there is no option, right to acquire or Security Interest on, over or affecting the Sale Shares or any of them or any shares of any member of the Target Group and there is no agreement or commitment to give or create any. | |
6. | Part B of Schedule 1 lists all the companies that are subsidiaries of the Company. The information given in Part B of Schedule 1 is true and correct and will be true and correct as at Completion. | |
7. | There are no agreements or other arrangements in force which: | |
7.1 | provide for the present or future issue, allotment, creation, sale, transfer or disposal of; or | |
7.2 | accord to any person the right (absolute or conditional) to call for the issue, allotment, creation, sale, transfer or disposal of any shares or other securities of any Target Group Company (including any option or right of pre-emption or conversion). | |
8. | The Seller has full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this agreement. | |
9. | The Seller has taken all corporate and other actions necessary to enable it to enter into and perform its obligations under this agreement and, if appropriate, has secured all approvals and consents (governmental or otherwise) required for the performance of the transactions contemplated by this agreement (other than as required under the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cwth)). | |
10. | This agreement constitutes and imposes legal, binding and enforceable obligations on the Seller in accordance with its terms. | |
11. | The Seller is not unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due. | |
12. | No meeting has been convened or resolution proposed or petition presented, and no order has been made, for the winding up of the Seller. | |
13. | The Seller has not entered into, or proposed to enter into, any arrangements with its creditors. | |
14. | Execution of this agreement and completion of the transactions contemplated by this agreement by the Seller will not: | |
14.1 | result in a breach of any provision of the constitution of the Seller; |
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14.2 | result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller is bound; or | |
14.3 | result in a breach of any order, judgment or decree of any court or Government Agency to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller is bound. | |
15. | No allotment or issue of shares or any other securities by any Target Group Company has been made in contravention of the provisions of any law. | |
16. | The register of members and all other statutory books and minute books of each Target Group Company: | |
16.1 | have been properly kept; | |
16.2 | are up-to-date; and | |
16.3 | contain true and accurate records of all matters required to be dealt with in them. | |
17. | No Target Group Company has received any notice of any application or intended application for the rectification of the register of its members. |
18. | No Target Group Company has committed or omitted to do any act or thing which could give rise to any fine or penalty, nor is any Target Group Company party to any agreement practice or arrangement which in whole or in part: | |
18.1 | contravenes the provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) or any fair trading legislation; or | |
18.2 | contravenes any other anti-competitive legislation, in the countries where the Fuel Card Business or the Prepaid Card Business is currently conducted. | |
19. | Each Target Group Company has at all times obtained all Authorisations necessary for the carrying on of the Businesses in the places and in the manner in which the Businesses are now or have been carried on (including under the Relevant Legislation). All such Authorisations are valid and subsisting and the Seller does not know of any notice received by any Target Group Company which (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time) would be likely to give rise to any reason why any of them should be suspended, cancelled, revoked or not renewed. | |
20. | Each Target Group Company has conducted and is conducting the Businesses in all material respects in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations including the Relevant Legislation. | |
21. | No customer information, brochure, disclosure document, offer document, advertisement or other marketing material issued by any Target Group Company or any of its agents or representatives involves conduct that is misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive and each item of material complies in all material respects with all applicable laws. | |
22. | To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Seller there are not pending or in existence any investigations or inquiries by or on behalf of any Government Agency in respect of the affairs of any Target Group Company. |
23. | The Target Group does not owe more than A$6 million in aggregate to previous or existing merchants in respect of any unclaimed merchant funds, any interest accrued on any such |
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funds or any penalty, fines or fees in relation to the failure by the Target Group to pay all or part of those funds to the relevant merchants. | ||
24. | The Target Group is not and has not breached any Relevant Legislation or other law, any condition of any Authorisation which it holds or is otherwise require to hold as a result of: | |
24.1 | not paying the unclaimed merchant funds to any relevant merchant; or | |
24.2 | the manner in which it has deposited, invested or otherwise held the unclaimed merchant funds. |
25. | All material registrations and applications for registration of Intellectual Property Rights owned by any member of the Target Group are listed in Part F of Schedule 1 (the “IP Registrations”). The registration information set out in this list is complete and accurate. | |
26. | The Target Group is the sole legal and beneficial owner of all of the copyright in the material applications software in each of the systems listed in Part G of Schedule 1 (the “Unregistered IP”). The Unregistered IP includes all material applications software used by the Target Group other than the Licensed IPR and applications relating to commercially available off-the-shelf software. | |
27. | The Target Group is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the IP Registrations and Unregistered IP and has not assigned those Intellectual Property Rights to any third party. | |
28. | All material agreements under which the Target Group has licensed a third party to use any IP Registrations or Unregistered IP were fully disclosed in the Data Room, other than agreements with merchants and customers whose contracts are on the Target Group’s standard terms and conditions or on terms substantially the same as ReD Prepaid’s standard voucher services agreement (which agreements contain such licences). Except as disclosed in those agreements and the standard terms and conditions and voucher services agreements, the Target Group has not licensed any IP Registrations or Unregistered IP to any third party. | |
29. | To the best of the Seller’s knowledge and belief no action to challenge or cancel any IP Registrations or Seller’s ownership interest in the Unregistered IP exists. |
30. | Full details of all material agreements licensing Intellectual Property Rights to the Company or any other member of the Target Group (the “Licensed IPR”) were disclosed in the Data Room, other than those relating to commercially available off-the-shelf software (the “IP Licence Agreements”). | |
31. | Each member of the Target Group has complied in all material respects at all times with the terms of each IP Licence Agreement and the Seller is not aware of: | |
31.1 | any basis on which a counterparty to any IP Licence Agreement may have a current ability to terminate that IP Licence Agreement; or | |
31.2 | any breach of any IP Licence Agreement by a counterparty to that IP Licence Agreement or any reason to suspect that the counterparty is not entitled to grant the rights granted under the IP Licence Agreement. |
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32. | The Target Group’s use of the IP Registrations, the Unregistered IP or the Licensed IPR in Australia or New Zealand does not infringe any Intellectual Property Rights or other rights of any third party. | |
33. | The Seller is not aware of any action or proposed action by any other person to challenge, threaten or contravene any of the IP Registrations, the Unregistered IP or any rights of the Target Group to use the Licensed IPR. |
34. | The IP Registrations, the Unregistered IP, the Licensed IPR and the other licences granted to each member of the Target Group relating to commercially available off-the-shelf software together comprise all of the material Intellectual Property Rights necessary for the Company and each member of the Target Group to operate their respective businesses as they are operated before the date of this agreement. |
35. | Each Target Group Company has full corporate power to own its properties, assets and business and to carry on the Businesses as now conducted. | |
36. | No Target Group Company is a party to an agreement which significantly restricts the field in which that Target Group Company may carry on business. | |
37. | The Buyer has been supplied with a true, complete and up-to-date copy of the constitution of the Company. | |
38. | No unlawful distribution has been made by any Target Group Company. | |
39. | No Target Group Company has paid, or agreed to pay, any costs, expenses, fees, brokerage or commission relating to or in connection with the sale of the Sale Shares or any other transaction contemplated by this agreement. | |
40. | No Dormant Subsidiary has traded, carried on business, been party to any contract or arrangement or incurred any liability of any form since the later of: | |
40.1 | the date of its incorporation; and | |
40.2 | 1 July 2001. | |
41. | No Dormant Subsidiary has any outstanding liability of any form including any contingent liability. | |
42. | There is nothing which could prevent any of the Dormant Subsidiaries being deregistered or which needs to occur before any of the Dormant Subsidiaries can be deregistered other than completion and submission of the relevant application, the passing of any notice periods and the preparation of any liquidators’ reports that may be required. |
43. | So far as the Seller is aware, all information (other than Excluded Information, as defined in this Warranty) relating to the Target Group Companies and the Businesses included in the Data Room was when given true and accurate in all material respects. Excluded Information means: | |
43.1 | management accounts, statutory accounts or any other financial statements; |
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43.2 | any forecast, estimate, projection or other statement that relates to the future; | |
43.3 | any expert report or statement of opinion honestly held. | |
44. | All information disclosed in the Disclosure Letter is true and accurate in all material respects as at the date of that letter. |
45. | Immediately after Completion, no Target Group Company will have any outstanding: | |
45.1 | borrowing or indebtedness in the nature of borrowing including any bank overdrafts, liability under acceptance (otherwise than in respect of normal trade bills) or any acceptance credit other than finance leases and hire purchase liabilities that have been included in the Completion Statement; or | |
45.2 | Security Interests (other than liens and title retention clauses arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of which the Target Group Company is not in default of any obligations). | |
46. | All charges created by each Target Group Company have been registered in accordance with the provisions of the Corporations Act and are recorded in the Australian register of Company Charges. | |
47. | No Target Group Company has: | |
47.1 | factored any of its debts or engaged in financing of a type which would not require to be shown or reflected in the Last Accounts; | |
47.2 | since the Last Accounts Date repaid or become liable to repay or prepaid any loan or loan capital or indebtedness in advance of its date of maturity; and | |
47.3 | received notice from any financiers requiring repayment or intimating enforcement of any Security Interest and to the best of the Seller’s knowledge and belief there are no circumstances likely to give rise to any such notice. | |
48. | The Company has not at any time taken a charge over any of its own shares. | |
49. | Immediately after Completion, no Target Group Company will have granted or agreed to grant and is not a party to any guarantee (other than a guarantee in respect of the obligations of another Target Group Company). |
50. | Since the Last Accounts Date: | |
50.1 | the business of the Target Group has been carried on, in all material respects, in the normal course; and | |
50.2 | no dividends or other distributions of profits have been declared, made or paid by a Target Group Company other than to another Target Group Company. | |
51. | Since the Last Accounts Date and as at the date of this agreement, none of the “Top 20” retailer or merchant customers (as disclosed in the legal Vendor Due Diligence Reports) of the Prepaid Card Business and the Fuel Card Business respectively plus Coles Group Limited (or a related body corporate of Coles Group Limited) and Woolworths Limited (or a related body corporate of Woolworths Limited) have terminated their contracts, nor have they given written notice of an intention to terminate their contracts. |
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52. | The Last Accounts: | |
52.1 | comply with the requirements of the Corporations Act; | |
52.2 | comply with Accounting Standards to the extent described in Note 1 to the Financial Report; | |
52.3 | show a true and fair view of the financial position and performance of the Company and the Consolidated Entity in accordance with the accounting policies described in Note 1 to the Financial Report. |
53. | All Tax returns, computations, elections, declarations, certificates, or any other required notices or documents which should have been made, lodged, filed or maintained by the Target Group prior to the Completion Date (including income tax, fringe benefits tax, GST, PAYG instalments, prescribed payments, stamp and customs duty and payroll tax): | |
53.1 | have been, or will be, made, lodged, filed or maintained within the time periods and in the manner required by the relevant law; | |
53.2 | are, or will be, up-to-date and correct and do or will not contain any statement or information that is false or misleading in any material respect; and | |
53.3 | do or will not omit to refer to any matter or fact that is required to be included or disclosed under any relevant law or without which the statement is false or misleading. | |
54. | All Taxes, levies, assessments, contributions, fees, rates, duties, and other governmental or municipal charges or impositions (other than those which may be still paid without penalty or interest) for which the Target Group is liable, including any penalty or interest, have been paid and no arrangement or agreement has been entered into by the Seller or the Target Group which extends the period of assessment or payment of Taxes, levies, assessments, contributions, fees, rates, duties and other governmental or municipal charges or impositions. | |
55. | Each Target Group Company has complied with any obligation under any Tax Law: | |
55.1 | to withhold or deduct amounts and, where appropriate, has duly paid such amounts to the relevant Tax Authority in accordance with the relevant law; and | |
55.2 | in relation to the quotation of tax file numbers by employees of the Target Group Company. | |
56. | So far as the Seller is aware, no Tax Authority has investigated or given notice to a Target Group Company that it intends to investigate the Tax affairs of that Target Group Company. | |
57. | The Last Accounts fully provide for all Tax that the Target Group is liable to pay in respect of the period up to and including the Last Accounts Date. | |
58. | After the Last Accounts Date, the only Tax liabilities of the Target Group that have arisen or may arise on or before Completion are, or will be, liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business of the Target Group. | |
59. | There are no outstanding disputes with the Commissioner of Taxation or any other Tax Authority concerning the liability of the Target Group to pay any Tax. |
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60. | Each Target Group Company has carried out each transaction for which it relies upon any ruling, opinion, consent or clearance of a Tax Authority in the way disclosed to the Tax Authority and in accordance with any condition imposed by the Tax Authority. | |
61. | No share capital account of any Target Group Company is tainted within the meaning of the Tax Act. | |
62. | No Target Group Company has entered into or been a party to any transaction which contravenes, or may contravene, any anti-avoidance provisions of any Tax Law (including, but not limited to, Part IVA of the Tax Act). | |
63. | No debt owed by a Target Group Company has been, or has been agreed to be, forgiven within the meaning of Division 245 of the Tax Act. |
64. | All documents in the possession or under the control of the Target Group to which it has been a party and which attract stamp duty have been properly stamped. |
65. | As at the date of this agreement, no Target Group Company is engaged whether as plaintiff or defendant in any litigation or arbitration proceedings before any court or tribunal and, so far as the Seller is aware, no litigation or arbitration proceedings are pending or threatened by or against a Target Group Company, other than proceedings for the collection of debts in the ordinary course of business. | |
66. | So far as the Seller is aware, no Target Group Company has any liability to [**] arising out of or in connection with the [**] Claim or any counterclaim that [**] may make in respect of the [**] Claim (other than legal costs incurred for the purpose of pursuing the [**] Claim and defending any such counterclaim). | |
67. | No Target Group Company is subject to any order or judgment given by any court or Government Agency and no Target Group Company has been a party to any undertaking or assurance given to any court or Government Agency which is still in force nor (to the best of the knowledge and belief of the Seller) has any notice been received by any Target Group Company which (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time) would be likely to result in a Target Group Company becoming subject to such an order or judgment or being required to be a party to any such undertaking or assurance. | |
68. | So far as the Seller is aware as at the date of this agreement, none of the Seller, any Target Group Company, the directors of any Target Group Company or any employees of any Target Group Company is the subject of any investigation or inquiry in respect of any aspect of the activities of any Target Group Company by any Government Agency and to the best of the knowledge and belief of the Seller no such procedures are pending or threatened. | |
69. | There has been no material default by any Target Group Company under any material agreement, instrument or any arrangement to which a Target Group Company is a party, and (to the best of the knowledge and belief of the Seller) no threat or claim of such a default has been made which has not been resolved and no circumstances have arisen which could cause any such agreement or arrangement to be terminated or rescinded by any other party as a result of a default by a Target Group Company. | |
70. | Except in the ordinary course of the Fuel Card Business or the Prepaid Card Business, no Target Group Company has accepted any liability or obligation to service, repair, maintain, take back or otherwise do or do anything in respect of any product, goods or stock that would apply after any such product, goods or stock has been delivered by it. |
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71. | As at Completion, the assets of the Target Group will be free from any voluntarily given registered mortgage or registered charge. | |
72. | At Completion, the Facilities Security will be released. | |
73. | The Target Group owns, controls or has the right to use all assets required to carry on the Businesses at the Completion Date in substantially the same manner as it carried on the Businesses in the twelve (12) months preceding the Completion Date. |
74. | Save as disclosed in the Due Diligence Documents, no member of the Target Group is a party to: | |
74.1 | any Material Contract; | |
74.2 | any material contract or arrangement which is not in the ordinary course of business of any member of the Target Group. | |
75. | Neither the execution of this agreement or any subsequent change in control of the Company in consequence of the purchase of the Sale Shares by the Buyer will entitle any party with whom any Target Group Company has a Material Contract to terminate any contract or arrangement between the Target Group Company and that third party. | |
76. | ReD Prepaid has no outstanding liabilities under the IM Card Services Agreement dated 23 July 2008 between it and the Commonwealth of Australia. | |
77. | To the best of the Seller’s knowledge and belief, as at the date of this agreement, the Company has not received any written notice that, as a result of the proposed acquisition of the Sale Shares by the Buyer: | |
77.1 | any supplier of any Target Group Company has ceased or will cease supplying any Target Group Company or may substantially reduce its supplies to any Target Group Company; or | |
77.2 | any customer of the Company has terminated or will terminate any contract with a Target Group Company or cease or materially reduce its business with it. |
78. | Save as set out in the Due Diligence Documents, there was as at 29 July 2010 no indebtedness (other than the Inter-Company Payables and the Inter-Company Receivables) and no material contract or arrangement (other than the contracts or arrangement pursuant to which the Inter-Company Payables and Inter-Company Receivables have arisen) outstanding between any member of the Target Group and any member of the Retained Group and there is no material contract or arrangement pursuant to which any member of the Target Group bears any costs or expenses for or on behalf of any member of the Retained Group. | |
79. | So far as the Seller is aware, other than any obligations and liabilities that are to be released or discharged by the Facilities Releases, no member of the Target Group has any obligation or liability under any guarantee, surety or indemnity or other contingent obligation given by that Target Group member in relation to or arising out of any obligations or liabilities of any member of the Retained Group. |
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80. | The Leasehold Properties are the only properties occupied by any member of the Target Group. | |
81. | Copies of the leases under which any member of the Target Group occupies the Leasehold Properties have been disclosed in the Due Diligence Documents and no Target Group Company has entered into any other lease, agreement to lease or licence in respect of any premises which has not been terminated. | |
82. | No member of the Target Group owns or has agreed to acquire any freehold property. | |
83. | No Target Group Company carries on or has a place of business at any branch or other location than at and from the Leasehold Properties. |
84. | No receiver, receiver and manager or administrator has been appointed nor has any notice been given, petition presented or order made for the appointment of any such person over the whole or any part of the assets or undertaking of any Target Group Company. | |
85. | No petition has been presented, no order has been made and no resolution has been passed for the winding up of any Target Group Company or for the appointment of a liquidator or provisional liquidator of any Target Group Company. | |
86. | No Target Group Company is unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due within the meaning of section 95A of the Corporations Act. | |
87. | No unsatisfied judgment is outstanding against any Target Group Company and no demand has been served on any Target Group Company under the Corporations Act. | |
88. | No distress, execution or other process has been levied in respect of any Target Group Company which remains undischarged nor is there any unfulfilled or unsatisfied judgment or court order outstanding against any Target Group Company. |
89. | Full particulars of the employees of each Target Group Company as at 29 July 2010 including dates of commencement of employment or appointment to office, remuneration and terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to accrued leave entitlements, car allowances, profit sharing, commission, incentive or discretionary bonus arrangements, share option or employee share ownership schemes and all other benefits, have been disclosed in the Due Diligence Documents. | |
90. | Each Target Group Company has paid all amounts which are presently due and payable to its employees and has accrued and made provision for all employee-related entitlements and benefits (including but not limited to, annual, personal and long service leave) in accordance with applicable Accounting Standards. | |
91. | Each Target Group Company complies in all material respects with its obligations under any employment agreements, employment-related legislation, anti-discrimination legislation, industrial awards and agreements, orders and with all codes of conduct and policies relevant to conditions of employment and to the relations between it and its employees. | |
92. | The Seller has disclosed to the Buyer full details of all awards and agreements (including unregistered agreements) which apply to the employees of each Target Group Company. | |
93. | The Seller is not aware of any outstanding claim against any Target Group Company by any person who is now or has been an officer or employee of any Target Group Company; no disputes have during the preceding 12 months arisen between any Target Group Company and any employee or group of employees; as at the date of this agreement, there are no |
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such disputes presently threatened by any employee or group of employees against any Target Group Company; and as at the date of this agreement the Seller is not aware of any circumstances that are likely to give rise to any such dispute. | ||
94. | The Seller is not aware of any breach or alleged breach of occupational health and safety laws or standards during the preceding 12 months which might give rise to occupational health and safety notices, or prosecutions being issued or commenced. | |
95. | The Seller has provided to the Buyer full details of the terms of engagement of all independent contractors who provide personal services to a Target Group Company as at the date of this agreement whether directly or pursuant to a contract between a corporate entity and the relevant Target Group Company and whose contract cannot be terminated on 3 months notice or less. | |
96. | No employee of a Target Group Company is entitled to any retention payment, payment of an entitlement or the benefit of any option, share or other equity-related entitlement which is triggered by the execution or completion of this agreement, other than a payment or equity-related entitlement of that nature disclosed in the Due Diligence Documents or any payment or equity-related entitlement that is not provided, granted or required to be made by a Target Group Company. The liability for any such payment or equity-related entitlement triggered by the execution or completion of this agreement rests solely with the Seller. |
97. | Each Target Group Company has complied with all its obligations under legislation relating to compulsory superannuation contributions and any superannuation scheme operated for the benefit of employees of any Target Group Company does not have any unfunded liability. |
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(Accounting policies and practices)
1. | The Completion Statement shall be prepared and agreed in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule. | |
2. | The Completion Statement shall be prepared in accordance with the same policies, principles and practices as were used for the purpose of preparing the Last Accounts. |
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(Preparation and determination of Completion Statement)
1. | The Buyer shall procure the preparation of a completion statement consisting of: | |
1.1 | a balance sheet as at the Completion Date and an income statement for the period commencing on 1 January 2010 and ending on the Completion Date; and | |
1.2 | a cash and debt statement, a working capital statement and an inter-company debt statement of the Target Group prepared as at Completion substantially in the form set out in Part C, Part D and Part E of this Schedule respectively and specifying: |
(A) | the Debt Value; | ||
(B) | the Cash Value; | ||
(C) | the Net Cash/Debt Balance; | ||
(D) | the Inter-Company Payables; | ||
(E) | the Inter-Company Receivables; and | ||
(F) | the Working Capital Amount, |
in each case as at the Calculation Time (the Draft Completion Statement) and shall deliver it to the Seller and the Seller’s Accountant as soon as practicable after Completion and in any event within 20 Business Days after the Completion Date. The Draft Completion Statement shall set out in reasonable detail how it has been calculated and determined and be accompanied by all relevant supporting documentation and working papers which the Buyer has made use of and/or compiled in preparing the Draft Completion Statement. The cost of preparing the Draft Completion Statement shall be borne by the Buyer. | ||
2. | The Seller shall, at the cost of the Seller, instruct the Seller’s Accountant to conduct a special purpose review of the Draft Completion Statement for the purpose of confirming that the Draft Completion Statement has been prepared in accordance with paragraph 2 of Part A of this Schedule and prepare a draft report on the Draft Completion Statement and deliver its report and the Draft Completion Statement, amended as the Seller’s Accountant thinks fit, to the Seller and the Buyer within 20 Business Days after receiving the Draft Completion Statement. | |
3. | The Buyer shall provide (and shall procure that the other members of the Buyer’s Group provide) the Seller and the Seller’s Accountant with reasonable access at reasonable times to the employees, contractors and advisers of the Target Group and all business records relating to the Target Group and the Businesses in respect of the period up to Completion and such other information that the Seller or the Seller’s Account may reasonably require for the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 4. | |
4. | The Seller and the Buyer must confer and use their reasonable endeavours to agree the Draft Completion Statement within 15 Business Days after the receipt by the Seller and the Buyer of the Draft Completion Statement and the Seller’s Accountant’s report (the Review Period). If the Buyer and the Seller dispute any matter and then subsequently reach agreement on that matter and the Draft Completion Statement, the Draft Completion Statement shall be amended to reflect such agreement and shall then constitute the Completion Statement for all purposes of this agreement. | |
5. | If the Seller and the Buyer are unable to agree the Draft Completion Statement within the Review Period, then each party must give notice in writing to the other party specifying any |
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objections (stating in reasonable detail the matter in dispute) it may have to the Draft Completion Statement (an Objections Notice) within 5 Business Days after the end of the Review Period. | ||
6. | If a party does not give an Objections Notice to the other party in accordance with paragraph 5 then that party shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed the Draft Completion Statement. | |
7. | If a party gives an Objections Notice, then the matters in dispute may be referred by either the Buyer or the Seller for determination to the Expert who shall be instructed to notify the Buyer and the Seller of his determination within 10 Business Days (or as soon as reasonably practical thereafter) of such referral. Only those items or amounts specified in an Objections Notice shall be treated as being in dispute and no amendment may be made by any party, or any Expert, to any items or amounts which are not so specified. | |
8. | The Seller and the Buyer shall (and, in the case of the Seller, shall procure that other members of the Retained Group shall, and, in the case of the Buyer, shall procure that the other members of the Buyer’s Group shall) give the Expert reasonable access at reasonable times to all business records in their respective possession or control relating to the Target Group and the Businesses in the period up to Completion and generally shall provide the Expert with such other information and assistance as the Expert may reasonably require. Each of the Seller and the Buyer shall be entitled to make representations to the Expert. In making his determination, the Expert shall act as an expert and not as an arbitrator and the Draft Completion Statement as amended by the Expert shall, as between the Seller and the Buyer and in the absence of manifest error, be deemed to have been accepted and approved by the Seller and the Buyer and shall be final and binding on the Seller and the Buyer and shall constitute the Completion Statement for all purposes of this agreement. The fees and costs of the Expert shall be paid as the Expert shall determine (having regard to his determination of the Completion Statement). |
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(Cash and Debt Statement)
Estimated Debt Value (A) |
(X | ) | ||
Estimated Cash Value (B) |
X | |||
Estimated Net Cash/Debt Balance (A+B) = C |
X/(X | ) | ||
Debt Value (D) |
(X | ) | ||
Cash Value (E) |
X | |||
Net Cash/Debt Balance (D+E) = F |
X/(X | ) | ||
Adjustment (F-C) |
X/(X | ) | ||
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(Working Capital Statement)
Completion Date | ||||
$ | ||||
Debtors |
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Inventories (A) |
X | |||
Trade debtors (B) |
X | |||
Prepayments (C) |
X | |||
Other debtors (D) |
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Total current assets (A+B+C+D) = E |
X | |||
Creditors |
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Trade creditors (F) |
(X | ) | ||
Deferred income (G) |
(X | ) | ||
Other creditors (H) |
(X | ) | ||
Accruals (I) |
(X | ) | ||
Provisions (J) |
(X | ) | ||
Total current liabilities (F+G+H+I+J) = (K) |
(X | ) | ||
Working Capital Amount (E+K) = L |
X | |||
Estimated Working Capital Amount (M) |
X | |||
Adjustment (M-L) |
1. | For the avoidance of doubt, no amount which is included in the amounts of Debt Value, Cash Value, Inter-Company Payables or Inter-Company Receivables and no amount in respect of Tax shall be included in any of the above amounts. | |
2. | For the avoidance of doubt, working capital means current assets less current liabilities. |
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(Inter-Company Debt Statement)
Inter-Company Payables |
X | |||
Inter-Company Receivables |
X |
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(Adjustments and payments)
1. | Within three Business Days of the Completion Statement being agreed, deemed accepted or determined in accordance with Part B of this Schedule: |
1.1 | if the Net Cash/Debt Balance is less than the Estimated Net Cash/Debt Balance (including if it is a greater negative amount), then the Seller shall pay the amount of the difference to the Buyer in cash and the Share Purchase Price shall be reduced by such amount; or | ||
1.2 | if the Net Cash/Debt Balance is greater than the Estimated Net Cash/Debt Balance (including if it is a smaller negative amount), then the Buyer shall pay the amount of the difference to the Seller in cash and the Share Purchase Price shall be increased by such amount; | ||
1.3 | if the Net Cash/Debt Balance equals the Estimated Net Cash/Debt Balance, then no payment shall be due from the Seller to the Buyer or from the Buyer to the Seller pursuant to this Part F of this Schedule; | ||
1.4 | if the Working Capital Amount is less than the Estimated Working Capital Amount (including if it is a greater negative amount), the Seller shall pay to the Buyer an amount equal to the difference between the Estimated Working Capital Amount and the Working Capital Amount in cash and the Share Purchase Price shall be reduced by such amount; | ||
1.5 | if the Working Capital Amount is greater than the Estimated Working Capital Amount (including if it is a smaller negative amount), the Buyer shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to the difference between the Estimated Working Capital Amount and the Working Capital Amount in cash and the Share Purchase Price shall be increased by such amount; and | ||
1.6 | if the Working Capital Amount equals the Estimated Working Capital Amount, then no payment shall be due from the Seller to the Buyer or from the Buyer to the Seller pursuant to this Part F of this Schedule. |
2. | Within three Business Days of the Completion Statement being agreed, deemed accepted or determined in accordance with Part B of this Schedule, other than to the extent already paid by the Seller or the Buyer (as the case may be): |
2.1 | the Seller shall, in relation to the Inter-Company Receivables, acting solely on behalf of and as the agent for each member of the Retained Group that owes an Inter-Company Receivable, pay the Buyer (in each case, the Buyer acting solely on behalf of and as the agent for each member of the Target Group to which such Inter-Company Receivable is owed) amounts equal to such Inter-Company Receivables by way of discharge of the relevant debt; and | ||
2.2 | the Buyer shall in relation to the Inter-Company Payables, acting solely on behalf of and as the agent for each member of the Target Group that owes an Inter-Company Payable, pay to the Seller (the Seller acting solely on behalf of and as the agent for each member of the Retained Group to which such Inter-Company Payable is owed) amounts equal to such Inter-Company Payables less an amount equal to the Estimated Inter-Company Balance by way of discharge of the relevant debt. |
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3. | As between the Seller and the Buyer, any payments which the Seller is required to make pursuant to paragraphs 1 and/or 2 (and the Seller’s obligations in respect thereof) and any payments which the Buyer is required to make pursuant to paragraphs 1 and/or 2 (and the Buyer’s obligations in respect thereof) shall be netted off against each other and satisfied and discharged by a single payment of one net sum by the relevant party to the other or, if the net amount is zero, such netting off shall constitute the satisfaction and discharge of such payments (and the Seller’s and the Buyer’s obligations in respect thereof). | |
4. | The Seller (on behalf of and as agent for each relevant member of the Retained Group) and the Buyer (on behalf of and as agent for each relevant member of the Target Group) acknowledge to each other that payment of the amounts due under paragraph 3, shall satisfy and extinguish all those liabilities of the Target Group and of the Retained Group in respect of the Inter-Company Payables and the Inter-Company Receivables. The party receiving payment of such amounts shall receive them on behalf of and as agent for the relevant member of the Target Group (in the case of receipt by the Buyer) or on behalf of and as agent for the relevant member of the Retained Group (in the case of receipt by the Seller). | |
5. | The effect of paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall be that, as from the date of payment under the paragraph: |
5.1 | each member of the Retained Group which owed to a member of the Target Group an amount included within the Inter-Company Receivables in respect of which the relevant payment was made shall owe that amount instead to the Seller (which will have paid that amount on behalf of and as agent for that member of the Retained Group to the Buyer, which will have received that amount on behalf of and as agent for that member of the Target Group) and, correspondingly, the Buyer shall owe that amount to the member of the Target Group on whose behalf of the Buyer received such amount; and | ||
5.2 | each member of the Target Group which owed to a member of the Retained Group an amount included within the Inter-Company Payables in respect of which the relevant payment was made shall owe that amount instead to the Buyer (which will have paid that amount on behalf of and as agent for that member of the Target Group to the Seller, which will have received that amount on behalf of and as agent for that member of the Retained Group) and, correspondingly, the Seller shall owe that amount to the member of the Retained Group on whose behalf the Seller received such amount. |
6. | If any sum due and payable under this Part F of this Schedule is not paid on the due date for payment such sum shall carry interest at a rate equal to the business options prime lending rate published by National Australia Bank Limited from time to time plus two percentage points from the due date until the date of actual payment (whether before or after judgment). | |
7. | All amounts payable pursuant to this Part F of this Schedule shall be made by way of electronic funds transfer to such account as the Seller or the Buyer (as the case may be) shall have nominated for the purpose. | |
8. | A worked example of the preparation of the Cash and Debt Statement, the Inter-Company Debt Statement and the Working Capital Statement, illustrating adjustments to the Completion Payment in accordance with this Schedule, is set out in Annexure 3. |
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Executed by RD Card Holdings Limited |
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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/s/ Xxxxx-Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Director | |
Xxxxx-Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Executed by Xxxxxx Express Australia Holdings Pty Ltd in the presence of: |
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Director | |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Witness | |
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Executed by Xxxxxx Express Corporation |
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Chairman, President and | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Chief Executive Officer | |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and | |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Corporate Secretary |
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