OFFER AND AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE
OFFER
AND AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of
the 30th day of April, 2008 (the “Effective Date”) between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx Degree College Corp., a British Columbia company having an office at
Xxxx 0000, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX, X0X 0X0 (the “Purchaser”) and Global Education in Tourism Ltd.
(the “Vendor”), a
British Columbia Company, having its registered office address 700 – 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, X.X. X0X 0X0.
BACKGROUND
A. The Vendor carries
on the business of offering educational courses and instruction in various
locations in British Columbia under the trade name “TTI Tourism Training” and
other similar names and carries on the business in China utilizing the AHLA
License (as herein defined) (together the“ Business”).
B. The Vendor has
agreed to sell to the Purchaser, or its nominee corporation or assignee, and the
Purchaser has agreed to purchase certain property and assets owned by the Vendor
on the terms and subject to the conditions provided in this
Agreement.
C. The Vendor carries
on the business of offering educational courses and instruction in various
locations in China and in connection with its operations and has entered into
the AHLA License Agreement (as defined herein).
D. Xxxxxxx Xxx and
Xxxxxx Xxx (together the "Covenantors") individually or
through companies owned by them, own and control the Vendor and consequently
have an interest in the transactions herein set forth.
TERMS
OF AGREEMENT
In consideration of
the premises and the covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and
payments contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration
(the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged), the parties agree
as follows:
1.
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DEFINITIONS
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Whenever used in
this Agreement or in the Schedules hereto, unless there is something in the
subject matter or context inconsistent therewith, the following words and terms
will have the indicated meanings and grammatical variations of such words and
terms will have corresponding meanings:
(a)
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"AHLA License" means a
license entered into between the Vendor as Licensee and the Educational
Institute of the American Hotel and Lodging Association (the “Licensor”)
as Licensor dated the 28th
day of March, 2007, a copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule
B;
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(b)
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“Approvals” means all
licenses, approvals and authorizations required from all regulatory and
governing bodies for the Purchaser to purchase the Assets and offer the
TTI Courses and confer diplomas and degrees with respect to same,
including without limitation Approvals from the Private Career Training
Institutions Agency (the “PCTIA Approvals” which are listed in Schedule
A);
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(c)
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“Assets” means those
assets listed on Schedule A including without limitation the goodwill
related to the Business, the TTI Student Contracts and the TTI
Employment/Consulting Contracts;
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(d)
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“Closing” means the 1st
day of May, 2008;
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(e)
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“Collateral Mortgage”
means a mortgage granted by the Covenantors to the Purchaser as collateral
security for the Indemnity in the form attached as Schedule F, such
collateral mortgage to be subject only to a first mortgage in favour of
HSBC Bank Canada in the principal amount of $670,000 registered against
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx (PID: 000-000-000, New Westminster Land Title
Office) (the “Home Property”) as Instrument BX103375 and a second mortgage
in favour of Value Property Center Inc. in the principal amount of
$77,688.28 registered as Instrument , and to no other financial
encumbrances;
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(f)
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“Xxxxxx Consulting Agreement”
means a consulting agreement to be entered into between the
Purchaser and Xxxxxx Xxx pursuant to which he will proved services to the
Company and agrees not to compete with the
Company;
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(g)
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"Encumbrances" means
mortgages, charges, pledges, security interests, liens, encumbrances,
actions, rights and claims, adverse interests, acquisition rights of third
parties, demands and equities of any nature, whatsoever or howsoever
arising, and any rights or privileges capable of becoming any of the
foregoing;
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(h)
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“Existing TTI Premises”
means Xxxxx 000 & 000 – 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, X.X.
(the “Vancouver Campus”) and 207 – 00000 – 000xx
Xxx., Xxxxxx, X.X. X0X 0X0 (the “Surrey Campus”) at which the Vendor now
offers the TTI Courses;
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(i)
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“Indemnity” has the
meaning given to it in Section 11
hereof;
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(j)
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“IP Assets”
means:
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(i)
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any and all
IP Rights as set out in Schedule A (the “Owned IP”),
and
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(ii)
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the rights of
the Vendor in IP Rights that are not owned by the Vendor and that are used
in the operation, conduct or maintenance of the Business, as it is
currently and has historically been operated, conducted or maintained as
set out in Schedule A (the “Licensed
IP”);
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(k)
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“IP Rights” means any and
all industrial or intellectual property (whether foreign or domestic,
registered or unregistered) including without limitation: (i) all
inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced
to practice), and all patents, patent applications and patent disclosures,
together with all reissuances, continuations, continuations in part,
revisions, extensions and re examinations thereof; (ii) all trade marks,
trade names, trade dress, logos, business names, corporate names, domain
names, uniform resource locators (URL’s) and the internet websites related
thereto, and including all goodwill associated therewith and all
applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith; (iii)
all copyrightable works, all copyrights and all applications,
registrations and renewals in connection therewith; (iv) all industrial
designs and all applications, registrations and renewals in connection
therewith; (v) all proprietary, technical or confidential information,
including all trade secrets, processes, procedures, know how, show how,
formulae, methods, data, compilations, databases and the information
contained therein; (vi) all computer software (including all source code,
object code and related documentation); and (vii) any industrial or
intellectual property that may exist, arise or be embodied in those items
set out in Schedule A together with: (a) all copies and tangible
embodiments of the foregoing (in whatever form or medium); (b) all
improvements, modifications, translations, adaptations, refinements,
derivations and combinations thereof; and (c) all intellectual property
rights related thereto;
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(l)
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"Xxxxxxx Employment
Agreement" means an employment agreement to be entered into between
the Purchaser and Xxxxxxx Xxx pursuant to which she will proved services
to the Company and agrees not to compete with the
Company;
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(m)
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“Trust Agreement” means
an agreement entered into by the Vendor as Trustee and the Purchaser as
beneficiary pursuant to which the Vendor will hold all Licenses and
Approvals and any other Assets which cannot be transferred to the
Purchaser on Closing for any reason including that consents to transfer
are not yet available in trust for the Purchaser, such agreement to be
satisfactory in form and content to the
Purchaser;
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(n)
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“TTI Employment/Consulting
Contracts” means those contracts made by the Vendor with
employees of the Vendor and independent contractors pursuant to which such
employees and contractors provide teaching services to the Vendor, all of
which are summarized in Schedule C;
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(o)
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"TTI Financial
Statements" mean financial statements for the operations of the
Vendor for the period from Sept. 1, 2006 to Aug. 31, 2007 attached hereto
as Schedule D and will also include the TTI Interim Financial Statements
when delivered to the Purchaser as required
herein;
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(p)
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"TTI Interim Financial
Statements" mean financial statements for the operations of the
Vendor for the period from Sept. 1, 2007 to Mar. 31,
2008;
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(q)
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“TTI Courses” means those
courses offered by the Vendor at its locations in British
Columbia;
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(r)
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"TTI Students" means
students who have individually entered into a TTI Student Contract with
the Vendor pursuant to which the Vendor still owes obligations to its
student as set forth therein;
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(s)
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"TTI Student Contracts"
means contracts entered into by the Vendor with students pursuant to which
the Vendor has agreed to provide TTI Courses the terms of which are
summarized on Schedule E.
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1.2
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Schedules
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The following
Schedules are attached to and form part of this Agreement:
Schedule A – Assets
including without limitation IP Rights and PCTIA Approvals
Schedule B – AHLA
License Agreement
Schedule C – TTI
Employment/Consulting Agreements
Schedule D – TTI
Financial Statements
Schedule E – TTI
Student Contracts
Schedule F –
Collateral Mortgage
2.
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PURCHASE
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2.1
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Purchase
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On Closing the
Vendor shall sell, assign and transfer to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall
purchase the Assets, free and clear of any and all Encumbrances and the Vendor
shall cease all operation of the Business as set out herein.
3.
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PURCHASE
PRICE
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3.1
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Purchase
Price
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The purchase price
for the Assets is $180,000.00 plus the assumption by the Purchaser of
obligations of the Vendor under the TTI Student Contracts (the “Purchase Price”).
The Purchaser will
pay the Purchase Price to the Purchaser by solicitors trust cheque except for
$22,500 which shall be heldback by the Purchaser’s Solicitors in their trust
account as further security for performance by the Vendor and Covenantors of
their obligations under this Agreement. Provided there are no claims
by the Purchaser against the Vendor or the Covenantors hereunder as of six (6)
months from the Closing Date, the Purchaser’s Solicitors shall release the
Holdback Funds to the Vendor and the Purchaser shall discharge the Collateral
Mortgage.
3.2
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Post-Closing
Adjustment of Purchase Price based on Deferred Revenue and Accounts
Receivable as at April 30, 2008
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The Vendor has
provided to the Purchaser a list of TTI Students as at March 31, 2008 and will
provide to the Purchaser a list of TTI Students as at April 30, 2008 in similar
detail no later than May 1, 2008. The Purchaser will verify and approve the
April 30, 2008 list no later than 10 working days after receiving it and
calculate deferred revenue and accounts receivable based on the approved April
30, 2008 list. By April 30, 2008, if deferred revenue minus accounts receivable
from TTI Students registered between April 1 and April 30, 2008 is greater than
zero, the Purchase Price will be reduced by the amount equal to deferred revenue
minus accounts receivable and the Vendor will pay to the Purchaser the reduction
forthwith. On the contrary, if deferred revenue minus accounts
receivable from TTI Students registered between April 1 and April 30, 2008 is
less than zero, the Purchase Price will be increased by the amount equal to
accounts receivable minus deferred revenue and the Purchaser will pay to the
Vendor the increase forthwith.
4.
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VENDOR
AND COVENANTOR REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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4.1
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Representations
and Warranties
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The Vendor and
Covenantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Purchaser
as follows:
(a)
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the Assets
are solely owned by the Vendor as the legal and beneficial owner thereof
subject to no Encumbrances except those Encumbrances which will be
discharged by the Vendor on
Closing;
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(b)
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Status,
Constating Documents and Approvals;
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(i)
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the Vendor is
duly licensed, registered and qualified as corporation to carry on the
Business as it is now being conducted and is up to date in the filing of
all required corporate returns and other notices and
filings;
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(ii)
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The Approvals
are all of the approvals that are material to the operation of the
Business and are valid and subsisting. True and complete copies
of the Approvals have been delivered to the Purchaser prior to the date
hereof. The Vendor is in compliance with in all material
respects with all terms and conditions of the Approvals. There
are no proceedings in progress, or the knowledge of the Vendor or
Covenantors pending or threatened, that could result in the revocation,
cancellation or suspension of any of the
Approvals;
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(c)
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PCTIA has
issued the PCTIA Accreditations and the PCTIA Approvals set forth on
Schedule A for all of the PCTIA courses offered by the
Vendor;
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(d)
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all PCTIA
Approvals are in good standing and unamended and permit the Vendor to
carry on the Business as it currently does and to confer the certificates
referred to therein in accordance with the requirements thereof; the
Vendor has not violated any term or provision of the PCTIA Approvals and
all operations of the Vendor are in material compliance therewith; and the
Vendor has not received any notice containing any reference to any matter
or event which may threaten or lead to the termination or suspension of
the PCTIA Approvals;
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(e)
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the TTI
Student Contracts and all obligations thereunder are fully summarized in
Schedule E attached hereto which contains all materials terms thereof
including without limitation all outstanding liabilities and there are no
defaults by the Vendor or any of the students
thereunder;
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(f)
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the TTI
Employment/Consulting Contracts and all obligations thereunder are fully
summarized in Schedule C attached hereto which contains all materials
terms thereof including without limitation all outstanding liabilities and
there are no defaults by the Vendor or any other person thereunder; each
employment contract can be terminated with the only resulting liability
for termination being the minimum amount payable pursuant to the Employment Standards Act,
British Columbia without further compensation of any nature or kind
and each consulting agreement terminates at the end of the current course
for which the contract has been
issued;
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(g)
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there have
been no amendments to the AHLA License except as are attached hereto and
included in Schedule B; the AHLA License, is in good standing and there
are no defaults thereunder by either the Vendor or the Licensor and the
Vendor will obtain before Closing all of the consents necessary from the
Licensor for the assignment thereof to the Purchaser or its designate;
upon receipt of such consent, the Vendor has the right to assign all
right, title and interest in and to the AHLA License to the Purchaser or
an affiliate of the Purchase and upon such assignment, the assignee will
have all of the rights and entitlements of the Vendor thereunder; on or
before Closing the Vendor will have terminated any and all arrangements,
contractual or otherwise, for any third party to use or apply any rights
contained in the AHLA License;
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(h)
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the Vendor
has paid or will pay on Closing all fees, royalties and all other amounts
which can or may be payable under the AHLA License accrued as of, or
payable for any time or period to, the Closing
Date;
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(i)
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the Vendor
has paid or will pay on Closing all monies to all statutory and/or
government agencies which, if not paid, could constitute or create a lien
or charge on the Assets;
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(j)
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TTI Tourism
Training Institute Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Vendor and has
no assets or liabilities and has not carried on any business except for
use of the Tradename “TTI” or variations thereof in connection with the
Business; the Vendor owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of the
TTI Tourism Training Institute Ltd. and there is no person who has any
claim or right to acquire any shares
thereof;
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(k)
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the TTI
Financial Statements attached hereto have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP applied on a basis consistent with previous fiscal years, are true,
correct and complete in all material respects and present fairly the
assets, liabilities and financial condition of the Vendor (including any
subsidiaries if consolidated) as at the respective dates thereof and the
results of operations for the period to which such financial statements
relate; the TTI Financial Statements are prepared on the following basis
for each period: At the end of the period end, we prepare two lists based
on GAAP which list
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(i)
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List 1 - All
students that have registered but have not started the
courses;
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(ii)
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List 2 - All
students that have started their course and are still taking courses with
the Vendor as of end of the period.
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On List 1, the
Vendor determines for the prior period the total revenue, the deposit that were
paid to the Vendor and the amount of revenue that should be deferred based of
GAAP.
On List 2, the
Vendor determines what portion of each course in which each TTI Student is
enrolled still has to be deferred and what amount is still outstanding or
overpaid by the TTI Student at end of the period.
Based on List 1 and
List 2, the Vendor determines as of end of the Period, how much revenues is
deferred, how much accounts receivable must be reflected in the Interim
Financial Statements the amount of the deposits the Vendor is holding on behalf
of TTI Students which are shown an a liability.
All of the
foregoing is done in accordance with good accounting practice consistently
applied and the interim financial statements are then adjusted at year end in
accordance with GAAP.
(l)
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neither the
Vendor nor any company affiliated with the Vendor or in any way involved
in the provision of educational services of any nature or kind as referred
to herein is a party to any collective agreement with or commitment to any
labour union, trade union, council of trade unions, employee bargaining
agent or affiliated bargaining agent or employee association
(collectively, “Labour Representatives”) nor has it conducted negotiations
with respect to any future such collective agreement or
commitment;
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(m)
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on Closing,
the Vendor will not be in default of any Term or provision of the Existing
TTI Premises Leases, and the terms and provisions of such leases are
unchanged from the copies thereof delivered by the Vendor to the
Purchaser. The Vendor has or will obtain consent of the
Vancouver Landlord to the Vancouver
Sublease;
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(n)
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the Vendor is
a resident of Canada and is a GST registrant under the provisions of the
Excise Tax Act under number ;
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(o)
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the Vendor
has disclosed to the Purchaser all matters which are material to this
transaction and has not failed to disclose any information or matter which
would be of material significance in the determination by the Purchaser to
proceed with this transaction;
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All covenants,
representations and warranties herein contained are true and accurate as of the
date hereof and shall be true and accurate on the Closing Date and shall not
merge on Closing and shall survive and continue in full force and effect
following Closing.
5.
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VENDORS
COVENANTS
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5.1
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No
Assumption of Liabilities by
Purchaser
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Except as here
specifically set forth, the Purchaser will not assume any obligations,
liabilities or contracts of the Vendor and the Vendor and Covenantors, jointly
and severally, will indemnify and save harmless the Purchaser in respect of any
liabilities, costs, damages or expenses of any nature or kind with respect
thereto or to the Business including, without limitation, legal costs and
disbursements.
5.2
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Termination
of Employees
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On or before the
Closing, the Vendor will cease operation of the Business including operations in
British Columbia and China and the Vendor will be fully responsible for and pay
all liabilities related to its employees. The Purchaser agrees to
offer employment or consulting agreements to such employees and consultants of
the Vendor, as the case may be, as are selected by the Purchaser in its
discretion, and for those employees or consultants who are selected, such
agreements shall be on substantially the same terms and conditions as set forth
on Schedule C, effective as of the day following the Closing.
6.
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PCTIA
REQUIREMENTS
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6.1 Persons that are
students enrolled in career programs approved by PCTIA (“TTI students”), are not
party to this agreement.
6.2 Subject to the
limitations in this section, TTI Student Contracts existing between the TTI
Students and the Vendor prior to Closing or when this agreement comes into
effect will be assigned by the Vendor to the Purchaser and the Purchaser will
accept the assignment and assume the liabilities under these student contracts
associated with educational services that were to be provided by the the Vendor
to TTI Students from Closing until the termination date of the contract between
the Vendor and TTI Students. The Vendor will be solely responsible for and the
Purchaser will not be responsible for liabilities under the TTI Student
Contracts that may remain in relation to the provision of educational services
that were to be provided by the Vendor to the TTI Students prior to the Closing
Date.
6.3 The Purchaser will,
for the purpose of serving current TTI Students, adopt admission standards and
fees for its programs and current students that are the same as those previously
adopted by the Vendor, and accept that current TTI Students have met the
standards for the programs they were enrolled in by the Vendor.
6.4 All TTI Students
that intend to continue their studies as students with the Purchaser must have
provided a written notice to the Purchaser that they agree to the assignment of
the contract they had with the Vendor. In the event one or more TTI
Students do not intend to continue their studies with the Purchaser, the
Purchaser must within 10 working days of being so advised by the student(s),
issue a full tuition refund to the student(s).
6.5 If any TTI Student
does not intend to continue and the Purchaser must refund monies to such
student, the amount so refunded shall be paid by the Vendor to the Purchaser
forthwith on request.
7.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PURCHASER
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7.1
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Conditions
Precedent
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The obligations of
the Purchaser under this Agreement are subject to the following conditions for
the exclusive benefit of the Purchaser being fulfilled or waived by the
Purchaser on or before the date specified below:
(a)
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on or before
April 23, 2008, the Purchaser shall be satisfied, in its sole discretion,
with the TTI Interim Financial Statements and all other matters related to
the Business and the Assets to be purchased hereunder. If the
Purchaser has not waived this condition in writing on or before the date
specified above, this Agreement shall be null and void and of no further
force and effect.
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(b)
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on Closing,
the Vendor shall have fulfilled and complied with all of its obligations
herein contained and all the representations and warranties herein shall
be true and accurate.
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7.2
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Right
of Rescission
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If any of the
conditions this Article 7 are not fulfilled or
waived, the Purchaser on Closing may, in addition to all other remedies, rescind
this Agreement by notice in writing to the Vendor. In such event, the
Purchaser may:
(a)
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refuse to
complete the transactions contemplated herein by notice to the Vendor and
in such event each of the Vendor and the Purchaser shall be released from
all obligations hereunder; or
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(b)
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complete the
transaction contemplated herein, it being expressly understood and agreed
that the Purchaser may rely, notwithstanding such completion, upon the
covenants and conditions contained in this
Agreement.
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7.3
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Waiver
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The conditions in
Article 7 may be waived by the Purchaser in whole
or in part without prejudice to any right of rescission or any other right in
the event of the non-fulfilment of any other condition or conditions. A waiver
will be binding only if it is in writing.
8.
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CLOSING
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8.1
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Vendor
Documents
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On the Closing, the
Vendor shall cause its solicitors to deliver the following documents to the
Purchaser's solicitors in a form satisfactory to the Purchaser upon reasonable
solicitor's trust conditions for use of the purchase monies to discharge
existing financial encumbrances as are customary for transactions of this nature
in British Columbia:
(a)
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Assignment by
the Vendor to the Purchaser all TTI Student
Contracts;
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(b)
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Assignment by
the Vendor to the Purchaser of
Approvals;
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(c)
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Assignment by
the Vendor to the Purchaser or its affiliate of the AHLA License to CIBT
Education Group Corp. or such other person as the Purchaser may designate
with the consent of the Licensor affixed thereto (the “AHLA License
Assignment”);
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(d)
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Xxxx of Sale
for the Assets;
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(e)
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an executed
copy of the Xxxxxxx Employment Agreement and the Xxxxxx Consulting
Agreement;
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(f)
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the
Collateral Mortgage and ancillary documents including acknowledgement of
standard mortgage terms;
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(g)
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Subleases
(the “Subleases”) of the Existing TTI Premises for the period from the
Closing Date to May 30, 2008, consented to by the Landlords thereof with
rental amount to be paid thereunder for the month equal to the rent under
the TTI Existing Premises Leases;
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(h)
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Corporate
resolutions of the Vendor and its shareholders authorizing this
transaction;
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(i)
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Opinion of
the Vendor’s counsel regarding the status of the Vendor and authorization
of this transaction;
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(j)
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the Trust
Agreement;
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(k)
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Statutory
Declaration of the Covenantors confirming accuracy of representations and
warranties and fulfillment of closing
conditions;
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(l)
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election
under S.167 of the Excise Tax
Act;
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(m)
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such other
documentation as the Purchaser reasonably requires to effect the terms and
provisions of this Agreement;
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Documents shall
generally be prepared by the Purchaser and submitted to the Vendor for execution
in the normal course of transactions of this nature in the Province of British
Columbia. On Closing the Vendor will deliver to the Purchaser
possession of the Assets and the TTI Existing Premises.
8.2
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Purchaser’s
Documents
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On the Closing, the
Purchaser will deliver to the Vendor's solicitors the following:
(a)
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by
solicitor’s trust cheque the Purchase Price;
and
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(b)
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an executed
copy of the Xxxxxxx Employment Agreement and the Xxxxxx Consulting
Agreement.
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on solicitor’s
trust conditions for discharge of Encumbrances and other matters as are
reasonable for a transaction of this type in British Columbia.
8.3
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Pre-Closing
Obligations
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From the date
hereof and at all times prior to Closing, the Vendor and the Covenantors
will:
(a)
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assist and
cooperate with the Purchaser to ensure that the transition of the
Approvals to the Purchaser on and after Closing will proceed in a proper
and timely manner; and
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(b)
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deliver to
the Purchaser all authorizations and documents necessary or reasonably
required for the Purchaser to complete its due
diligence.
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The Vendor will
deliver to the Purchaser the TTI Interim Financial Statements on or before April
15, 2008.
8.4
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Post
Closing Obligations
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Following
Closing:
(a)
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the Vendor
and the Covenators will do all things reasonably necessary as required by
the Purchaser from time to time to ensure that the Purchaser becomes
entitled to use all of the Approvals including, without limitation, the
PCTIA Approvals, for the courses formerly offered by the Vendor as TTI
Courses; and
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(b)
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in
conjunction with the transfer of the PCTIA Approvals or issuance of new
approvals to the Purchaser, the Vendor will not change its name and will
continue to cooperate with and offer the TTI Courses in the name of the
Vendor as required by and in cooperation with the Purchaser to conform
with all of PCTIA requirements relative thereto pending the transfer of
the PCTIA Approvals to the
Purchaser;
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(c)
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if the
Purchaser has agreed to complete this transaction but any closing document
has not been delivered, the Vendor and Covenantors will obtain and deliver
such documents as soon as possible following
Closing.
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9.
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FURTHER
ASSURANCES
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The parties will
execute such further and other documents and do such further and other things as
may be necessary to carry out and give effect to the intent of this
Agreement.
10.
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SET-OFF
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If, under this
Agreement or any document delivered under this Agreement, the Vendor or the
Covenantors become obligated to pay any sum of money to the Purchaser, then such
sum may at the election of the Purchaser, and without limiting or waiving any
right or remedy for the Purchaser under this Agreement, be set off against and
will apply to any sum of money or security owed by the Purchaser to the Vendor
or the Covenantors until such amount has been completely set off.
11.
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INDEMNITY
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11.1 The Vendor and the
Covenantors hereby agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and save the
Purchaser harmless from and against all losses, damages, claims and or expenses
of any nature or kind (including without limitation legal fees and expenses)
incurred by the Purchaser as a result of:
(a)
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any non
performance or non fulfillment of any covenant or agreement on the part of
the Vendors contained in this Agreement or in any document executed
pursuant to, or contemplated by, this Agreement in order to carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby;
and
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(b)
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any
misrepresentation, inaccuracy, incorrectness or breach of any
representation or warranty made by the Vendor and/or Covenantors contained
in this Agreement or contained in any document or certificate given in
order to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby except that the
Vendor and Covenantors shall not be required to indemnify or save harmless
the Purchaser in respect of any such failure unless the Purchaser shall
have provided notice thereof to the Vendors on or prior to the date which
is six (6) months following the
Closing.
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The Covenantors
agree to execute and deliver the Collateral Mortgage to the Purchaser on Closing
as further security for this indemnity.
12.
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NOTICE
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All notices
required or permitted to be given under this Agreement will be in writing and
delivered personally or by courier to the address of the intended recipient set
forth on the first page of this Agreement or at such other address as may from
time to time be notified by any of the parties in the manner provided in this
Agreement. All notices to the Covenantors may be delivered to the
address of the Vendor and if so delivered shall be deemed received by the
Covenantors.
13.
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ARBITRATION
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If a dispute or
disagreement arises as between the Vendor and the Purchaser in relation to any
matter or issue respecting this Agreement or its terms, the same shall be
resolved by binding arbitration under the Commercial Arbitration Act
(British Columbia). Any such arbitration shall take place in
the City of Vancouver, British Columbia.
14.
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ENTIRE
AGREEMENT
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This Agreement and
attached schedules constitute the entire agreement between the parties and there
are no representations or warranties, express or implied, statutory or otherwise
and no collateral agreements other than as expressly set forth or referred to in
this Agreement.
15.
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ASSIGNMENT
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This Agreement may
not be assigned by the Vendor without the prior written consent of the
Purchaser, which consent may be arbitrarily withheld. The Purchaser may assign
this agreement to a nominee corporation without the prior consent of the
Vendor.
16.
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COVENANTORS
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The Covenantors are
jointly and severally liable with the Vendor to perform and comply with all
obligations of the Vendor hereunder.
17.
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TIME
OF THE ESSENCE
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Time will be the
essence of this Agreement.
18.
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APPLICABLE
LAW
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This Agreement will
be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of British
Columbia.
19.
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SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS
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This Agreement will
enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.
20.
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HEADINGS
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The headings
appearing in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and
will not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
AS EVIDENCE OF THEIR AGREEMENT
the parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above
written.
XXXXXX-XXXX
DEGREE COLLEGE CORP.
Per:
Authorized
Signatory
GLOBAL
EDUCATION IN TOURISM LTD.
Per:
Authorized
Signatory
SIGNED,
SEALED & DELIVERED by XXXXXXX XXX in the
presence of:
Signature of
Witness
Name:
Address:
Occupation:
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/s/
XXXXXXX XXX
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SIGNED,
SEALED & DELIVERED by XXXXXX XXX in the
presence of:
Signature of
Witness
Name:
Address:
Occupation:
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/s/
XXXXXX XXX
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SCHEDULE
A
ASSETS
INCLUDING IP RIGHTS AND PCTIA APPROVALS
·
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The AHLA
License Agreement
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·
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All issued
and outstanding shares of TTI Tourism Training Institute
Ltd.
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·
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All right,
title and interest of the Vendor in and to the name “TTI” and all
variations thereof and the IP
Assets
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·
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All PCTIA
Courses material and copyright
therein
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·
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The TTI
Student Contracts
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·
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The Approvals
including, without limitation, the PCTIA Approvals for all educational
courses offered by the Vendor to TTI
Students
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See also following pages 2 & 3
SCHEDULE
B
AHLA
LICENSE AGREEMENT
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SCHEDULE
C
TTI
EMPLOYMENT/CONSULTING AGREEMENTS
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SCHEDULE
D
TTI
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
[TTI Interim
Financial Statements are to be included when delivered by the Vendor to the
Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement]
SCHEDULE
E
TTI
STUDENT CONTRACTS
SCHEDULE
F
Collateral
Mortgage