Belgravia Entertainment International Limited John Faraday and ProElite, Inc. AGREEMENT relating to the sale and purchase of Mixed Martial Arts Promotions Limited and Mixed Martial Arts Productions Limited HARBOTTLE & LEWIS LLP Hanover House 14...
DATED
September 0000
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Xxxxxxxxx
Entertainment
International Limited
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
and
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AGREEMENT
relating
to the sale and purchase of Mixed
Martial
Arts Promotions Limited and Mixed
Martial
Arts Productions Limited
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XXXXXXXXX
& XXXXX LLP
Hanover
House
00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X0X 0XX
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Ref:
6/352/309754/6
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
1.
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Interpretation
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1
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2.
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Agreement
for Sale and Purchase of the Shares
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1
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3.
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Waiver
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1
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4.
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Consideration
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1
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5.
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Completion
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2
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6.
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Payment
of the IT&S Loan and the AG Loan
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3
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7.
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Indemnities
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3
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8.
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Conduct
of Claims
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3
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9.
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BEI
Contracts and Third Party Consents
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3
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10.
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Warranties
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4
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11.
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Consideration
Shares
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5
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12.
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Set
Off
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6
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13.
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Restrictive
Covenants
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6
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14.
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CRC
Film
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7
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15.
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Announcements
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8
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16.
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Confidential
Information
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8
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17.
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Notices
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9
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18.
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Payments
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10
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19.
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Entire
Agreement
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10
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20.
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Variation
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11
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21.
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Further
Assurances
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11
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22.
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Assignment
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11
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23.
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Joint
and several liability
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11
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24.
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Contracts
(Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000
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11
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25.
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Invalidity
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12
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26.
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Remedies
and Waivers
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12
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27.
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Counterparts
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12
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28.
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Costs
and Expenses
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12
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29.
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Governing
Law, Jurisdiction and Service of Process
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12
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SCHEDULE
1 The Companies
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13
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SCHEDULE
2 BEI Contracts
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15
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SCHEDULE
3 Part 1: The Warranties
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16
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SCHEDULE
4 Terms and conditions of Consideration Shares
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38
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SCHEDULE
5 Completion Documents
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39
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SCHEDULE
6 Reference Accounts
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43
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SCHEDULE
7 Tax Covenant
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44
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1.
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INTERPRETATION
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44
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2.
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COVENANT
TO PAY
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47
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3.
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EXCLUSIONS
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48
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4.
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COSTS
AND EXPENSES
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48
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5.
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WITHHOLDINGS/DEDUCTIONS
FROM COVENANT PAYMENTS
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48
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6.
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TAX
ON COVENANT PAYMENTS
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49
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7.
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NOTIFICATION
OF CLAIMS AND CONDUCT OF DISPUTES
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49
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8.
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DUE
DATE OF PAYMENT AND INTEREST
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49
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9.
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RECOVERY
FROM THIRD PARTIES
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50
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10.
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SECONDARY
LIABILITIES
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51
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11.
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MANAGEMENT
OF PRE-COMPLETION TAX AFFAIRS
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51
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12.
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CONDUCT
OF OTHER TAX AFFAIRS
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54
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SCHEDULE
8 Definitions and Interpretation
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55
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ii
THIS
AGREEMENT is
made
by deed on
the day of
September 2007
BETWEEN:
(1) |
Belgravia
Entertainment International Limited a
company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with registered
number
586204 and with a registered office at Akara Buildings, 24 Xx Xxxxxx
Street, Road Town, Tortola, the British Virgin Islands (the “Seller”);
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(2) |
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx an
individual with an address in the United Kingdom at 000, Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxx. XX00 0XX (“JF”);
and
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(3) |
ProElite,
Inc a
company incorporated under the laws of the state of New Jersey and
with a
registered office at 00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx. Xxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, XXX; (the “Purchaser”).
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BACKGROUND:
(A) |
The
Seller is the holder of the entire issued share capital of: (i) Mixed
Martial Arts Promotions Limited, a company incorporated in England
and
Wales with registered number 05098337 and with a registered office
at
Suite 0, 0xx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX00 0XX (“MMAP”);
and (ii) Mixed Martial Arts Productions Limited a company incorporated
in
England and Wales with registered number 05097799 and with a registered
office at Suite 0, 0xx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX00 0XX
(“MMAD”)
(together the “Companies”
and each a “Company”)
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(B) |
The
Seller has agreed to sell, and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase
the
entire issued share capital of each of the Companies together with
any
Business Assets which may exist on the terms and conditions set out
in
this Agreement.
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IT
IS AGREED:
1. |
Interpretation
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In
this
Agreement, including the Background and Schedules, words and expressions which
are defined shall have the meanings given in Schedule 8.
2. |
Agreement
for Sale and
Purchase of the Shares
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2.1 |
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Seller shall sell
with
full title guarantee and free from all Encumbrances, and the Purchaser
will purchase, the Shares with all rights attaching to them at the
date of
this Agreement including the right to receive all distributions and
dividends declared, paid or made in respect of the
Shares.
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2.2 |
The
Purchaser shall not be obliged to complete the purchase of the Shares
unless the sale and purchase of all of the Shares is completed
simultaneously.
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3. |
Waiver
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3.1 |
The
Seller waives all rights of pre-emption to which he is or might be
entitled to under the respective articles of association of the Companies
or otherwise in respect of the sale and purchase of any or all of
the
Shares pursuant to clause 2.1.
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3.2 |
Each
of JF and the Seller hereby waive any and all claims which they may
have
against either of the Companies or against any officer, employee,
agent or
adviser of either of the Companies.
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4. |
Consideration
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4.1 |
The
total consideration (the “Consideration”)
payable for the sale of the Shares shall be:
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(a) |
the
payment by the Purchaser to the Seller of US$1,219,000 (one million
two
hundred and nineteen million US dollars) on Completion; (the
“Initial
Cash Consideration”);
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(b) |
the
issue of 500,000 Consideration Shares to the Seller within 30 Business
Days of Completion (the “Share
Consideration”);
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(c) |
the
payment by the Purchaser to the Seller of US$1,000,000 (one million
US
dollars) within 3 Business Days of the first anniversary of the Completion
Date (the “Deferred
Cash Consideration”);
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5. |
Completion
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5.1 |
Completion
shall take place immediately upon exchange of this Agreement at the
offices of the Purchaser’s Solicitors (or such other place as the parties
may agree) when all of the matters set out in Clause 5.2
shall be effected.
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5.2 |
On
or before Completion:
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(a) |
each
of the parties shall deliver to each other counterparts of this Agreement
and the Disclosure Letter duly executed by
them;
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(b) |
MMAD
and the Seller shall enter into the IP Assignment;
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(c) |
the
relevant parties shall enter into the Deed of
Release;
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(d) |
the
Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser any other documents to the
extent
necessary for the transfer of any Business
Assets;
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(e) |
the
Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser those documents and other items
specified in Schedule 5.
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(f) |
subject
to each of the Seller, DOD and AG complying with their obligations
under
the preceding provisions of this Clause 5.2,
the Purchaser shall:
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(i) |
arrange
for the sum of US$1,219,000 (one million two hundred and nineteen
thousand
US dollars) to be transferred telegraphically to the Seller’s Bank Account
in immediately available funds;
and
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(ii) |
procure
the repayment by MMAP of the IT&S Loan and the AG
Loan.
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5.3 |
No
party shall be obliged to complete this Agreement unless the other
party
has fulfilled all of its obligations under Clause 5.2.
The Purchaser may in its absolute discretion waive any requirement
contained in Clause 5.2(d)
or
5.2(e).
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5.4 |
If
Completion does not proceed on the date of this Agreement because
the
Seller fails to fully discharge any of its obligations under
Clause 5.2,
the Purchaser may, by serving written notice on the other
party:
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(a) |
proceed
to Completion so far as practicable (but without prejudice to any
other
rights which it or they may have under this Agreement);
or
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(b) |
postpone
Completion to a date not less than 5 nor more than 20 Business Days
after
that date (in which case the provisions of this Clause shall also
apply to
Completion as so deferred).
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5.5 |
If
Completion does not occur on or before the date agreed in
Clause 5.4
due to the failure of the Seller to comply with any of their obligations
under Clause 5.2
then the Purchaser may by serving written notice on the party in
default,
terminate this Agreement.
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5.6 |
As
soon as reasonably practicable following Completion, the
Seller shall procure that each of DOD and AG shall enter into the
New
Employment Agreements;
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6. |
Payment
of the IT&S Loan and the AG
Loan
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6.1 |
At
completion, the Purchaser shall procure that
MMAP:
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(a) |
pays
to IT&S US$2,600,000 (two million six hundred thousand US dollars) as
full repayment of the IT&S Loan;
and
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(b) |
pays
to AG $181,000 (one hundred and eighty one thousand US dollars) as
full
repayment of the AG Loan,
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and
the Seller confirms that the IT&S Loan
and the AG Loan shall be fully discharged upon such payments being
made.
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7. |
Indemnities
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7.1 |
the
Seller will, at all times during the period between the Completion
Date
and the first anniversary of the Completion Date, indemnify and keep
the
Purchaser fully and effectively indemnified on demand against any
and all
loss (including diminution of the value of assets), damage, and liability
(including Tax) and all costs, charges, interest, fines, damages,
penalties and expenses incurred or incidental or relating to the
same
(including all costs and expenses of investigations and legal fees
and
expenses on a solicitor and own-client basis) whether or not reasonable,
foreseeable, contemplated or avoidable and whether suffered by the
Companies, the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s Group directly or indirectly
relating to or in connection with:
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(a) |
any
document delivered to the Purchaser under Clause 5.2
or
Schedule 5
being unauthorised, invalid or for any other reason ineffective for
its
purpose; and
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(b) |
the
Purchaser having to pay any income tax or national insurance contributions
in respect of, by reference to or as a consequence of paying all
or any
part of the Consideration to the
Seller.
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8. |
Conduct
of Claims
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If
the
Purchaser becomes aware of any claim or potential claim by a third party (a
“third
party claim”)
after
the Completion Date which is likely to result in a Claim being made, the
Purchaser shall,
as soon
as reasonably practicable, give notice of such third party claim to the Seller
and the Seller shall have the right to attempt to settle such third party claim
for a period not exceeding fourteen days following receipt of such notice and
in
the event that the Seller has been unable to settle such third party claim
within such period, the Purchaser shall have the right to conduct the defence
of
such third party claim and the Seller shall for these purposes indemnify and
secure the Purchaser and the Companies on demand against all reasonable out
of
pocket costs and expenses including those of its legal advisers incurred in
respect of the defence of such third party claim. Nothing in this clause shall
have the effect of relieving the Purchaser from any common law duty to mitigate
any loss or damage suffered by it.
9. |
BEI
Contracts
and Third Party Consents
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9.1 |
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement (including the remaining provisions
of this
Clause 9),
the Seller hereby assigns to the Purchaser with effect from the Effective
Date the benefit of each of the BEI Contracts which are capable of
assignment without the need for any third party consent.
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9.2 |
To
the extent that any of the BEI Contracts are not assignable without
the
consent of another party or without an agreement of novation, this
Agreement shall not constitute an assignment or an attempted assignment
if
such action would constitute a breach of the relevant BEI Contract.
In the
event that such consent to assignment or novation is required, the
Seller
and the Purchaser shall (at the Purchaser’s request) use all reasonable
endeavours to obtain the consent or novation required as soon as
reasonably practicable and upon any such consent being obtained,
the
relevant BEI Contract shall hereby be assigned to the
Purchaser.
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9.3 |
Unless
and until any such required consent to assignment or novation is
forthcoming in respect of any BEI Contract and the relevant BEI Contract
has otherwise been assigned or novated, the Seller shall remain liable
under such BEI Contract as a contracting party (and will enforce
at the
Purchaser’s reasonable request any and all rights of the Seller against
the other party to the Contract).
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9.4 |
If
any required consent to assignment or novation is not obtained in
respect
of any BEI Contract, the Seller shall co-operate with the Purchaser
in any
reasonable arrangements designed to provide for the Purchaser all
the
benefits under any such BEI Contract, including enforcement of any
and all
rights of the Seller against the other party to the relevant BEI
Contract
arising out of the cancellation by such other party or
otherwise.
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9.5 |
If
any required consent to assignment or novation is not obtained or
completed (as appropriate) in respect of any BEI Contract within
3 months
of Completion then the Purchaser may at any time elect to terminate
any
interest it may have in the relevant BEI Contract pursuant to this
Agreement by serving written notice on the Seller in which case the
obligations of the Purchaser in respect of that BEI Contract pursuant
to
this Clause 9
shall terminate immediately.
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10. |
Warranties
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10.1 |
The
Seller warrants and represents and undertakes to the Purchaser for
itself
and its successors in title that each of the Warranties is true,
accurate
and complete in all respects and not misleading at the date of this
Agreement.
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10.2 |
The
Seller acknowledges that the Purchaser has entered into this Agreement
in
reliance upon the Warranties. Save as expressly otherwise provided,
each
of the Warranties shall be construed as a separate and independent
warranty and, subject to the provisions of Clause 10.3,
shall not be limited by reference to any other Warranty or by anything
in
this Agreement.
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10.3 |
Subject
to Clause 10.8,
the Warranties shall be qualified by matters Disclosed in the Disclosure
Letter but shall otherwise be subject to no qualification
whatsoever.
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10.4 |
The
Seller shall not be liable for any Non-Tax Claim or any Tax Claim
unless
the Seller receives from the Purchaser written notice of the Non-Tax
Claim
or Tax Claim:
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(a) |
on
or before the first anniversary of the Completion Date in the event
of a
Non-Tax Claim; or
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(b) |
on
or before the seventh anniversary of the Completion Date in the event
of a
Tax Claim.
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10.5 |
Without
restricting the rights of the Purchaser, or its ability to claim
damages
on any basis, the amount of any Claim may be determined as, and be
deemed
to be, and the Seller shall at all times indemnify and keep fully
and
effectively indemnified on demand the Purchaser
against:
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(a) |
any
and all loss (including diminution of the value of assets), damage
or
liabilities (including Taxes) and all costs, charges, interest, fines,
penalties and expenses incurred or incidental or relating to the
same
(including all costs and expenses of investigations and legal fees
and
expenses) whether or not reasonable, foreseeable, contemplated or
avoidable and suffered directly or indirectly and/or the amount of
any
depletion or diminution in the value of any assets of either of the
Companies in each case suffered or incurred by the Purchaser, directly
or
indirectly as a result of, in connection with or in relation to the
subject matter of such Claim;
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(b) |
the
amount by which any assets or liabilities of the Companies are
respectively less or more than they would have been had the relevant
statement in Schedule 3
been true, accurate, complete and not
misleading;
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(c) |
the
amount of any decrease in the value of the Companies and of any other
loss
or damage directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by the Purchaser
in
consequence of, or in relation to, the subject matter of such
Claim.
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10.6 |
Where
any of the Warranties are qualified by the expression “so far as the
Seller is aware”, “to the Seller’s knowledge, information and belief”,
“known to the Seller” or anything similar, such Warranty shall be deemed
to be given to the best of the knowledge, information and belief
of the
Seller after making all due and careful enquiries and/or
searches.
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10.7 |
Where
any information or documents have been supplied by or on behalf of
any
employee of the Companies to the Seller, JF or their advisors in
connection with the Warranties or any disclosures in the Disclosure
Letter, the provisions of such information or documents shall not
constitute a warranty, representation or guarantee as to the accuracy
of
the information or documents from the employee concerned to the Seller
and
JF and the Seller and JF hereby undertake to waive any and all claims
which they might otherwise have against the employee concerned in
respect
of any Claims arising from the provision of such
information.
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10.8 |
The
Warranties will each remain in full force and effect beyond and
notwithstanding Completion and are each made without prejudice to
any of
the others. No provision of this Agreement will limit the extent
or
application of any Warranty and no information relating to the Companies
of which the Purchaser or any of its advisers has knowledge (actual
or
constructive) will prejudice any Claim or operate to reduce any amounts
recoverable. Notwithstanding the above or any other provision of
this
Agreement the Warranties shall not be or be capable of being qualified
or
discharged by the Disclosure Letter or in any other way insofar as
any
Claim arises as a consequence of the fraud or wilful or negligent
misconduct or concealment of the Seller.
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10.9 |
The
amount of any successful Claim against the Seller under the Warranties
shall to the extent permissible be deemed to constitute a reduction
in the
Consideration.
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10.10 |
The
Seller each acknowledge that the IP Assignment and the other documents
referred to in clause 5.2(d)
are precautionary only and confirms that no such document prejudices
or
qualifies any of the Warranties in any manner
whatsoever.
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11. |
Consideration
Shares
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The
Seller represents, warrants and undertakes to the Purchaser that it will hold
any Consideration Shares:
(a) |
for
investment purposes only and not with a view to distribution; and
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(b) |
according
to the terms and conditions set out in Schedule 4
of
this Agreement.
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12. |
Set
Off
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12.1 |
The
Purchaser shall be entitled to set off or (pending the determination
of
the relevant amount) withhold any amounts payable by it to the Seller
now
or in the future against:
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(a) |
the
amount of any Claims or other claims by the Purchaser under or in
respect
of this Agreement;
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(b) |
any
amount owed by the Seller pursuant to clauses 7.1
and 10.5;
and
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(c) |
any
other sum due to the Purchaser by the Seller under the terms of this
Agreement.
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12.2 |
To
secure the Seller’s obligations under this Agreement, the Seller grants
the Purchaser a priority security interest in the Consideration
Shares.
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13. |
Restrictive
Covenants
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13.1 |
In
order to assure to the Purchaser the full benefit of the goodwill
and the
Business, each of the Seller and JF hereby undertakes that it shall
not,
either alone or by its employees, agents or otherwise howsoever or
in
conjunction with or on behalf of or for any other person, or as a
manager,
agent, partner, director, consultant or employee of any other person,
directly or indirectly do any of the following
things:
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(a) |
at
any time after the date of this
Agreement:
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(i) |
disclose
to any person or use themselves for any purpose any information concerning
the Business, the Companies, accounts or finances of the Business
or the
Companies or any of their clients or customers’ transactions or affairs
which may have come to their knowledge and each of the Seller and
JF
further agrees to use its best endeavours to prevent the publication
and/or disclosure of the same; or
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(ii) |
use
any Intellectual Property belonging to the Companies or used in connection
with the Business including the words “Cage Rage“, “Cage Rage
Championships” or “Cage Rage Contenders” or any other names or words
similar to or likely to be confused with them or use any distinctive
xxxx,
style or logo used by the Business or the Companies whether by using
such
names as part of a corporate name, trade name, product name or otherwise;
or
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(iii) |
in
the course of carrying on any trade or business, claim, represent
or
otherwise indicate any present association with the Business, the
Companies, the Purchaser or for the purpose of obtaining or retaining
any
business or custom claim, represent or otherwise indicate any past
association with the Business, the Companies or the Purchaser;
or
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(iv) |
do
or say anything with the intention of harming the reputation of the
Business, the Companies or the Purchaser or do anything which could
be
anticipated to lead to any person or undertaking ceasing to do business
with the Business, the Companies or the Purchaser;
or
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(b) |
for
a period of 3 years after the date of this Agreement:
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(i) |
solicit,
canvass, interfere with or endeavour to entice away from the Purchaser
or
Companies (or procure or assist any persons to do any of the foregoing)
any Restricted Customer or Restricted Supplier or their business
or custom
with a view to providing goods, services and/or rights to that Restricted
Customer or receiving goods, services and/or rights from that Restricted
Supplier in competition with the Business, the Purchaser or the
Companies;
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(ii) |
provide
or offer to provide any goods, services and/or rights to or receive
any
goods, services and/or rights from or otherwise have any business
dealings
with any Restricted Customer or any Restricted Supplier in competition
with the Business, the Purchaser or the Companies;
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(iii) |
be
engaged, concerned or interested in any capacity in any business
concern
anywhere in the world which competes with or is intended to compete
with
that part or parts of the Business, the Purchaser or the Companies;
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(iv) |
in
competition with the Business or the Purchaser or the Companies offer
employment to or employ or offer or conclude any contract for services
with, canvass or solicit the employment or engagement of or endeavour
to
entice away any Key Person; or
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(v) |
procure
or assist any third party to offer, employ, engage or solicit or
endeavour
to entice away any Key Person (whether or not such person would commit
any
breach of their contract of employment or engagement) unless such
Key
Person had ceased to be employed or engaged by the Purchaser more
than 3
months previously.
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13.2 |
The
restrictions contained in Clause 13.1
(which are without prejudice to each other) are considered reasonable
and
necessary by the parties for the proper protection of the Companies
and
goodwill of the Business, but in the event that any such restriction
shall
be found to be void but would be valid if some part thereof were
deleted
or the period or area of application reduced such restriction shall
apply
with such modification as may be necessary to make it valid and
effective.
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13.3 |
Without
prejudice to any other rights or remedies that the Purchaser may
have,
each of the Seller and JF acknowledges and agrees that damages alone
would
not be an adequate remedy for any breach by the Seller or JF of the
provisions of this Clause 13
and that, accordingly, the Purchaser shall be entitled without proof
of
special damages to the remedies of injunction, specific performance
and/or
other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the
provisions of this Clause 13
by
the Seller or JF.
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13.4 |
Each
of the obligations on the Seller and JF contained in the above provisions
of this Clause 13
constitutes an entirely separate and independent restriction on the
Seller
and JF notwithstanding that they may be contained in the same sub-clause,
paragraph, sentence or phrase.
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14. |
CRC
Film
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14.1 |
The
Seller is considering producing a feature length film for theatrical
release and global distribution (the “Film”).
The parties agree that, as soon as is reasonably practicable following
Completion, they will negotiate in good faith a licence agreement
(the
“Film
Licence”)
permitting the Seller certain access to past Cage Rage fight footage
and
permitting the Seller to shoot film footage at up to a maximum of
three
future Cage Rage Championships solely for the purpose of promoting
the
Film and for use in the Film.
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14.2 |
The
parties agree that the Film Licence will comprise the following
terms:
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(a) |
the
Seller will be granted reasonable access to, and use of, past footage
of
Cage Rage Championship events strictly for the purposes of the Film
only;
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(b) |
subject
to the Purchaser’s prior written approval, the Seller shall have the right
to use the words “Cage Rage” in relation to the Film
only;
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(c) |
the
Seller will covenant that principal photography of the Film will
not
commence prior to the script of the Film having been approved by
the
Purchaser (such approval, if given, to be given within 7 Business
Days of
receipt of the script by the Purchaser) and furthermore the Seller
will
obtain the Purchaser’s approval, which will not be unreasonably withheld,
of any material changes to the script following commencement of principal
photography;
|
(d) |
the
Seller covenants that it will not, and procures to covenant that
any
distributor will not do anything to portray the “Cage Rage” name in a
negative fashion and will not do anything to harm the reputation
of Cage
Rage; and
|
(e) |
the
Seller shall be granted the right to film agreed Cage Rage Championship
fights for the purposes of the Film subject to agreeing to pay the
prize
money for such fights and securing, at its own expense, all necessary
consents and clearances of participants and venues.
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15. |
Announcements
|
15.1 |
The
Seller shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, if so requested
by the
Purchaser on or at any time after the Completion Date join with the
Purchaser and the Parent Company in publishing a joint statement
to be
prepared by the Purchaser regarding the transfer of the Shares and
the
Business to the Purchaser and/or join with the Purchaser in sending
a
joint statement to be prepared by the Purchaser to such of the Business’s
suppliers, customers, clients, licensors or licensees as the Purchaser
may
decide informing them of the transfer of the Business to the
Purchaser.
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15.2 |
The
Purchaser shall have the right to make any statement or communication
to
any third party regarding the subject matter of this Agreement or
the
transactions contemplated hereby, without the consent of any other
party,
to comply with applicable securities laws and the applicable rules
of the
OTCBB, NASD, quotation service or other securities market or
exchange.
|
15.3 |
Save
in respect of any announcement in the agreed form, no announcement
or
press release concerning the subject matter of this Agreement or
any
ancillary matter shall be made by the Seller without the prior written
approval of the Purchaser (unless the Seller is required by law or
any
regulatory or governmental body to make any such announcement, provided
that the Seller gives the Purchaser prompt written notice of such
requirement prior to such disclosure and provides the Purchaser with
such
assistance as necessary to obtain an injunction to prevent such
disclosure).
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16. |
Confidential
Information
|
16.1 |
Each
of the Seller and JF undertakes to treat all Confidential Information
as
strictly confidential and:
|
(a) |
will
take all reasonable steps to prevent its use and/or
disclosure;
|
(b) |
will
not itself make use of any Confidential Information belonging to
and/or
used by another party for a purpose other than the performance of
its
obligations under this Agreement;
and
|
(c) |
will
not disclose Confidential Information to any person (other than in
accordance with Clause 16.2).
|
16.2 |
The
Seller or JF may disclose Confidential Information where such disclosure
would otherwise be prohibited by this Clause 16
if
and to the extent:
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(a) |
required
by law or any regulatory body or securities exchange, provided that
the
Seller or JF (as appropriate) gives the Purchaser prompt written
notice of
such requirement prior to such disclosure being made, and provides
the
Purchaser with such assistance as necessary to obtain an injunction
to
prevent such disclosure;
|
(b) |
it
can be shown by the Seller or JF (to the Purchaser’s reasonable
satisfaction) to have been known by it before disclosure to it by
the
Seller;
|
(c) |
it
can be shown by the Seller or JF (to the Purchaser’s reasonable
satisfaction) to have been subsequently lawfully disclosed to that
party
by a third party who did not impose any restrictions on its disclosure
and
did not obtain it (whether directly or indirectly) from the other
party;
or
|
(d) |
the
information was or becomes in the public domain (other than by reason
of a
breach of this Clause 16
by
the Seller or JF); or
|
(e) |
it
is disclosed to the professional advisers, auditors or bankers of
the
Seller or JF; or
|
(f) |
it
is disclosed to the officers or employees of the Seller who are required
to have such information in the execution of their duties to the
Seller.
|
16.3 |
Notwithstanding
the termination of this Agreement for whatever reason, the obligations
and
restrictions in this Clause 16
shall continue for an indefinite
period.
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17. |
Notices
|
17.1 |
Any
notice or other communication given under this Agreement shall be
in
writing and shall be delivered personally or sent by first class
post (or
airmail if overseas) or by fax, to the person due to receive the
notice or
communication, at its address or fax number set out in
Clause 17.2
or
such other address or fax number which may from time to time be notified
by a person to the other parties in writing as being its usual address
or
fax number.
|
17.2 |
The
addresses and fax numbers of the Seller and the Purchaser for the
purposes
of this Agreement shall be:
|
(a) |
The
Seller:
|
Address: |
000,
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxx.
XX00 0XX
|
Fax Number: |
00
00 (0) 00 0000 0000
|
For the attention of: |
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
(b) |
The
Purchaser:
|
Address: |
00000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx XX 00000
|
Fax Number: |
(00
0) 000 000 0000
|
For the attention of: |
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
With
a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Address: |
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
|
Fax Number: |
(00
0) 000 000 0000
|
For the attention of: |
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
17.3 |
A
notice or other communication shall be deemed
given:
|
(a) |
if
delivered personally upon delivery at the address referred to in
Clause 17.1;
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(b) |
if
sent by first class post (other than airmail) and posted in the same
country as the address of the addressee, 2 Business Days after the
date of
posting;
|
(c) |
if
sent by overnight courier from within the same country as that of
the
addressee’s address, the Business Day following the date it was
sent;
|
(d) |
if
sent by airmail, 5 Business Days after the date of posting;
and
|
(e) |
if
sent by fax, on receipt by the sender of a confirmation slip confirming
that the fax has been transmitted in full to the
addressee,
|
provided
that where delivery or transmission occurs after 18.00 on a Business Day or
on a
day which is not a Business Day, receipt shall be deemed to occur at 09.00
on
the next following Business Day.
17.4 |
In
proving the giving of notice, it shall be sufficient to prove that
the
envelope containing the notice was properly addressed to the relevant
party and delivered either to that address or posted as first class
post
(or registered airmail if overseas) or faxed to the correct fax number
of
the relevant party.
|
18. |
Payments
|
18.1 |
Any
payment to be made to the Seller pursuant to this Agreement shall
be made
to the Seller’s Bank Account in immediately available funds by electronic
transfer in US dollars on the due date for payment. Receipt of such
sums
in the Seller’s Bank Account shall be an effective discharge of the
obligation of the Purchaser to pay such sums to the Seller and the
Purchaser shall not be concerned to see the application or be answerable
for loss or misapplication of such
amount.
|
18.2 |
Any
payment to be made to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement shall
be
made to the Purchaser’s Bank Account in immediately available funds by
electronic transfer in US dollars on the due date for payment. Receipt
of
such sums in the relevant bank account shall be an effective discharge
of
the obligation of the Seller to pay such sums to the Purchaser and
the
Seller shall not be concerned to see the application or be answerable
for
loss or misapplication of such
amount.
|
18.3 |
Payment
of amounts owed by MMAP to IT&S pursuant to the IT&S Loan shall be
made to the Seller’s Bank Account in
immediately available funds by electronic transfer in US dollars
on the
due date for payment.
Receipt
of such sums in the Seller’s Bank Account shall be an effective discharge
of the obligation of MMAP to pay such sums to IT&S and neither the
Purchaser nor MMAP shall be concerned to see the application or be
answerable for loss or misapplication of such
amount.
|
18.4 |
Payment
of amounts owed by MMAP to AG pursuant to the AG Loan shall be made
to the
AG Account in
immediately available funds by electronic transfer in US dollars
on the
due date for payment.
Receipt
of such sums in the AG Account shall be an effective discharge of
the
obligation of MMAP to pay such sums to AG and neither the Purchaser
nor
MMAP shall be concerned to see the application or be answerable for
loss
or misapplication of such amount.
|
19. |
Entire
Agreement
|
This
Agreement (together with the documents referred to herein) sets out the entire
agreement and understanding between the parties and supersedes all prior
agreements, understandings or arrangements (oral or written and in whatever
form) in respect of its subject matter.
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20. |
Variation
|
No
purported variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing
and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.
21. |
Further
Assurances
|
21.1 |
The
Seller shall (and shall procure that any necessary third parties
shall) do
all such acts and execute all such documents as the Purchaser may
from
time to time request on or after the Completion Date in order to
fully
implement this Agreement, including, without limitation, to vest
in and
assure to the Purchaser all rights, title and interest in the Shares
and
the Business Assets and pending which shall hold such Shares and
Business
Assets on trust for the Purchaser absolutely.
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21.2 |
The
Seller hereby irrevocably appoints the Purchaser to be the Seller’s
attorney, in its name on its behalf to execute any documents or
instruments, do any act and generally use its name for the purposes
of
giving to the Purchaser the full benefit of this Agreement or which
may be
necessary for transferring all rights, title and interest in and
to the
Business Assets to the Purchaser.
|
21.3 |
By
its execution of this Agreement the Seller irrevocably appoints the
Purchaser to be its Attorney from and after Completion granting to
the
Purchaser full power on its behalf to exercise all voting and other
related rights attaching to the Shares including in particular, but
without prejudice to the foregoing generality,
power:
|
(a) |
to
execute a form of proxy in favour of such person or persons as the
Purchaser may think fit to attend and vote as the Seller’s proxy at any
general meeting of the members, or separate class meeting of any
class of
members, of the MMAP or MMAD in respect of such Shares in such manner
as
the Purchaser may decide;
|
(b) |
to
consent to the convening and holding of any such meeting and the
passing
of the resolutions to be submitted at any such meeting on short
notice;
|
(c) |
to
settle the terms of such resolutions;
and
|
(d) |
generally
to procure that the Purchaser or its nominees are duly registered
as the
holders of all the Shares after
Completion.
|
22. |
Assignment
|
The
Seller agrees that the benefit of this Agreement (including any causes of action
arising in connection with it) is given to the Purchaser for itself and its
successors in title and accordingly may be enforced by the Purchaser or by
the
beneficial owner for the time being of the Companies or the Business and that
the Purchaser and its successors in title may assign the benefit of this
Agreement without the prior approval of the Seller. Other than as provided
in
this Clause 22,
the
benefit of all or any part of this Agreement may not be assigned by any party
without the prior written consent of the other parties.
23. |
Joint
and several liability
|
The
liability of the Seller and JF under or in respect of this Agreement shall
be
joint and several.
24. |
Contracts
(Rights of Third Parties) Xxx
0000
|
Except
as
expressly provided in this Agreement the parties agree that the provisions
of
this Agreement are personal to them and are not intended to confer any rights
of
enforcement on any other third party and that the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to this Agreement or to any of its
terms.
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25. |
Invalidity
|
If
any
provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable
in
any respect under the law of any jurisdiction then the legality, validity and
enforceability in that jurisdiction of the remaining provisions shall be
unaffected and the legality, validity and enforceability in any other
jurisdiction of that or any other provision shall be unaffected.
26. |
Remedies
and Waivers
|
26.1 |
A
failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right, remedy or power
provided under this Agreement or by law does not constitute a waiver
of
the right, remedy or power or a waiver of any other right, remedy
or
power. No single or partial exercise of any right, remedy or power
prevents any further exercise of it or the exercise of any other
right,
remedy or power.
|
26.2 |
Except
where this Agreement provides otherwise, the rights, remedies and
powers
provided by this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights,
remedies or powers provided by law.
|
26.3 |
Any
waiver of a breach of any of the terms of this Agreement or of any
default
under this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any other breach
or
default and shall not affect the other terms of this
Agreement.
|
27. |
Counterparts
|
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties
on
separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each party has executed
at least one counterpart. Each counterpart, when executed, shall be an original
of this Agreement and all counterparts shall together constitute one
instrument.
28. |
Costs
and Expenses
|
All
costs
and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the parties to this Agreement in
connection with this Agreement or any of the documents to be executed pursuant
to this Agreement will be borne solely by the party who incurs them (and, for
the avoidance of doubt, any fees, charges, disbursements or other remuneration
payable in respect of the Independent Accountant shall be borne as the
Independent Accountant shall determine).
29. |
Governing
Law, Jurisdiction
and Service of Process
|
29.1 |
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws
of England and Wales. The parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales in relation to any
legal
action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement.
|
29.2 |
The
Seller shall at all times maintain an agent for service of process
and any
other documents in proceedings in England. Such agent shall be JF
at 000,
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxx. XX00 0XX and
any
claim form, judgment or other notice of legal process shall be
sufficiently served on the Seller if delivered to such agent at its
address for the time being.
|
IN
WITNESS of
which
this document has been executed and delivered as a deed on the day and year
first before written.
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SCHEDULE 1
The
Companies
Mixed
Martial Arts Productions Limited
Registered
Number
|
05097799
|
Date
of Incorporation
|
7
April 2004
|
Place
of Incorporation
|
|
Former
Name
|
Xxxx
|
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Xxxxx
0 0xx
Xxxxx
0
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX00
0XX
|
Directors
|
AMB
Management Services Ltd
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx
X’Xxxxxxx
|
Company
Secretary
|
AMB
Management Services Ltd
|
Authorised
Share Capital
|
£1,000
divided into 1,000 shares of £1.00 each
|
Issued
Share Capital
|
£1,000
divided into 1,000 shares of £1.00 each
|
Shareholders
|
Belgravia
Entertainment International Ltd
999
Ordinary Shares
AMB
Management Services Ltd (as nominee for the Seller)
1
Ordinary Share
|
Accounting
Reference Date
|
31
December
|
Auditors
|
None
|
Outstanding
Charges
|
None
|
Subsidiaries
|
None
|
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Mixed
Martial Arts Promotions Limited
Registered
Number
|
05098337
|
Date
of Incorporation
|
7
April 2004
|
Former
Name
|
None
|
Registered
Office
|
Suite
4 1st
Floor
0
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX00
0XX
|
Directors
|
AMB
Management Services Ltd
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx
X’Xxxxxxx
|
Company
Secretary
|
AMB
Management Services Ltd
|
Authorised
Share Capital
|
£1,000
divided into 1,000 shares of £1.00 each
|
Issued
Share Capital
|
£1,000
divided into 1,000 shares of £1.00 each
|
Shareholders
|
Belgravia
Entertainment International Ltd
999
Ordinary Shares
AMB
Management Services Ltd (as nominee for the Seller)
1
Ordinary Share
|
Accounting
Reference Date
|
31
December
|
Auditors
|
None
|
Outstanding
Charges
|
None
|
Subsidiaries
|
None
|
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SCHEDULE 2
BEI
Contracts
Agreement
|
Parties
|
Object
|
Date
|
|
1.
|
TFN
Licence Agreement (DRAFT)
|
Belgravia
Entertainment International Ltd (BVI) or its Nominees C/O AMB Management
Services Ltd (1) The Fight Network (“TFN”) (2)
|
Draft
contract relating to the programme “Cage Fighter” - granting TFN an
exclusive licence to exploit the programme “Cage Fighter” throughout
Canada and the United States.
|
Undated
|
2.
|
Partnership
& Shareholding Agreement
|
Belgravia
Entertainment International Ltd (1) Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx and Xx Xxxxx X’Xxxxxxx
trading in partnership as Elite Promotions (”EP”) (2)
|
Agreement
to incorporate MMAP and transfer the business of EP to MMAP.
|
Signed
and dated 29 March 2004
|
3.
|
Shareholding
and Funding Agreement
|
Mixed
Martial Arts Promotions Limited (1) Integrated Technologies & Systems
Ltd (2) Belgravia Entertainment International Ltd (3) Xxxxxx Xxxx
(4) and
Xxxxx X’Xxxxxxx (5)
|
Agreement
to provide a loan facility to MMAP and to transfer ownership of brand
names “Cage Rage” “Cage Rage Championship” and “Cage Rage Contenders”
together with all rights and titles from MMAP to Belgravia Entertainment
International Limited.
|
Signed
and dated 15 August 2006
|
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SCHEDULE 3
Part
1: The Warranties
1. |
Seller’s
Capacity and Activities
|
1.1 |
The
Seller is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of
its
place of incorporation.
|
1.2 |
The
Seller has the legal right and full power and authority to enter
into and
carry out the provisions of this Agreement and any other documents
or
agreements to be executed by the Seller pursuant to or in connection
with
this Agreement.
|
1.3 |
The
Seller has obtained all necessary authorisations and applicable
governmental, statutory, regulatory or other consents (including,
if
required, from its shareholders), licences, waivers or exemptions
required
to empower it to enter into and carry out the provisions of this
Agreement
(copies of which are attached to the Disclosure
Letter).
|
1.4 |
The
execution, delivery of and the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Agreement and all other documents to be executed
by
the Seller pursuant to this Agreement will not result in:
|
(a) |
a
breach of or give any third party a right to terminate or modify
or result
in the creation of any Encumbrance under any agreement, licence or
other,
instrument relating to the Business or the Companies;
|
(b) |
a
breach of the articles of association, memorandum of association,
by-laws
or equivalent constitutive document of any of the Seller or either
of the
Companies; or
|
(c) |
a
breach of any order, judgement or decree of any court, governmental
agency
or regulatory body to which the Seller is party or by which the Seller
is
bound and which is relevant to the Business or the Companies.
|
1.5 |
This
Agreement constitutes and imposes valid legal and binding obligations
on
the Seller and JF, fully enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
|
1.6 |
The
Seller has at all times carried on the Business in all respects in
accordance with any documents to which it is a party.
|
2. |
The
Shares and the Companies
|
2.1 |
The
Seller is the sole legal and beneficial owner of, and entitled to
sell
with full title guarantee on the terms of this Agreement without
the
consent of any third party, the
Shares.
|
2.2 |
There
is no Encumbrance on, over or affecting any of the Shares or any
unissued
shares, debentures or other securities of the Companies and there
is no
agreement or commitment to give or create any Encumbrance or negotiations
which may lead to such an agreement or commitment.
|
2.3 |
Other
than pursuant to this Agreement, no person has been granted any option
or
other right to acquire the Shares or any unissued shares in the capital
of
either of the Companies nor has any person been granted any right
(whether
exercisable now or in the future and whether contingent or not),
or
claimed to have the right, to call for the issue, allotment, conversion,
redemption, sale or transfer of any shares, debentures or other securities
of either of the Companies and there are no facts known to the Seller
which might give rise to any such
claim.
|
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2.4 |
Neither
the Shares nor any of either of the Company’s assets have been the subject
of a transaction at an undervalue within the meaning of Part IX or
Part VI
of the Insolvency Xxx 0000.
|
2.5 |
Neither
Company has received any notice or any application or notice of any
intended application under the provisions of the Companies Act for
the
rectification of the register of members of the
Company.
|
2.6 |
Neither
Company has exercised or purported to exercise or claim any lien
over the
Shares and no call on the Shares is outstanding
and all
the Shares are fully paid up.
|
2.7 |
The
Shares constitute the whole of the allotted and issued share capital
of
each of the Companies at the date of this Agreement, have been properly
allotted and issued and are fully paid
up.
|
2.8 |
Neither
Company has or has ever had any subsidiary or subsidiary undertaking
and
neither Company has, and nor has it agreed to acquire, any interest
in any
body corporate nor is it liable on any share or security which is
not
fully paid up or which carries any
liability.
|
2.9 |
The
details of the Companies which are set out in Schedule 1
are true, accurate and complete and not misleading and the Companies
are
duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of their place
of
incorporation.
|
2.10 |
Neither
Company has at any time given any financial assistance in connection
with
the purchase of shares as would fall within the provisions of Sections
151
to 157 of the Companies Act.
|
2.11 |
Neither
Company acts or carries on business in partnership with any other
person
nor is it a member of any partnership or other unincorporated association,
joint venture or consortium or other profit or income sharing arrangement
nor has it agreed to do any of the
foregoing.
|
2.12 |
No
person is or has been a shadow director of either Company within
the
meaning of Section 741(2) of the Companies
Act.
|
2.13 |
Neither
Company has any branch, agency or place, business or permanent
establishment outside the United
Kingdom.
|
2.14 |
Neither
Company uses on its letterhead, books or vehicles or otherwise carry
on
any business or activities under any name other than its full corporate
name.
|
3. |
The
Accounts
|
3.1 |
The
Accounts:
|
(a) |
have
been prepared in accordance with the historical cost
convention;
|
(b) |
give
a true and fair view of the financial position of the Companies and
of
their respective profit or loss and cashflow for the period ending
on the
Accounts Date and properly reflect the financial position of the
Companies
as at the Accounts Date in all
respects;
|
(c) |
comply
with the requirements of the Companies Act and other relevant
statutes;
|
(d) |
comply
with current statements of standard accounting practice applicable
to the
Companies;
|
(e) |
are
not affected by any extraordinary or non-recurring
item;
|
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(f) |
fully
disclose all the assets and liabilities (including contingent,
unquantified or disputed liabilities) of the Companies as at the
Accounts
Date;
|
(g) |
make
full reserve against all assets, and fully provide for liabilities
of the
Companies and for all capital commitments of the Companies (whether
or not
quantified or disputed);
|
(h) |
fully
provide (or disclose by way of note) for all contingent liabilities
of the
Companies at the Accounts Date;
|
(i) |
make
adequate provision for depreciation of fixed assets, having regard
to
their original cost and estimated life;
and
|
(j) |
have
been prepared on a basis consistent with that used for the preparation
of
the accounts of the Companies for the preceding 3 financial
years.
|
3.2 |
The
profit and losses of the Companies and the Business shown in the
Accounts
were not, affected by any extraordinary, exceptional, unusual or
non-recurring income, capital gain or expenditure, or by any other
factor
known to the Seller rendering any such profit or loss for such period
exceptionally high or low.
|
3.3 |
The
Reference Accounts give
a true and fair view of the financial position of MMAP for the period
ending on the Completion Date and properly reflect the financial
position
of MMAP as at the Completion Date in all respects.
|
4. |
Events
since the Accounts Date
|
Since
the
Accounts Date:
4.1 |
the
Companies have carried on their business in the normal and usual
course as
regards its nature, extent and manner of carrying on their business
so as
to maintain such business as a going
concern;
|
4.2 |
neither
the turnover nor the financial or trading position of the Companies
has
deteriorated;
|
4.3 |
there
has been no Material Adverse Change in the business, operation, assets,
position (financial, trading or otherwise) profits or prospects of
the
Companies, taken as a whole or any event or circumstances that may
result
in such a Material Adverse Change;
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4.4 |
neither
of the Companies has borrowed or raised any money or taken any financial
facility;
|
4.5 |
the
Seller has paid creditors relating to the Business and the Companies
have
paid their creditors in accordance with their respective credit terms
and
there are no amounts owing by the Seller in relation to the Business
or
the Companies which have been due for more than eight
weeks;
|
4.6 |
the
trading prospects of the Companies or the Business have not been
adversely
affected as a result of any event or circumstance which has arisen
since
the Accounts Date;
|
4.7 |
neither
the Seller nor any of the Companies have done or omitted to do anything
which might prejudicially affect the
Goodwill;
|
4.8 |
there
has been no unusual change in the stock levels, current assets or
liabilities of the Business or the Companies;
|
4.9 |
none
of the stock reflected in the Accounts has realised an amount less
than
the value that was placed on it in the
Accounts;
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4.10 |
neither
the Companies nor the Business have been adversely affected by the
loss of
or material reduction in orders from any customer or client or the
loss of
or material reduction in any source of supply or by any abnormal
factor
not affecting similar businesses to a like extent and, neither the
Seller
nor either of the Companies is aware of any facts which are likely
to give
rise to any such adverse effects;
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4.11 |
no
changes have been made in the terms of employment, emoluments, benefits
or
conditions of service of any Employee or to benefits provided to
any
person engaged to any extent in the Business or the Companies (now
or in
the past) or any dependants of such person, or to the terms of any
agreement or arrangement (whether written or unwritten and whether
binding
or not) with any trade union, employee representative or body of
employees
or their representative;
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4.12 |
the
Companies have not acquired or disposed of, or agreed to acquire
or
dispose of, any asset other than trading stock in the ordinary and
usual
course of business, or assumed or incurred, or agreed to assume or
incur,
any capital commitment or liability (actual or
contingent);
|
4.13 |
no
debtor of the Business or the Companies has been released by the
Seller or
the Companies on terms that it pays less than the book value of any
debt
and no debt has been written off or has proved to be irrecoverable
to any
extent, and there has been no change in the manner or time of the
issue of
invoices or the collection of
debts;
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4.14 |
the
Companies have not entered into any transaction or assumed or incurred
any
liabilities (including contingent liabilities) or made any payment
not
provided for in the Accounts otherwise than in the ordinary course
of
business; and
|
4.15 |
neither
the Business nor the Companies have been affected by the loss of
any
customer or client who accounted for 5 per cent. or more of the turnover
of the Business or any source of supply which accounted for 5 per
cent. or
more of the goods, services or equipment supplied to the Business
or the
Companies or any abnormal factor not affecting similar businesses
to a
like extent and there are no facts or circumstances which are likely
to
give rise to any of the same.
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5. |
Insolvency
|
5.1 |
No
distress, execution or other process has been levied against the
Seller or
the Companies, nor any action taken to repossess any goods of the
Business
in the Seller’s or the Companies’
possession.
|
5.2 |
No
order has been made, petition presented or resolution passed for
the
winding-up of the Seller or the
Companies.
|
5.3 |
No
receiver (including an administrative receiver), trustee or administrator
has been appointed which relates to or would or might affect the
Companies
or the Business and the Seller is not aware of any circumstances
likely to
give rise to the appointment of any such receiver, trustee or
administrator.
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5.4 |
No
moratorium, composition, voluntary arrangement or other arrangement
with
creditors has been instituted or proposed by or in respect of the
Seller
or the Companies.
|
5.5 |
Neither
the Seller nor either of the Companies have been a party to any
transaction with any third party or parties which relates to or would
or
might affect the Companies or the Business and which would, if any
such
third party went into liquidation or had a bankruptcy or administration
order made in relation to it, constitute (in whole or in part) a
transaction at an undervalue, preference or invalid floating charge,
or
otherwise would or might constitute any other transaction or transfer
at
an undervalue or involving an unauthorised reduction of
capital.
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6. |
Ownership
of assets
|
6.1 |
The
Companies have legal, beneficial and marketable title to all material
assets of the Companies which are included in the Accounts or have
otherwise been presented as being the property of the Companies or
which
were at the Accounting Date used or held by them and each Company
retains
such title to such assets free from any Encumbrance, hire or hire
purchase
agreement or leasing agreement or agreement for payment on deferred
terms
and all such assets are in the possession and control of the Companies
and
are sited within the United
Kingdom.
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6.2 |
The
Companies have legal, beneficial and marketable title to all material
assets which have been acquired by the Companies since the Accounting
Date
and the same are in the possession and control of the Companies and
sited
within the United Kingdom and none is the subject of any Encumbrance
nor
has either Company created or agreed to create any Encumbrance or
entered
into any factoring arrangement, hire purchase, conditional sale or
credit
sale agreement which has not been Disclosed and in respect of any
such
Encumbrance, arrangement or agreement so Disclosed there has been
no
default by the Companies in the performance or observance of any
of the
provisions thereof.
|
6.3 |
The
assets of the Companies comprise all of the assets necessary for
the
continuation of the Business in the manner in which the Business
is
carried on at the Accounts Date and at
Completion.
|
6.4 |
The
plant, machinery, equipment and vehicles used in connection with
the
Business:
|
(a) |
are
in the possession and under the control of the
Companies;
|
(b) |
are
in a good state of repair and condition and satisfactory working
order;
|
(c) |
have
been regularly and properly maintained;
and
|
(d) |
are
adequate for and not surplus to the requirements of the
Business.
|
7. |
Books
and Records
|
7.1 |
All
the unaudited books and records of each of the Companies which are
to be
delivered to the Purchaser in accordance with this
Agreement:
|
(a) |
are
in the possession of the Companies;
|
(b) |
have
been fully, properly and accurately kept and
completed;
|
(c) |
do
not contain any material inaccuracies or discrepancies of any kind;
and
|
(d) |
give
and reflect a true and fair view of the financial, contractual and
trading
position of the Companies and the Business and of its plant and machinery
fixed and current assets and liabilities (actual and contingent),
debtors
and creditors and stock in trade and all other matters which would
normally be expected to appear in
them.
|
7.2 |
Where
any records of the Companies and the Business are kept on computer,
the
Seller:
|
(a) |
is
the owner of all software and hardware necessary to enable it to
access
and use those records and does not share such software and/or hardware
with any other person; and
|
(b) |
maintains
adequate back-up and support in the event of any fault or failure
of such
computer software or hardware.
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8. |
Insurance
|
8.1 |
Full
details of all insurances and copies of all insurance policies relating
to
the Companies and the Business are contained in the Disclosure
Letter.
|
8.2 |
The
insurance policies maintained by or on behalf of the Companies provide
full indemnity cover against all losses and liabilities, including
business interruption and other risks that are normally insured against
by
a person carrying on the same type of business as the
Companies.
|
8.3 |
All
insurances relating to the Companies or the Business are currently
in full
force and effect and nothing has been done or omitted to be done
which
could make any policy of insurance void or voidable or whereby their
renewal may be refused or their premiums likely to be
increased.
|
8.4 |
No
insurance policies held by the Seller in respect of the Business
or held
by the Companies are subject to any special or unusual terms or
restrictions or to the payment of any premium in excess of the normal
rate.
|
8.5 |
There
are no material outstanding claims under, or in respect of the validity
of, any of the insurance policies held by the Seller in respect of
the
Business or the Companies and there are no circumstances likely to
give
rise to any claim under any of those policies.
|
9. |
Guarantees
and Indemnities
|
There
is
not now outstanding in respect of the Companies or the Business any guarantee
or
agreement for indemnity or for suretyship given by or for the
Business.
10. |
Contracts
|
10.1 |
All
of the material contracts to which either of the Companies is a party
have
been Disclosed (the “Company
Contracts”).
|
10.2 |
Save
with respect to the Seller being party to the BEI Contracts, the
Seller
has no involvement with the Business
whatsoever.
|
10.3 |
The
BEI Contracts constitute all the contracts and other engagements
whether
written or oral referable to the Business to which the Seller is
a party
and true and complete copies of all of the Contracts have been Disclosed.
Except for the BEI Contracts and the Company Contracts, there are
no
contracts, arrangements, licences or other commitments involving
obligations or liabilities in respect of either of the Companies
or the
Business.
|
10.4 |
None
of the BEI Contracts or the Company
Contracts:
|
(a) |
is
of an unusual, abnormal or onerous
nature;
|
(b) |
is
for a fixed term of more than six
months;
|
(c) |
is
incapable of performance in accordance with its terms within six
months
after the date on which it was entered into or
undertaken;
|
(d) |
will
be incapable of termination in accordance with its terms by the Purchaser
on 60 days’ notice or less;
|
(e) |
would
or might have been likely to result in a loss to the Seller on completion
of performance if the Seller had not sold the
Companies;
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(f) |
is
incapable of being readily fulfilled or performed by the Purchaser
on time
without undue or unusual expenditure of money or
personnel;
|
(g) |
will
involve payment by the Purchaser by reference to fluctuations in
the index
of retail prices or any other
index;
|
(h) |
involves
the supply of goods the aggregate sales value of which will represent
in
excess of 10 per cent. of the anticipated turnover of either of the
Companies for the period of 12 months following
Completion;
|
(i) |
were
entered into in any way otherwise than in the ordinary course of
business
and on an arm’s length basis.
|
10.5 |
The
performance of this Agreement will not relieve any other party to
any BEI
Contract or Contract from its obligations or enable it to determine
any of
them.
|
10.6 |
Neither
the Seller nor any of the Companies
is:
|
(a) |
in
default under any of the Company Contracts or BEI Contracts or in
respect
of any other obligations or restrictions binding upon them in relation
to
the Business nor have they waived any rights or privileges under
any of
them;
|
(b) |
in
default under any provisions existing by reason of membership of
any
association or body relating to the Business;
or
|
(c) |
liable
in respect of any representation or warranty (whether express or
implied)
or matter giving rise to a duty of care relating to the
Business.
|
10.7 |
There
are no grounds for the invalidity of or for rescission, avoidance
or
repudiation of any of the BEI Contracts or the Company Contracts.
No
threat or claim of default under any of the BEI Contracts, Company
Contracts, or any other agreement, instrument or arrangement to which
the
Companies or the Seller is a party relating to the Business has been
made
and is outstanding against the Seller, the Companies or the contracting
party and there is nothing whereby any of the BEI Contracts, Company
Contracts or any other such agreement, instrument or arrangement
may be
terminated or rescinded by any other party or whereby the terms may
be
worsened as against the Seller, the Purchaser or the Companies or
whereby
the Companies or the Business may be prejudiced as a result of anything
done or omitted or permitted to be done by the Seller or the Companies.
No
notice of any intention to do any of the foregoing has been received
or
given by the Seller or the
Companies.
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10.8 |
Neither
the Seller nor either of the Companies has any knowledge of the invalidity
of, or any grounds for termination, avoidance or repudiation of any
of the
BEI Contracts or the Company Contracts. No party to any of the BEI
Contracts or the Company Contracts:
|
(a) |
has
given notice of its intention to terminate, or has sought to repudiate
or
disclaim, such BEI Contracts or Company Contracts;
or
|
(b) |
is
in breach of the relevant BEI Contract or Company Contract and no
matter
exists which might give rise to such breach.
|
10.9 |
No
offer, tender or the like relating to the Business which is capable
of
being converted into an obligation of the Business or the Companies
by an
acceptance or other act of some other person firm or corporation
is
outstanding.
|
10.10 |
Neither
the Seller, the Companies nor any person connected to or associated
with
the Seller or the Companies has any direct or indirect interest in
any
business which has a close trading relationship with the Business
or the
Companies, or which is or is likely to become competitive with the
Business or the Companies.
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10.11 |
The
Seller has obtained all necessary consents for the valid and binding
assignment of the BEI Contracts to the Purchaser in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement.
|
11. |
Power
of Attorney
|
11.1 |
There
are no powers of attorney in force given by either of the
Companies.
|
11.2 |
No
person, as agent or otherwise, is entitled or authorised to bind
or commit
either of the Companies to any obligation not in the ordinary course
of
either of the Companies’ business.
|
11.3 |
The
Disclosure Letter sets out details of all persons who have authority
to
bind either of the Companies in the ordinary course of
business.
|
12. |
Disputes
and Investigations
|
12.1 |
Neither
of the Companies nor any person for whom either Company is vicariously
liable:
|
(a) |
is
engaged in any litigation, administrative, mediation or arbitration
proceedings or other proceedings or hearings before any statutory
or
governmental body, department, board or agency (except for debt collection
in the normal course of business);
or
|
(b) |
is
the subject of any investigation, inquiry or enforcement proceedings
by
any governmental, administrative or regulatory
body.
|
12.2 |
No
director of either of the Companies are, to the extent that it relates
to
the Business engaged in or subject to any of the matters mentioned
in
paragraph 12.3
below.
|
12.3 |
No
such proceedings, investigation or inquiry as are mentioned in
paragraph 12.1
and 12.2
above have been threatened or are pending and so far as the Seller
is
aware there are no circumstances likely to give rise to any such
proceedings.
|
12.4 |
Neither
Company is affected by any existing or pending judgments or rulings
and
neither Company has given any undertakings arising from legal proceedings
to a court, governmental agency, regulator or third party.
|
13. |
Agreements
Concerning the Business
|
13.1 |
There
are not and have not at any time prior to Completion been any
arrangements, contracts or and/or understandings (whether legally
enforceable or not) between the Seller, the Companies or any person
connected to the Seller or the Companies and relating to the management
of
the Business or the ownership or transfer of ownership or the letting
of
any of the assets belonging to the Companies or relating to the Business
or the provision of finance, goods, services or any other facilities
to or
by the Seller or otherwise in any way relating to the Companies,
the
Business or any assets relating to the Business or owned by the
Companies.
|
13.2 |
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies have been a party to any agency,
distributorship, marketing, purchasing, manufacturing or licensing
agreement or arrangement or any restrictive trading or other agreement
or
arrangement pursuant to which any part of the Business has been carried
on
or which in any way has restricted the Seller’s or the Companies’ freedom
to carry on the whole or any part of the Business in any part of
the world
in such manner as the Seller or the Companies thought
fit.
|
13.3 |
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies are, in connection with the Business,
party
to or liable for any guarantee, indemnity or other arrangement to
secure
or incur any financial or other obligation of any other
person.
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13.4 |
Details
of all arrangements pursuant to which the Companies and the Business
makes
sales on a “sale or return” basis are Disclosed together with details of
the basis and frequency of “returns” customarily accepted by the Business.
|
14. |
Customers
and Suppliers
|
14.1 |
Neither
more than 5 per cent. of the aggregate amount of all the purchases
nor
more than 5 per cent. of the aggregate amount of all the sales of
the
Companies are obtained or made from or to the same supplier or customer
(including any person in any way connected with a supplier or customer)
nor is any material source of supply to the Companies or any material
outlet for the sales of the Companies at risk or likely to be at
risk of
failing.
|
14.2 |
No
supplier of the Business have, in the past three years, ceased or
will (as
a result of the acquisition of the Companies by the Purchaser or
for any
other reason) cease supplying and no supplier of the Business has
expressed its intention to cease supplying the Business or may
substantially reduce its supplies to the
Business.
|
14.3 |
No
customer of the Business has in the past three years terminated or
materially reduced or will (as a result of the acquisition of the
Business
by the Purchaser or for any other reason) terminate or materially
reduce
its relationship with the Business and no customer of the Business
has
expressed its intention to terminate or materially reduce its relationship
with the Business.
|
15. |
Joint
Ventures and Partnerships
|
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies:
15.1 |
are
and have been a party to any joint venture or consortium or any
partnership arrangement or agreement or to any agreement or arrangement
for sharing commissions or other income relating to the
Business;
|
15.2 |
conduct
and have conducted any part of the Business through a branch agency
or
permanent establishment outside the United Kingdom;
and
|
15.3 |
is
a member of any partnership, trade association, society or other
group
whether formal or informal and whether or not having a separate legal
identity in connection with the Business and no such body is relevant
to
or has any material influence over the Companies or the Business
as now
carried on.
|
16. |
Defective
Products and Service
Liabilities
|
16.1 |
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies have manufactured or sold products or
provided any services which were or are or will become in any respect
faulty, defective or dangerous or which did not or do not comply
in any
respect with any warranties or representations expressly or impliedly
made
by the Seller or the Companies or with all applicable regulations,
standards and requirements.
|
16.2 |
The
Seller and the Companies have at all times up to the date of this
Agreement maintained adequate quality control and safety tests and
procedures in respect of all products manufactured, produced and/or
supplied by the Business or the Companies and such quality control
and
safety tests and procedures are sufficient for the purposes of identifying
any potential harmful dangers or defects in such products.
|
16.3 |
The
Seller and the Companies have obtained all necessary third party
authorisations and consents required to sell all products manufactured,
produced and/or supplied by the Business and the Companies and where
any
written approvals or consents are required the Seller and the Companies
have complete, accurate and up to date copies of the
same.
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16.4 |
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies have accepted any liability or obligation
to
service, repair, maintain take back or otherwise do or not do anything
in
respect of any goods or products that would apply after the goods
or
products have been delivered by it.
|
16.5 |
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies have given any guarantee or warranty
(other
than any implied by law) or made any representation in respect of
any
product or services sold or supplied by the Business nor has it accepted
any liability to service, maintain, repair or otherwise do or refrain
from
doing anything in relation to such goods or services after they have
been
sold or supplied by it except for those contained in the standard
terms
and conditions of trading of the Business, complete and accurate
copies of
which are Disclosed in the Disclosure
Letter.
|
17. |
Intellectual
Property Rights
|
17.1 |
Full
and complete details of all Intellectual Property Rights and copies
of any
licences and other agreements relating to them are Disclosed in the
Disclosure Letter.
|
17.2 |
The
Companies are the sole beneficial owner, registered proprietor or
licensee
of all of the Intellectual Property Rights, free from any claims
of any
third party and the Purchaser will not be required to make any payment
of
any nature for or in connection with the acquisition or exploitation
of
such rights and the acquisition or exploitation of such rights by
the
Purchaser will not give rise to any claims by any third
party.
|
17.3 |
No
Intellectual Property other than the Intellectual Property Rights
is
required in order to carry on the Business.
|
17.4 |
Each
of the Intellectual Property Rights is valid and enforceable and
no act
has been done or omission permitted whereby any of them has ceased
or
might cease to be valid and
enforceable.
|
17.5 |
All
Intellectual Property Rights which are capable of registration have
been
registered or are the subject of an application for registration
and is or
will be when registered valid, binding and enforceable
and:
|
(a) |
in
the case of registrations, all renewal fees have been paid and renewals
made by their due date and all such action necessary to preserve
and
maintain the registration has been
taken;
|
(b) |
in
the case of registrations contained in the Disclosure Letter each
is
presently used by the Companies and is in full force and effect and
has
not been abandoned;
|
(c) |
in
the case of pending applications, there are no reasons why such
applications should not proceed to grant;
and
|
(d) |
none
of the Intellectual Property Rights are subject to any use, claim,
application or attack by any other
person.
|
17.6 |
No
licences, registered user or other rights have been granted or agreed
to
be granted by the Seller or the Companies to any person in respect
of any
Intellectual Property Rights.
|
17.7 |
No
third parties have any right, title or interest in any of the Intellectual
Property Rights.
|
17.8 |
There
has been no unauthorised use or infringement by any person of any
Intellectual Property Rights at any time during the five year period
prior
to Completion.
|
17.9 |
None
of the processes employed or products or services dealt in by the
Companies or the Business infringes any rights of any third party
relating
to any Intellectual Property or makes the Seller or the Companies
liable
to pay any fee or royalty and no claims have been made threatened
or are
pending in relation to any such intellectual
property.
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17.10 |
The
Seller has good title to the benefits of the BEI Contracts and the
Companies have good title to the benefits of Company Contracts to
enable
them to use the same and such BEI Contracts or Company Contracts
are
capable of assignment/transfer to the
Purchaser.
|
18. |
Infringements
|
18.1 |
Neither
the Business or the Companies are likely to infringe any patent,
registered design, trade xxxx, copyright or other Intellectual Property
or
industrial property right of any other person (or would not do so
if the
same were valid) or give rise to a liability to pay compensation
pursuant
to the Patents Xxx 0000 sections 40 and
41.
|
18.2 |
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies require and have not been granted any
licence
in relation to any Intellectual Property other than the licences
Disclosed
in the Disclosure Letter.
|
18.3 |
No
right has been granted to any person to do anything which would or
might
otherwise infringe any of the Intellectual Property
Rights.
|
19. |
The
IT System
|
19.1 |
The
IT System:
|
(a) |
is
in satisfactory operating order and fulfilling the purposes for which
it
was acquired or established in an efficient manner without material
failures, downtime or errors;
|
(b) |
has
adequate capacity for the present needs of the Business and the Companies
and (taking into account the extent to which the computer systems
are
expandable) reasonably foreseeable future needs;
|
(c) |
on
the date of this Agreement, has adequate security, back-up systems,
duplication, hardware and software support and maintenance (including
emergency cover) and trained personnel to ensure that breaches of
security, errors and breakdowns are kept to a minimum and that the
availability, confidentiality and integrity of data held or transmitted
by
the IT System are preserved;
|
(d) |
is
under the sole control of the Companies, located at the Premises,
not
shared with or used by or on behalf of or accessible by any other
person
and is owned by the Companies; and
|
(e) |
complies
with and is used in accordance with the Data Protection Legislation.
|
19.2 |
The
Companies have not suffered any major failures or bugs in or breakdowns
of
the IT System (including hardware and/or software) which have resulted
in
significant or repeated disruption or loss or interruption in or
to its
use and there is no fact or matter which may be expected to so disrupt
or
interrupt or affect the use of the IT System on the same basis as
presently used following the acquisition by the Purchaser of the
Shares
and the Business pursuant to this Agreement.
|
19.3 |
All
software used on or stored or resident in the IT
System:
|
(a) |
performs
satisfactorily and without any apparent defect;
|
(b) |
is
lawfully held and used and does not infringe the copyright or other
Intellectual Property of any person and all copies held have been
lawfully
made; and
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(c) |
as
to the copyright therein, in the case of software written or commissioned
by the Seller, is owned exclusively by the Companies and no other
person
has rights therein or rights to use or copy the software or source
codes,
and complete written listings and written copies of the source codes
for
the software are held by the Companies.
|
19.4 |
No
person is in a position, by virtue of his rights in, knowledge of
or
access to the IT System or any part of it (including software) to
prevent
or impair the proper and efficient functioning of the IT System or
to
demand any payment in excess of any current licence fee or in excess
of
reasonable remuneration for services rendered, or to impose any onerous
condition, in order to preserve the proper and efficient functioning
of
the IT System in the future.
|
19.5 |
The
Companies have in force software maintenance agreements and support
contracts with an independent specialist contractor, the terms of
which
are Disclosed, which cover all significant items of hardware and
software
used in the Business and there is no reason why those contracts will
not
be renewed by the other contracting party upon their expiry or termination
upon terms substantially similar to those now applicable.
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20. |
Disclosure
of Trade Secrets
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Neither
the Seller nor the Companies have (except in the ordinary and normal course
of
business) disclosed or permitted to be disclosed or undertaken or arranged
to
disclose to any person other than the Purchaser any of its
Know-How.
21. |
Business
Names
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21.1 |
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies have at any time used in connection
with the
Business or carried on the Business under any name other than the
Business
Name.
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22. |
Employees
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22.1 |
Particulars
of the main terms and conditions of employment of each of the Employees
(including, without limitation, the date of commencement of their
continuous period of employment, all remuneration, incentives,
commissions, bonuses, expenses, profit sharing arrangements and other
payments, and other benefits whatsoever payable) and, where an employee
has been continuously absent from work for more than one month, the
reason
for the absence are set out in the Disclosure Letter. None of such
Employees has given or received notice terminating their
employment.
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22.2 |
There
are no contracts of service with Employees (whether or not in writing)
which cannot be terminated by three months’ notice or less without giving
rise to any claim for damages or compensation (other than a statutory
redundancy payment or statutory compensation for unfair dismissal)
and
neither the Seller nor the Companies have given or received notice
of
resignation from any of the Employees and neither the Seller nor
the
Companies is aware of any employee who intends to give notice of
resignation.
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22.3 |
Save
as set out in the Disclosure
Letter:
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(a) |
no
person is employed or engaged by the Companies or otherwise in the
Business (whether under a contract of service or contract for
services);
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(b) |
there
has been no offer of employment or engagement to work for the Companies
or
otherwise in the Business that has not yet been accepted, or that
has been
accepted but the relevant employment or engagement has not commenced
is
outstanding or capable of acceptance by any
person;
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(c) |
there
are no terms and conditions of employment in place for any Employee
other
than the Companies’ written standard terms and conditions of employment, a
copy of which is attached to the Disclosure
Letter;
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(d) |
no
Employee receives or is entitled (contingently or otherwise) to receive
any bonus, commission, variable remuneration, insurance, benefit
in kind,
motor vehicle for private use or other reward other than wages or
salary
at a fixed rate; and
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(e) |
no
arrangement has been made with, or facility afforded to, or understanding
reached with (whether or not such has been regarded by the Seller
or
either Company as part of the contract of employment) any
Employee.
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22.4 |
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies are obliged to increase the total annual
remuneration payable to the Employees other than as set out in their
terms
and conditions of employment, copies of each of which are attached
to the
Disclosure Letter. Neither the Seller nor the Companies have offered
or
agreed to increase the present remuneration of, or altered or sought
to
alter the terms and conditions of employment of any of the Employees
and
no negotiations in relation to the same are current or likely to
be
requested by any Employee within a period of 6 months after
Completion.
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22.5 |
There
is no liability, outstanding or contingent or anticipated, to any
Employee
or former employee of the Companies or the Business (including in
respect
of any PAYE, national insurance and/or pension contributions) other
than
remuneration accrued for the current wage or salary period or for
reimbursement of normal business expenses and no Employee or former
employee of the Companies or the Business
has:
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(a) |
any
claim, outstanding or contingent or anticipated, against the Seller,
the
Companies or the Business;
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(b) |
a
right to be indemnified by the Seller, the Companies or the Business
arising out of an act or omission in the course of their employment
or in
relation to the termination of that employment on or before the date
of
this Agreement (whether under the Employment Rights Xxx 0000, Race
Relations Xxx 0000, Equal Pay Xxx 0000, Sex Discrimination Xxx 0000,
Sex
Discrimination Xxx 0000, Disability Discrimination Xxx 0000, Working
Time
Regulations 1998, National Minimum Wage Xxx 0000 and the regulations
made
under such acts or regulations or any other act or
otherwise),
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and,
so
far as the Seller is aware there are no facts that might give rise to the same.
22.6 |
All
amounts due for payment to Customs in respect of income tax deductible
prior to Completion by virtue of the PAYE regulations for the time
being
in force and all national insurance contributions (both employer’s and
employee’s) due in respect of the Employees have been duly paid and there
is no outstanding undischarged Liability to pay to any governmental
or
regulatory authority in any jurisdiction and no contribution, taxation
or
other impost arising in connection with the employment or engagement
of
any person in the Business.
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22.7 |
In
relation to each of the Employees, the Seller and the Companies
have:
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(a) |
complied
with all obligations imposed on them by articles of the Treaty of
Rome
establishing the European Community, European Commission regulations
and
directives and all statutes and regulations relevant to the relations
between them and the Employees;
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(b) |
maintained
up to date, adequate and suitable records regarding the service of
each of
the Employees;
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(c) |
maintained
up to date, adequate and suitable records for the purposes of the
Working
Time Regulations 1998 and have complied with all other obligations
to its
workers (as defined in section 2 of such regulations) under such
regulations and there are no claims capable of, arising or pending
or
threatened by any Employee or former employee of the Business or
the
Health and Safety Executive or any local authority, the Environmental
Health Department or any trade union or employee representative related
to
the Working Time Regulations;
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(d) |
complied
with all collective agreements for the time being dealing with such
relations or the conditions of service of the Employees;
and
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(e) |
complied
with all relevant orders and awards made under any statute affecting
the
conditions of service of the
Employees.
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22.8 |
No
amounts due to or in respect of any of the Employees or any former
employees of the Business or the Companies are in arrears or
unpaid.
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22.9 |
No
claim for unfair dismissal has been made against the Seller or the
Companies by any former employee in the last 24
months.
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22.10 |
No
employment conditions of any Employee and nothing that has occurred
prior
to the date of this Agreement will give rise to any claim for sex
discrimination or equal pay either under domestic or European law
or for
race discrimination.
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22.11 |
No
trade union, works council, staff association or other body representing
the Employees is recognised in any way for bargaining, information
or
consultation purposes and there are no agreements (whether legally
binding
or not) with any such representative body in relation to the Employees
and
there is no dispute with any such representative body pending, threatened,
or expected.
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22.12 |
There
is no plan, scheme, commitment, policy, custom or practice (whether
legally binding or not) relating to redundancy affecting any of the
Employees which is more generous than statutory redundancy requirements.
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22.13 |
There
is no agreement or arrangement between the Seller or the Companies
and any
of the Employees with respect to their employment, their ceasing
to be
employed or their retirement which is not included in the written
terms of
their employment and there is no agreement, arrangement, scheme or
obligation for the payment of any pensions, allowances, lump sums
or other
like benefits on redundancy on retirement or on death or during periods
of
sickness or disablement for the benefit of any of the Employees or
former
employees of the Business or for the benefit of dependants of such
persons.
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22.14 |
All
plans, schemes, commitments, policies, custom or practice for the
provision of benefits to the Employees comply in all respects with
all
relevant statutes, regulations and other laws and all necessary consents
in relation to the same have been obtained and all governmental filings
in
relation to the same have been
made.
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22.15 |
All
obligations under statute and otherwise concerning the health and
safety
at work of the Employees have been complied
with.
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22.16 |
There
is no litigation, arbitration or mediation or administrative or criminal
proceedings capable of arising, pending, threatened or expected against
the Seller, the Companies or the Business by any Employee or former
employee of the Business or the Companies or third party in respect
of any
accident or injury.
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22.17 |
Save
as Disclosed, neither the Seller nor either of the Companies is a
party to
any consultancy agreements or arrangements (including without limitation
any arrangements for the provision of management or other services)
or any
similar agreement with any person nor to any contract for services
to be
provided in relation to the Business by any individual as a
sub-contractor, outworker or
otherwise.
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22.18 |
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies have:
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(a) |
granted
any loan or quasi-loan to, entered into any guarantee or credit
transaction with; or
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(b) |
provided
any security in connection with any loan, quasi-loan or credit transaction
with,
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any
Employee or any person connected or associated with such a person.
22.19 |
Within
the two years preceding Completion, the Business has not been the
subject
of a relevant transfer (as defined in the
Regulations).
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23. |
Pensions
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Neither
the Seller nor either of the Companies has any outstanding or future liabilities
whatsoever in connection with any retirement benefits or pension
schemes.
24. |
Licences
and Consents
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24.1 |
The
Seller and the Companies have obtained all necessary licences,
permissions, authorisations, approvals and consents from any person
authority or body required for the proper carrying on of the Business
and
are not in breach of any of their terms and conditions. There is
no
investigation, enquiry or proceeding outstanding or anticipated which
is
likely to result in the suspension, cancellation, refusal, modification
or
revocation of any such licences, permissions, authorisations, approvals
or
consents.
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24.2 |
Complete
and accurate details of all of the licences and consents are set
out in
the Disclosure Letter and the Seller knows of no reason why they
should
not be capable of being transferred to or obtained by the Purchaser
without the need for any special arrangement or
expense.
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24.3 |
All
reports, returns and information required by law or as a condition
of any
such licence, consent, permission, authorisation or approval to be
made or
given to any person or authority in connection with the Business
have been
given to the appropriate person or
authority.
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25. |
Competition
and Trade Regulation Law
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25.1 |
There
are no agreements, arrangements or understandings in force restricting
the
freedom of the Companies or the Business to provide and take services
or
to otherwise conduct its trade and business by such means and from
and to
such persons as it may from time to time think fit.
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25.2 |
The
Seller is not nor has it ever been party to any agreement, arrangement,
concerted practice or course of conduct in relation to the Companies
or
the Business which:
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(a) |
is
or was notifiable by virtue of the provisions of the Competition
Xxx 0000
(“1998
Act”)
or is or has been the subject of any inquiry, investigation or proceeding
under the 1998 Act;
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(b) |
contravenes
or has been the subject of any inquiry, investigation, reference
or report
or was notifiable under the Competition Xxx 0000, the Enterprise
Xxx 0000
or any secondary legislation made under such acts or has or is intended
to
have or is likely to have the effect of restricting, distorting or
preventing competition in connection with the supply or securing
of
services in any part of the world;
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(c) |
contravenes
the provisions of the Trade Descriptions Acts 1968 or any secondary
legislation made under it;
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(d) |
infringes
any other competition, anti-restrictive trade practice, anti-trust
law or
legislation applicable in the United Kingdom or elsewhere and not
specifically mentioned in this Paragraph 25.2
of
this Schedule 3.
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26. |
Data
Protection
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26.1 |
The
Seller and the Companies have complied in all respects with the provisions
of the Data Protection Legislation as regards its use of information
relating to or acquired in connection with the Business and has given
relevant registrations and notifications to the UK Information
Commissioner in order to collect and process any personal data and
other
information in its possession or control and has obtained all necessary
consents required under the Data Protection Legislation in order
to permit
the Business to use all information held by
it.
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26.2 |
The
transfer of data as contemplated by the parties on Completion will
not
result in the Purchaser being in breach of the Data Protection
Legislation.
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27. |
Compliance
with Laws, Litigation and
Debts
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27.1 |
The
Business has at all times been carried on and is being carried on
so that
there have been no breaches of any applicable laws, regulations and
byelaws in each country in which it is carried on. The Companies
have at
all times conducted their business in accordance with all applicable
laws
and regulations.
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27.2 |
Neither
the Seller, the Companies nor any person for whose acts or defaults
the
Seller or the Companies may be vicariously liable is engaged in any
litigation or arbitration proceedings as plaintiff or defendant except
for
debt collection of sums not exceeding an aggregate of £1,000 and there are
no such proceedings pending or threatened either by or against the
Seller
or the Companies affecting the Business and there are no facts or
circumstances which are likely to give rise to any litigation or
arbitration.
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27.3 |
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies are subject to any order or judgement
given
by any court or governmental or other authority, department, board,
body
or agency and have not been a party to any undertaking or assurance
given
to any court or government or other authority, department, board,
body or
agency which is still in force, nor are there any facts or circumstances
likely to give rise to them becoming subject to such an order or
judgement
or to be a party to any such undertaking or
assurance.
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27.4 |
Neither
the Seller nor the Companies are party to any factoring
agreement.
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28. |
Information,
Research and Documents
|
28.1 |
There
has been Disclosed in the Disclosure Letter all information and
circumstances relating to the Companies and the Business which is
or could
on reasonable inquiry be known to the Seller and which:
|
(a) |
may
be material for a buyer of the Shares and the Business to know;
or
|
(b) |
might
adversely affect the present or future value of the Companies and
the
Business; or
|
(c) |
might
affect the willingness of the Purchaser to purchase the Shares and
the
Business or to purchase it for the consideration or upon the terms
set out
in this Agreement.
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28.2 |
All
other written financial information supplied to the Purchaser by
or on
behalf of the Seller in relation to the Companies and the Business
is
accurate in all material respects.
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Part
2: Tax Warranties
Definitions
1.1
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Words
used in this Part
2, Schedule 7
shall have the same meanings as they have for the purposes of the
Tax
Covenant and vice versa.
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1.2
|
Clauses
1.1 to 1.4
of
the Tax Covenant shall apply for the purposes of this Schedule 7
Part
2.
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1.3
|
Each
of the Tax Warranties in this Schedule shall (unless the context
otherwise
requires) apply in relation to both of the Companies as if references
in
the Tax Warranties in this Schedule to “the Company” shall include an
additional reference to each of the Companies.
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2.
|
Information
and Returns
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2.1
|
The
Company has made all returns, claims for relief, applications,
computations and assessments and supplied all information and given
all
notices to HMRC and any other Tax Authority as reasonably requested
or
required by law within any requisite period and all such returns,
claims
for relief, applications, computations and assessments and information
and
notices were and remain correct and accurate in all respects and
are not
the subject of any dispute and there are no facts or circumstances
likely
to give rise to or be the subject of any such
dispute.
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2.2 |
No
action has been taken by the Company in respect of which any consent
or
clearance from HMRC and/or any other Tax Authority was required
except in
circumstances where such consent or clearance was validly obtained
and
where any conditions attaching thereto were met and will, immediately
following Completion, continue to be
met.
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3. |
Provision
for and Payment of
Tax
|
3.1 |
The
Company has duly and punctually paid all Tax to the extent that
the same
ought to have been paid and it is not liable nor has it since
its
incorporation been liable to pay any penalty or interest in connection
therewith.
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3.2 |
The
Company has maintained sufficient records to enable it to calculate
any
present or, so far as possible, future liability for Tax of the
Company or
its entitlement to any deduction, relief or repayment of
tax.
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3.3 |
The
Company has made no election or arrangement for the payment of
Tax by
instalments under Section 280 of the
TCGA.
|
3.4 |
The
Company has not received any notice from any Tax Authority, which
required
or will or may require the Company to withhold Tax from any payment
made
since the incorporation of the Company or which will or may be
made after
the date of this Agreement.
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3.5 |
Theprovisions
or reserves for Tax in the Accounts (other than deferred tax)
are
sufficient (on the basis of the rates of Tax current at the date
of those
accounts) to cover all Tax for which the Company was at the Accounts
Date
or may after that date become or have become liable on or in
respect of or
by reference to any profits, gains or income (whether deemed
or actual)
for any period ended on or before the Accounts Date or in respect
of any
distribution or transaction made or entered into or deemed to
be made or
entered into on or before the Accounts
Date.
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(d) |
no
assessments to Tax made by any Tax Authority, or any determinations
or
directions made by any Tax Authority of or in relation to amounts
of Tax
or relevant to the calculation of tax, in each case in relation to
the
Company, are subject to appeal or are otherwise not
final.
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4. |
Taxsince
Accounts
Date
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Since
the
Accounts Date:
4.1.1 |
the
Company has not been involved in any transaction which has given
or may
give rise to a liability to Tax on the Company (or would have given
or
might give rise to such a liability but for the availability of any
relief);
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4.1.2 |
no
payment has been made by the Company which will not be deductible
for the
purposes of corporation Tax (or any corresponding Tax on profits
in any
relevant foreign jurisdiction), either in computing the profits of
the
Company or in computing the corporation Tax or corresponding Tax
chargeable on it;
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4.1.3 |
no
disposal has taken place or other event occurred which has or may
have the
effect of crystallising a liability to Tax which, if such disposal
or
event had been planned or predicted at the Accounts Date, should
have been
reflected in the provision for deferred Tax contained in the Accounts;
and
|
4.1.4 |
no
event has occurred which has or may have the effect of prejudicing
any
relief taken into account in computing or eliminating the provision
for
deferred Tax contained in the
Accounts.
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5. |
PAYE/National
Insurance Contributions
|
5.1
|
The
Company has properly operated the PAYE system deducting Tax as required
by
law from all payments to or treated as made to or benefits provided
for
employees, ex-employees or independent contractors of the Company
(including, but without limitation, such payments within Chapter
7 ITEPA
2003) and duly accounted to HMRC for Tax so deducted and have complied
in
all material respects with their reporting obligations to HMRC in
connection with any such payments made or benefits
provided.
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5.2
|
There
has not been nor is there any indication that there will be a PAYE
audit
on the Company.
|
5.3
|
All
national insurance contributions due and payable by the Company have
been
paid.
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6. |
Groups
|
6.1 |
The
disclosure letter gives full details of all claims made by the
Company to
group relief or surrendered to or by the Company to or by any member
of
the Retained Group which have not been finally agreed or otherwise
determined, or where the losses or other amounts to which the claim
relates have not been finally agreed or otherwise determined.
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6.2 |
The
disclosure letter gives full details of all consents to the surrender
of
group relief to any member of the Retained Group given or to be
given in
circumstances where such surrender has not become
final.
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6.3
|
The
Company has not received any payment in respect of a surrender of
group
relief or of surplus advance corporation Tax or of a Tax refund which
could, in any circumstances, be due to be repaid to any
company.
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6.4
|
The
Company is not, nor has in the last six years been, party to any
Group
Payment Arrangement, entered into pursuant to section 36 of the Finance
Xxx 0000, whether as Participating Company or as a Nominated Company
(as
those terms are defined in the Group Payment
Arrangement).
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6.5 |
The
Company has not, within the last six years made any election under
section
171A or 179A TCGA or paragraph 66 of Schedule 29 to the Finance
Xxx
0000.
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7. |
Close
Company
|
7.1 |
Since
its incorporation the Company has
not:
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7.1.1 made
any
transfers of value within Section 94 of the Inheritance Tax Xxx
0000;
7.1.2 been
close investment-holding Company as defined in Section 13A of the Taxes Act
or
close company as defined in Section 414 of the Taxes Act; or
7.1.3 done
anything so as to give rise to an assessment or any charge to Tax under Section
419 (as extended by Section 422) of the Taxes Act (loans to participators and
associates);
7.2
|
The
Company has not issued a relevant discounted security to which Paragraph
18 of Schedule 9 to the Finance Xxx 0000 (Discounted securities of
close
company) may apply.
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8. |
Capital
Assets
|
8.1
|
No
balancing charge in respect of any capital allowances claimed or
given
would arise if all the assets of the Company were to be realised
for a
consideration equal to the amount of the book value thereof as shown
or
included in the Accounts.
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8.2
|
All
necessary conditions for all capital allowances (as defined in Section
832(1) of the Taxes Act) claimed by the Company were at all material
times
satisfied and remain satisfied and the Company has not since its
incorporation become liable for any balancing
charge.
|
8.3
|
The
Company has not since its incorporation been subject to any debt
or
security where the interest payable thereon fell or falls or could
on its
assignment fall to be treated as a distribution for Tax
purposes.
|
8.4
|
No
chargeable gain or profit (disregarding the effects of any indexation
relief available) would arise if any asset of the Company (other
than
trading stock) were to be realised for a consideration equal to the
amount
of the book value thereof as shown or included in the
Accounts.
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8.5
|
The
Company has not been involved in any scheme or affected by any
arrangements whereby Section 30 TCGA (tax-free benefits) might be
applicable in relation to any disposal by the Company since its
incorporation or on any asset of the Company being disposed of after
the
date hereof.
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8.6
|
The
Company has not held at any time since its incorporation any asset
where,
on the disposal of that asset, the amounts deductible under Section
38
TCGA fall or would fall to be determined by reference to the application
of Section 42 TCGA (part disposal of assets) to a previous
transaction.
|
8.7
|
The
Company has not since its incorporation disposed of any asset so
that
Section 17 TCGA (disposals and acquisitions treated as made at market
value) might apply to increase the consideration deemed to be given
on
such disposal.
|
8.8
|
The
Company has not since its incorporation held or had any interest
in any
asset where Section 17 TCGA might apply to reduce the consideration
deemed
to be given on the acquisition of that
asset.
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9.
|
Value
shifting
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No
chargeable gain or allowable loss which might accrue on a disposal by the
Company of any asset is likely to be adjusted in accordance with Sections 29-34
TCGA (disposals and acquisition treated as made at market value).
10. |
Transfer
pricing
|
The
Company is not party to any transactions or arrangements to which the provisions
of Section 770A or Schedule 28AA of the Taxes Act apply.
11.
|
Transactions
not at arm’s length
|
The
Company has not disposed of or acquired any asset in such circumstances that
the
provisions of Section 17 TCGA (disposals and acquisitions treated as made at
market value) could apply nor given or agreed to give any consideration to
which
Section 128(2) TCGA (consideration given or received by holder) could apply
and
no allowable loss has accrued to the Company to which Section 18 TCGA
(transactions between connected parties) will apply.
12. |
Tax
avoidance
|
12.1
|
The
Company has not engaged in or been party to any scheme or arrangement
in
respect of which the main (or one of the main) purpose or purposes
is or
was the avoidance of tax.
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12.2
|
The
Company has not been party to any preordained series of transactions
containing one or more steps which have no commercial purpose other
than
avoiding, deferring or saving Tax or obtaining of a Tax
advantage.
|
13. |
Intangible
assets
|
All
intangible fixed assets (including goodwill) owned by the Company and treated
for Tax purposes as assets falling within Schedule 29 FA 2002 (gains and losses
of a company from intangible fixed assets) are disclosed.
14. |
Distributions
|
No
distribution within the meaning of Chapter II Part VI of the Taxes Act (matters
which are distributions for the purposes of the corporation taxes act) has
been
made (or will be deemed to have been made) by the Company since its
incorporation except dividends shown in the accounts of the Company and the
Company is not under any obligation to make any such distribution.
15. |
Employee
share incentives
|
15.1
|
No
person has been granted options in a scheme approved under Schedules
3 or
4 ITEPA or options which qualify as enterprise management incentives
under
Schedule 5 ITEPA or are participants in a share incentive plan approved
under Schedule 2 ITEPA in each case by reason of employment with
the
Company.
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15.2
|
No
person has been granted a right to acquire shares or securities which
may
give rise to a liability in respect of income Tax or national insurance
contributions or similar taxes in other jurisdictions on the Company
upon
the exercise of that right or upon the acquisition of those shares
or
securities.
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15.3
|
No
person has acquired an interest in shares which is only conditional
within
the meaning of Chapter 2, Part 7 ITEPA as originally enacted (conditional
interest in shares) nor acquired shares which are convertible within
the
meaning of Chapter 3, Part 7 ITEPA as originally enacted (convertible
shares) which may give rise to a liability in respect of income or
national insurance contributions on the Company under those
provisions.
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15.4
|
No
person has acquired any employment related securities in the Company
(within the meaning of Section 421B ITEPA) to which Part 7 ITEPA
applies.
|
16.
|
Value
Added tax
|
16.1 |
For
the purposes of this paragraph 16 the expression “VAT legislation” shall
include the Value Added Tax Xxx 0000 and all other enactments in
relation
to value added Tax and all notices, provisions and conditions made
or
issued thereunder including the terms of any agreement reached
with HMRC
or any concession referred to in the Disclosure Letter.
|
16.2 |
The
Company:
|
16.2.1 |
is
registered for the purposes of VAT, has been so registered at all
times
that it has been required to be registered by VAT legislation, and
such
registration is not subject to any conditions imposed by or agreed
with
HMRC;
|
16.2.2 |
has
complied fully with and observed in all material respects the terms
of VAT
legislation;
|
16.2.3 |
has
maintained and obtained at all times complete, correct and up-to-date
records, invoices and other documents (as the case may be) appropriate
or
requisite for the purposes of VAT legislation and has preserved such
records, invoices and other documents in such form and for such periods
as
are required by VAT legislation;
|
16.2.4 |
obtains
credit for all input Tax paid or suffered by
it;
|
16.2.5 |
is
not and has not been treated as a member of a group for the purposes
of
VAT legislation;
|
16.2.6 |
is
not required to make payments on account of value added Tax for which
it
may become liable in a prescribed accounting period pursuant to the
Value
Added Tax (Payments on Account) Order 1993;
and
|
16.2.7 |
is
not and has not been subject under VAT legislation to any penalty
liability notice, written warning of failure to comply, surcharge
liability notice or requirement to give security as a condition of
making
taxable supplies.
|
16.3 |
All
VAT, import duty and other taxes or charges payable by the Company
upon
the supply, acquisition, use or importation of goods or services,
and all
excise duties payable in respect of any assets (including trading
stock)
imported or owned by the Company, have been paid in
full.
|
17. |
Stamp
Duty
|
17.1
|
All
documents executed by the Company, which are necessary to establish
the
title of the Company to any asset, have been duly stamped and any
applicable stamp duties charged in respect of such documents have
been
duly accounted for and paid and no such documents which are outside
the
United Kingdom would attract stamp duty if they were brought into
the
United Kingdom.
|
17.2
|
The
Company has complied in all respects with the provisions of Part
IV
Finance Xxx 0000 (stamp duty reserve tax) and with any regulations
made
under the same and the Company will not become liable to pay stamp
duty
reserve Tax by reference to any agreement which falls within the
terms of
Section 87(1) of that Act and is entered into after the incorporation
of
the Company.
|
18. |
International
|
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The
Company is and has at all times been resident in the United Kingdom for Tax
purposes and is not and has not at any time been treated as resident in any
other jurisdiction for any Tax purpose (including any double taxation
arrangement). The Company is not subject to Tax in any jurisdiction other than
its place of incorporation by virtue of having a permanent establishment or
other place of business in that jurisdiction.
19. |
Duties
|
All
value
added tax, import and other taxes or charges payable to any Tax Authority upon
the importation of goods and all excise duties payable to any Tax Authority
in
respect of any asset (including trading stock) imported, owned or used by the
Company have been paid in full.
20. |
Withdrawal
of Reliefs after
Completion
|
No
relief
has been claimed by and/or given to the Company, or taken into account in
determining or eliminating any provision for Tax or deferred Tax in the
Accounts, which could or might be effectively withdrawn, postponed, restricted
or otherwise lost as a result of the sale of the Shares under this Agreement
or
any other event or circumstance occurring or arising at any time after the
incorporation of the Company.
21. |
Continuing
Commitments
|
All
sums
payable under any obligation incurred by the Company prior to Completion and
which will continue to bind the Company after Completion have been and will
continue to be deductible for the purposes of corporation Tax (or any
corresponding Tax on profits in any relevant foreign jurisdiction), either
in
computing the profits of the Company or in computing the corporation Tax or
corresponding Tax chargeable on it.
22. |
Disputes,
investigations
|
The
Company is not involved in any current dispute with any Tax Authority nor is
it
or has it in the last six years been the subject of any investigation, enquiry,
audit or non-routine visit by any Tax Authority. So far as the Sellers are
aware
in relation to the Company there is no planned investigation, enquiry, audit
or
non-routine visit by any Tax Authority and there are no facts which might cause
such an investigation, enquiry, audit or non-routine visit to be
instituted.
23. |
Penalties,
interest
|
Within
the past six years, neither the Company nor any director or officer of any
of
the Company (in his capacity as such) has paid or become liable to pay, and
there are no circumstances by reason of which it or they may become liable
to
pay to any Tax Authority, any penalty, fine, surcharge or interest in respect
of
Tax (including in respect of any failure to make any return, give any notice
or
supply any information to any relevant Tax Authority, or any failure to keep
or
preserve any records or to pay Tax on the due date for payment).
24. |
Special
arrangements
|
No
Tax
Authority has operated or agreed to operate any special arrangement (being
an
arrangement which is not based on relevant legislation or any published
practice) in relation to the Company’s affairs.
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SCHEDULE 4
Terms
and
conditions of Consideration Shares
The
parties to this Agreement agree that any Consideration Shares issued in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement will be issued on the following
terms:
1. |
During
the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on
the date
that is 18 months after the date the Company receives notification
by the
Securities and Exchange Commission that the registration statement
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to that certain Registration
Rights Agreement between the Company and the investors of the Company’s
private placement offering on June 30, 2007 (the “Registration
Statement”),
will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and
comments (the “Lock-Up
Period”),
the Seller will not: (1) sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate
any
Consideration Shares (“Covered
Securities”),
unless it is to an individual, entity or charity that agrees to be
subject
to the terms and conditions of this Schedule or (2) subject the Covered
Securities to any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call
transactions that would result in the effective economic disposition
of
the Covered Securities by any person (the “Lock-Up”).
|
2. |
Notwithstanding
paragraph 1 above:
|
(a) |
the
Lock-Up shall not apply during the period that the sales price per
share
of common stock is at least $15.00, provided that such period is
after the
Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Securities
and
Exchange Commission and shares of the Company’s common stock is listed on
the Nasdaq Stock Market or the American Stock Exchange;
and
|
(b) |
the
Lock-Up shall not apply in connection with transactions where the
transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this
Schedule.
|
3. |
The
obligations of Seller set out in this Schedule also apply to: (i)
all
Covered Securities that the Seller may receive as a stock dividend
or
other distribution on the Covered Securities; and (ii) all other
securities of the Purchaser that the Seller may receive in a
recapitalisation or similar transaction in exchange for Covered Securities
acquired by the undersigned.
|
4. |
The
Purchaser may enforce the priority security interest referred to
in clause
12.2
of
this Agreement by a arranging for a purchase or placing of the
Consideration Shares.
|
5. |
The
Seller consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the
Purchaser’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the
Covered Securities except in compliance with the preceding provisions
of
this Schedule. The Seller also consents to the placement of a legend
on
any and all stock certificates that evidence the Covered Securities
which
are the subject of this Schedule.
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SCHEDULE 5
Completion
Documents
At
Completion, the Seller:
1. |
shall
deliver to the Purchaser at the Premises (or such other place as
may be
agreed) such of the Business Assets as are capable of being transferred
by
delivery;
|
2. |
cause
to be delivered or (if so requested by the Purchaser) made available
to
the Purchaser:
|
(a) |
the
Business Information;
|
(b) |
the
originals (or where originals are not available, copies) of (i) all
contracts to which either of the Companies is a party; and (ii) each
of
the BEI Contracts;
|
(c) |
all
documents of title, certificates, deeds, licences, agreements and
other
documents held by the Seller relating to the Intellectual Property
Rights;
|
(d) |
a
duly executed Deed of Release;
|
(e) |
a
duly executed IP Assignment;
|
3. |
shall
deliver to the Purchaser transfers of the Shares duly executed by
the
registered holder thereof in favour of the Purchaser together with
the
definitive certificates in respect thereof in the names of such registered
holders (or where such certificates have been destroyed or lost,
an
indemnity in a form agreed by the
Purchaser);
|
4. |
shall
deliver to the Purchaser the original of any power of attorney under
which
this Agreement or any document referred to in this Agreement is executed
on behalf of the Seller and such other evidence as the Purchaser
may
require of the authority of any person executing on behalf of the
Seller;
|
5. |
shall
deliver to the Purchaser such waivers, consents or documents which
may be
required by the Purchaser to vest in the Purchaser the full beneficial
ownership of the Shares and enable the Purchaser to procure them
to be
registered in the name of the Purchaser or its
nominees;
|
6. |
shall
deliver to the Purchaser the certificate of incorporation, any certificate
of incorporation on change of name, common seal (which failing a
certificate in the Agreed Form from the Seller certifying that there
is no
common seal), statutory registers and minute and other record books
(fully
written up to the time immediately prior to Completion) and share
certificate books of the Companies together with all unused forms
of share
certificates of the Companies;
|
7. |
shall
deliver to the Purchaser a statement from each bank at which the
Companies
maintain an account of the amount standing to the credit or debit
of all
accounts of the Companies as at close of business on the last business
day
prior to the Completion Date together with the cash book balances
of the
Companies at Completion and statements reconciling such cash book
balances
and relevant cheque books with the balances on each such bank
account;
|
8. |
shall
deliver to the Purchaser copies of all bank mandates of the Companies;
|
9. |
shall
deliver to the Purchaser a certified copy of a board resolution of
the
Purchaser authorising the execution of this Agreement by the Purchaser
together with the performance of its obligations hereunder;
and
|
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10. |
shall
deliver to the Purchaser a certified copy of a resignation letter
in the
Agreed Form from the company secretary of each Company and AG and
DOD in
respect of their respective positions as director of each of MMAP
and
MMAD.
|
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SCHEDULE 6
Reference
Accounts
BALANCE
SHEET MIXED MARTIAL ARTS PROMOTIONS LIMITED
|
||||
EQUITY
AND LIABILITIES
|
||||
Capital
and Reserves
|
||||
Share
Capital
|
||||
Share
Capital
|
1000
|
|||
Increased
share capital
|
205314.82
|
206314.82
|
||
Retained
Income
|
||||
Retained
Income/(Loss)
|
-519718.28
|
|||
Net
Profit/Loss this year
|
-1090942.85
|
-1610661.13
|
-1404346.31
|
|
Shareholders
Loan
|
||||
Loan
- Integrated Technologies & Systems
|
1291717.14
|
|||
Loan
- A Xxxx
|
89297.5
|
|||
Loan
- Other
|
650
|
1381664.64
|
||
Minority
Interest
|
||||
Non-current
Liabilities
|
||||
Long
Term Liabilities
|
1381664.64
|
|||
-22681.67
|
||||
Current
Liabilities
|
||||
Provision
for Bad Debts
|
80770.5
|
|||
Lloyds
Bank Current Account
|
150626.68
|
|||
Accruals
|
37218.48
|
268615.66
|
||
Total
Equity and Liabilities
|
245933.99
|
|||
ASSETS
|
||||
Non-current
Assets
|
||||
Fixed
Assets
|
||||
Motor
Vehicles - Net Value
|
22637.22
|
|||
Other
Fixed Assets - Net Value
|
5000
|
27637.22
|
27637.22
|
|
Current
Assets
|
||||
Customer
Control Account
|
82440.96
|
|||
Supplier
Control Account
|
47218.48
|
|||
VAT
Control Account
|
88637.33
|
218296.77
|
||
Total
Assets
|
245933.99
|
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SCHEDULE 7
Tax
Covenant
1. |
INTERPRETATION
|
1.1 |
In
this Schedule, the following definitions shall have the following
meanings:
|
“Costs” |
means
obligations, liabilities, losses, damages, costs (including legal
costs)
and expenses (including Tax) in each case of any nature
whatsoever;
|
“Event” |
includes
(without limitation) the death or the winding up or dissolution of
any
person, and any act, transaction or omission whatsoever, and any
reference
to an event occurring on or before a particular date shall include
events
which for Tax purposes are deemed to have, or are treated or regarded
as
having, occurred on or before that
date;
|
“paymentfor group relief” |
means
any payment in respect of the surrender of any loss or other relief
(including without limitation any Tax, Tax refund or credit) or in
respect
of any reallocation of any gain, loss, disposal or other matter for
any
Tax purpose;
|
“Purchaser’s Group” |
means
the Purchaser and any other company or companies which either are
or
become after Completion, or have within the six years ending at Completion
been, treated as members of the same group as, or otherwise connected
or
associated in any way with, the Purchaser for any Tax
purpose;
|
“Purchaser’s relief” |
means:
|
(a) |
any
relief arising to either Company in respect of an Event occurring
or
period ending on or before Completion which was taken into account
in
computing the provision for deferred Tax in the Accounts or the
Reference
Accounts and/or in eliminating such provision, or was included
as an asset
or otherwise taken into account in the Accounts or the Reference
Accounts;
|
(b) |
any
relief arising to either Company in respect of an Event occurring
or
period ending after Completion or arising in the ordinary course
of
business to either Company in respect of an event occurring or period
commencing after the Accounts Date;
and
|
(c) |
any
relief arising to any member of the Purchaser’s Group (other than the
Companies);
|
“relief” |
includes,
unless the context otherwise requires, any allowance, credit, deduction,
exemption or set-off in respect of any Tax or relevant to the computation
of any income, profits or gains for the purposes of any Tax, or any
repayment of or saving of Tax (including any repayment supplement
or
interest in respect of Tax), and:
|
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(a) |
any
reference to the use or set off of relief shall be construed
accordingly
and shall include use or set off in part;
and
|
(b) |
any
reference to the loss of a relief shall include the absence, non-existence
or cancellation of any such relief, or to such relief being available
only
in a reduced amount;
|
“Retained Group” |
means
the Seller and any other company or companies (other than the Companies)
which either are or become after Completion, or have within the six
years
ending at Completion been, treated as members of the same group as,
or
otherwise connected or associated in any way with, the Seller for
any Tax
purpose;
|
“Tax” |
includes
(without limitation) corporation tax, advance corporation tax, income
tax
(including income tax or amounts on account of income tax required
to be
deducted or withheld from or accounted for in respect of any payment),
capital gains tax, inheritance tax, value added tax, national insurance
contributions, capital duty, stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax,
stamp
duty land tax, duties of customs and excise, petroleum revenue tax,
rates,
all taxes, duties or charges replaced by or replacing any of them,
and all
other taxes on gross or net income, profits or gains, distributions,
receipts, sales, use, occupation, franchise, value added, and personal
property, and all levies, imposts, duties, charges or withholdings
in the
nature of Taxation, and any payment whatsoever which the relevant
person
may be or become bound to make to any person as a result of the discharge
by that person of any tax which the relevant person has failed to
discharge, together with all penalties, charges and interest relating
to
any of the foregoing or to any late or incorrect return in respect
of any
of them, and regardless of whether any such taxes, levies, duties,
imposts, charges, withholdings, penalties and interest are chargeable
directly or primarily against or attributable directly or primarily
to the
relevant person or any other person and of whether any amount in
respect
of any of them is recoverable from any other
person;
|
“Tax Authority” |
means
any Taxing or other Authority (whether within or outside the United
Kingdom) competent to impose any Tax
Liability;
|
“Tax Claim” |
means:
|
(a) |
the
issue of any notice, demand, assessment, letter or other document
by or on
behalf of any Tax Authority or the imposition of any withholding
of or on
account of Tax; or
|
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(b) |
the
preparation or submission of any notice, return, assessment, letter
or
other document by the Purchaser, either Company or any other
person,
|
from
which it appears that a Tax Liability has been incurred by or will be imposed
on
either Company;
“Tax Liability” |
means
both a liability of either Company to make or suffer an actual payment
of
Tax (or an amount in respect of Tax) and
also:
|
(a) |
the
loss of any relief falling within paragraph (a) of the definition
of
Purchaser’s relief; and
|
(b) |
the
use or set off of any Purchaser’s relief in circumstances where, but for
such use or set off, either Company or would have had an actual
Tax
Liability in respect of which the Purchaser would have been able
to make a
claim against the Seller under this
Schedule,
|
and,
where paragraph (a) or (b) above applies, the amount that is to be treated
for
the purposes of this Schedule as a Tax Liability of the relevant Company shall
be determined as follows:
(i) |
where
the relief that is the subject of the loss or which is used or set
off as
mentioned in those paragraphs is a deduction from or offset against
Tax,
the Tax Liability shall be the amount of that relief so lost, used
or set
off;
|
(ii) |
where
the relief that is the subject of the loss or which is used or
set off as
mentioned in those paragraphs is a deduction from or offset against
income, profits or gains, the Tax Liability shall be, in the case
of a
relief which is used or set off, the amount of Tax saved thereby
and, in
the case of a relief which is lost, the amount of Tax which but
for such
loss would have been saved by virtue of the relief so lost, ignoring
for
this purpose the effect of reliefs (other than deductions in computing
profits for the purpose of Tax) arising in respect of an Event
occurring
or period ending after Completion;
and
|
(iii) |
where
the relief that is the subject of the loss or setting off is a repayment
of Tax, the Tax Liability shall be the amount of the repayment that
would
have been obtained but for the loss, use or setting
off;
|
“Taxes Act” |
means
the Income and Corporation Taxes Xxx
0000.
|
1.2 |
Any
reference to income, profits or gains earned, accrued or received
on or
before a particular date or in respect of a particular period shall
include income, profits or gains which for Tax purposes are deemed
to have
been or are treated or regarded as earned, accrued or received on
or
before that date or in respect of that
period.
|
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1.3 |
Any
reference to an Event occurring on or before Completion shall be
deemed to
include a series or combination of Events the first of which occurred
on
or before Completion.
|
1.4 |
Persons
shall be treated as connected for the purposes of this Schedule if
they
are connected within the meaning of section 839 of the Taxes
Act.
|
1.5 |
Any
stamp duty which is charged or chargeable on any document executed
prior
to Completion which is necessary to establish the title of either
Company
to any asset or in the enforcement or production of which either
Company
is interested shall be deemed, together with any interest, fines
or
penalties relating to such stamp duty, to be a liability of the relevant
Company to make an actual payment of
Tax.
|
1.6 |
The
rule known as the ejusdem
generis
rule shall not apply and
accordingly:
|
(a) |
general
words shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact
that
they are preceded by words indicating a particular class of acts,
matters
or things; and
|
(b) |
general
words shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact
that
they are followed by particular examples intended to be embraced
by the
general words.
|
1.7 |
In
this Schedule, unless the context otherwise
requires:
|
(a) |
references
to persons include individuals, bodies corporate (wherever incorporated),
unincorporated associations and
partnerships;
|
(b) |
the
headings are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the
construction of this Schedule;
|
(c) |
references
to one gender include all genders;
|
(d) |
any
reference to an enactment or statutory provision is a reference to
it as
it may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, modified,
consolidated or re-enacted;
|
(e) |
references
to any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial
proceeding, legal document, legal status, court official or any other
legal concept is, in respect of any jurisdiction other than England,
deemed to include the legal concept or term which most nearly approximates
in that jurisdiction to the English legal
term.
|
1.8 |
All
payments made by the Seller to the Purchaser or by the Purchaser
to the
Seller under this Schedule, other than payments of interest, shall
so far
as possible be made by way of adjustment to the consideration for
the sale
of the Shares.
|
2. |
COVENANT
TO PAY
|
2.1 |
The
Seller hereby covenants with the Purchaser (for itself and as trustee
for
its successors in title) to pay to the Purchaser an amount equivalent
to:
|
(a) |
any
Tax Liability arising in respect of, by reference to or in consequence
of:
|
(i) |
any
income, profits or gains earned, accrued or received on or before
Completion; and
|
(ii) |
any
Event which occurs or occurred on or before Completion;
and
|
(iii) |
any
Tax Liability which is properly attributable to any member of the
Retained
Group; and
|
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(iv) |
any
liability to:
|
(A) |
make
to any member of the Retained Group any payment for group relief;
or
|
(B) |
repay
to any member of the Retained Group the whole or any part of any
payment
for group relief previously
received,
|
in
each
case pursuant to any agreement or arrangement entered into by either Company
on
or before Completion; and
2.2 |
any
Costs reasonably and properly suffered or incurred by either Company
as a
result of, or in connection with, any claim being made against either
Company in respect of or relating to Tax under the terms of any agreement
for the sale and purchase of shares or a business or part of a business
entered into by either Company prior to Completion; and
|
2.3 |
any
Tax Liability which comprises a liability to income tax or employee
or
employer’s national insurance contributions arising in respect of, by
reference to or in consequence of the payment of the Consideration;
and
|
2.4 |
any
Tax Liability arising in respect of, by reference to or in consequence
of
the Zuffa Claims.
|
3. |
EXCLUSIONS
|
The
covenant contained in paragraph 2.1 shall not cover any Tax Liability to the
extent that:
(a) |
specific
provision in respect of that Tax Liability has been made in the Accounts,
or the Tax Liability was paid or discharged before Completion;
or
|
(b) |
the
Tax Liability arises or is increased as a result only of any increase
in
rates of Tax which is announced and comes into force after Completion
with
retrospective effect or of any change in law which is announced and
comes
into force after Completion with retrospective effect;
or
|
(c) |
the
Tax Liability would not have arisen but for a voluntary transaction,
action or omission carried out or effected by either Company at any
time
after Completion, except that this exclusion shall not apply where
any
such transaction, action or
omission:
|
(i) |
is
carried out or effected pursuant to a legally binding commitment
created
on or before Completion, or which for some other reason could not
reasonably have been avoided;
|
(ii) |
is
carried out or effected in the ordinary course of business;
or
|
(iii) |
(without
prejudice to paragraphs 3(c)(i) and 3(c)(ii)) is carried out in
circumstances where the Purchaser did not know and (on the basis
of the
information actually supplied in writing by the Seller to the Purchaser
prior to Completion) could not reasonably be expected to know it
would or
might give rise to the Tax Liability in
question.
|
4. |
COSTS
AND EXPENSES
|
The
covenant contained in this Schedule shall extend to all costs and expenses
incurred by the Purchaser or the relevant Company in connection with a claim
under this Schedule or in connection with the subject matter of any such claim,
including in connection with any action taken as referred to in paragraph 7
and
any satisfaction or settlement of a Tax Liability in accordance with that
paragraph.
5. |
WITHHOLDINGS/DEDUCTIONS
FROM COVENANT PAYMENTS
|
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5.1 |
All
sums payable by the Seller under this Schedule shall be paid without
set-off or counterclaim.
|
5.2 |
All
sums payable by the Seller under this Schedule shall be paid free
and
clear of all deductions or withholdings unless the deduction or
withholding is required by law, in which event the Seller shall pay
such
additional amount as shall be required to ensure that the net amount
received by the Purchaser under this Schedule will equal the full
amount
which would have been received by it had no such deduction or withholding
been required to be made.
|
6. |
TAX
ON COVENANT PAYMENTS
|
6.1 |
If
any Tax Authority brings into charge to Tax any sum paid to the Purchaser
under this Schedule (including in circumstances where any relief
is
available in respect of such charge to Tax), then the Seller shall
pay
such additional amount as shall be required to ensure that the total
amount paid, less the Tax chargeable on such amount (or that would
be so
chargeable but for such relief), is equal to the amount that would
otherwise be payable under this
Schedule.
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6.2 |
Paragraph
6.1 shall apply in respect of any amount deducted or withheld as
contemplated by paragraph 5.2 as it applies to sums paid to the Purchaser,
save to the extent that in computing the Tax chargeable the Purchaser
is
able to obtain a credit for the amount deducted or
withheld.
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7. |
NOTIFICATION
OF CLAIMS AND CONDUCT OF
DISPUTES
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7.1 |
If
the Purchaser becomes aware of any Tax Claim relevant for the purposes
of
this Schedule, the Purchaser shall give, or shall procure that notice
of
that Tax Claim is given, to the Seller as soon as reasonably practicable
and shall conduct the defence of any such Tax Claim and the Seller
shall
for these purposes indemnify and secure the Purchaser and the Companies
on
demand against all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses including
those of its legal advisers incurred in respect of the defence of
such Tax
Claim.
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7.2 |
The
Seller and JF acknowledge that they are already aware of the Zuffa
Claims
and that no notice is required
to
be given by the Purchaser pursuant to clause 7.1 in relation to the
Zuffa
Claims.
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8. |
DUE
DATE OF PAYMENT AND
INTEREST
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8.1 |
Where
a claim under this Schedule relates to a liability to make or suffer
an
actual payment or increased payment of Tax or an amount in respect
thereof
or where either Company is under a liability to make a payment of
the type
referred to in paragraph 2.3 above (in this paragraph referred to
as a
group relief payment), the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser the
amount
claimed under this Schedule in respect thereof on or before the date
which
is the later of the date ten Business Days after demand is made therefor
under this Schedule and the fifth Business Day prior
to:
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(a) |
in
the case of Tax in respect of which there is no provision for payment
by
instalments, the latest date on which the Tax in question can be
paid to
the relevant Tax Authority in order to avoid a liability to interest
or
penalties accruing;
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(b) |
in
the case of Tax in respect of which there is provision for payment
by
instalments, each date on which an instalment of such Tax becomes
payable
(and so that on each such date an appropriate proportion of the amount
claimed shall be paid, such proportion to be notified by the Purchaser
to
the Seller at least five Business Days prior to each such date);
or
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(c) |
in
the case of a group relief payment, the date on which that group
relief
payment is payable to the person demanding the
same.
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Provided
that, if the date on which Tax to which this paragraph applies can be recovered
is deferred following application to the appropriate authority and the Seller
indemnifies and secures the Purchaser and the relevant Company to the
Purchaser’s reasonable satisfaction in accordance with paragraph 7.1, the date
for payment by the Seller shall be the earlier of the date on which the Tax
becomes recoverable by the relevant Tax Authority (notwithstanding any initial
deferral) and such date when the amount of Tax is finally and conclusively
determined. For this purpose, an amount of Tax shall be deemed to be finally
determined when, in respect of such amount, an agreement under section 54 of
the
Taxes Management Xxx 0000 or any legislative provision corresponding to that
section is made, or a decision of a court or tribunal is given or any binding
agreement or determination is made from which either no appeal lies or in
respect of which no appeal is made within the prescribed time
limit.
8.2 |
Where
a claim under this Schedule relates to the loss or set off of a repayment
of Tax, the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser the amount claimed
under
this Schedule in respect thereof on or before the date which is the
later
of the date ten Business Days after demand is made therefor under
this
Schedule and the date when such repayment would have been due were
it not
for such loss or setting off.
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8.3 |
Where
a claim under this Schedule relates to the loss, use or set off of
any
relief other than a repayment of Tax, the Seller shall pay to the
Purchaser the amount claimed under this Schedule in respect thereof
on or
before the date which is the later of the date ten Business Days
after
demand is made therefor under this Schedule,
and:
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(a) |
in
the case of a relief which is used or set off, the date or dates
referred
to in paragraph 8.1(a) or 8.1(b) that would have applied to the Tax
saved
by the use or set off of the relief if that Tax had been payable;
or
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(b) |
in
the case of a relief which is lost, the date or dates referred to
in
paragraph 8.1(a) or 8.1(b) that apply to the Tax which but for such
loss
would have been saved by virtue of such relief, ignoring for this
purpose
the effect of reliefs (other than deductions in computing profits
for the
purposes of Tax) arising in respect of an Event occurring or period
ending
after Completion.
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8.4 |
Where
a claim under this Schedule relates to Costs of the type referred
to in
paragraph 2.4 above, the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser the amount
claimed under this Schedule in respect thereof on or before the date
which
is the later of the date ten Business Days after demand is made therefor
under this Schedule and the fifth Business Day prior to the date
when the
relevant Company becomes liable to pay or incur such Costs under
the
relevant sale and purchase
agreement.
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8.5 |
Paragraphs
8.1, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 shall apply to any additional amount payable
under
paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 so that such amount shall be paid on the later
of
the date ten Business Days after demand is made therefor by or on
behalf
of the claimant and such other date or dates determined under paragraphs
8.1, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 in relation to the Tax, relief or Costs to
which the
claim under paragraph 2 in respect of which such additional amount
is due,
relates.
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8.6 |
Any
sum not paid by the Seller on the due date for payment specified
in this
paragraph 8 shall bear interest (which shall accrue from day to day
after
as well as before any judgment for the same) at the rate of 4 per
cent.
per annum over the base rate of Barclays Bank Plc. (or in the absence
of
such rate at such similar rate as the Purchaser shall select) from
the due
date to and including the day of actual payment of such sum, compounded
quarterly. Such interest shall be paid on the demand of the
Purchaser.
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9. |
RECOVERY
FROM THIRD PARTIES
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9.1 |
If
any payment is made by the Seller under this Schedule in full discharge
of
a liability which arises under this Schedule in respect of a Tax
Liability
and the Purchaser or either Company subsequently receives from any
person
other than the Purchaser or the relevant Company or any person connected
with any of them a payment or relief in respect of the Tax Liability
in
question (which payment or relief is received by virtue of a legal
right),
the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to the amount
received or the amount that the Purchaser or the relevant Company
will
save by virtue of the receipt of the relief (less the amount of all
costs
and expenses in obtaining such payment or relief, and net of any
Tax
payable on the amount received) to the extent that the payment to
the
Seller does not exceed the payment originally made by the Seller
(net of
any Tax suffered thereon), and to the extent that the right to such
payment or relief is not prejudiced
thereby.
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9.2 |
Where
the Purchaser or the relevant Company receives a relief as referred
to in
paragraph 9.1, a payment shall not be made to the Seller before the
date
on which the Tax that would have been payable but for the relief
would
have become recoverable by the appropriate Tax Authority, and shall
not be
made to the extent that, but for the use of such relief, the relevant
Company would have had an actual Tax Liability in respect of which
the
Purchaser would have been able to make a claim against the Seller
under
this Schedule.
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10. |
SECONDARY
LIABILITIES
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10.1 |
The
Seller covenants with the Purchaser to pay to the Purchaser an amount
equivalent to any Tax or any amount on account of Tax which the relevant
Company, or any other member of the Purchaser’s Group, is required to pay
as a result of a failure by any member of the Retained Group to discharge
that Tax.
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10.2 |
The
Purchaser covenants with the Seller to pay to the Seller an amount
equivalent to any Tax or any amount on account of Tax which any member
of
the Retained Group is required to pay as a result of a failure by
the
relevant Company, or any other member of the Purchaser’s Group, to
discharge that Tax.
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10.3 |
The
covenants contained in paragraphs 10.1 and 10.2
shall:
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(a) |
extend
to any costs incurred in connection with such Tax or a claim under
paragraph 10.1 or 10.2 as the case may
be
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(b) |
(in
the case of paragraph 10.2) not apply to Tax to the extent that the
Purchaser could claim payment in respect of it under paragraph 2,
except
to the extent a payment has been made pursuant to paragraph 2 and
the Tax
to which it relates was not paid by the relevant
Company;
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(c) |
not
apply to Tax to the extent it has been recovered under any relevant
statutory provision (and the Purchaser or the Seller as the case
may be
shall procure that no such recovery is sought to the extent that
payment
is made hereunder); and
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(d) |
not
apply to Tax to the extent that a contribution is or has been made
in
respect of it pursuant to the group payment arrangement referred
to in
paragraph 11.13.
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10.4 |
Paragraph
8 (due date for payment) shall apply to the covenants contained in
paragraphs 10.1 and 10.2 as they apply to the covenants contained
in
paragraph 2, replacing references to the Seller by the Purchaser
(and vice
versa) where appropriate, and making any other necessary
modifications.
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11. |
MANAGEMENT
OF PRE-COMPLETION TAX AFFAIRS
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Interpretation
11.1 |
In
this paragraph 11 and in paragraph
12:
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“accounting period” |
means
any period by reference to which any income, profits or gains, or
any
other amounts relevant for the purposes of Tax, are measured or
determined;
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“pre-Completion Tax affairs” |
means
the Tax affairs of each Company and for which the Seller is responsible
under this paragraph 11;
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“Tax documents” |
means
the Tax returns, claims and other documents which the Seller is required
to prepare on behalf of each Company under paragraph 11.2(a) and
11.2(b);
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“Tax return” |
means
any return required to be made to any Tax Authority of income,
profits or
gains or of any other amounts or information relevant for the purposes
of
Tax, including any related accounts, computations and attachments;
and
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“time limit” |
means
the latest date on which a Tax document can be executed or delivered
to a
relevant Tax Authority either without incurring interest or a penalty,
or
in order to ensure that such Tax document is
effective.
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Rights
and Obligations of the Seller
11.2 |
Subject
to and in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph the Seller
or
its duly authorised agents shall, in respect of all accounting periods
ending on or before Completion, and at its own
cost:
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(a) |
prepare
the Tax returns of each Company;
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(b) |
(subject
to paragraph 13) prepare on behalf of each Company all claims, elections,
surrenders, disclaimers, notices and consents for the purposes of
Tax;
and
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(c) |
(subject
to paragraph 7) deal with all matters relating to Tax which concern
or
affect each Company, including the conduct of all negotiations and
correspondence and the reaching of all agreements relating thereto
or to
any Tax documents.
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11.3 |
Except
with the Purchaser’s written consent, the Seller shall not, and shall
procure that its duly authorised agents do not, prepare any Tax document
(or any similar document relating to the Tax affairs of the Seller
or any
company under its control) which comprises or includes a claim, election,
surrender, disclaimer, notice or consent, or withdraw any such item
unless
the making, giving or withdrawal of it (as the case may be) either
has
been taken into account in preparing the Accounts and the Reference
Accounts, or could not have any adverse effect on the liability to
Tax of
the relevant Company.
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11.4 |
The
Seller or its duly authorised agents shall deliver all Tax documents
to
the Purchaser for authorisation, signing and submission to the relevant
Tax Authority. If a time limit applies in relation to any Tax document,
the Seller shall ensure that the Purchaser receives the Tax document
no
later than 10 Business Days before the expiry of the time
limit.
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11.5 |
If
the Seller or its duly authorised agent fails to deliver a Tax document
to
which a time limit applies to the Purchaser within the period specified
in
paragraph 11.4, and such Tax document is a Tax return or is otherwise
material to the Tax position of the relevant
Company:
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(a) |
the
Seller shall notify the Purchaser of such failure as soon as is
practicable;
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(b) |
the
Purchaser shall be permitted to arrange for the preparation and submission
of the Tax document (but shall not be liable for any failure to do so);
and
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(c) |
(for
the avoidance of doubt) paragraph 2.1(c) shall apply in respect of
such
failure.
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11.6 |
The
Seller shall procure that:
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(a) |
the
Purchaser is kept fully informed of the progress of all matters relating
to the pre-Completion Tax affairs;
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(b) |
the
Purchaser promptly receives copies of all written correspondence
with any
Tax Authority insofar as it is relevant to the pre-Completion Tax
affairs;
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(c) |
no
Tax document is submitted to any Tax Authority which is not, so far
as the
Seller is aware, complete, true and accurate in all respects, and
not
misleading; and
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(d) |
no
Material Correspondence is submitted to, or any Material Agreement
reached
with, any Tax Authority without the prior approval of the Purchaser
(such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed).
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For
the
purposes of sub-paragraph 11.6(d) above, Material Correspondence and Material
Agreements are Tax documents, other correspondence and agreements which the
Seller considers or ought reasonably to consider may be of material importance
to the Purchaser as regards either the future relationship with the Tax
Authority concerned, or the future liability to Tax, of the Purchaser or the
relevant Company.
11.7 |
The
Seller agrees to devote reasonable resources to dealing with
pre-Completion Tax affairs, and shall use reasonable endeavours to
ensure
that they are finalised as soon as reasonably practicable. Following
such
date the Seller and its agents shall cease to be responsible for,
or to
have power or authority to deal with, pre-Completion Tax affairs
on behalf
of the Companies but shall pay to the Purchaser the amount of any
reasonable costs and expenses thereafter incurred in conducting such
affairs.
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Obligations
of the Purchaser
11.8 |
The
Purchaser shall procure that:
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(a) |
the
Seller and its duly authorised agents are afforded such access (including
the taking of copies) to the books, accounts and records of the Companies
and such other assistance as it or they reasonably require to enable
the
Seller to discharge its obligations under paragraph 11.2 and to enable
the
Seller and any member of the Retained Group to comply with its own
Tax
obligations; and
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(b) |
the
Seller is sent a copy of any communication from any Tax Authority
insofar
as it relates to the pre-Completion Tax
affairs.
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11.9 |
The
Purchaser shall (subject to paragraph 11.10 below and to compliance
by the
Seller with the other provisions of this paragraph 11) be obliged
to
procure that each Company shall cause any Tax document delivered
to it
under paragraph 11.4 to be authorised, signed and submitted to the
appropriate Tax Authority.
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Rights
of the Purchaser
11.10 |
The
Purchaser shall be under no obligation to procure the authorisation,
signing, or submission to a Tax Authority of any Tax document delivered
to
it under paragraph 11.4 which it considers in its reasonable opinion
to be
false, misleading, incomplete or inaccurate in any respect, but for
the
avoidance of doubt shall be under no obligation to make any enquiry
as to
the completeness or accuracy thereof and shall be entitled to rely
entirely on the Seller and its
agents.
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11.11 |
If
the Purchaser considers in its reasonable opinion
that:
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(a) |
any
Tax document prepared by or on behalf of the Seller pursuant to paragraph
11.2 is false, misleading, incomplete or inaccurate in any material
respect (otherwise than as a result of the non-disclosure of information
by the Purchaser or either Company to the Seller);
or
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(b) |
the
way in which the Seller or its duly authorised agents are conducting
or
are proposing to conduct the pre-Completion Tax affairs is improper
or
negligent or is likely to:
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(i) |
involve
unreasonable delay in reaching agreement with a relevant Tax Authority;
or
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(ii) |
prejudice
the future relationship with the Tax Authority of the Purchaser or
either
Company,
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then,
without prejudice to any rights or remedies available to the Purchaser under
this Schedule, the Purchaser shall be entitled to serve notice on the Seller
terminating its authority to deal with pre-Completion Tax affairs, whereupon
the
provisions of paragraph 11.7 shall apply as if the date referred to in that
paragraph had passed.
12. |
CONDUCT
OF OTHER TAX AFFAIRS
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12.1 |
The
Purchaser or its duly authorised agents shall have sole conduct of
all Tax
affairs of the Companies which are not pre-Completion Tax affairs
and
shall be entitled to deal with such Tax affairs in any way in which
it, in
its absolute discretion, considers
fit.
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12.2 |
In
respect of any accounting period commencing prior to Completion and
ending
after Completion (the “Straddle
Period”)
the Purchaser shall procure that the Tax returns of each Company
shall be
prepared on a basis which is consistent with the manner in which
the Tax
returns of each Company were prepared for all accounting periods
ending
prior to Completion.
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12.3 |
The
Seller shall provide such assistance as the Purchaser shall reasonably
request in preparing all Tax returns relating to the Straddle
Period.
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SCHEDULE 8
Definitions
and Interpretation
1. |
In
this Agreement, including the Background and Schedules, the following
words and expressions shall have the words and meanings given in
Schedule
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“Accounts”
|
means
the audited annual accounts of the Companies for the financial year
ended
on the Accounts Date;
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“Accounts
Date”
|
means
31 December 2006;
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“AG”
|
means
Xxxxxx Xxxx of Gibbet Oak, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx. XX00
0XX;
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“AG
Account”
|
means
the account in the names of A Xxxx and L Xxxx held at Barclays Bank
plc
with account number: 00000000 and sort code: 202542;
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“AG
Loan”
|
means
an interest-free loan in the sum of £89,297.50 made by AG to MMAP and
repayable on demand;
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“BEI
Contracts”
|
means
all of the contracts relating to the Business to which the Seller
is a
party including, but not limited to, all those contracts listed in
Schedule 2
of
this Agreement;
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“Business”
|
means
the mixed martial arts business known as “Cage Rage” as carried on by the
Companies at the Effective Date including, but not limited to: (a)
recruiting and promoting fighters; (b) promoting and staging mixed
martial
arts fights; (c) branding and licensing mixed martial arts brands
and
logos; (d) licensing broadcast rights to mixed martial arts events;
(e)
advertising and sponsorship sales; and (f) merchandise sales, together
with any of these activities which may be carried on by the
Seller;
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“Business
Assets”
|
means
any assets, whether Intellectual Property or otherwise, relating
to the
Business and not owned by the Companies;
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“Business
Day”
|
means
a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for
business in the City of London;
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“Business
Information”
|
means
all information, Know-How, documentation, books and records (on whatever
medium stored) relating (wholly or partly) to the Business and/or
any
products manufactured or sold or services rendered by the Business
held by
or under the control of the Seller or the Companies including all
books of
account, and accounting records, documents relating to the management,
administration or financial affairs of the Business and the Companies
(including any business plans or forecasts, information relating
to future
business development or planning information relating to any litigation
or
legal advice) payroll records, income records, tax records, stock
and
other records, correspondence, promotional materials, lists and other
information relating to clients, customers, suppliers, licensors
and
licensees, documents relating to the sale or marketing of any products
manufactured, produced, sold or licensed or services rendered by
the
Companies or the Business including all sales, marketing and promotional
information or documents (including any targets, sales and/or market
share
statistics, market surveys and reports and research), technical or
computer software and hardware manuals and other books and all other
documents which relate to the Companies or the Business;
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“Business
Name”
|
means
any one of “Cage Rage”; “Cage Rage Championships”, “Cage Rage Contenders”,
“Ultimate Fighter”, “Ultimate Fighting Championships” and
“UFC”;
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“Claim”
|
means
a claim by the Purchaser against the Seller for a breach of a
Warranty;
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“Companies
Act”
|
means
the Companies Xxx 0000, as amended and the Companies Xxx
0000;;
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“Completion”
|
means
the completion of this agreement by the performance of the obligations
set
out in Clause 5.2
and “Completed”
shall be construed accordingly;
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“Completion
Date”
|
means
the date of Completion
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“Confidential
Information”
|
means
all information (whether oral or written) acquired by the Seller
(whether
before or after the date of this Agreement and whether directly or
indirectly) which relates to the affairs or business of the Purchaser
including all information relating to the affairs of MMAD, MMAP and
the
Business;
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“Consideration”
|
means
the sum of (a) the Initial Consideration; (b) the Share Consideration;
and
(c) the Deferred Consideration;
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“Consideration
Shares”
|
means
the shares of US$0.0001 each in the Purchaser that are to be issued
in
accordance with clause 3
of
this Agreement as part of the Consideration and on the terms set
out in
Schedule 4;
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“Customs”
|
means
HM Revenue and Customs;
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“Databases”
|
means
collections of data in machine readable form relating to the Business
or
the Employees including all databases relating to customers, suppliers,
contributors, licensors and licensees and/or employees;
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“Data
Protection Legislation”
|
means
the Data Protection Xxx 0000 and the Data Protection Act 1984 (to
the
extent still in force) and any other applicable data protection
legislation, regulations and guidance in force from time to time
throughout the world as are relevant to the compiling and use of
personal
data including industry best practice from time to time;
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“Deed
of Release”
|
means
the deed of release dated on the same day as this Agreement and executed
by IT&S, the Seller, AG, JF, MMAP and MMAD;
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“Disclosed”
|
means
in respect of any fact, matter or circumstance fully and fairly disclosed
to the Purchaser in the Disclosure Letter with sufficient explanation
and
detail to enable the Purchaser to identify clearly the nature, scope
and
full implications of the relevant fact, matter or circumstance being
disclosed;
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“Disclosure
Letter”
|
means
the letter of today’s date in the agreed form from the Seller to the
Purchaser (together with any attachments) disclosing
information;
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“DOD”
|
means
Xxxxx X’Xxxxxxx of 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxx XX00 0XX;
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“Domain
Names”
|
means
xxxxxxxx.xxx
xxxxxxxx.xx.xx
xxxxxxxx.xx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
xxx.xx
and
any other domain names used in connection with the Business;
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“Employees”
|
means
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Peersaib, a temporary staff member;
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“Encumbrance”
|
means
any claim, charge, mortgage, pledge, trust, security, lien, restriction
on
transfer, easement, option, equity, power of sale, hypothecation
or other
third party rights, retention of title, right of pre-emption, right
of
first refusal, any other security interest of any kind or restrictions
on
the creation of any of the foregoing;
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“Effective
Date”
|
means
21 April 2007;
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“Goodwill”
|
means
the goodwill, custom and connection of the Seller in relation to
the
Business together with the exclusive right for the Purchaser and
its
successors and assigns to represent themselves as carrying on the
Business
in succession to the Seller and the exclusive right to use the Business
Name and all other trade names associated with the Business;
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“HMRC”
|
means
HM Revenue and Customs;
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“Intellectual
Property”
|
means
any and all intellectual property rights or analogous intangible
rights
including all patents, patent applications, trade marks, service
marks,
business names, trade names, Domain Names, logos and get-up, emblems,
registered designs, unregistered designs, copyrights (including copyright
in any computer programs), rights relating to layout, design graphics,
and
text, rights relating to look and feel and formulas and rights to
any
underlying source code and object code, all database rights, software
programmes and source codes, topography rights and other forms of
intellectual or industrial property (whether or not registered or
registerable and for the full period thereof and all extensions and
renewals thereof and applications for registration of or otherwise
in
connection with the foregoing), Know-How, inventions, formulae,
confidential or secret processes and information (in each case in
any part
of the world), unfair competition rights and rights to xxx for passing
off
or past infringements, rights under licences, consents, order, statutes
or
otherwise in respect of any rights of the nature specified above
and
rights of the same or similar effect or nature as the foregoing in
any
jurisdiction;
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“Intellectual
Property Rights”
|
means
all Intellectual Property owned (legally or beneficially), used or
licensed by the Companies or otherwise in relation to the Business,
including, but not limited to the names and marks “Cage Rage”, “Cage Rage
Championships” and “Cage Rage Contenders”;
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“IP
Assignment”
|
means
the assignment, in the Agreed Form, from the Seller to the Purchaser
of
certain Intellectual Property Rights relating to the
Business;
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“IT
System”
|
means
all computer hardware (including network and telecommunications equipment)
and software (including associated preparatory materials, user manuals
and
other related documentation) owned, used, leased or licensed by the
Companies or by the Seller in relation to the Business;
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“IT&S”
|
means
Integrated Technologies and Systems Limited, a company incorporated
in the
British Virgin Islands with registered number 203811 and with a registered
office at Akara Building, 24 Xx Xxxxxx Street, Road Town, Tortola,
British
Virgin Islands;
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“IT&S
Loan”
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means
an interest-free loan made by IT&S to MMAP in the sum of £1,291,717.14
and repayable on demand;
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“Know-How”
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means
all information not publicly known which is owned and/or used by
the
Seller or the Companies in connection with the Business existing
in any
form (including paper, electronically stored data, magnetic media,
film
and microfilm);
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“Licences,
Permissions and Permits”
|
means
any and all licences, permissions and permits that are required for
the
carrying out of the Business;
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“Marketing
Materials”
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means
all advertising, publishing, promotional and marketing materials
relating
to, used (or intended for use) by the Seller or its agent(s) in connection
with the Business;
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“Material
Adverse Change”
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means
any material adverse change in the business, operations, assets,
position
(financial, trading or otherwise), profits or prospects of the Companies
or any event or circumstances that may result in such a material
adverse
change;
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“New
Employment Agreements”
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means
the employment agreements in the agreed form to be entered into between
MMAP and each of DOD and AG;
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“Non-Tax
Claim”
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means
a Claim which is not a Tax Claim;
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“Purchaser’s
Bank Account”
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means
such account in the name of the Purchaser as may be notified by the
Purchaser to the Seller from time to time;
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“Purchaser’s
Group”
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means
the Purchaser and any subsidiary, holding company or associate of
the
Purchaser;
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“Purchaser’s
Solicitors”
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means
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP of Hanover House, 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X
0XX;
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“Reference
Accounts”
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means
the balance sheet of MMAP as at 31 August 2007 set out in Schedule 6
of
this Agreement;
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“Regulations”
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means
the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations
2006,
as amended;
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“Restricted
Customer”
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means
any firm, company or other person who, during the period of 12 months
ending on the Completion Date, was a client, customer of or in the
habit
of dealing with the Business or with whom the Business was involved
in
negotiations with a view to such firm, company or other person becoming
a
client or customer of the Business;
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“Restricted
Supplier”
|
means
any firm, company or other person who, during the period of 12 months
ending on the Completion Date was a supplier or licensor of goods,
services and/or rights to the Business or with whom the Business
was
involved in negotiations with a view to such firm, company or other
person
becoming a supplier or licensor of the Business;
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“Seller’s
Bank Account
|
means
the bank account in the name of Xxxxxx X Xxxxx & Associates P.A., PE
Trust Account with Sun Trust Bank, South Florida, N.A. 000 X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 with account number 0494002024235
and
routing and transit no.: 000000000;
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“Shares”
|
means
the entire issued share capital of MMAP and MMAD at the date of this
Agreement;
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“Tax” or
“Taxation”
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shall
have the meaning given in the Tax Covenant;
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“Tax
Authority”
|
shall
have the meaning given in the Tax Covenant;
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“Tax
Claim”
|
means
a claim by the Purchaser against the Seller for a breach of the Tax
Covenant or the Tax Warranties;
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“Tax
Covenant”
|
means
the covenant relating to Tax contained in Schedule 7
and in the Agreed Form which will come into force at
Completion;
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“Tax
Warranties”
|
means
the Warranties set out in Part 2 of Schedule 3
and any other Warranty insofar as it relates to Tax and “Tax Warranty”
means any one of them; and
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“Warranties”
|
means
all of the warranties, representations and undertakings given by
the
Seller referred to in Clause 10
and set out in Schedule 3
(Parts 1 and 2) and “Warranty”
means any one of them; and
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2. |
In
this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, references to:
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(a) |
any
statute or statutory provision are to that statute or statutory provision
as from time to time amended, extended, consolidated or re-enacted
and any
subordinate legislation made under it except insofar as any such
amendment, consolidation or re-enactment made after the date of this
Agreement would impose any increased or new liability on any
party;
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(b) |
a
“person”
includes any individual, company, firm, corporation, partnership,
joint
venture, association, institution or government (whether or not having
a
separate legal personality);
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(c) |
a
“party”
means a party to this Agreement and shall include its assignees and
successors in title if and as permitted in accordance with this
Agreement;
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(d) |
background,
clauses and schedules are references to the background, clauses and
schedules of this Agreement;
|
(e) |
one
gender include all genders and references to the singular include
the
plural and vice versa;
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(f) |
a
document are references to that document as from time to time varied
or
supplemented;
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(g) |
a
document in the “agreed
form”
are references to such document in the terms agreed by the parties
and for
the purposes of identification initialled by each party on or before
the
date of this Agreement;
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(h) |
a
“subsidiary”
or “holding
company”
shall be construed in accordance with Section 736 of the Companies
Act;
|
(i) |
a
person being “connected”
to another person shall be construed in accordance with Section 346
of the
Companies Act;
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(j) |
a
person being an “associate”
of another person shall be construed in accordance with Section 435
of the
Insolvency Xxx 0000; and
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(k) |
“written”
or “in
writing”
includes faxes but not email.
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3. |
The
headings in this Agreement are for guidance only and shall not affect
its
interpretation.
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4. |
The
use of the term “including”,
or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and
shall not
limit the sense of the words preceding or following that
term.
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5. |
The
Schedules form part of this Agreement and will be of full force and
effect
as though they were expressly set out in the body of this
Agreement.
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Executed
and delivered as a Deed by
duly
authorised on behalf of
BELGRAVIA
ENTERTAINMENT
INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED
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)
)
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Authorised
signatory
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Executed
and delivered as a Deed by
XXXX
XXXXXXX
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)
)
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)
)
)
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Witnessed
by:
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Name
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Address
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Executed
and delivered as a Deed by
duly
authorised on behalf of
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)
)
)
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)
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Director
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Director
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