Form 8-K
8-K — Roadzen Inc.
Accession: 0001493152-26-032702
Filed: 2026-07-09
Period: 2026-07-03
CIK: 0001868640
SIC: 6411 (INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES)
Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Regulation FD Disclosure
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 3, 2026
ROADZEN
INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
British
Virgin Islands
001-41094
98-1600102
(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS
Employer
Identification No.)
111 Anza Blvd
Suite 109
Burlingame,
California
94010
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
Code)
Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (347) 745-6448
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
any of the following provisions:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary
Shares, par value $0.0001 per share
RDZN
The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants,
each warrant exercisable for one ordinary share, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share
RDZNW
The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company ☒
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On July 3, 2026, Roadzen Technologies Limited (“Roadzen India”), a subsidiary of Roadzen Inc.
(the “Company”), entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the shareholders
(the “Sellers”) of Riverside International Holdings Ltd (“Riverside”), pursuant to which Roadzen India has
agreed to purchase Riverside, a managing general agent specializing in short-term car rental insurance across Europe. Under the
Purchase Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Roadzen India will purchase the entire issued share
capital of Riverside from the Sellers for a total purchase price of up to £12 million (Twelve Million Pounds Sterling) (the
“Transaction”), of which £6 million is payable at the closing of the Transaction (the “Closing”) and
the remaining £6 million is payable over a three-year period following the Closing, based on Riverside achieving certain
performance milestones. The purchase price is payable in cash, except that two of the Sellers have the option to elect to receive
the portion of the purchase price payable to them at Closing in the form of shares of Roadzen India, at a price per share based on a
valuation of Roadzen India of INR 2,500 crore, and is subject to adjustment based on Riverside’s cash, indebtedness and
working capital at Closing. The Purchase Agreement has been approved by the Board of Directors of Roadzen.
The
Purchase Agreement contains customary warranties, covenants and indemnification obligations of the parties, and is subject to closing
conditions including, among others more fully described in the Purchase Agreement, the receipt of certain regulatory approvals. Unless
fulfilled or otherwise waived by the parties, if any of the closing conditions are not fulfilled by July 3, 2027, the Purchase Agreement
shall be terminated and the Transaction shall not be completed. The Purchase Agreement provides that £600,000 of the purchase price
payable at Closing will be deposited into a retention account to provide a source of recovery to Roadzen India for claims based on the
Sellers’ indemnification obligations or breaches by the Sellers of their representations and warranties, and Roadzen India’s
right to recovery for claims is subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
The
Purchase Agreement governs the contractual rights between the parties in relation to the Transaction. The Purchase Agreement has been
filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the Agreement and
is not intended to provide, modify or supplement any information about Roadzen India, Riverside, or any of their respective subsidiaries
or affiliates, or their respective businesses. In particular, the Purchase Agreement is not intended to be, and should not be relied
upon as, disclosures regarding any facts and circumstances relating to the Company, Roadzen India or Riverside. The warranties contained
in the Purchase Agreement have been negotiated with the principal purpose of allocating risk between the parties, rather than establishing
matters as facts. The representations and warranties may also be subject to contractual standards of materiality that may be different
from those generally applicable under the securities laws. For the foregoing reasons, the representations and warranties should not be
relied upon as statements of factual information. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties
may change after the date of the Purchase Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s
public disclosures.
The
foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of
Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On
July 9, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the signing of the Purchase Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached
to this current report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
The
information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liabilities under that
section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings. This Current Report on Form 8-K will
not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information of the information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
of Exhibit
2.1*
Share Purchase Agreement dated July 3, 2026.
99.1
Press Release dated July 9, 2026.
104
Cover
page interactive data file (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
*
Certain schedules and exhibits to this agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted
schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished to the SEC upon request.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ROADZEN INC.
Date:
July
9, 2026
By:
/s/
Jean-Noël Gallardo
Name:
Jean-Noël
Gallardo
Title:
Chief
Financial Officer
EX-2.1
EX-2.1
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Exhibit
2.1
Date:
3 July 2026
(1)
The
Sellers
(2)
Roadzen
Technologies Limited
Share
Purchase Agreement
relating
to
Riverside
International Holdings Ltd
Blake
Morgan LLP
6
New Street Square
London
EC4A 3DJ
SE/624049-1
www.blakemorgan.co.uk
CERTAIN
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT
TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.
CONTENTS
1
Interpretation
4
2
Agreement
for Sale and Purchase
4
3
Conditions
5
4
Price
and Apportionment
6
5
Pre-Completion
and Post- Completion Obligations
8
6
Completion
9
7
Deferred
Consideration Conditions
10
8
Tax
Covenant
11
9
Warranties
11
10
Indemnities
14
11
No
Counterclaim, Set-off, Etc
15
12
Protection
of Goodwill and Trade Secrets
15
13
Confidentiality
and Announcements
18
14
Assignment
19
15
Succession
20
16
Third
Party Rights
20
17
No
Agency
20
18
Notices
20
19
Sellers’
Representatives
22
20
Variation
23
21
Waiver
23
22
Costs
23
23
Severance
23
24
Further
Assurance
24
25
Entire
agreement
24
26
Counterparts
25
27
Governing
Law and Jurisdiction
25
28
Agreement
survives completion
25
Schedule
1
26
The
Sellers
26
Schedule
2
26
Part
1 Basic information about the Company
26
Part
2 Basic information about the Subsidiaries
27
Schedule
3 Warranties
28
Schedule
4 Limitations on Claims
59
Schedule
5 Completion Obligations
62
Schedule
6 Basic information about the Leasehold Property
65
Schedule
7 Tax Covenant
66
Schedule
8 Pre-Completion Obligations
73
Schedule
9 Completion Accounts
76
Schedule
10 Definitions
85
Schedule
11 Secondary Key Client.
98
Schedule
12 Fixed Assets and Domain names
99
2
THIS
AGREEMENT IS DATED THE 3 DAY OF JULY
2026
PARTIES
(1)
The
persons whose names and addresses are set out in Schedule 1 (the Sellers); and
(2)
Roadzen
Technologies Limited, a company incorporated in India, (registered number: 07AAHCR4088H1Z2) whose registered office is at Flat
No.802-804, 08th Floor Vijaya Building, 17 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, 110001, India (the Buyer).
Background
(A)
The
Company is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England & Wales with registered number 11301148. Further details
of the Company and the Subsidiaries are set out in Schedule 2.
(B)
The
Sellers are the legal and beneficial holders of the Sale Shares, which together constitute the entire allotted and issued share capital
of the Company.
(C)
The
Sellers have agreed to sell and the Buyer has agreed to buy the Sale Shares on the terms of this Agreement.
(D)
The
Buyer shall purchase the Sale Shares for the total purchase price of £12,000,000, subject to conditions as more fully set forth
hereinbelow but to summarise being:
(i).
£6,000,000 shall be
paid at Completion on the condition that Andrew Lawrence enters into a three (3) year service agreement with the Company that becomes
effective as of the date of Completion; and
(ii)
Subject
to clause 7, the Buyer shall pay to Sellers the sum of £3,600,000 no sooner than one (1) year after the Completion Date on
the condition that the Key Client, remains a client of the Group during the 12 months following the Completion Date on materially
the same terms as the date hereof;
(iii)
Subject
to clause 7, the Buyer shall pay to Sellers the sum of £2,400,000 on the condition that:
(a)
the
aggregate Combined Operating Ratio (“COR”) of RUL and RIAML is at or below 85% measured annually for the three (3) year
period following the Completion Date. and
(b)
the
combined EBITDA of the Company and the Subsidiaries utilising UK GAAP “for months 25-36 post Completion exceeds £1,968,000.
(E)
In
the event the conditions set out in Recital D (ii) and / or (iii) set forth hereinabove are not timely satisfied, then the Buyer
shall not be obligated to make the payment for that tranche of Deferred Consideration regardless of the subsequent satisfaction of
the relevant condition precedent;
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(F)
Each
of Andrew Lawrence and Rita Lawrence shall have the option to elect that their entitlement the Completion Payment is made in cash
or converted into shares of the Buyer at pre-IPO equity (at INR 2,500 crore pre-money valuation) or a combination thereof on the
following conditions:
(i)
the
election must be made no later than 10 Business Days prior to the Completion Date; and
(ii)
the
election once made would be irrevocable; and
(iii)
in
the event the election is made to take a portion of the payment in Buyer’s pre-IPO equity, no more than 90% of the required
payment may be made in cash.
Agreed
Terms
1
Interpretation
1.1
In
this Agreement, including the sections above, unless the context otherwise requires, the words in Schedule 10 (Definitions) shall
have the meanings set out therein.
1.2
In
this Agreement, unless expressly stated otherwise, all warranties, indemnities, covenants, agreements and obligations entered into
by more than one person are given or entered into jointly and severally.
1.3
In
this Agreement, references to specific parts of the law of the UK shall be taken to include a reference to the law of any other jurisdiction
so far as the same may apply to any Group Company and may be similar to or have a similar purpose to the law of the UK to which reference
is made.
1.4
The
Schedules form part of this Agreement and shall have effect as if set out in full in the body of this Agreement. Any reference to
this Agreement includes the Schedules.
1.5
Where
there is a conflict between the Recitals above and the other terms of this Agreement set out below (or where they are inconsistent
with each other) the terms of the Agreement set out below shall prevail.
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Agreement
for Sale and Purchase
2.1
With
effect from Completion and subject to the Conditions having been satisfied in accordance with Clause 3, each of the Sellers shall
sell those Sale Shares set opposite his name in Schedule 1 (The Sellers) with full title guarantee, free from all Security Interests,
and the Buyer shall buy the Sale Shares, together with all rights and benefits that attach (or may in the future attach) to the Sale
Shares (including, in particular, the right to receive all dividends, distributions or any return of capital declared, made or paid
on or after the Completion Date).
2.2
Each
Seller hereby waives all rights of pre-emption and other restrictions on transfer in respect of the Sale Shares or any of them conferred
by the articles of association of the Company, any shareholders agreement or cross option agreement to which any of the Sellers are
a party or otherwise and they each hereby confirm that they have procured the irrevocable waiver of all such rights and restrictions
conferred on any other person
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2.3
The
Buyer shall not be obliged to complete the purchase of any of the Sale Shares unless the sale and purchase of all of the Sale Shares
is completed simultaneously.
3
Conditions
3.1
Completion
of this Agreement is subject to and conditional upon the following occurring on or prior to the Longstop Date:
3.1.1
consent
to the Change In Control being granted by the FCA in respect of RUL;
3.1.2
the
MFSA having provided its unconditional approval in writing to the Change in Qualifying Shareholding in RIAML;
3.1.3
if
required, the transaction contemplated under this Agreement being notified to the National Foreign Direct Investment Screening Office
(the “Office”), pursuant to the requirements stipulated in the National Foreign Direct Investment Screening Office
Act (Chapter 620 of the Laws of Malta) (the “FDI Act”), and if the transaction is deemed by the Office to be subject
to screening under the provisions of the FDI Act, the clearance or approval thereof in writing by the said Office;
3.1.4
Andrew
Lawrence having entered into the Service Agreement;
3.1.5
Completion
of the AICPA Audit to the satisfaction of the Buyer;
3.1.6
Completion
of the C Share Buyback; and
3.1.7
each
of [***] and [***] entering into a new service agreement with the Company and with RIAML respectively, on terms satisfactory to the
Buyer.
(the
Conditions).
3.2
This
Agreement shall automatically terminate and cease to have effect (except as provided in Clause 3) at 5.30 p.m. on the Longstop Date
(or such later date agreed in writing between the parties), if the Conditions are not satisfied or waived by the Buyer by or before
that time. For the avoidance of doubt the Buyer may not waive the Condition set out in clauses 3.1.1 to clause 3.1.3 (inclusive)
above.
3.3
If
this Agreement terminates in accordance with clause 3.2, clause 5.2, clause 9.6 or clause 9.11 it will immediately cease to have
any further force and effect except for:
3.3.1
any
provision of this Agreement that expressly intended to come into or continue in force on or after termination (including clause 1
(Interpretation), Clause 3.1 and this Clause 3.1 (Conditions), clause 13 (Confidentiality), and clause 18 (Notices) to clause 28
(Agreement Survives Completion) (inclusive)), each of which shall remain in full force and effect; and
3.3.2
any
rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties that have accrued before termination.
3.4
The
Sellers and the Buyer shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure (so far as it lies within their respective powers so to do)
that the Conditions are satisfied as soon as practicable and in any event no later than the Longstop Date. The parties shall commence
collating the required information and preparing the Change In Control and Change in Qualifying Shareholding applications in respect
of RUL and RIAML respectively after the date of the Disclosure Letter.
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3.5
The
Sellers and the Buyer shall mutually co-operate fully in all actions necessary to procure the satisfaction of the Conditions including
(but not limited to) the provision of all information reasonably necessary to make any notification or filing that the Buyer deems
to be necessary or as required by any relevant authority, keeping the other party informed of the progress of any notification or
filing and providing such other assistance as may reasonably be required.
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Price
and Apportionment
4.1
The
Price for the sale of the Sale Shares shall be the aggregate of:
4.1.1
the
Completion Payment,
(a)
plus
an amount equal to the Cash;
(b)
minus
an amount equal to the Indebtedness;
(c)
plus
the amount by which the Actual Working Capital exceeds the Target Working Capital (Working Capital Excess), or minus the amount
by which the Target Working Capital exceeds the Actual Working Capital (Working Capital Shortfall), and
4.1.2
the Deferred Consideration
(to the extent that these are payable)
and
shall be payable in accordance with this clause 4.
4.2
Completion
Price
4.2.1
Subject
to clause 4.8 in respect of Andrew Lawrence and Rita Lawrence, on Completion the Buyer shall pay the Completion Payment to the Sellers
in cash less the sum of £600,000 which shall be paid into the Retention Account, which is to be maintained in accordance with
the provisions of clause 4.7 of this Agreement and the Retention Letter. Notwithstanding the provisions of this clause 4.2.1, if,
prior to Completion, the Sellers obtain a policy of Warranty & Indemnity insurance with a reputable provider providing sufficient
coverage for the Sellers liability to a potential Claim and on terms reasonably agreeable to the Buyer (including the Buyer’s
interest being noted on the policy) then the requirement for a Retention Account shall cease and the sum of £600,000 otherwise
to be paid into the Retention Account shall be paid to the Sellers on the Completion Date.
4.2.2
Without
prejudice to clause 4.5 as between themselves the Sellers shall be entitled to the Completion Payment and, where applicable, any
additional payment made by the Buyer in accordance with clause 4.2.4(a) in the proportions set out opposite their names in Schedule
1.
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4.2.3
Following
Completion the parties shall procure that the Completion Accounts and the Adjusted Price Statement are prepared and agreed or determined
in accordance with Schedule 9 (Completion Accounts).
4.2.4
Following
agreement or determination of the Completion Accounts and Adjusted Price Statement in accordance with clause 4.2.3 and Schedule 9
(Completion Accounts):
(a)
if
the amount of the Completion Price as set out in the Adjusted Price Statement exceeds the aggregate of the Completion Payment, the
Buyer shall pay to the Sellers’ Solicitors an amount equal to the excess in cash on or before the Adjusted Price Payment Date
and the provisions of clause 4.4 shall apply; or
(b)
if
the amount of the Completion Price as set out in the Adjusted Price Statement is less than the aggregate of the Completion Payment,
the Sellers shall pay to the Buyer’s Solicitors an amount equal to the shortfall in cash on or before the Adjusted Price Payment
Date and the provisions of clause 4.4 shall apply.
4.2.5
Subject
to clause 4.7 below, there shall be no adjustment to the Completion Price in the event that the Completion Price as set out in the
Adjusted Price Statement is equal to the Completion Payment, in which case the Completion Payment shall be the Completion Price.
4.3
Deferred
Consideration
Subject
to clause 7 below, the Deferred Consideration shall be satisfied by the Buyer paying to the Sellers:
(a)
First
Deferred Consideration Payment on the First Deferred Payment Date; and
(b)
Second
Deferred Consideration Payment on the Second Deferred Payment Date;
in
each case in accordance with clause 4.4 below.
4.4
All
payments to be made to the Sellers in respect of the Price shall be made in sterling by electronic transfer of immediately available
funds to the Sellers’ Solicitors (who are irrevocably authorised by the Sellers to receive the same). Payment in accordance
with this clause shall be a good and valid discharge of the Buyer’s obligation to pay the sum in question and the Buyer shall
not be concerned to see the application of the monies so paid.
4.5
The
Price shall be deemed to be reduced by the amount of any payment made to the Buyer for each and any Claim and by the amount of any
payment made to the Buyer in accordance with clause 4.2.4(b).
4.6
If
any party defaults in the payment when due of any sum payable under clause 4.2.4 or clause 4.3, the liability of the defaulting party
shall be increased to include interest at the Interest Rate on the amount outstanding from the date when payment was due until the
date of actual payment (both dates inclusive). Interest shall accrue from day to day and be compounded annually.
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4.7
Amounts
may only be released to the Sellers from the Retention Account in accordance with the provisions of the Retention Letter. Subject
to the terms of the Retention Letter, the amount standing to the credit of the Retention Account, including any accrued interest
on that amount is to be released to the Sellers on the first anniversary of Completion.
4.8
Subject
to clause 4.2.1 above and the following conditions being met, each of Andrew Lawrence and Rita Lawrence shall be entitled to elect
in writing (“the Election”) that some or all of their entitlement to the Completion Payment is paid in shares
in the Buyer (“Roadzen Shares”) at a price per share equal to the pre-IPO equity (at INR 2,500 crore pre-money
valuation):
4.8.1
if
Andrew Lawrence and / or Rita Lawrence wishes to receive some of his / her entitlement of the Completion Payment as Consideration
Shares he / she shall notify the Buyer of his / her wish in writing not less than 10 Business Days prior to Completion Date; and
4.8.2
the
Election once served on the Buyer is irrevocable; and
4.8.3
the
Election must specify the amount of the serving party’s entitlement to the Completion Payment that he / she wishes to be paid
in Roadzen Shares (being not less than 10% of that party’s entitlement to the Completion Payment);
4.9
Upon
receipt of an Election (and subject to all of the conditions in clause 4.8 above having been satisfied) the Buyer shall arrange for
the Roadzen Shares to be issued to the relevant electing Seller as soon as is reasonably practical after Completion Date. Each relevant
Seller being issued Roadzen Shares shall enter into a joint election with their employer entity in the form approved by HMRC to fully
disapply Chapter 2 of Part 7 ITEPA under section 431(1) ITEPA within 14 days of issue of such Roadzen Shares.
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Pre-Completion
and Post- Completion Obligations
5.1
Each
of the Sellers jointly and severally undertake to:
5.1.1
comply
with their undertakings and obligations set out in Schedule 8 (Pre-Completion Obligations) at all times during the Interim Period;
and
5.1.2
promptly
notify the Buyer in writing of any event, matter or circumstance which constitutes or may reasonably be expected to constitute a
breach of any of the undertakings or obligations set out in Schedule 8 (Pre-Completion Obligations) including sufficient detail to
enable the Buyer to make an informed assessment of the nature, scope and impact of the notified breach or anticipated breach.
5.2
If
at any time during the Interim Period the Buyer becomes aware (whether pursuant to clause 5.1.2 or otherwise) of any matter or thing
which has arisen or may arise which has, or is likely to have, a material and / or adverse effect on the Business or on the financial,
regulatory or trading position or prospects of the Company and / or any of the Subsidiaries (and without prejudice to any other rights
or remedies it has) the Buyer may terminate this Agreement by notice in writing to the Sellers (and, if so terminated, this Agreement
shall terminate and cease to have effect save as referred to in clause 3.3).
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5.3
Without
limiting any action by the Buyer or any member of the Buyer’s Group during the period from the Completion Date up to and including
the Second Deferred Payment Date, the Buyer shall procure (acting in good faith) that:
5.3.1
the
Business is carried on in the ordinary course;
5.3.2
no
member of the Buyer’s Group shall take any deliberate action to distort the financial performance of the Business with the
intention of avoiding or reducing the amount of any payment of Deferred Consideration;
5.3.3
no
member of the Buyer’s Group shall divert the Key Client and / or any of the Secondary Key Clients from the Group to elsewhere
within the Buyer’s Group save as agreed between the parties, and the Buyer shall procure that any such clients which are agreed
to be so diverted are included in any relevant calculations of the Deferred Consideration;
5.3.4
any
group charges, management charges or similar applied to the Group by any member of the Buyer’s Group shall not be included
in the calculation of EBITDA set out in clause 7.3.2; and
5.3.4
there is sufficient resource
employed by the Group to allow the Company and the Subsidiaries to carry out the Business.
5.4
Andrew
Lawerence shall procure that ownership of each of the domains (i) orchard-administration.co.uk (ii) riverside-international-holdings.co.uk
and (iii) insuranceandmore.co.uk are transferred to the Company on or prior to Completion.
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Completion
6.1
Completion
shall take place on the Completion Date at the offices of the Buyer’s Solicitors (or such other place as the parties shall
agree) when each of the parties shall comply with the provisions of Schedule 5 (Completion Obligations).
6.2
In
this Agreement, “Completion Date” means the date 5 Business Days after the Conditions have been satisfied or waived
prior to that date (or such other date as the parties may mutually agree in writing) provided this occurs on or before the Longstop
Date.
6.3
The
Buyer may in its absolute discretion waive any requirement contained in paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 (Completion Obligations).
6.4
The
Buyer shall not be obliged to complete the purchase of the Sale Shares unless the Sellers comply fully with their obligations under
Schedule 5 (Completion Obligations) (to the extent not waived by the Buyer).
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7
Deferred
Consideration Conditions
First
Deferred Consideration Payment
7.1
The
First Deferred Consideration Payment shall be paid on the First Deferred Payment Date upon the satisfaction of the First Deferred
Payment Condition.
Second
Deferred Consideration Payment
7.2
Subject
to clause 7.6 and clause 7.7 below, the Second Deferred Consideration Payment shall be payable within 5 Business Days of the satisfaction
of the Second Deferred Payment Conditions:
7.3
The
Second Deferred Consideration Payment shall only become due and payable:
7.3.1
where
during the COR Performance Period, the combined COR for each RUL and RIAML is at or below 85%, to be measured annually in each of
the three years constituting the COR Performance Period; and
7.3.2
where
the Company’s EBITDA (calculated utilising UK GAAP) is equal to or exceeds the EBITDA Target.
(“the
Second Deferred Payment Conditions”)
7.4
The
parties shall act in good faith and shall use reasonable endeavours to determine and agree upon whether the Second Deferred Consideration
Conditions have been satisfied. If the parties cannot agree within 20 Business Days of the third anniversary of Completion, then
the matter shall be referred to an Independent Expert and the terms of para 2.2 of Schedule 9 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
7.5
For
the avoidance of doubt the Buyer shall only make a payment of the Second Deferred Consideration Payment when each of the Second Deferred
Consideration Conditions have been satisfied and in the event that either of the Second Deferred Consideration Conditions are not
satisfied then the Sellers entitlement to any payment of the Second Deferred Consideration Payment shall lapse.
7.6
The
parties shall agree a schedule of :
(i)
the
Secondary Key Client GWP Completion Target on or within 20 Business Days of the Completion Date (“Completion Schedule”);
and
(ii)
the
Secondary Key Client Third Anniversary GWP on or within 20 Business Days of the third anniversary of the Completion Date.
Each
of the Secondary Key Client GWP Completion Target and the Secondary Key Client Third Anniversary GWP shall be calculated in GBP£
Sterling and any amounts received by the Group in EURO€ shall be converted into GBP£ Sterling at the rate of GBP£1 to
EURO€1.15.
If
the parties cannot agree either of the above schedules within the respective 20 Business Day period set out above then the matter shall
be referred to an Independent Expert and the terms of para 2.2 of Schedule 9 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
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7.7
Should
the Secondary Key Client Third Anniversary GWP be less than Secondary Key Client GWP Completion Target then the following reduction
shall be applied to the Second Deferred Consideration Payment:
%
Reduction in Secondary Key Client
Third
Anniversary GWP
Reduction
(£)
Remaining
Payment
of Second
Deferred
Consideration
Payment
Due (£)
Reduction
(%)
Less than 10%
-
£ 2,400,000
0 %
Between 10% - 15%
£ 240,000
£ 2,160,000
10 %
More than 15% but less
than 20%
£ 480,000
£ 1,920,000
20 %
More than 20% but less
than 30%
1,200,000
£ 1,200,000
50 %
30% or more
£ 2,400,000
-
100 %
7.8
Clause
7.7 shall not be applied should to any reduction in Secondary Key Client GWP Third Anniversary GWP where that reduction in GWP is
solely attributable to a Force Majeure Event.
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Tax
Covenant
The
provisions of Schedule 7 (Tax Covenant) apply with effect from Completion.
9
Warranties
9.1
The
Sellers jointly and severally warrant to the Buyer and its successors in title that each of the statements in Schedule 3 are true,
accurate and not misleading.
9.2
Each
of the Warranties is separate and without prejudice to any other Warranty and (except where this Agreement expressly provides otherwise)
shall not be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from any other term of this Agreement or any other Warranty.
9.3
The
Warranties (other than the Fundamental Warranties) are given subject to all matters Disclosed and save as expressly provided in this
Agreement, no information of which the Buyer, its agents or its advisers has knowledge (in each case whether actual, constructive
or imputed), or which could have been discovered (whether by investigation made by the Buyer or on its behalf), shall prejudice or
prevent any Claim or reduce the amount recoverable by the Buyer under this Agreement.
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9.4
The
Fundamental Warranties are not subject to any matters Disclosed or to the limitations on claims set out in Schedule 4.
9.5
The
Seller shall provide a complete draft of the Disclosure Letter and a complete set of Disclosure Document as soon as practicable after
the date of this Agreement. The Buyer and the Sellers will use their reasonable endeavours to negotiate and finalise the draft Disclosure
Letter within a reasonable time frame after receipt (having regard to the Disclosure Letter Delivery Date). For the avoidance of
doubt the Buyer shall have the right to request further information and / or documents on any matter set out in the draft Disclosure
Letter and / or contained or referred to in the Disclosure Documents.
9.6
In
the event that:
(i)
the
Disclosure Letter and Disclosure Documents are not both in final agreed form, (with the Disclosure Letter signed by each of the Sellers
and countersigned by the Buyer) on or before the Disclosure Letter Delivery Date; and / or
(ii)
in
the Buyer’s sole discretion, the draft Disclosure Letter and / or Disclosure Documents contain disclosures, materials and /
or documents which make the Company and / or any member of the Group less desirable, has or is likely to have, a material and / or
adverse effect on the Business or on the financial, regulatory or trading position or prospects of the Company and / or any of the
Subsidiaries
then
the Buyer may terminate this Agreement by notice in writing to the Sellers (and, if so terminated, this Agreement shall terminate and
cease to have effect save as referred to in clause 3.3).
9.7
The
Sellers further warrant to the Buyer that each of the Warranties will be true, accurate and not misleading throughout the Interim
Period. For this purpose, the Warranties shall be deemed to be repeated on each day of the Interim Period, up to and including the
Completion Date, by reference to the facts then existing. Any reference made to the date of this Agreement (whether express or implied)
in relation to any Warranty shall be construed, in connection with the repetition of the Warranties under this clause 9.7, as a reference
to the date of such repetition.
9.8
The
Sellers shall not do anything during the Interim Period which would be inconsistent with any term of this Agreement including any
of the Warranties, breach any Warranty or cause any Warranty to be untrue, inaccurate or misleading.
9.9
If
(i)
at
any time during the Interim Period the Sellers become aware of a fact or circumstance which constitutes (or which is reasonably expected
to constitute) a breach of Warranty or which would cause (or is reasonably expected to cause), a Warranty to be untrue, inaccurate
or misleading; or
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(ii)
in
respect of any matter relating explicitly to any of the Warranties contained in Schedule 3 part 2 (Tax Warranties) and which refer
to such matters prior to the date hereof
it
shall promptly in respect of (i) above may within 30 days from the date hereof in respect of (ii) above (but not thereafter):
9.9.1
notify
the Buyer in writing of the relevant fact or circumstance in sufficient detail to enable the Buyer to make an accurate assessment
of the situation; and
9.9.2
if
requested by the Buyer, provide any required additional information and use its reasonable endeavours to prevent or remedy (as the
case may be) the notified breach or anticipated breach.
9.10
To
the extent that the Sellers make a written notification pursuant to clause 9.9 above, such notification meets the definition of Disclosed
(including reference to which of the Warranties the proposed disclosure applies) and the Buyer decides to proceed to Completion pursuant
to clause 9.11.2 below, then such notification shall be treated as having been Disclosed.
9.11
If
at any time during the Interim Period it becomes apparent that a Warranty has been breached, is untrue, inaccurate or misleading,
or that the Sellers have breached any other term of this Agreement including any of the Sellers’ obligations and undertakings
in clause 5 or Schedule 8 the Buyer may at its sole discretion and without prejudice to any other rights or remedies it has:
9.11.1
terminate
this Agreement by notice in writing to the Sellers (and, if so terminated, this Agreement shall terminate and cease to have effect
save as referred to in clause 3.3); or
9.11.2
proceed
to Completion.
9.12
Warranties
qualified by the expression so far as the Sellers are aware or other similar expression, are deemed to be given to the best
of the knowledge, information and belief of the Sellers having made due, diligent and careful enquiry of each other Seller, the Company,
the Subsidiaries and the Company’s accountants.
9.13
The
Sellers agree that the supply of any information by or on behalf of any member of the Group or their respective employees, directors,
agents, officers or professional advisers (Representatives) to the Sellers or their advisers in connection with the Warranties,
the Indemnities, the Tax Covenant, the Disclosure Letter or otherwise shall not constitute a warranty as to the accuracy of such
information in favour of the Sellers. Each of the Sellers unconditionally and irrevocably waives any and all rights and claims which
he might otherwise have against any of the Buyer, any member of the Group or their respective Representatives in respect of such
information and unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to the Buyer, each Group Company and their respective Representatives
not to make any such claims. Each Seller agrees that any such right or claim shall not constitute a defence to any claim that the
Buyer or any Group Company may make in relation to this Agreement.
9.14
The
Sellers shall not plead the Limitation Act 1980 in respect of any Tax Claims.
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9.15
The
parties agree that:
9.15.1
all
Warranty Claims other than Fundamental Warranty Claims, Indemnity Claims (where specifically referenced) and Claims for breach of
any of the Tax Warranties shall be limited in accordance with, and to the extent provided for in, Schedule 4 (Limitations on Claims);
and
9.15.2
all
Tax Claims shall be limited in accordance with, and to the extent provided in, Schedule 4 (Limitations on Claims) and Schedule 7
(Tax Covenant),
except
to the extent that any claim arises or is delayed as a result of dishonesty, fraud, wilful concealment or wilful misconduct on the part
of the Sellers, their agents or advisors.
9.16
For
the avoidance of doubt, the rights and remedies of the Buyer in respect of any Claim shall not be affected by Completion, or any
termination of (or the Buyer’s failure to terminate) this Agreement.
9.17
The
Buyer warrants to the Sellers that:
9.17.1
the
Buyer has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and the documents referred to in it (to which
it is a party), and they constitute (or will constitute, when executed) valid, legal and binding obligations on the Buyer in accordance
with their respective terms; and
9.17.2
the
execution and performance by the Buyer of this Agreement and the documents referred to in it (to which it is a party) will not breach
or constitute a default under the Buyer’s articles of association, or any agreement, instrument, order, judgement or other
restriction which binds the Buyer.
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Indemnities
10.1
Without
restricting any other rights that the Buyer, the Company and the Subsidiaries may have, including the right to claim damages in respect
of a Claim or on any other basis, the Sellers covenant to pay to the Buyer immediately and on demand an amount equal to all direct
losses (excluding for the avoidance of doubt, any indirect consequential losses, loss of profit and loss of reputation), damages,
liabilities, claims, charges, reasonable costs and expenses calculated on a full indemnity basis, incurred or suffered by the Buyer,
the Company and / or the Subsidiaries arising as a result of or in connection with:
10.1.1
any
insurance excess payable by the Buyer and / or any member of the Buyer’s Group (including the Company and the Subsidiaries
post Completion) in respect of or related to any claims made under any professional indemnity insurance policy of the Company and
/ or any of the Subsidiaries and / or the Buyer’s (or any member of the Buyer’s Group) professional indemnity insurance
policy in respect of the Pre-Completion Business;
10.1.2
in
respect of the Pre-Completion Business, an insurer avoiding cover (either in full or in part) by reason of the conduct or any act
or omission of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, its employees, any consultant and/or the Sellers (or any of them); and
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10.1.3
any
claim relating to the Pre-Completion Business which exceeds the amount of the any professional indemnity insurance policy of the
Company and / or any of the Subsidiaries cover limit in any period.
10.2
No
Indemnity Claim shall be subject to any matters Disclosed or the provisions of Schedule 4 (Limitations on Claims) (save where specifically
referenced).
10.3
Any
payment made by the Sellers in respect of an Indemnity Claim shall be increased to include an amount (on a full indemnity basis)
in respect of all costs and properly incurred expenses of the Buyer and any Group Company in bringing the relevant Indemnity.
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No
Counterclaim, Set-off, Etc
11.1
Subject
to clause 11.2 and the provisions of paragraph 4 of Schedule 9, all sums payable by the Sellers to the Buyer or any Group Company
in respect of any Claim or pursuant to clause 11 above shall be paid free and clear of all rights of counterclaim or set-off and
without any deductions or withholdings whatsoever, save only as may be required by law.
11.2
The
Buyer may set-off any Due Amount due in respect of a Claim against any amount of outstanding Deferred Consideration or which may
be or which becomes due to the Sellers in accordance with paragraph 4.1.1 of Schedule 9.
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Protection
of Goodwill and Trade Secrets
12.1
In
order to ensure that the Buyer, amongst other things, obtains the full benefit and value of the goodwill and relationships of the
Group and the Business, each Seller severally covenants with each of the Buyer and each Group Company that he will not, either on
his own account or through or in conjunction, association or by arrangement with or on behalf of any person, directly or indirectly:
12.1.1
for
a period of 2 years from the Completion Date, and in the case of each of Andrew Lawrence and [***] an additional period of 2 years
from ceasing to be employed by the Company (or a member of the Group), be interested in (as defined in clause 12.2 below), any Restricted
Business in any geographic area in which any Group Company carries on the Business or any part of it;
12.1.2
for
a period of 2 years from the Completion Date, and in the case of each of Andrew Lawrence and [***], an additional period of 2 years
from ceasing to be employed by the Company (or a member of the Group), in relation to a Restricted Business:
(a)
solicit,
approach or otherwise seek the custom of any person who, at any time during the 12 months immediately prior to the Relevant Date,
was provided with goods or services by, had negotiations relating to the provision of goods or services with, or otherwise dealt
with, any Group Company in connection with the Business; or
(b)
otherwise
entice away or induce or attempt to induce the reduction of, or to vary adversely the terms of, the custom or business with any Group
Company of any person who, at any time during the 12 months immediately prior to the Relevant Date, was provided with services by
any Group Company in connection with the Business or do any other thing which is reasonably likely to have such an effect;
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12.1.3
for
a period of 2 years from the Completion Date, and in the case of each of Andrew Lawrence and [***], an additional period of 2 years
from ceasing to be employed by the Company (or a member of the Group), have any business dealings in connection with any Restricted
Business with any person, who, at any time during the 12 months immediately prior to the Relevant Date was provided with goods or
services by the Group or who had negotiations relating to the provision of goods or services with the Group in connection with the
Restricted Business;
12.1.4
for
a period of 2 years from the Completion Date, and in the case of each of Andrew Lawrence and [***], an additional period of 2 years
from ceasing to be employed by the Company (or a member of the Group), have any business dealings with or solicit or entice or attempt
to entice away any person who is or was at any time during the period of 12 months prior to the Relevant Date a supplier of goods
or services to any Group Company if such behaviour causes or is reasonably likely to cause disruption to, adverse variation in the
terms of, or the reduction or cessation of, the supply of goods or services to any Group Company by that supplier;
12.1.5
for
a period of 2 years from the Completion Date, and in the case of each of Andrew Lawrence and [***], an additional period of 2 years
from ceasing to be employed by the Company (or a member of the Group), solicit, entice, employ, conclude any contract for services
with, or offer or endeavour to solicit, entice, employ or contract with, or procure or facilitate the making of any such offer or
endeavour by any other person with, any officer, manager, consultant or senior employee who works for any Group Company at the Relevant
Date or has worked for any Group Company at any time during the 12 months immediately prior to the Relevant Date;
12.1.6
for
a period of 2 years from the Completion Date and in the case of each of Andrew Lawrence and [***], an additional period of 2 years
from ceasing to be employed by the Company (or a member of the Group), disclose or divulge to any third party any Business Information;
12.1.7
at
any time after the Completion Date and in the case of each of Andrew Lawrence and [***], an additional period of 2 years from ceasing
to be employed by the Company (or a member of the Group) in relation to any person, trade, business, firm, company or organisation
use, or permit or acquiesce in the use of by any other person, business, trade, firm, company or organisation:
(a)
the
words “Riverside”, “Orchard”, “Hempstead” “Questor” “insuranceandmore”
“Cheapexcess” or anything colourably similar;
(b)
a
name (whether registered or not) or any trade or service mark, business or domain name, design or logo which at the Relevant Date
is or has been used by any Group Company in connection with the Business;
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(c)
anything
which is, in the reasonable opinion of the Buyer, capable of confusion with the words, name, mark, business or domain name, design
or logo referred to in clause 12.1.7 (a) and 12.1.7(b);
12.1.8
at
any time after the Completion Date present himself or permit himself to be presented as connected in any capacity with any Group
Company (save in the normal course of his employment by the Buyer while such employment continues) or interested or concerned in
any way in the Sale Shares;
12.1.9
at
any time after the Completion Date do or say anything which may be harmful to the reputation of any Group Company or the Business.
12.2
Subject
to clause 12.3, for the purposes of clause 12.1.1 a person is interested in a business if he:
12.2.1
carries
on the business as principal or agent;
12.2.2
is
a partner, director, employee, secondee, consultant or agent in, of or to any person who carries on the business;
12.2.3
has
any direct or indirect financial interest (whether as shareholder or otherwise) in the business or in any person who carries on the
business; or
12.2.4
is
a partner, director, employee, secondee, consultant or agent in, of or to any person who has a direct or indirect financial interest
(whether as shareholder or otherwise) in the business or in any person who carries on the business.
12.3
For
the purposes of clause 12.1.1 and 12.2 a person is not interested in a business purely by virtue of having a financial interest in
securities held for investment purposes only and which, together with the interests of his connected persons, amount to less than
5% of the issued securities of that class and carry less than 5% of the voting rights attaching to the issued securities of that
class and provided that he is not involved directly or indirectly in the management of the relevant business (other than by the exercise
of voting rights attaching to securities in the normal course).
12.4
The
Sellers undertake to promptly refer to the Buyer all enquiries relating to the Business which they receive at any time after the
Completion Date.
12.5
The
covenants in clause 12.1 are intended for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Buyer, the Company and the Subsidiaries
under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
12.6
Each
of the covenants in this clause 12 has been carefully considered by the Sellers, having received appropriate professional advice
and the consideration for them is included in the Price.
12.7
The
Sellers acknowledge that damages in respect of breach of any of the provisions of clause 12.1 may not be an adequate remedy and that
the Buyer shall be entitled to the remedies of injunction and specific performance as well as any other equitable relief without
the need for proof of special damage for any threatened or actual breach of any of the Sellers’ obligations in clause 12.1.
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12.8
Whilst
the Sellers have taken legal advice on the covenants contained in this clause 12 and the parties consider that they are reasonable
in all the circumstances to protect the interests of the Buyer and / or the Company and any member of the Group, the parties agree
that:
12.8.1
each
of the covenants in this clause 12 shall be deemed to be a separate covenant, independent of, and severable from, each other covenant;
12.8.2
each
of the covenants shall be enforceable by the Buyer and any member of its Group to whom it transfers any part of the Business separately
and independently of its right to enforce any one or more of the other covenants contained in that clause; and
12.8.3
if
any of those covenants are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or unenforceable but would be valid and enforceable
if deleted in part or reduced in application, those covenants shall apply with such deletion or modification as may be necessary
to make them valid and enforceable.
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Confidentiality
and Announcements
13.1
Each
Seller severally undertakes to each of the Buyer and each Group Company that he shall:
13.1.1
keep
confidential the terms of this Agreement and all data, information or trade secrets in his possession concerning the business, affairs,
plans, finances, customers, clients or suppliers of each Group Company, the Buyer or any member of the Buyer’s Group;
13.1.2
not
disclose any of the information referred to in clause 13.1.1 in whole or in part to any third party, except as expressly permitted
by this clause 13; and
13.1.3
not
make any use of any of the information referred to in clause 13.1.1, other than to the extent necessary for the purpose of exercising
or performing its rights and obligations under this Agreement.
13.2
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, no party shall be obliged to keep confidential or to restrict its use of any information which:
13.2.1
is
or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of its disclosure by the receiving party, or any person to whom
it has disclosed the information in accordance with clause 13.3, in breach of this Agreement);
13.2.2
was,
is or becomes available to the receiving party on a non-confidential basis from a person who, to the receiving party’s knowledge,
is not bound by a confidentiality obligation to the disclosing party or otherwise prohibited from disclosing the information.
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13.3
Any
party may disclose any information that it is otherwise required to keep confidential under this clause 13:
13.3.1
to
his representatives or advisers to enable them to advise on, or facilitate the execution of, this Agreement and related documents
and transactions, provided that the disclosing party is responsible for procuring that the relevant third party complies with its
obligations under this Agreement and shall, at all times, be liable for the failure of its recipients to comply with the obligations
set out in this clause 13; or
13.3.2
with
the prior consent in writing of all the other parties; or
13.3.3
if
such information relates to one party only, with the prior consent in writing of that party; or
13.3.4
to
the extent that the disclosure is required:
(a)
by
the laws of any jurisdiction to which that party is subject;
(b)
by
an order of any court of competent jurisdiction, or any regulatory, judicial, governmental or similar body, or any Tax Authority
or securities exchange of competent jurisdiction;
(c)
to
make any filing with, or obtain any authorisation from, a regulatory, judicial, governmental or similar body or securities exchange
or any Tax Authority of competent jurisdiction; or
(d)
to
protect that party’s interest in any legal proceedings,
13.3.5
provided
that in each case (to the extent legally permitted) the disclosing party gives the other parties as much notice of such disclosure
as possible and, to the extent possible, takes into account the reasonable requests of the other parties in relation to the content
of such disclosure.
13.4
Subject
to clauses 13.2, 13.3, 13.5 and 13.6., no party shall make, or permit any person to make, any public announcement, communication
or circular concerning this Agreement or any related documents or transactions without the prior written consent of the other parties
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
13.5
The
parties shall issue a press release in Agreed Form on exchange of this Agreement and on Completion and the Buyer shall issue an announcement
as required by the Nasdaq exchange on exchange of this Agreement.
13.6
The
obligations and liability of the Sellers under this clause 13 shall be several and extend only to any loss or damage arising out
of their own breaches.
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Assignment
14.1
Subject
to this clause 14 no party shall assign, mortgage, charge, declare a trust of or deal in any other manner with any or all of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (or any other document referred to in it).
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14.2
The
Buyer may assign or transfer its rights (but not its obligations) under this Agreement or any related documents to:
14.2.1
another
member of the Buyer’s Group for so long as that company remains a member of the Buyer’s Group; or
14.2.2
any
person to whom the Sale Shares are sold or transferred by the Buyer following Completion.
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Succession
15.1
This
Agreement shall be binding on, and enure for the benefit of, each party and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to and
on any succession and assignment permitted by this Agreement, any successor and/or assignee shall in its own right be able to enforce
any term of this Agreement in accordance with its terms as if it were in all respects a party to this Agreement but, until such time,
any such successor or assignee shall have no rights whether as a third party or otherwise.
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Third
Party Rights
16.1
The
parties agree that (save as set out in clause 16.2 and where expressly stated otherwise in this Agreement) a person who is not a
party to this Agreement shall not have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this
Agreement.
16.2
Clause
9 (Warranties), clause 10 (Indemnities), clause 11 (No Counterclaim, Set-off, Etc), clause 12 (Protection of Goodwill and Trade Secrets),
clause 13 (Confidentiality and Announcements) and clause 8 and Schedule 7 (Tax Covenant), confer on the third parties expressly identified
therein rights which are respectively directly enforceable by them to the fullest extent permitted by law, subject to and in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
16.3
The
rights of the parties to terminate, rescind or agree any variation, waiver or settlement under this Agreement are not subject to
the consent of any other person.
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No
Agency
17.1
Each
party confirms it is acting on its own behalf and not for the benefit of any other person.
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Notices
18.1
Any
notice or other communication given to a party under or in connection with this Agreement must be:
18.1.1
in
writing;
18.1.2
sent
to the relevant party, for the attention of the contact and to the address or email address specified in Schedule 1 or clause 18.2.3
(as the case may be) or such other address, and contact or email address as that party may notify to each of the others in accordance
with this clause 18 and be delivered by hand (including by courier) or sent by first class pre-paid post or by email.
18.2
Any
notice to be given under this Agreement to or by:
18.2.1
all
of the Sellers, shall be deemed to have been properly given if it is given to or by the Sellers’ Representative specified in
clause 18.2.4;
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18.2.2
only
some of the Sellers, shall be given to or by the Seller concerned and, where given to a Seller, to his address or email address set
out in Schedule 1 (The Sellers) or as otherwise notified in accordance with this clause 18;
18.2.3
The
addresses, email addresses and contact details for service of notice or other communications under or in connection with this Agreement
are:
18.2.4
Sellers:
(a)
Andrew
Lawrence (Sellers’ Representative);
(b)
address: each of [***] and [***]
(c)
address:
[***],
with
a copy (which shall not constitute, or be necessary, for valid notice) to the Sellers’ Solicitors at gunnercooke LLP, 1 Cornhill
London EC3V 3ND or by email to [***], for the attention of Sara Carpenter.
18.2.5
Buyer:
(a)
Roadzen
Technologies Limited: marked for the attention of each of Rohan Malhotra and Richard Schrier;
(b)
address: [***], [***]
(c)
Address:
the address first above written,
with
a copy (which shall not constitute, or be necessary for valid, notice) to the Buyer’s Solicitors, 6 New Street Square, London,
EC4A 3DJ or by email to [***]for the attention of Stojan Essex.
18.3
A
party may change its details for service of notices as specified in clause 18.2.3 or (where applicable) Schedule 1 by giving notice
to each of the other parties in accordance with this clause 18. Any notice of a change to the identity of the Sellers’ Representative
must be signed by each of the Sellers respectively to be effective. Any change notified pursuant to this clause shall take effect
at 9.00 am on the later of:
18.3.1
any
date specified in the notice as the effective date for the change; and
18.3.2
five
Business Days after deemed receipt of the notice of change.
18.4
A
notice which has been delivered or sent in accordance with the requirements of this clause 18 shall be deemed to have been received:
18.4.1
if
delivered by hand, at the time of delivery at the address of the relevant party;
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18.4.2
if
sent by pre-paid first-class post to an address in the UK, at 9.00 am on the second Business Day after posting;
18.4.3
if
sent by email, at the time it left the email gateway of the party giving notice;
18.4.4
if
sent by reputable international overnight courier to an address outside the country from which it is sent, on signature of a delivery
receipt;
18.4.5
if
deemed receipt under this clause 18.4 would occur outside business hours (meaning for this purpose 9.00 am to 5.30 pm Monday to Friday
on a day that is not a public holiday in the place of deemed receipt), at 9.00 am on the next Business Day in the place of deemed
receipt.
18.5
To
prove service, it is sufficient to prove:
18.5.1
if
delivered by hand, that the notice was delivered to the correct address (as notified in accordance with this clause); or
18.5.2
if
sent by post that the envelope containing the notice was properly addressed, paid for and posted; or
18.5.3
if
sent by email, that the email was correctly addressed, left the email gateway of the party giving the notice and no delivery failure
notice was received.
18.6
The
provisions of this clause 18 do not apply in relation to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action in
connection with this Agreement.
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Sellers’
Representatives
19.1
Each
of the Sellers irrevocably appoints the Sellers’ Representative as its sole representative to act on his behalf for all purposes
under this Agreement, including for the purposes of negotiating, determining and agreeing any matter between the Buyer and the Sellers,
including:
19.1.1
taking
any action in connection with this Agreement, inter alia, determination or payment of the Price, the Completion Accounts and
the Adjusted Price Statement;
19.1.2
giving
or receiving any notice or consent or making any agreement on behalf of the Sellers as a whole;
19.1.3
taking
any other action and doing any other things provided for or contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by the Sellers.
19.2
The
Sellers’ Representative shall not be liable to any Seller for any act or omission in connection with the performance by him
of any of his duties, functions or role as Sellers’ Representative pursuant to this Agreement, except in the case of fraud
or dishonesty.
19.3
Each
of the Sellers irrevocably agrees to be bound by all steps, actions, omissions and failures to act of the Sellers’ Representative
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including in connection with any settlement or compromise entered into by the Sellers’
Representative on behalf of one or more of the Sellers and the Buyer shall be entitled to rely upon all such steps, actions, omissions
and failures accordingly.
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19.4
Notwithstanding
that the Sellers’ Representative is a representative of the Sellers, each of the Sellers acknowledges that the Sellers’
Representative shall owe no fiduciary or other duty to any of the Sellers and each of the Sellers (including the Sellers who are
the Sellers’ Representative) agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified the Sellers’ Representative from all losses, costs,
expenses or liabilities whatsoever brought or established against the Sellers’ Representative arising out of any act or omission
on the part of the Sellers’ Representative acting in his capacity as such.
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Variation
20.1
No
variation of this Agreement will be valid unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.
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Waiver
21.1
A
waiver of any right or remedy provided under this Agreement or by law must be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party
waiving such right or remedy. Any such waiver shall apply only to the circumstances for which it is given and shall not be deemed
a waiver of any subsequent breach or default.
21.2
No
failure or delay by any party in exercising any right or remedy under this Agreement or by law will operate as a waiver of that or
any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy will preclude or restrict any other or further
exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
21.3
At
the sole discretion of the Buyer, the Buyer may release or compromise the liability of any of the Sellers under this Agreement without
affecting the liability of the other Sellers.
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Costs
22.1
Except
as expressly provided in this Agreement, each party shall pay its own costs and expenses in relation to the negotiation, preparation,
execution and implementation of this Agreement.
22.2
The
Buyer shall be responsible for and shall pay all stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax or similar transfer taxes arising on the transfer
to it of the Sale Shares in accordance with this Agreement.
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Severance
23.1
If
any provision or part of a provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified
to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant provision
or part of provision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part of a provision of this Agreement
shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of this Agreement.
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24
Further
Assurance
24.1
At
their own expense, the Sellers shall (and shall use reasonable endeavours to procure that any relevant third party shall) promptly
execute and perform such acts and deliver such documents as the Buyer may require from time to time for the purpose of transferring
the Sale Shares to the Buyer.
24.2
Each
Seller undertakes that for as long as he remains the registered holder of any of the Sale Shares after Completion to the day on which
the Buyer (or its lawful nominee) is registered in the register of members of the Company as the holder of the Sale Shares he will:
24.2.1
hold
the Sale Shares and all dividends and other distributions of profits or other assets in respect of them and all rights arising out
of or in connection with them on trust for the Buyer; and
24.2.2
deal
with his respective Sale Shares and all such dividends, distributions, assets and rights as the Buyer may direct.
24.3
Each
Seller hereby appoints the Buyer as his attorney for the purpose of exercising any rights, privileges or duties attaching to his
Sale Shares including receiving and responding to notices of, and attending and voting at, all meetings of the members of the Company
and executing any other documents required to be signed by members of the Company. For the purposes of this clause 24.3 each of the
Sellers authorises the Company to send any notices in respect of their shareholdings to the Buyer.
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Entire
agreement
25.1
This
Agreement, the Disclosure Letter, the documents in the Agreed Form and all agreements entered, or to be entered into, pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement or entered into between the parties in writing and expressly referring to this Agreement:
25.1.1
together
constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement; and
25.1.2
(in
relation to such subject matter) supersede and extinguish all prior discussions, correspondence, negotiations, drafts, promises,
assurances, warranties, understandings and agreements between the parties and their agents (or any of them).
25.2
Each
party agrees and acknowledges that:
25.2.1
in
entering into this Agreement and the documents referred to in it, it does not rely on, and shall have no rights or remedies in respect
of, any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in this Agreement;
and
25.2.2
it
shall not have any claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation or negligent misstatement based on any statement or warranty
in this Agreement (and any documents referred to in it).
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26
Counterparts
26.1
This
Agreement may be entered into in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be an original, but
all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement.
26.2
Transmission
of an executed counterpart of this Agreement (but for the avoidance of doubt not just a signature page) by email (in PDF, JPEG or
other agreed format) or DocuSign® or other electronic signature platform (which may be simple electronic signature, advanced
electronic signature or qualified electronic signature) shall take effect as the transmission of a “wet ink” counterpart
of this Agreement. If this electronic method of transmission is adopted, without prejudice to the validity of this Agreement made
in this way, each party shall provide the others with the original of the counterpart as soon as reasonably possible thereafter.
26.3
No
counterpart shall be effective until each party has provided to the other at least one executed counterpart.
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Governing
Law and Jurisdiction
27.1
This
Agreement and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with this Agreement
or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales.
27.2
Each
party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any claim or dispute (including
non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence,
validity or termination of this Agreement or its subject matter or formation).
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Agreement
survives completion
28.1
This
Agreement (other than obligations which have already been fully performed) remains in full force and effect after and notwithstanding
Completion.
EXECUTED
AS A DEED by the parties and delivered on the date of this deed.
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Schedule
1
The
Sellers
[***]
Schedule
2
Part
1
Basic
information about the Company
Company name:
Riverside International Holdings Ltd
[***]
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Part
2
Basic
information about the Subsidiaries
[***]
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Schedule
3
Warranties
Part
1
General
Warranties
1
POWER
TO SELL THE SALE SHARES
1.1
Each
Seller is the sole legal and beneficial owner of his Sale Shares and is entitled to sell and transfer to the Buyer the full legal
and beneficial ownership in those Sale Shares free from all Security Interests, without the consent of any other person.
1.2
Each
Seller has full power and authority and where required has obtained all necessary consents, waivers, licences and corporate, regulatory
and other approvals to enter into and perform his obligations under this Agreement and all other documents contemplated by or referred
to in this Agreement to which he is a party, each of which constitutes (or will when executed constitute) a binding obligation on
him in accordance with its respective terms.
1.3
The
execution and delivery of, performance of, and compliance with, this Agreement and all other documents contemplated by or referred
to in this Agreement by the Sellers will not breach or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to which a Seller is
a party or by which a Seller is bound or any order, judgment, decree or other restriction applicable to any Seller.
2
SHARES
IN THE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
2.1
The
Sale Shares are fully paid up, constitute the whole of the issued and allotted share capital of the Company and have been properly
allotted and issued.
2.2
The
issued shares of the Subsidiaries are fully paid up, constitute the whole of the issued and allotted share capital of that Subsidiaries
and have been properly allotted and issued.
2.3
No
person has any right to require, at any time, the transfer, creation, issue or allotment of any share, loan capital or other securities
(or any rights or interests in them) of the Company or the Subsidiaries and none of the Sellers, the Subsidiaries nor the Company
has conferred or agreed to confer any such rights and no person has claimed any such right.
2.4
No
Security Interest has been granted or otherwise exists affecting the Sale Shares or any of them or any of the shares in the Subsidiaries
or any unissued shares, debentures or other unissued securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries and no agreement or arrangement
to give or create any such Security Interest has been made and no person has claimed any such rights.
2.5
The
Subsidiaries are the only Subsidiaries or subsidiary undertaking of the Company and neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries has
at any time had any other subsidiaries or subsidiary undertaking.
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INFORMATION
3.1
Corporate
& Property Information
The
information in Schedule 2 (Basic information about the Company and the Subsidiaries) and Schedule 6 (Basic information about the Leasehold
Property) is complete, accurate and not misleading.
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4
THE
ACCOUNTS
4.1
Accounts
Disclosed
Complete
and accurate copies of the Accounts are included in the Disclosure Documents.
4.2
Preparation
of the Accounts
4.2.1
The
Accounts:
(a)
have
been prepared in accordance with all applicable law and Accounting Standards;
(b)
have
been prepared on bases and principles which are consistent with those used in the preparation of the Previous Accounts without any
change in accounting policies or estimation techniques.
4.3
Information
included in the Accounts
4.3.1
The
Accounts:
(a)
give
a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, commitments and state of affairs of the Company and the Subsidiaries in each case
at the Accounts Date and of the profits and losses of each of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case for the accounting period
which ended on the Accounts Date;
(b)
comply
with the requirements of the Companies Act and all other applicable laws and regulations in the UK and Malta (as applicable);
(d)
properly
reflect the financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries as at the Accounts Date;
(f)
make
full provision or reserve for bad and doubtful debts, non-chargeable work-in-progress and for depreciation on fixed assets;
(g)
make
full provision or reserve for all liabilities and capital commitments of the Group outstanding at the Accounts Date, including contingent,
unquantified or disputed liabilities;
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CHANGES
SINCE THE ACCOUNTS DATE
5.1
Since
the Accounts Date:
5.1.1
the
business of each Group Company has been continued in the ordinary and usual course and as a going concern, without any interruption
or alteration in nature, scope or manner to the business carried on in the 6 years prior to the Accounts Date;
5.1.2
there
has been no material adverse change in the turnover or the financial or trading position of any Group Company;
5.1.3
each
Group Company has paid its creditors in accordance with their respective credit terms; and there are no amounts owing by any Group
Company which have been due for more than six weeks.
5.2
Since
the Accounts Date no Group Company has:
5.2.1
issued,
created, allotted, acquired, repaid or redeemed any share or loan capital or agreed to do any such thing;
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5.2.2
declared,
paid or made any dividend or other distribution of profits, or has agreed to do or is treated as having done any such thing;
5.2.3
borrowed
or raised any money or given or taken any form of financial security;
5.2.4
repaid
or become liable to repay or agreed to repay any indebtedness or borrowing (in whole or in part) in advance of its stated maturity;
5.2.5
made
or agreed to make any payment in relation to the Business other than payments in the ordinary and normal course of business;
5.2.6
incurred
any cost, expense or liability or otherwise made or agreed to make any payment on behalf of the Sellers or any person connected to
the Sellers which has not been recharged to the relevant person in the ordinary and proper course of business and in accordance with
the accounting policies and procedures of the relevant Group Company as reflected in the Accounts and no such costs, expenses or
liabilities remain outstanding;
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FINANCIAL
AND OTHER RECORDS
6.1
All
the accounts, books (including the statutory books and registers), ledgers and financial records (Records) of each Group Company:
6.1.1
are
in its possession;
6.1.2
have
been properly and accurately prepared and maintained in all material respects and in the case of the accounting records comply with
the requirements of section 386 and 388 of the Companies Act;
6.2
No
notice has been received or allegation made that any of the Records are incorrect or should be rectified.
6.3
To
the extent that any of the Records are maintained or stored electronically:
6.3.1
each
Group Company is the owner of all hardware and software (or licensed by a third party with respect to the same) required to access,
maintain, copy and use such Records and such ownership is not shared with any other person that is not a Group Company; and
6.3.2
such
Records are adequately backed-up in the ordinary course of business.
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CORPORATE
MATTERS
7.1
Status
and Solvency
7.1.1
No
Group Company is insolvent or unable or deemed unable to pay its debts within the meaning of the Insolvency Act 1986 or any other
applicable insolvency legislation.
7.1.2
No
Group Company has stopped or threatened to stop paying its debts as they fall due.
7.1.3
No
step has been taken in any applicable jurisdiction to initiate any process by or under which:
(a)
the
ability of the creditors of any Group Company to take any action to enforce their debts is suspended, restricted or prevented;
(b)
some
or all of the creditors of any Group Company accept, by agreement or in pursuance of a court order, an amount less than the sums
owing to them in satisfaction of those sums with a view to preventing the dissolution of the relevant Group Company;
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(c)
a
person is appointed to manage the affairs, business and assets of the Company or the Subsidiaries on behalf of their creditors;
(d)
the
holder of any Security Interest over any of the assets of any Group Company is appointed to control the business or any assets of
any Group Company;
(e)
any
Group Company could be dissolved, struck off, wound-up or which could result in its assets being distributed among its creditors,
shareholders or other contributors or in any related interim order.
7.1.4
No
person has taken any step to enforce any Security Interest against any Group Company and no Group Company is and has not been in
default under any Security Interest.
7.1.5
No
event has occurred causing (and there are no circumstances likely to cause, or which upon intervention or notice by any third party
may cause) any floating charge created by any Group Company to crystallise over, or any charge created by it to become enforceable
over, its business or assets or any part of them.
7.1.6
None
of the Sellers:
(a)
has
had a bankruptcy petition presented against him or been declared bankrupt;
(b)
has
been served with a statutory demand, or is unable to pay any debts within the meaning of the Insolvency Act 1986;
(c)
has
entered into, or has proposed to enter into, any composition or arrangement with, or for, his creditors (including an individual
voluntary arrangement); or
(d)
has
been the subject of any other event analogous to the foregoing in any jurisdiction.
7.2
Directors
and Shadow Directors
7.2.1
The
only directors of the Company and the Subsidiaries are the persons whose names are listed in relation to the relevant Group Company
in Schedule 2.
7.2.2
No
person is a shadow director (within the meaning of section 251 of the Companies Act) of any Group Company but is not treated as one
of its directors for all the purposes of that Act.
7.3
Subsidiaries,
Associations and Branches
7.3.1
The
Company and the Subsidiaries:
(a)
(save
in respect of RIAMLH and RIAML) do not hold or beneficially own, and have not agreed to acquire, any share or loan capital or other
securities of any company, or any right or interest in the same, whether incorporated in the UK or elsewhere (other than a Group
Company);
(b)
(save
in respect of RIAMLH and RIAML) have outside the UK no branch, agency, centre of administration or place of business, or any permanent
establishment (as that expression is defined in the relevant double taxation relief order current at the date of this Agreement);
(c)
do
not control or take part in the management of any company or business organisation (outside of the Group) and has not agreed to do
so;
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(d)
are
not, in relation to any relevant entity, a registrable relevant legal entity within the meaning of section 790C of the Companies
Act;
(e)
are
not, and have not agreed to become, a member of any limited liability partnership or other unincorporated association, joint venture
or consortium (other than a recognised trade association) and is not nor have they agreed to become party to any agreement or arrangement
for sharing commissions or other income.
7.4
Share
Capital
7.4.1
No
Group Company has at any time:
(a)
repaid,
redeemed, reduced, purchased or forfeited any of its own shares;
(b)
allotted
or issued any securities that are convertible into shares;
(c)
directly
or indirectly provided any financial assistance in contravention of any applicable law or regulation
and
has not agreed to do any such thing.
7.4.2
Except
as required by this Agreement, there are no agreements or arrangements in force which provide for the present or future issue, allotment
or transfer of or grant to any person of the right (whether conditional or otherwise) to call for the issue, allotment or transfer
of any share or loan capital or other securities of any Group Company (including any option or right of pre-emption or conversion).
7.4.3
No
shares in any Group Company have been issued and no transfer of shares has been registered, except in accordance with all applicable
laws and with the memorandum and articles of association of the relevant Group Company and all such transfers have been duly stamped,
where applicable.
7.4.4
No
dividends, bonuses or other distributions of profit or capital have been declared, made or paid at any time except in accordance
with all applicable laws and regulations, the memorandum and articles of association of the relevant Group Company and any agreements
or arrangements with a third party relating to the payment of dividends, bonuses or distributions.
7.4.5
No
warning notice or restrictions notice has been issued under Schedule 1B (Enforcement of Disclosure Requirements) of the Companies
Act in respect of any shares or voting rights in, or any right to appoint or remove any member of the board of directors of, any
Group Company.
7.5
Constitutional
and Corporate Documents
7.5.1
A
copy of the memorandum (where applicable) and articles of association of each Group Company has been Disclosed and is complete in
all respects.
7.5.2
The
register of members, register of people with significant control / register of beneficial owners and other statutory books of each
Group Company have been kept in accordance with all applicable laws, are correctly written up to date and contain an accurate and
complete record of the matters with which they should deal and no notice or allegation that any of them is incorrect or should be
rectified has been received.
7.6
Compliance
with laws
7.6.1
All
returns, particulars, resolutions and other documents required by law to be filed with or delivered to any authority in any jurisdiction,
including in particular the Registrar of Companies, have been correctly prepared and duly filed or delivered within the relevant
time limit by each Group Company.
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7.6.2
All
applicable laws and regulations and the articles of association of each Group Company have at all times been duly complied with in
connection with the formation of each Group Company, the allotment or issue of shares, debentures and other securities, the payment
of dividends and the conduct of its business.
7.6.3
Each
Group Company is empowered and duly qualified to carry on business in all jurisdictions in which it now carries on business.
7.6.4
Neither
the Company nor the Subsidiaries, and so far as the Sellers are aware, none of their respective directors or employees (current or
past), have committed or omitted to do any act or thing the commission or omission of which is or could be in contravention of any
act, order, regulation or the like (whether of the UK or elsewhere) giving rise to any fine, penalty, default proceedings or other
liability on its part and neither any Group Company nor any officer has been prosecuted for any criminal, illegal or unlawful act
connected with any Group Company.
7.8
Investigations
There
are no existing investigations or enquiries by, or on behalf of, any governmental or other body in respect of the affairs of any Group
Company and there are no such investigations or enquiries pending.
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REGULATORY
COMPLIANCE
Regulatory
Authorisations
8.1
The
Subsidiaries have obtained and maintained all consents, authorisations, permissions, passporting rights, approvals and regulatory
licences (Regulatory Authorisations) required for the carrying on of the Business at all times in the 3 years prior to the date of
this Agreement and copies or details of each of them have been Disclosed.
8.2
All
Regulatory Authorisations required for the carrying on of the Business are valid and subsisting.
8.3
No
conditions have been imposed and are continuing under any of the Regulatory Authorisations. There are no circumstances which are
expected to cause any of the Regulatory Authorisations to be suspended, varied, limited, revoked or otherwise materially adversely
affected.
8.4
No
Group Company has at any time during the three years preceding the date of this Agreement been subject to any requirement, restriction,
undertaking, voluntary requirement, variation of permission, own-initiative requirement, supervisory direction or similar measure
imposed or requested by any Regulatory Authority.
8.4
There
are no applications currently with any Regulatory Authority to vary any Regulatory Authorisations and no such application is proposed.
8.5
The
Business has been carried out exclusively by the Subsidiaries and the Company does not currently, or at any time in the past 3 years
prior to the date of this Agreement, carry on any business which requires or required any Regulatory Authorisations.
Regulatory
Compliance
8.6
No
Group Company has identified any material breach of Regulatory Requirements which remains outstanding or unremedied.
8.7
No
Group Company is subject to any ongoing remediation programme relating to compliance with Regulatory Requirements.
8.8
No
Group Company has received notice that any Regulatory Authority intends to commence any investigation, review, enforcement action
or disciplinary proceedings.
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8.7
No
investigation or enquiry by or on behalf of any Regulatory Authority or other governmental, professional, regulatory or other body
in respect of the affairs of the Business is in existence or pending, threatened or notified.
8.8
During
the three years prior to the date of this Agreement no Group Company has been the subject of:
a)
any
enforcement action;
b)
any
skilled person review;
c)
any
thematic review resulting in findings requirement remediation; or
d)
any request for information
or supervisory engagement giving rise to material concerns regarding its compliance arrangements.
8.9
The
Employees have all necessary regulatory approvals, authorisations and certifications appropriate for their respective functions within
the Business.
8.10
The
Subsidiaries have at all times complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime
(each of both capitalised terms as defined in the FCA Handbook) applicable to them.
8.11
The
Employees are all suitably qualified to perform their roles and the Subsidiaries meets applicable Regulatory Requirements concerning
the training and qualification of employees in respect of each Employee.
General
compliance
8.12
During
the 3 years prior to the date of this Agreement:
8.12.1
the
Subsidiaries have ensured that all of their promotional and advertising material complies in all material respects with Regulatory
Requirements;
8.12.2
in
relation to the Business, no regulatory or disciplinary proceedings or actions have been brought and no fine or other penalty has
been imposed by any Regulatory Authority, whether against the Company or its Subsidiaries, or a director, officer or any Employee
or former employee of the Company or the Subsidiaries;
8.12.3
no
court orders or warrants under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc Act 2010, the Money Laundering Regulations
2007, the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 or any analogous
legislation or regulatory requirement in any jurisdiction have been made in relation to any material or information held by the Company
or the Subsidiaries in relation to the Business; and
8.12.4
the
Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all reports, returns, notifications and other information and made all notifications required
by law or required or requested by any Regulatory Authority within the applicable time limit and the contents of each such report,
return and notification were, so far as the Sellers are aware, true and accurate at the time they were so filed.
8.12.5
No
Group Company has been subject to any investigation, review or enquiry relating to ani-money laundering, sanctions, bribery, corruption
or financial crime matters.
8.12.6
No
Group Company s carrying out or has been required by any Regulatory Authority to carry out, any customer remediation, customer redress
or past business review exercise.
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8.12.7
No
Regulatory Authority has raised any material concern regarding the treatment of customers by any Group Company.
8.12.8
The
Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained policies, procedures, governance arrangements and controls designed to comply with the
Consumer Duty requirements as defined and contained in the FCA Handbook and have conducted business in compliance in all material
respects with such requirements.
8.12.9
No
Regulatory Authority has raised any material concern regarding the Subsidiaries compliance with Consumer Duty requirements (as defined
in the FCA Handbook).
Authorised
Representatives
8.13
During
the 3 years prior to the date of this Agreement:
8.13.1
All
Appointed Representative (as defined in the FCA Handbook) appointments entered into by the Subsidiaries have at all material times
complied with Regulatory Requirements.
8.13.2
The
Subsidiaries have maintained adequate systems and controls for the supervision and oversight of their Appointed Representatives in
accordance with Regulatory Requirements.
8.13.3
No
Regulatory Authority has raised any material concern regarding the appointment, monitoring, supervision or conduct of any Appointed
Representative.
8.13.4
No
Appointed Representative has engaged in any activity which has resulted in any material customer redress exercise, regulatory investigation,
regulatory sanction or enforcement action.
8.13.5
The
Subsidiaries have maintained policies, procedures and controls designed to comply with applicable anti-money laundering, sanctions,
anti-bribery, anti-corruption and financial crime requirements.
8.13.6
No
Group Company is carrying out or has been required by any Regulatory Authority to carry out, any customer remediation, customer redress
or past business review exercise.
8.13.8
No Regulatory Authority has
raised any material concern regarding the treatment of customers by any Group Company.
Complaints
& Customer Redress
8.14
The
complaints register relating to the Business has been maintained in accordance with Regulatory Requirements, is up-to-date and accurate
and contains all customers requirement to be recorded under applicable Regulatory Requirements and a copy has been Disclosed.
8.15
There
are no regulatory complaints concerning the Business currently in existence. A summary of all complaints made against any Group Company
in respect of the Business in the 3 years prior to the date of this Agreement which have been referred to the FCA and/or Financial
Ombudsman Service, and/or the Arbiter for Financial Services has been Disclosed.
Relationship
with regulators
8.16
Copies
of all correspondence relating to any investigation, supervisory review, enforcement matter, remediation programme or regulatory
concern during the 3 year period prior to the date of this Agreement between the Subsidiaries and any Regulatory Authority in respect
of the Business have been Disclosed.
8.17
All
breaches (if any) of Regulatory Requirements by the Subsidiaries in respect of the Business or otherwise have been remedied to the
satisfaction of the relevant Regulatory Authority.
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8.18
No
Group Company his aware of any circumstances likely to give rise to a requirement to notify any Regulatory Authority of a material
breach of Regulatory Requirements.
8.19
All
fines and levies (if any) imposed on the Subsidiaries in respect of the Business or otherwise by any relevant Regulatory Authority
have been paid in full.
8.20
No
Group Company is subject to any ongoing obligation to undertaken remedial action, enhanced authority or reporting to any Regulatory
Authority.
Conduct
of business
8.21
There
are valid and current client agreements in place between the Subsidiaries and each of the Advised Clients to the extent required
by Regulatory Requirements.
8.22
All
client agreements currently in place between the Subsidiaries and each of the Advised Clients meet Regulatory Requirements.
8.23
There
are no client agreements in place with the Company.
8.24
All
versions of the standard-form client agreements which govern any arrangement with any Advised Client have been Disclosed and there
are no current arrangements with any client on terms other than those so Disclosed.
8.25
The
Subsidiaries comply with their obligations under the FCA Handbook in relation to the payment and acceptance of fees, commissions
and non-monetary benefits.
8.26
In
the 3 years before the date of this Agreement, the Business has been conducted in all material respects in compliance with all applicable
conduct of business requirements under the FCA Handbook and other applicable Regulatory Requirements.
8.27
In
the 3 years before the date of this Agreement, the Business has been conducted in all material respects in compliance with all applicable
conduct of business requirements under the IDA and the rules, regulations and guidelines issued by the MFSA thereunder.
8.28
The
Subsidiaries carries on the Business only in the United Kingdom and does not advise clients who are located outside the United Kingdom
at the time when it advises them.
Outsourcing
8.29
All
arrangements which constitute a material outsourcing (as defined in the Glossary and in terms of rules issued under the IDA) entered
into by the Subsidiaries in respect of the Business have been Disclosed and are in all material respects compliant with Regulatory
Requirements.
8.30
No
material outsourcing arrangement is in default and no notice has been received alleging non-compliance with any Regulatory Requirements
appliable to such outsourcing arrangements.
Regulatory
capital
8.31
The
Subsidiaries have sufficient regulatory capital to meet its capital adequacy requirements in accordance with Regulatory Requirements
and will have sufficient regulatory capital to meet such requirements at all times up to Completion.
8.32
No
Group Company has breached any applicable regulatory capital requirement during the three years preceding the date of this Agreement.
8.33
No
Group Company is aware of any fact or circumstances which may reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any applicable regulatory
capital requirement following Completion.
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9
FINANCE
9.1
Disclosure
of financial information
The
Disclosure Letter contains full details of:
9.1.1
all
money borrowed by each Group Company;
9.1.2
all
bank accounts, loans, overdrafts, invoice discounting facilities, hire purchase and leasing agreements, revolving credit, acceptance
credits, debentures, foreign exchange hedging, corporate charge card and other financial facilities currently outstanding or available
to each Group Company (Facilities) including complete and accurate copies of all documents relating to the Facilities; and
9.1.3
the
balances of all of the bank accounts of each Group Company showing the correct position as at the day immediately preceding the Completion
Date.
9.2
Bank
accounts
Since
the preparation of the particulars of the bank accounts included in the Disclosure Letter pursuant to paragraph 9.1.3, there have been
no payments out of those bank accounts which are not shown in those particulars, other than routine payments in the ordinary course of
business.
9.3
Capital
commitments
There
were no commitments on capital account outstanding at the Accounts Date.
9.4
No
indebtedness of any Group Company is due and payable and no Security Interest over any of the assets of any Group Company is now
enforceable, whether by virtue of the stated maturity date of the indebtedness having been reached or otherwise, and no Group Company
has received notice (whether formal or informal) from any lenders of money to it, requiring repayment or intimating the enforcement
of any security the lender may hold over any of its assets; and, so far as the Sellers are aware, there are no circumstances likely
to give rise to any such notice.
9.5
Loans
by and debts due to the Company and the Subsidiaries
9.5.1
Each
of the Company and the Subsidiaries:
(a)
has
no outstanding loan capital;
(b)
has
not lent any money which has not been repaid to it;
(c)
does
not own the benefit of any debt (whether or not due for payment), other than debts which have arisen in the ordinary course of its
business; and
(d)
has
not made any loan or quasi loan contrary to the Companies Act.
9.5.2
All
debts owing to each Group Company as reflected in the Accounts and all debts subsequently recorded in the books of each Group Company
since the Accounts Date:
(a)
have
arisen in the ordinary and normal course of its business;
(b)
have
been realised or will within three months after the date of this Agreement realise in cash their full amount as included in those
Accounts or books;
(c)
have
in each case not been outstanding (in whole or in part) for more than two months from their due date for payment; and
(d)
are
not subject to any right of set-off or counterclaim.
9.5.3
No
Group Company has agreed terms with any debtor in relation to any debt included in the Accounts or, after the Accounts Date, in the
books of any Group Company to permit such debt to be released on terms that such debtor pays less than the book value of his debt
and no debt has been written off or is now regarded as irrecoverable.
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9.6
Liabilities
9.6.1
Each
Group Company has no liabilities (including contingent liabilities) other than those disclosed in the Accounts or incurred in the
ordinary and proper course of trading since the Accounts Date.
9.6.2
There
has been no exercise, purported exercise or claim for any charge, lien, Security Interest or equity over any of the fixed assets
of any Group Company; and there is no dispute directly or indirectly relating to any of its fixed assets.
9.6.3
No
sum is owing by any Group Company to its accountants, solicitors or other professional advisers and no accrual ought properly be
made by it in respect of any such sum.
9.7
Grants
9.7.1
The
Disclosure Letter contains all material details of all grants, subsidies and financial assistance applied for or received by each
Group Company from any governmental department or agency or any local or other authority (Grants).
9.7.2
Each
Group Company has fully complied with the terms of all Grants and, so far as the Sellers are aware has not done or omitted to do
any act or thing which could result in all or any part of any Grant made, or due to be made, to it becoming reduced, repayable or
being forfeited or withheld in whole or in part.
9.8
Guarantees
in favour of the Company and the Subsidiaries
No
Security Interest, guarantee, indemnity, suretyship or other similar security arrangement or obligation has been given or entered into
by any Group Company or any third party in respect of the indebtedness of, or the default in the performance of any obligations by, any
Group Company (whether under the Facilities or otherwise).
9.9
Guarantees
in favour of third parties
No
Security Interest, guarantee, indemnity, suretyship or other similar security arrangement or obligation has been given or entered into
by any Group Company in respect of the indebtedness of, or the default in the performance of any obligations by, any other person.
9.10
Charges
There
are no charges in favour of the Company or the Subsidiaries and none of the assets or undertaking of any Group Company is subject to
any charge.
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TRADING
10.1
Transactions
with Sellers and directors
10.1.1
None
of the Sellers nor any of the directors of any Group Company, nor any person associated or connected with any of the Sellers or any
of the directors of any Group Company, has now or has had at any time in the 6 years prior to Completion any rights or interests
in, directly or indirectly and in whatever capacity, or has been engaged in or concerned with, any business other than the Business
which is or is likely to be or become the same as, similar to or competitive with all or any part of the Business, save as the registered
holder or beneficial owner of up to 3 per cent of any class of securities of any company which is listed on a recognised stock exchange.
10.1.2
There
is no outstanding indebtedness or other liability (actual or contingent) and no outstanding contract, commitment, arrangement, guarantee
or security between any Group Company and:
(a)
a
Seller or any person associated or connected with a Seller; or
(b)
a
director of any Group Company or any person associated or connected with any director of any Group Company.
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10.1.3
None
of the Sellers nor any of the directors of any Group Company, nor any person associated or connected with any of the Sellers or any
of the directors of any Group Company, has now or has had at any time in the 6 years prior to Completion any claim of any nature
against any Group Company and has not assigned the benefit of any such claim to any person.
10.1.4
There
is not now outstanding and there has not at any time during the period of 6 years ending on the Completion Date been outstanding
any contract or arrangement in which any director of any Group Company, or any person associated or connected with any director of
any Group Company is or has been directly or indirectly interested.
10.1.5
No
Group Company has been a party to any transaction to which any of the provisions of the Companies Act section 190 or section 197,
198, 200, 201 and 203 may apply.
10.2
Effect
of sale of Sale Shares
10.2.1
Neither
the acquisition of the Sale Shares by the Buyer nor compliance with the terms of this Agreement will:
(a)
entitle
any customer, client or supplier of any Group Company to cease to deal with any Group Company or change the terms on which it deals,
with any Group Company;
(b)
so
far as the Sellers are aware cause any Group Company to lose the benefit of any asset, right or privilege which it enjoys;
(c)
so
far as the Sellers are aware, result in any officer or senior employee leaving any Group Company or becoming entitled to terminate
their employment or receive any payment or other benefit, whether for loss of office or otherwise;
(d)
relieve
any person of any obligation to any Group Company (whether contractual or otherwise), or enable any person to determine any such
obligation or any right or benefit enjoyed by any Group Company or to exercise any other right whether under an agreement with any
Group Company or otherwise in respect of it;
(e)
result
in any present or future indebtedness of any Group Company becoming due and payable or capable of being declared due and payable
prior to its stated maturity or cause any of the Facilities to be terminated or withdrawn;
(f)
result
in the loss or impairment of, or in a breach of or default under, any agreement, understanding, arrangement, instrument, licence,
authorisation or consent required by any Group Company for the purposes of the Business;
(g)
entitle
any person to receive from any Group Company any finder’s fee, brokerage or other commission in connection with the sale of
the Sale Shares;
(h)
(save
in respect of the C Shares, which shall be sold to the Buyer subject to the C Shares Purchase Agreement) entitle any person to acquire,
or affect the entitlement of any person to acquire, shares in any Group Company.
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10.3
Agreements
relating to the management and business of the Company and the Subsidiaries
There
are no arrangements or understandings (whether legally enforceable or not) between any Group Company and any person who is a shareholder
or the beneficial owner of any interest in it, or in any company in which any Group Company is interested, relating to:
10.3.1
the
management of the business of any Group Company;
10.3.2
the
appointment or removal of directors of any Group Company;
10.3.3
the
affairs of any Group Company in any other respect.
10.4
Powers
of attorney and authority
10.4.1
No
power of attorney given by any Group Company is in force.
10.4.2
No
person is entitled or authorised in any way (whether express or implied and in whatever capacity) to enter into any contract or commitment,
to bind any Group Company or to do anything on behalf of any Group Company outside the ordinary course of the Business.
10.5
Restrictions
on business
No
Group Company is a party to any agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice restricting the freedom of any Group Company to:
10.5.1
supply
and receive goods and services to and from such persons by such means and to or from such places as it may from time to time think
fit; or
10.5.2
carry
on the whole or any part of its business in such manner as it from time to time thinks fit;
10.5.3
use
or disclose any Business Information.
10.6
Compliance
with laws
Each
Group Company has at all times conducted and is conducting its business in all material respects in accordance with all applicable laws
and regulations whether of the UK, Malta or elsewhere.
10.7
Documents
stamped
All
documents which in any way affect the right, title or interest of any Group Company in or to any of its property, undertaking or assets,
or to which any Group Company is a party, and which attract stamp duty have been duly stamped within the requisite period for stamping.
10.8
Business
names
No
Group Company uses a name for any purpose other than its corporate name.
10.9
Licences
and consents
10.9.1
Each
Group Company holds all necessary licences, permits, consents and authorities (Consents) for the carrying on of its business and
any activities ancillary to the carrying on of its business and in the manner in which it is carried on at Completion, full details
of which and copies of all related documentation are contained in the Disclosure Letter.
10.9.2
Each
of the Consents is valid and subsisting, no Group Company is in breach of any of the terms or conditions of any of the Consents and
so far as the Sellers are aware, there are no facts or circumstances which might lead to any of them being suspended, cancelled or
revoked or which might in any way prejudice the continuation or renewal of any of them.
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10.10
Advertising
materials
So
far as the Sellers are aware, all advertising and marketing materials produced by or on behalf of any Group Company materially comply
with and have materially complied with all applicable legal requirements and, so far as the Sellers are aware, there are no grounds whatsoever
under which any such materials could be challenged including defamation or trade libel.
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CONTRACTS
11.1
Disclosure
of contracts
11.1.1
Complete
and accurate copies of the current standard terms and conditions used by each Group Company have been Disclosed and all outstanding
customer Contracts have been entered into on terms which do not materially deviate from such standard terms and conditions.
11.1.2
Except
as Disclosed, no Group Company is a party to or bound by any Contract which:
(a)
is
a Material Contract;
(b)
is
not on arm’s-length terms;
(c)
is
of strategic or material importance to the Business;
(d)
is
of an unusual or abnormal nature or outside the ordinary and proper course of business;
(e)
is
of a long term nature (that is, unlikely to have been fully performed in accordance with its terms within the period of six months
following the date on which it was entered into or undertaken);
(f)
is
incapable of termination by the relevant Group Company without penalty in accordance with its terms on six months’ notice or
less;
(g)
may
be terminated as a result of any change of Control of any Group Company;
(h)
involves
distribution, licensing, marketing, agency or re-seller or similar arrangements;
(h)
involves
a partnership, joint venture, consortium, joint development, shareholder or similar arrangements; and
(j)
relates
to the sub-contracting to any person of any obligations of any Group Company.
11.2
Validity
of Contracts
11.2.1
Each
Material Contract is in full force and effect and binding on the parties to it.
11.2.2
No
notice of termination of a Material Contract has been received or given by any Group Company nor has any counterparty to a Material
Contract sought to suspend performance, repudiate or disclaim or materially change the terms of it, or indicated an intention to
do so and so far as the Sellers are aware there are no grounds for termination, rescission, avoidance or repudiation of, or a material
change in the terms of, any such Material Contract.
11.3
Defaults
under Contracts
11.3.1
No
Group Company is, nor will it with the lapse of time become, nor has it received notice that it is in default under any Material
Contract.
11.3.2
No
party to any agreement with or under an obligation to any Group Company is in material default under it and, so far as the Sellers
are aware, there are no circumstances likely to give rise to such a default.
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11.4
Outstanding
offers
There
are no outstanding or ongoing negotiations of material importance to the business, profits or assets of any Group Company and no outstanding
offers, quotations or tenders capable of being converted into an obligation of any Group Company by acceptance or other act of some other
person.
11.5
Rights
under third party contracts
No
Material Contracts have enforceable rights by virtue only of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
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SERVICE
LIABILITIES
12.1
So
far as the Sellers are aware, no Group Company has supplied any services which did not or do not comply in all material respects
with:
12.1.1
any
warranties or representations expressly or impliedly made by or on behalf of the relevant Group Company in connection with such services;
or
12.1.2
any
applicable laws, regulations, standards and requirements.
12.2
No
proceedings have been started or have been threatened against any Group Company in respect of any services supplied by any Group
Company and so far as the Sellers are aware no proceedings are pending in respect of any services supplied by any Group Company.
12.3
There
are no disputes between any Group Company and their respective customers, clients or any other third parties in connection with any
services supplied by any Group Company.
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CUSTOMERS
AND SUPPLIERS
In
the period of twelve months ending on the date hereof the Business has not been materially adversely affected as a result of (either
individually or in combination) the loss of, or reduction in trading with, any customer, client or supplier of any Group Company, or
a change in the terms on which any such customer, client or supplier does business with any Group Company.
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COMPETITION
AND TRADE REGULATION
No
Group Company nor, any of their respective directors, officers or, so far as the Sellers are aware, their employees is or has been a
party to or concerned or engaged in any agreement, practice, arrangement, conduct or activity which, in whole or in part, infringes or
has infringed the national and directly effective legislation, rules or regulations of any jurisdiction in which any Group Company conducts
business or where its activities may have an effect or its assets are located and which governs the conduct of companies or individuals
in relation to restrictive or other anti-competitive or anti-trust agreements or practices (including cartels, pricing, resale pricing,
market sharing, bid rigging, terms of trading, purchase or supply and joint ventures), dominant or monopoly market positions (whether
held individually or collectively) and the control of acquisitions or mergers.
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LITIGATION
AND DISPUTES
15.1
No
Group Company is, nor has it during the period of 12 months ending on the Completion Date been, engaged in any capacity in any litigation,
arbitration, mediation, dispute resolution or criminal proceedings, there are no such proceedings, threatened or anticipated either
by or against any Group Company and, so far as the Sellers are aware, any person for whose acts or defaults any Group Company is
or may be vicariously liable and, so far as the Sellers are aware, there are no circumstances which are likely to give rise to any
such proceedings.
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15.2
No
Group Company has during the period of 6 years ending on the Completion Date been involved in any litigation, arbitration or material
dispute with any person who is or was a supplier or customer of importance to any Group Company or in any litigation arbitration
or dispute which resulted in adverse publicity or loss of goodwill to any Group Company or which resulted in any Group Company being
a counterparty to a settlement or other form of agreement concerning the dispute in which either party to such agreement incurred
a liability or cost in excess of £10,000.
15.3
No
injunction or order for specific performance has been granted against any Group Company.
15.4
There
is no outstanding order, judgment, award or decision given by any court, tribunal, arbitrator, regulatory body or government agency
in relation to any Group Company, its assets or any person for whose acts or defaults it is or may be vicariously liable.
15.5
No
Group Company has given or been party to any undertaking or assurance to any court, governmental agency or other third party arising
out of any legal proceedings.
15.6
There
is no dispute with any revenue or other official department in the UK or elsewhere, in relation to the affairs of any Group Company
or any person associated or connected with any Group Company, and, so far as the Sellers are aware, there are no facts which may
give rise to any dispute.
15.7
There
are no claims threatened or, so far as the Sellers are aware, pending or capable of arising against any Group Company by an employee
or workman or third party, in respect of any accident or injury, which are not fully covered by insurance.
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ANTI-CORRUPTION
AND INDUCEMENTS
16.1
Neither
any Group Company nor any person (including an officer, employee, agent or Subsidiary) who performs or has performed services for
or on behalf of any Group Company (each an Associated Person) has at any time engaged in any activity, practice or conduct which
would constitute an offence under any applicable laws and regulations prohibiting the bribery of public officials or individuals
employed by entities in the private sector as well as all laws and regulations prohibiting money laundering, terrorist financing
and other acts of corruption, as such laws are amended from time to time, including the Bribery Act 2010 (Anti-Corruption Laws).
16.2
Neither
any Group Company nor any of its Associated Persons has bribed another person (within the meaning given in section 7(3) Bribery Act
2010) intending to obtain or retain business or an advantage in the conduct of business and each Group Company has in place adequate
procedures in line with the guidance published by the Secretary of State under section 9 Bribery Act 2010 designed to prevent its
Associated Persons from undertaking any such conduct.
16.3
Neither
any Group Company nor any of its Associated Persons is or has been the subject of any investigation, inquiry or enforcement proceedings
by any governmental, administrative or regulatory body or any customer regarding any offence or alleged offence under Anti-Corruption
Laws, and no such investigation, inquiry or proceedings have been threatened or, so far as the Sellers are aware, no such investigation,
inquiry or proceedings are pending and, so far as the Sellers are aware, there are no circumstances likely to give rise to any such
investigation, inquiry or proceedings.
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DATA
PROTECTION
17.1
For
the purposes of this paragraph 17 the following definitions apply:
17.1.1
data
subject, data processor, processor, personal data and processing shall have the meanings given to them in the Data Protection Laws
(and related expressions including process, processed and processes shall be construed accordingly);
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17.1.2
Data
Protection Laws means all laws (whether of the UK or any other jurisdiction) relating to data use, protection and privacy (including
the privacy of electronic communications) which are from time to time applicable to any Group Company (or any part of its business)
including:
(a)
the
Data Protection Act 1998;
(b)
the
UK GDPR;
(c)
the
Data Protection Act 2018;
(d)
the
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2426);
(e)
any
judicial or administrative interpretation of any of the above, any guidance guidelines, codes of practice, approved codes of conduct
or approved certification mechanisms issued by any relevant Supervisory Authority.
and
all other applicable national and European Union laws, regulations and secondary legislation, in each case as amended, replaced, re-enacted,
consolidated or updated from time to time, together with any subordinate or related legislation made under any of the foregoing;
17.1.3
UK
GDPR has the meaning given to it in section 3(10) (as supplemented by section 205(4)) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
17.1.4
Supervisory
Authority means any local, national, supranational, state, governmental or quasi-governmental agency, department, board, official,
entity or professional body exercising regulatory, administrative or supervisory authority pursuant to any Data Protection Laws,
including the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK.
17.2
Each
Group Company has at all times complied in all material respects with the Data Protection Laws and, in particular, has:
17.2.1
introduced
and applied appropriate data protection policies and procedures concerning the collection, use, storage, retention and security of
personal data (details of which have been Disclosed);
17.2.2
appointed
a data protection officer if required by the Data Protection Laws (details of which have been Disclosed) and implemented regular
staff training, use testing, audits or other documented mechanisms to properly ensure and monitor compliance with the policies and
procedures referred to in paragraph 17.2.1;
17.2.3
maintained
complete, accurate and up-to-date records of their personal data processing activities as required by Data Protection Laws copies
of which are included in the Disclosure Letter;
17.2.4
provided
data subjects with all information (in each case in such form and at such times) as required by Data Protection Laws;
17.2.5
implemented
and maintained appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect against the unauthorised or unlawful processing of, access
to, alteration of, or accidental loss of or damage to, any personal data processed by it or by its processors and which properly
ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk represented by the processing and the nature of the personal data to be protected;
17.2.6
put
in place an appropriate data breach response plan, that properly enables it and its processors to comply with the related requirements
of the Data Protection Laws (details of which have been Disclosed);
17.2.7
carried
out and maintained complete, accurate and up to date records of all data protection impact assessments required by Data Protection
Laws;
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17.2.8
complied
with all applicable notification or registration obligations and paid the appropriate fees or charges in respect of its actual processing
activities as required by Data Protection Laws; and
17.2.9
a
valid legal basis under Data Protection Laws for all of its marketing activities and has obtained valid consents, where relevant,
in respect of all of its mailing lists within the 12 months prior to the Completion Date.
17.3
There
are no agreements or arrangements under which personal data is shared by any Group Company with any third parties or by any third
parties with any Group Company which have not been Disclosed.
17.4
Where
any Group Company uses a processor to carry out the processing of personal data it has in each case:
17.4.1
undertaken
appropriate due diligence on each processor which has not revealed any suspected, actual or threatened breach of Data Protection
Laws;
17.4.2
entered
into a written contract with each processor (a copy of which has been Disclosed) which complies with all applicable requirements
of the Data Protection Laws; and
17.4.3
obtained
sufficient guarantees from the processor in relation to security measures and compliance with all applicable Data Protection Laws.
17.5
Each
Group Company is entitled to disclose any personal data contained in the Disclosure Letter and other information provided to the
Buyer in connection with this Agreement and the use by the Buyer and its representatives of all such information for the purpose
for which it was provided will not result in a breach of any Data Protection Laws or a claim for compensation thereunder.
17.6
Each
Group Company has, in the 6 years preceding the Completion Date, complied with all data subject requests, including any requests
for access to personal data, the restriction or cessation of specified processing activities or the rectification or erasure of any
personal data, in each case in compliance with the Data Protection Laws, and there are no such requests outstanding at the Completion
Date.
17.7
No
Group Company has at any time in the 6 years preceding the Completion Date received or become aware of:
17.7.1
any
notice, claim, complaint, correspondence or other communication from or on behalf of any data subject or any other person claiming
a right to compensation under, or alleging any breach of, the Data Protection Laws;
17.7.2
any
notice, request, correspondence or other communication from any Supervisory Authority, and has not been subject to any enforcement
action (including fines or other sanctions) relating to a breach or alleged breach of its obligations under the Data Protection Laws
and
so far as the Sellers are aware there is no fact or circumstance that may lead to any of the matters referred to in paragraphs 17.7.1
and 17.7.2 above.
17.8
No
Group Company and, so far as the Sellers are aware, none of their respective processors have at any time in the 6 years preceding
the Completion Date suffered any breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised
disclosure of, or access to, any personal data controlled by the Group Companies.
17.9
No
Group Company is nor has it been in breach of any data security breach reporting or notification requirement under any Data Protection
Laws to the extent that such Databases are controlled and maintained by the Group Companies.
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17.10
Each
Group Company has at all times complied with Data Protection Laws in respect of any transfers of personal data.
17.11
Each
of the Databases, to the extent that such Database is controlled and maintained by the Group Companies is complete and accurate and
so far as the Sellers are aware, none has suffered any loss or corruption.
17.12
The
processing by each Group Company of any personal data comprised in the Databases, is so far as the Sellers are aware, is in compliance
with Data Protection Laws.
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EMPLOYMENT
18.1
The
Disclosure Letter contains full and accurate details of:
18.1.1
each
of the Employees, officers and Workers of the Company and the Subsidiaries including name of employer, job title or position, place
of work, date of birth, dates of commencement of continuous employment, start date of contract, notice period, salary, fee or remuneration,
terms and conditions of employment or engagement, and all benefits (contractual or non-contractual) provided;
18.1.2
all
contracts, handbooks, policies and other documents which apply to the Employees and Workers of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
and copies of all binding or non-binding agreements or arrangements with any trade union, employee representative or body of employees
or their representatives and details of any such unwritten agreements or arrangements which may affect any employee or worker;
18.1.3
all
share schemes, benefit trusts, profit sharing, commission, incentive, bonus or similar arrangements in which Employees and/or Workers
of the Company and its Subsidiaries are eligible to participate; and
18.1.4
all
Employees and Workers who are absent from work for any reason, including illness or ill-health, maternity or other family-related
leave, secondment, military service, career break or sabbatical.
18.2
All
contracts of employment and engagement to which any Group Company is a party are terminable by the any Group Company on not more
than 6 months’ notice without giving rise to any liability for damages or compensation (other than statutory entitlements and
accrued salary, holiday pay and benefits).
18.3
There
is no individual other than an Employee, officer or Worker of any Group Company who directly or indirectly provides services to the
Company in return for remuneration.
18.4
Nether
the Company nor any Subsidiary has made any offer of employment or engagement to any person which has not yet been accepted, or which
has been accepted but where the employment or engagement has not yet started.
18.5
There
are no sums owing to or from any Employee or Worker of the Company or any Subsidiary other than reimbursement of expenses, remuneration
for the current pay period and holiday pay for the current holiday year, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any outstanding,
undischarged liability to pay to any governmental or regulatory authority in any jurisdiction any contribution, Tax or other payments
due in connection with the employment or engagement of any employee of the Company.
18.6
Since
the Accounts Date, no change has been made to the basis of the remuneration or fees payable to, or to any other terms (including
pension benefits or bonuses) of the employment or engagement of, any employee or worker, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has offered, and is not under any contractual or other obligation to make, an increase in the rates of remuneration or fees of any
Employee or Worker at any future date.
18.7
The
Company and each Subsidiary has complied with all its obligations (including all orders and awards made) under all legislation, regulations,
codes of practice, contracts, policies and procedures affecting the relationship between employers and employees, workers, agents
or contractors and/or the representatives of any such individual that applies to any part of England and Wales and / or Malta (as
appropriate).
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18.8
No
Employee or Worker of any Group Company is subject to any restriction, obligation, undertaking, order or agreement that may affect
their ability to carry out their duties.
18.9
No
present employee or worker of any Group Company has given or received notice to terminate their contract of employment or engagement,
nor are there any proposals to terminate the employment or engagement of any such employee or worker.
18.10
There
are no existing or anticipated disciplinary or performance issues, grievances, claims or disputes involving the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries and any of its former or current employees, officers or workers and/or their representatives, and no circumstances
that could give rise to any such issues or disputes.
18.11
No
dispute has arisen between any Group Company and any trade union, works council or other body representing employees at any time
within the five years prior to the date of this Agreement, and there are no circumstances that could give rise to any such dispute.
18.12
No
current or former employee of any Group Company is engaged in any activity which is or might be harmful to the Business and which
involves any actual or potential breach of the terms of their employment with the Company or the Subsidiaries.
18.13
No
Employee of any Group Company is a sponsored migrant or other person requiring permission to remain and work in the United Kingdom
by virtue of their nationality.
18.14
The
Company and each Subsidiary have at all times kept up-to-date, adequate and suitable records in relation to Employees and Workers.
18.15
There
are no Employees or Workers who are on secondment, maternity, paternity, adoption or other leave or absent due to ill-health or for
any other reason.
18.16
There
is no collective agreement, arrangement, custom or practice or negotiation in existence between the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
and any trade union, works council, employee representative body or group of employees.
18.17
No
Employee or Worker and no officer of any Group Company has given or received notice terminating his employment or engagement within
the last six months no such notice is pending, except as expressly contemplated in this Agreement. No such Employee, Worker or officer
will be entitled or so far as the Sellers are aware intends or is likely to give such notice as a result of the provisions of this
Agreement.
18.18
No
Employee is subject to a current disciplinary warning or procedure.
18.19
Within
the last 2 years, no Employee or officer of any Group Company has been subject to any disciplinary proceedings nor has any such person
raised a grievance.
18.20
The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries has complied with its obligations to inform and consult with any Employees (whether directly
or through employee representatives) and has not incurred any liability for failure to do so.
18.21
There
are no loans or notional loans to any current or former director of any Group Company, or any Employee or Worker (or any of their
respective nominees or associates) made or arranged by:
18.20.1
any
Group Company; or
18.20.2
any
employee benefit trust or similar arrangement established by any Group Company.
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18.22
Each
Group Company has afforded all Employees and Workers the right to paid holiday under regulations 13 and 13A of the Working Time Regulations
1998 (SI 1998/1833) (WTR 1998) and has not deterred or prevented any Employee or Worker from taking such holiday, whether or not
requested.
18.23
In
the last 2 years, in respect of each of the Employees and Workers, all holiday pay for periods of holiday taken under regulation
13 of the WTR 1998 has been calculated and paid in accordance with the Working Time Directive (Directive 2003/88/EC). Each Group
Company has complied with the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 and all applicable working time legislation
18.24
No
Group Company is a party to, bound by or proposing to introduce for the benefit of any current or former director of any Group Company,
or any Employee or Worker (or any of their respective associates or nominees), any incentive scheme or arrangement (including any
share option or share award plan, and any commission, profit sharing or bonus scheme).
18.25
In
the last ten years, no Group Company has (nor has any predecessor or owner of any part of their respective businesses) been a party
to a relevant transfer for the purposes of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 affecting any
of the Employees or any other persons engaged in the business of any Group Company and no event has occurred which may involve such
persons in the future being a party to such a transfer. No such persons have had their terms of employment varied for any reason
as a result of or connected with such a transfer.
18.26
Every
Employee who requires permission to work in the UK or Malta has the necessary current and appropriate permissions to do so and will
continue to have such permissions at Completion and such permissions are valid for at least three months following Completion.
18.27
Each
Group Company has maintained adequate, suitable and up to date right to work records in respect of all individuals employed or engaged
by it after 29 February 2008 and these will be available at Completion.
18.28
In
the 12 months preceding the date of this Agreement, no Group Company has entered into any settlement agreement with any current or
former Employee or Worker.
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EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS
19.1
The
following definition applies in this paragraph:
Pension
Scheme means the pension scheme provided by the Subsidiaries operated by Standard Life under the scheme name Now Pension and scheme
number 12005124.
19.2
Other
than in relation to the Pension Scheme, none of the Group Companies have and have ever had any obligation (whether legally binding
or not) whatsoever to pay or provide or to contribute towards or any other obligation in relation to any pension, lump sum, gratuity
or like benefit in connection with retirement, death, sickness or disability (and none of the Group Companies have ever given any
undertaking or assurance in relation to any such benefits) and none of the Group Companies contribute to or participate in and have
ever contributed to or participated in any scheme or arrangement which provides any such benefits for or in respect of any current
or former worker, employee, director or officer of any of the Group Companies.
19.3
No
proposal or announcement (whether or not oral or in writing) has been made to any current or former worker, employee, director or
officer of any of the Group Companies about an alteration or improvement in relation to the Pension Scheme.
19.4
The
Disclosure Letter contains complete and accurate details of the obligations of the Group Companies in relation to the Pension Scheme.
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19.5
The
Group Companies have at all times been and are currently in compliance with their automatic enrolment employers’ duties and
with all other applicable provisions set out in the Pensions Act 2008.
19.6
No
notices, fines, or other sanctions have been issued by the Pensions Regulator to or in respect of any of the Group Companies and
no instances of non-compliance with the automatic enrolment employer duties or with any other applicable provision set out in the
Pensions Act 2008 have been notified to the Pension Regulator in respect of any of the Group Companies.
19.7
The
Group Companies have at all times been in compliance with their obligations and duties in relation to the Pension Scheme including
the governing provisions of the Pension Scheme, the requirements of the Pensions Regulator and HMRC and all applicable laws and regulations.
19.8
All
amounts due to the Pension Scheme to any third party in connection with the Pension Scheme have been paid when due and in full and
are up to date.
19.9
No
current or former worker or employee of any of the Group Companies, in relation to the Pension Scheme or in respect of any other
retirement benefit arrangement, is being or has ever been discriminated against for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 or because
they are or were employed on a part-time or fixed-term basis.
19.10
No
claim or complaint has been made or threatened in relation to the provision of, or failure to provide, any benefit by any of the
Group Companies in connection with retirement, death, sickness or disability and there are no facts or circumstances which are likely
to give rise to any such claims or complaints.
19.11
None
of the Group Companies are and have ever been “connected” with or an “associate” of (as defined by Sections
249 and 435 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and/or for the purposes of Sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004) any person who is or
has been an employer in relation to an “occupational pension scheme” (as defined by Section 1 of the Pension Schemes
Act 1993) which is not a “money purchase scheme” (as defined under Section 181(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993).
19.12
None
of the Group Companies have ever provided any indemnity, guarantee or other security to or in relation to any pension scheme.
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ASSETS
20.1.1
Other
than in respect of Intellectual Property Rights and IT Systems (to which paragraph 22 and 23 below apply, the assets included in
the Accounts, together with, any assets acquired by the Company since the Accounts Date (except for those disposed of since the Accounts
Date in the normal course of business) and the Fixed Assets (and all other assets used by the Company and/or the Subsidiaries in
connection with the Business):
(a)
are
legally and beneficially owned by the relevant Group Company, free from Security Interests or any other third party right, and the
relevant Group Company and, other than in respect of the Leasehold Property (which is held subject to the Leases), has good and marketable
title to those assets;
(b)
are
not the subject of any hire purchase, credit sale, leasing, rental or similar agreement; and
(c)
are,
where capable of possession, in the possession of the relevant Group Company.
20.1.2
Any
assets of the Group Companies which will not be situated at the Leasehold Property at Completion are specified in the Disclosure
Letter and are clearly identified as assets of the relevant Group Company.
20.1.3
Nothing
has occurred, or so far the Sellers are aware is likely to occur, by which the rental payable in relation to an asset held by a Group
Company under a lease or similar agreement, has been, or is likely to be, increased.
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INSURANCE
Adequacy
of insurance
21.1
Each
Group Company maintains, and has at all material times maintained, adequate insurance cover against all losses and liabilities, including
accident, damage, injury, third party loss (including employee and product liability), business interruption, loss of profit and
all other risks that are normally insured against by a person carrying on the same type of business as the Business.
21.2
All
the insurable assets, stock in trade and undertakings of each Group Company are and have at all material times been, insured in amounts
representing their full replacement or reinstatement value with a well-established and reputable insurer against fire and all other
risks normally insured against by a person carrying on the same type of business as the Business.
21.3
Insurance
policies Disclosed
Complete
and accurate details of all insurance policies maintained by or on behalf of each Group Company (Policies) have been Disclosed.
21.4
Terms
and continuance of Policies
None
of the Policies:
21.4.1
are
subject to the payment of any premium in excess of the normal rate for a business of a similar type and size as the Business;
21.4.2
are
void or voidable and, so far as the Sellers are aware, nothing has been done, or omitted to be done, which could make any of them
void or voidable;
21.4.3
are
capable of being terminated, or, will otherwise cease to be available to the Company or the Subsidiaries as a result of Completion.
21.5
Claims
Disclosed
There
have been no insurance claims made by any Group Company during the period of 12 months ending on the Completion Date.
21.6
No
outstanding claims
There
are no outstanding claims under, or in respect of the validity of, any of the Policies and, so far as the Sellers are aware, there are
no circumstances likely to give rise to such a claim under any of the Policies.
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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
22.1
The
Disclosure Letter contains complete and accurate particulars of all:
22.1.1
registered
Intellectual Property Rights (including pending applications for such rights) owned by each Group Company;
22.1.2
material
Intellectual Property Rights used by each Group Company which it does not own and / or has a licence to use (including a copy of
any licence agreement or all material details of any such licence where no licence agreement is provided / available); and
22.1.3
material
unregistered Intellectual Property Rights owned or held for use by each Group Company.
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22.2
So
far as the Sellers are aware, the activities of the Company and the Subsidiaries have not:
22.2.1
Infringed
and are not likely to infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party;
22.2.2
constituted
any breach of confidence, passing off or actionable act of unfair competition; or
22.2.3
given
and do not give rise to any obligation to pay any royalty or fee or compensation.
22.3
All
registrations relating to any registered Intellectual Property Rights owned by each Group Company are valid and subsisting with the
relevant Group Company, and all application, registration and renewal fees have been paid.
22.3
No
Group Company is engaged in any litigation, arbitration or other dispute resolution proceedings as claimant or defendant in relation
to any Intellectual Property Rights nor, so far as the Sellers are aware, are they engaged in any activities which could give rise
to any party bringing proceedings against any Group Company for infringement of Intellectual Property Rights.
22.4
The
Domain Names are all of the domain names used by the Group and each of them are owned by a member of the Group.
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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
23.1
The
following definitions apply in this Agreement:
Cybersecurity
Requirements: all laws, regulations, codes, guidance (from regulatory and advisory bodies, whether mandatory or not), international
and national standards and sanctions relating to security of network and information systems and security breach and incident reporting
requirements which are from time to time applicable to any Group Company (or any part of their business), including the Data Protection
Laws;
IT
Contracts: all written and oral agreements and arrangements (including those currently being negotiated) with each Group Company
and pursuant to which any third party (including source code deposit agents) provides or facilitates, permits or enables, or will provide,
facilitate, permit or enable, any element of, or services relating to, the IT Systems including leasing, hire purchase, licensing, maintenance,
website hosting, outsourcing, security, back-up, disaster recovery, insurance, cloud computing and other services agreements;
IT
Systems: the network and information systems owned or used by each Group Company, including (i) all computer hardware (including
network and telecommunications equipment) and mobile devices; (ii) all software (including all associated user manuals, object code and
source code and other materials sufficient to enable a reasonably skilled programmer to maintain and modify the software (Source Code))
and firmware (together, Software); and (iii) the Databases;
Security
Incident: any event having an actual adverse effect on the security of the IT Systems;
Virus:
any program which contains malicious code or infiltrates, damages, disables, distorts the proper functioning of, or allows unauthorised
access to, a computer system without the owner’s informed consent or is designed to do so or which is hostile, intrusive or annoying
to the owner or user and has no legitimate purpose.
23.2
Disclosure
of IT Contracts and IT Systems
Complete
and accurate particulars of the material IT Systems and IT Contracts have been Disclosed.
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23.3
Adequacy
of IT Systems
The
IT Systems:
23.3.1
are
functioning in accordance with all applicable specifications and the service levels set out in the relevant IT Contracts;
23.3.2
the
Subsidiaries’ IT Systems are fit to enable the Subsidiaries to carry on the Business;
23.3.3
So
far as the Sellers are aware, the IT Systems:
(a)
do
not contain any Virus and have not been affected by any Virus or accessed by any unauthorised person within the period of 12 months
ending on the Completion Date;
(b)
include
sufficient user information to enable reasonably skilled personnel in the field to use and operate the IT Systems without the need
for further assistance;
(c)
are
able to function in multiple currencies;
(d)
have
not been affected by any change in date, time or currency; and
23.3.4
So
far as the Sellers are aware, do not infringe the rights of any third party.
23.4
Maintenance
of IT Systems
23.4.1
Each
Group Company has in force appropriate support and maintenance contracts for all elements of the IT Systems for which support and
maintenance contracts should, in accordance with good business practice, be in force, and the IT Systems have been satisfactorily
and regularly used and maintained materially in accordance with the manufacturers’ requirements and the relevant support and
maintenance agreements.
23.4.2
The
Sellers have no reason to believe that the support and maintenance contracts referred to in paragraph 23.4.1 will not be renewed
by the other contracting party upon their expiry (if so required by the relevant Group Company) upon terms substantially similar
to those now applicable.
23.4.3
The
versions of the Software used by the Subsidiaries are currently supported by the respective owners of the Software and the Sellers
have no reason to believe that this will not continue to be the case following Completion.
23.5
Security
of IT Systems
23.5.1
Each
Group Company has implemented appropriate procedures in accordance with good industry practice for ensuring the security, availability,
confidentiality and integrity of the IT Systems, and all data stored, processed, retrieved or transmitted by them.
23.5.2
During
the 6 year period up to and including the date of this Agreement, no Group Company has:
(a)
breached
any applicable data security or breach notification requirement under the Cybersecurity Requirements; or
(b)
suffered
any Security Incident having a material impact on the continuity of the Business.
23.5.3
The
IT Systems were, to the extent developed by a Group Company, developed in accordance with applicable Cybersecurity Requirements and
comply with all such requirements as at the date of this Agreement.
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23.6
Disaster
recovery
Each
Group Company has in place a data security breach plan and a disaster recovery plan each of which is fully documented and which, in conjunction
with any necessary agreements with third party service providers (particulars of which are set out in the Disclosure Letter) would enable
the Business to continue if there were significant damage to, or destruction of, some or all of the IT Systems. So far as the Sellers
are aware, each such plan (true, complete and accurate copies of which have been Disclosed) complies with the Cybersecurity Requirements
and industry best practice.
23.7
Validity
of IT Contracts
23.7.1
All
of the IT Contracts are valid and binding and, so far as the Sellers are aware, no act or omission has occurred which would, if necessary
with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, constitute a material breach of any of them.
23.7.2
There
are and have been no claims, disputes or proceedings arising or threatened under any of the IT Contracts.
23.8
Terms
of IT Contracts
So
far as the Sellers are aware, none of the IT Contracts are liable to be terminated or otherwise materially affected by a change of Control
of the Company and the Sellers have no reason to believe that any of the IT Contracts will not be renewed on the same or substantially
the same terms when they expire.
23.9
Websites
Details
of all websites operated by or on behalf of each Group Company in the period of 6 years prior to the date of this Agreement have been
Disclosed.
23.10
No
fraud or abuse
The
Sellers are not aware of any case where fraud has been committed against any Group Company by use or abuse of the IT Systems.
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PROPERTY
For
the purposes of this paragraph 24, Relevant Owner shall mean, in relation to a Leasehold Property, the person (being the Company
or relevant Group Company) referred to in the corresponding column of Schedule 6 as the owner.
24.1
The
Leasehold Property are the only land and premises owned, used or occupied for the purposes of the Business and the Relevant Owner
has no right of ownership, right of use, option, right of first refusal or contractual obligation to purchase, or any other legal
or equitable right, estate or interest in, or affecting, any land or buildings other than the Leasehold Property.
24.2
The
Leasehold Property is held under the terms of the Lease and no licences, collateral assurances, undertakings or concessions have
been made or given.
24.3
The
landlord and the tenant, and any licensees, occupiers or lessees have observed and performed in all material respects all obligations
under the Lease and there has been no express or implied waiver of, or acquiescence to, any breach of them.
24.4
All
outgoings in respect of the Leasehold Property and all principal rent and all other sums payable under the Lease have been paid on
the relevant due dates and the Sellers are not aware of any outstanding outgoings or rent, insurance and service charge payments
that have not yet been demanded.
24.5
The
Lease contains no option to terminate, right of pre-emption or right to renew and security of tenure rights under sections 24 to
28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 have been excluded in relation to the Lease.
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24.6
To
the extent that the Relevant Owner has carried out alterations or improvements to the Leasehold Property, all required consents have
been obtained and the Lease does not require such alterations or improvements to be reinstated or removed before the end of the term
of the Lease.
24.7
Where
the Leasehold Property is insured by the landlord under the Lease, the Relevant Owner’s interest is noted on the insurance
policy.
24.8
The
existing use of the Leasehold Property is specified in Schedule 6 and is the permitted use under the Lease and is the permitted lawful
use for the purposes of any applicable planning legislation.
24.9
The
Relevant Owner has no actual or contingent liabilities in respect of land and premises apart from the Leasehold Property and has
not given any guarantees.
24.10
The
Relevant Owner does not have any actual liability under any applicable laws and any instructions or decisions of any court or regulatory
authority that relate to the environment in respect of the Leasehold Property or any previous properties owned, occupied or used
by any Group Company and none of the Group Companies have received any communication from any regulatory authority or third party
indicating a potential liability to make any payment or to clean up any land, surface water or groundwater at or around the Properties
or previous properties.
24.11
The
Sellers have Disclosed:
(a)
a
copy of each of the Leases and all supplemental and collateral documents related to either of them; and
(b)
evidence
of the current annual rent payable under each of the Leases.
24.12
In
relation to the Lease, the Landlord (so far as the Sellers are aware without having carried out any surveys or inspections of the
Leasehold Property) and the Subsidiaries (so far as the Sellers are aware without having carried out any surveys or inspections of
the Leasehold Property) have observed and performed in all material respects all obligations, restrictions, stipulations and other
encumbrances and there has not been (expressly or impliedly) any waiver of or acquiescence to any material breach of them.
24.13
There
is no pending rent review under the Lease and there is no rent review due prior to the Longstop Date.
24.15
There
exists no dispute between the Landlord (as defined in Schedule 6) and the Relevant Owner or between the Relevant Owner and any occupier
of any other premises adjacent to or neighbouring the Leasehold Property.
24.16
There
are no notices issued by the Landlord to the Relevant Owner under either of the Leases, or by the Relevant Owner to the Landlord
under either Lease which remain to be implemented and/or complied with.
24.17
So
far as the Sellers are aware, all necessary building regulation consents have been obtained both in relation to the Current Use of
the Leasehold Property and any alterations and improvements to them that have been carried out by the Relevant Owner and so far as
the Sellers are aware (but without having undertaken a survey) none of the Properties require any significant remedial or repair
work.
24.18
There
are no development works, redevelopment works or fitting-out works ongoing in respect of any part of the Leasehold Property.
24.19
The
Sellers and the Subsidiaries have not received any adverse report from any engineer, surveyor or other professional relating to the
Leasehold Property (including the natural and man-made environment in respect of the Leasehold Property) nor has any Leasehold Property
ever suffered from any flooding or ingress of water,
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24.20
So
far as the Sellers are aware (but without having made any enquiries with third parties or having carried out any investigations,
surveys or searches) there are no covenants, restrictions, stipulations, easements, profits à prendre, wayleaves, licences,
grants, liabilities or other Encumbrances (whether of a private or public nature, and whether legal or equitable) affecting the Leasehold
Property which prevents the Current Use of the Leasehold Property.
24.21
Any
consents required for the grant of the Lease and for any assignment of the Lease have been obtained.
24.22
The
Relevant Owner is in in possession and actual occupation of the whole of the Leasehold Property on an exclusive basis, and no right
of occupation or enjoyment has been acquired or is in the course of being acquired by any third party, or has been granted or agreed
to be granted to any third party.
24.23
The
Relevant Owner solely owns the Leasehold Property both legally and beneficially. The particulars of each Property in Schedule 6 are
true, complete and accurate in all respects.
24.24
Where
title to the Leasehold Property is not registered at HM Land Registry, no caution against first registration has been registered
and no event has occurred, in consequence of which registration of title should have been effected.
24.25
All
title deeds and documents which are necessary to prove the Relevant Owner’s title to the Leasehold Property have been duly
stamped or, where appropriate, certified for payment of stamp duty land tax, and are in the possession or under the control of the
Relevant Owner or are available from HM Land Registry and there is no outstanding stamp duty land tax liability payable in respect
of the Lease or the Leasehold Property.
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HEALTH
AND SAFETY
25.1
Each
Group Company is, and has for the last 5 years been, operated in compliance with all Health and Safety Laws and, so far as the Sellers
are aware, there are no facts or circumstances which may give rise to any liability, obligation or duty (actual or contingent) under
Health and Safety Laws.
25.2
Each
Group Company has carried out all necessary risk assessments as specified under the Health and Safety Laws.
25.3
All
current health and safety policy statements, health and safety reports and assessments, audits, records of accidents and reportable
diseases, permits, notifications, certificates and records required by Health and Safety Laws together with any correspondence between
any Group Company and any relevant enforcement authority, including but not limited to the Health and Safety Executive and the relevant
local authority, have been Disclosed.
25.4
No
Group Company has received any prohibition, improvement or other notice from any enforcement body, including the Health and Safety
Executive and the relevant local authority, with regard to alleged breaches of Health and Safety Laws which remains outstanding.
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Part
2
Tax
Warranties
1.
General
1.1
All
notices, returns (including any land transaction returns), reports, accounts, computations, statements, assessments, claims, disclaimers,
elections and registrations and any other necessary information which have, or should have, been submitted by any Group Company to
any Tax Authority for the purposes of Tax have been made on a proper basis, were submitted within applicable time limits and were
and remain accurate and complete in all material respects. None of the above is, nor so far as the Sellers are aware is likely to
be, the subject of any material dispute with any Tax Authority.
1.2
All
Tax (whether of the UK or elsewhere), for which any Group Company has been liable to account, has been duly paid (insofar as such
Tax ought to have been paid) and no penalties, fines, surcharges or interest relating to Tax have been incurred by any Group Company.
1.3
Each
Group Company maintains in its possession and control complete and accurate records, invoices, elections, statements and other information
in relation to Tax, that meet all legal requirements and enable both the Tax (and deferred Tax) liabilities and the entitlement to
any deduction, Relief or repayment of Tax of any Group Company to be calculated accurately in all material respects.
1.4
Each
Group Company has made all withholdings and deductions in respect, or on account, of any Tax from any payments made by it which it
is obliged to make and has paid to the appropriate Tax Authority all amounts so withheld or deducted by the due date for payment.
1.5
No
payments or loans have been made to, nor any assets made available or transferred to, nor any assets earmarked, however informally,
for the benefit of, any officer or employee or former officer or employee (or anyone linked with such officer or employee or former
officer or employee) of any Group Company by an employee benefit trust or other third party, falling within the provisions of Part
7A to the ITEPA, the Fringe Benefits Rules (Subsidiary Legislation 123.55 of the Laws of Malta) or other equivalent and/or applicable
Tax Statute outside the UK and there are no trusts or other arrangements in place, whether funded or established by any Group Company,
under which any employees or former employees of any Group Company or any persons associated with such employees or former employees
can obtain a benefit in any form.
1.6
No
Group Company has entered into any agreement or arrangement with a Tax Authority whereby any of them is assessed to or accounts for
Tax other than in accordance with the strict terms of the relevant legislation or published practice of the relevant Tax Authority.
1.7
No
Group Company is, nor so far as the Sellers are aware will become, liable to make to any person (including any Tax Authority) any
payment in respect of any liability to Tax which is primarily or directly chargeable against, or attributable to, any other person
(other than any Group Company).
1.8
No
Group Company is involved in any dispute with any Tax Authority nor have they:
1.8.1
within
the past 6 years been subject to any Tax Authority enquiry, visit, audit, enforcement proceedings or investigation (“investigation”);
or
1.8.2
been
liable to pay any fine, interest, surcharge or penalty in relation to Tax; or
1.8.3
within
the past 12 months received any notice, assessment, demand, discovery assessment, determination, information notice, access request
or other communication from any Tax Authority that indicates that any Group Company has or may have an unpaid Tax liability or has
or may have committed an offence under the Income Tax Act (Chapter 123 of the Laws of Malta), the Income Tax Management Act (Chapter
372 of the Laws of Malta), the Duty on Documents and Transfer Act (Chapter 364 of the Laws of Malta) and their relevant subsidiary
legislation (hereinafter, the “Malta Tax Laws”), or Part 3 of the Criminal Finance Act 2017.
The
Sellers are not aware of any circumstances that make it likely that an investigation will commence in the next 12 months.
1.9
Each
Group Company has assessed the nature and extent of its exposure to, and have in place and apply a system of reasonable procedures
to identify and mitigate, the risk of those who act for or on its behalf, in the course of their activities relating to the Group
Company’s business, engaging in activity to criminally facilitate tax evasion.
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1.10
Each
Group Company and its officers, employees and agents (past and present) in the course of their respective duties have:
1.10.1
so
far as the Sellers are aware, complied in all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations of Malta, of England and
Wales and of any other jurisdiction in which the relevant Group Company’s business is carried on relating to the criminal facilitation
of tax evasion; and
1.10.2
so
far as the Sellers are aware, complied in all material respects with any relevant obligations relating to the prevention of the criminal
facilitation of tax evasion in the relevant Group Company’s procedures relating thereto and in any contract with any third
party.
2.
Close
companies
2.1
Any
loans or advances made, or agreed to be made, by any Group Company within sections 455, 459 and 460 of CTA 2010 or equivalent Tax
Statute outside the UK (including, where applicable, the Malta Tax Laws), have been disclosed in the Disclosure Letter. No Group
Company has released or written off, or agreed to release or write off, the whole or any part of any such loans or advances.
2.2
No
Group Company has provided a payment or benefit to a participator which has or could be treated as a distribution for the purposes
of section 1064 CTA 2010 or equivalent Tax Statute outside the UK (including, where applicable, the Malta Tax Laws).
3.
Groups
of companies
3.1
No
liability to Tax (disregarding any statutory right to make any election, or to claim any allowance or relief) will or may arise to
any Group Company or be increased and no Relief may be withdrawn, in each case, as a result of or in consequence of the entry into
this Agreement and/or the sale of the Group Companies pursuant to this Agreement.
3.2
No
Group Company has been a member of a group of companies for any Tax purpose, other than a group consisting of the Group Companies
only.
4.
Company
residence and overseas interests
Each
Group Company is and has always been resident solely in its jurisdiction of incorporation for Tax purposes and has not been treated as
resident in, or otherwise subject to Tax in, any other jurisdiction for the purposes of any double taxation arrangements or for any other
Tax purposes. No Group Company is or has been liable to register or account for Tax in any jurisdiction outside its jurisdiction of incorporation.
5.
Transfer
pricing
All
transactions or arrangements made by each Group Company have been made on fully arm’s length terms and each Group Company has full
contemporaneous documentary evidence of the process used to establish that arm’s length terms applied. There are no circumstances
in which Part 4 of TIOPA 2010 or any other transfer pricing rule or provision under any equivalent Tax Statute (including, where applicable,
the Malta Tax Laws) could apply causing any Tax Authority to make an adjustment to the terms on which such transaction or arrangement
is treated as being made for Tax purposes.
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6.
Anti-avoidance
and prevention of tax evasion procedures
No
Group Company (nor any connected company within the meaning of section 1122 CTA 2010) has been a party to, nor has been otherwise involved
in, any transaction, scheme or arrangement the main purpose, or one of the main purposes of which was avoiding, deferring or reducing
a liability to Tax or producing a loss for Tax purposes with no corresponding commercial or economic loss or circumventing the intended
limits of a tax relief.
7.
Inheritance
tax
7.1
No
asset owned by any Group Company, nor the Sale Shares, is subject to any Inland Revenue charge as mentioned in sections 237 and 238
of IHTA or is liable to be subject to any sale, mortgage or charge by virtue of section 212(1) of IHTA, or any other similar inheritance
tax rule or provision under any equivalent Tax Statute outside the UK (including, where applicable, the Malta Tax Laws).
7.2
No
Group Company has made any transfer of value to which Part IV IHTA or equivalent Tax Statute outside the UK might apply.
8.
Value
Added Tax
8.1
Each
Group Company is a taxable person and is registered in its jurisdiction of incorporation for the purposes of VAT. No Group Company
is registered, nor required to be registered, in any jurisdiction other than its jurisdiction of incorporation in respect of VAT.
8.2
No
Group Company is, or has been, a member of a group of companies for the purposes of VAT, other than a group consisting of the Group
Companies only.
9.
Stamp
duty, stamp duty land tax, land transaction tax and stamp duty reserve tax
9.1
Any
documents that may be necessary in proving the title of any Group Company to any asset which is owned by any Group Company at the
date of this Agreement, is duly stamped for stamp duty purposes. No such documents which are outside the UK would attract stamp duty
if they were brought into the UK.
9.2
The
Disclosure Letter sets out full and accurate details of any chargeable interest (as defined under section 48 of the FA 2003 and/or
section 4 of the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017) acquired or held by any Group Company
before the date of this Agreement in respect of which the Sellers are aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, that:
(a)
an
additional land transaction return will or may be required to be filed with a Tax Authority; or
(b)
a
payment of stamp duty land tax or of land transaction tax will or may be required to be made,
in
each case on or after the date of this Agreement.
10.
Employee
tax and share incentives/options
10.1
Each
Group Company has complied with all of its obligations in relation to Tax, social security contributions and similar amounts in respect
of the earnings of its officers and employees and former officers and employees and the reporting, accounting and payment obligations
to any Tax Authority of benefits provided to its officers and employees and former officers and employees.
10.2
Other
than the Sellers, no employee or director or former employee or director of any Group Company or any person associated with any of
them holds or held any shares or securities or options over or interests in any shares or securities of any Group Company, and so
far as the Sellers are aware, no Group Company could be liable after Completion to pay national insurance contributions (or other
similar social security contributions outside the UK) or account for income tax or national insurance under the PAYE system (or similar
payroll system outside the UK) in respect of, or in consequence of any event occurring in relation to, any such shares, securities,
options or interests.
10.3
No
event has occurred, nor so far as the Sellers are aware will or may occur, on or after Completion in respect of any employment related
securities (as defined in section 421 B(8) ITEPA) or any securities option (as defined in section 420 ITEPA) which are in existence
at, on or before Completion, which has or will, or may give rise to any current or former employee or director of any Group Company
(or any person who is or may be treated for the purposes of any Tax as a current or former employee or director of any Group Company)
being treated as having employment income under any of the provisions of Part 7 ITEPA or equivalent Tax Statute outside the UK.
10.4
There
is no agreement, formal or informal, between the Sellers to redistribute the consideration payable under this Agreement between themselves
otherwise than in accordance with Schedule 1 of this Agreement and the consideration due to each Seller is proportionate to their
shareholding.
10.5
All
current and former employees or officeholders and any associates of any current or former employees or officeholders who have at
any time acquired any shares in any Group Company have:
(a)
not
later than 14 days after such acquisition, entered into joint elections with the relevant Group Company under section 431 of ITEPA
in relation to the acquisition of such shares; and
(b)
paid
not less than the unrestricted market value at the time of their acquisition of those shares.
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Schedule
4
Limitations
on Claims
1
General
The
provisions of this Schedule 4 shall not apply to Fundamental Warranty Claims and shall only apply to the Indemnity Claims where specifically
referenced.
2
Notification
of Claims
The
Sellers will have no liability for any Warranty Claim or Tax Claim unless notice in writing of such Warranty Claim or Tax Claim, giving
reasonable detail of the nature of the claim, in so far as it is known to the Buyer, and as far as reasonably practicable, the amount
claimed, has been given by or on behalf of the Buyer to the Sellers:
2.1
in
the case of any Tax Claim, on or before the seventh anniversary of Completion in respect of the Company, Orchard and Hempstead and
the eighth anniversary of Completion in respect of RIAMLH and RIAML;
2.2
in
the case of any other Warranty Claim other than a claim for breach of Tax Warranty, on or before the date falling 18 months after
Completion; and
except
to the extent that any claim arises or is delayed as a result of dishonesty, fraud, wilful concealment or wilful misconduct on the part
of the Sellers or their respective agents or advisers.
2.4
A Claim that is notified
in accordance with paragraph 2.2 shall (if not previously satisfied, settled or withdrawn) be deemed to have been irrevocably withdrawn
12 months after the date on which notice of the relevant Claim was given (and no new Claim may be made in respect of the same facts)
unless on or before that date, legal proceedings have been issued and served on Sellers in respect of the relevant Claim.
3
Thresholds
3.1
Maximum
amount
The
total aggregate liability of the Sellers for all Claims (excluding Fundamental Warranty Claims) shall not exceed the total aggregate
amount of the Price actually received by the Sellers (including any amounts of Deferred Consideration which may be paid to the Sellers
after the occurrence of the Claim)
3.2
De
minimis
The
Sellers shall not be liable for a Warranty Claim unless:
3.2.1
the
Sellers’ liability in respect of such Warranty Claim exceeds £6,000; and
3.2.2
the
aggregate amount of their liability in respect of all such Warranty Claims exceeds £60,000 in which case the Sellers shall
be liable for the whole amount claimed (and not just the amount by which the threshold in this paragraph 3.2.2 is exceeded).
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3.3
Specific
limitations
The
Sellers will have no liability in respect of any Warranty Claim to the extent that such Warranty Claim:
3.3.1
would
not have arisen but for the passing of or any change in, after the date of this Agreement, any law, rule or regulation or any increase
in the rates of Taxation or any imposition of new Taxation not actually or prospectively in force at the date of this Agreement;
or
3.3.2
was
Disclosed;
3.3.3
would
not have arisen but for changes made by the Buyer to the accounting policies or methods used by the Group after Completion or where
such changes arise directly from any other action of the Buyer.
3.4
The
Sellers shall not be liable for a Warranty Claim, other than a claim for breach of Tax Warranty, and so no Warranty Claim may be
brought, to the extent that the relevant liability would not have arisen but for an act or omission:
3.4.1
by
the Sellers or the Company, or any of its directors, employees or agents before Completion which was carried out at the prior written
request of or with the express written consent of the Buyer; or
3.4.2
by
the Buyer or any of its directors, employees or agents (but excluding any of the Sellers) at any time.
4
Provision
Made in Accounts
4.1
The
Sellers shall have no liability in respect of a Warranty Claim (other than a Tax Claim) where (and to the extent that) full allowance,
provision or reserve was made in the Accounts in respect of the matter, event or circumstance giving rise to the Warranty Claim.
5
Duty
to Mitigate
Nothing
in this Schedule 4 shall in any way restrict or limit the general obligation at law of the Buyer to mitigate any loss or damage which
it may suffer in consequence of any event giving rise to a Warranty Claim.
6
Insurance
6.1
To
the extent that any liability arising from a Claim is covered by a policy of insurance (including professional indemnity insurance)
effected by the Company and the Buyer or either the Company or the Buyer is entitled to make a claim under such insurance policy,
the Buyer shall (or shall procure that the Company shall) use all reasonable endeavours to pursue a claim under such policy to the
fullest extent before making a Claim against the Sellers. The Sellers’ liability in respect of any such Claim shall then be
reduced by the amount recovered under such policy of insurance by the Buyer, the Company or the Subsidiaries (or any other member
of the Buyer’s Group) (less any reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Buyer, the Company or the Subsidiaries in recovering
under the policy of insurance and less any Tax incurred on the amount recovered) or extinguished if the amount so recovered exceeds
the amount of the Claim.
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7
Recovery
from a Third Party
7.1
If
the Sellers pay to the Buyer an amount relating to a Claim (including an Indemnity Claim but excluding any Tax Claim) and the Buyer
or the Company or the Subsidiaries subsequently recovers from another person an amount which relates directly to the matter or circumstance
giving rise to that Claim, the Buyer shall promptly pay to the Sellers an amount equal to whichever is the lower of the Sum Recovered
(as defined in paragraph 7.2 below) and the amount previously paid by the Sellers to the Buyer in respect of that Claim.
7.2
For
the purposes of paragraph 7.1, the Sum Recovered means an amount equal to the total of the amount recovered from the other person
less all costs and expenses incurred by the Buyer in making such recovery and any additional Tax for which the Buyer may be liable
as a result.
7.3
If
notice is given of a Claim (other than a Tax Claim) under paragraph 2 which arises as a result of or in relation to a liability or
alleged liability to a third party (other than to a Tax Authority) (a Third Party Claim) the Buyer will and will procure that
the Company will (subject to receiving confidentiality undertakings in a form acceptable to the Buyer, acting reasonably):
7.3.1
as
soon as reasonably practicable, give written notice of the Third Party Claim to the Sellers, specifying in reasonable detail the
nature of the Third Party Claim;
7.3.2
keep
the Sellers informed of the progress of the relevant Third Party Claim and of any material developments in relation to the Third
Party Claim;
7.3.3
provide
the Sellers with copies of all material information on the progress of the Third Party Claim and relevant correspondence and other
written communications in relation to the Third Party Claim; and
7.3.4
consult
with the Sellers regarding the conduct of the Third Party Claim.
7.4
Nothing
in this paragraph 7 shall prevent the Buyer from agreeing (or permitting to be agreed) any compromise or settlement, or from making
(or permitting to be made) any payment in respect of a Third Party Claim.
7.5
7.5.1
If
the Buyer becomes aware of any matter or circumstance that may give rise to a Claim (other than a Tax Claim), the Buyer shall notify
the Seller’s representative in writing within 20 Business Days, setting out the details of the Claim and, if known, an estimate
of the quantum of the potential liability.
7.5.2
Following
such notice being issued, no legal proceedings shall be commenced by the Buyer for a period of 30 days from such notice to give the
Buyer and the Seller’s Representative an opportunity to meet in good faith with a view to attempting to reaching a possible
resolution before issuing any legal proceedings in respect of the Claim.
7.5.3
During
the 30 day period referred to in 7.5.2, the Buyer shall keep the Seller’s Representative reasonably informed of all material
developments relating to the potential Claim, provide copies of all relevant documents and evidence supporting such Claim and give
the Seller’s representative reasonable opportunity to review, comment and make reasonable representations to the Buyer regarding
the dispute and the Buyer shall consider such representations in good faith before taking any formal legal action.
8
No
Recission
The
Buyer shall not be entitled to rescind this Agreement at any time following Completion.
9
No
Double Recovery
Neither
the Buyer (nor any other member of the Buyer’s Group) shall be entitled to recover more than once in respect of any particular
loss or damage suffered in respect of a Claim.
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Completion
Accounts
10.1
The
Sellers shall have no liability in respect of a Claim (other than a Tax Claim) where (and to the extent that) a full allowance, full
provision or full reserve is made in the Completion Accounts in respect of the specific matter, event or circumstance giving rise
to the Claim.
10.2
Where
a partial allowance, partial provision or partial reserve is made in the Completion Accounts in respect of the specific matter, event
or circumstance giving rise to the Claim (other than a Tax Claim), the Sellers’ liability in respect of that Claim shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the partial allowance, partial provision or partial reserve made in the Completion Accounts.
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Schedule
5
Completion
Obligations
1
Sellers’
Completion Obligations
On
Completion, the Sellers shall deliver to the Buyer:
1.1
transfers
of the Sale Shares duly executed by or on behalf of the Sellers in favour of the Buyer (or as the Buyer directs) together with the
definitive share certificates for the Sale Shares (or an indemnity in the Agreed Form in relation to any lost or damaged certificates);
1.2
share
certificates in respect of all issued shares in the capital of the Subsidiaries (or an indemnity in the Agreed Form in relation to
any lost or damaged certificates);
1.3
such
waivers, consents and other documents as are required to give good title to the Sale Shares and enable the Buyer or its nominees
to be registered as the holders of the Sale Shares including the irrevocable and unconditional consent of the Board of Directors
of RIAMLH to the proposed transfer of the Sale Shares in terms of article II B of the Articles of Association of RIAMLH;
1.4
the
certificate of incorporation, certificate of incorporation on change of name and / or altered certificate of registration (if applicable),
cheque books, common seal (if any), statutory registers and minute and other record books (fully written up to immediately prior
to Completion), share certificate books and all unused share certificates (if any) in respect of each Group Company;
1.5
the
Service Contract duly executed;
1.6
a
service agreement between [***] and the Company on terms materially similar to the Service Contract (save for salary and otherwise
in the Agreed Form, duly executed
1.7
a
service agreement between [***] and RIAML, containing a 6-month notice period, 12-month restrictive covenants and otherwise in the
Agreed Form, duly executed;
1.8
all
documents pursuant to the C Share Buyback;
1.9
the
written resignation, in Agreed Form and duly executed as a deed of:
(a)
[***]
as directors of the Company;
(b)
[***]
as company secretary of RUL;
(c)
if
required by the Buyer Core Group (Services) Ltd as company secretary of RIAML and of RIAMLH; and
(d)
[***]
as director of Orchard Administration Limited and Hempstead Systems Limited.
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1.10
the
written resignation, in Agreed Form, of [***] resigning as employees of the Company;
1.11
a
deed of termination, in the Agreed Form, of the Shareholders Agreement in respect of the Company dated 15th May 2023;
1.12
a
letter, in Agreed Form, from each of the Sellers confirming that they have each ceased to be a registrable person (within the meaning
of section 790C of the Companies Act) in relation to the Company;
1.13
all
passwords and usernames relating to the Company and the Subsidiaries, including those required to access Companies House Web Filing
and the FCA Connect / MFSA logons;
1.14
the
lease documents (in so far as held by the Sellers) relating to the Leasehold Property;
1.15
in
relation to each Group Company:
1.15.1
certificates
from each of the banks at which it has an account, giving the balance of each account at the close of business on the last Business
Day prior to Completion;
1.15.2
all
cheque books in current use and written confirmation that no cheques have been written since the statements delivered above were
prepared;
1.15.3
its
cash book balances as at Completion;
1.15.4
reconciliation
statements reconciling such cash book balances and the relevant cheque books with the bank certificates delivered under paragraph
1.12.1 above;
1.16
The
Retention Letter, in Agreed Form, signed by the Sellers;
1.17
Discharge
of the HSBC Charge;
1.18
the
appropriate forms to amend the mandates given by each Group Company to its bankers and all cheque books relating to the bank accounts
of each Group Company together with confirmation that no cheques have been written by any Group Company since preparation of the
statements referred to in paragraph 1.12;
1.19
written
confirmation in the Agreed Form from the Sellers that there are no subsisting guarantees or other security given by any Group Company
in favour of them or any other third party;
1.20
written
confirmation, in Agreed Form, that all debts and accounts between each Group Company and the Sellers (or any person connected with
a Seller) have been fully paid or otherwise discharged;
1.21
a
release, in Agreed Form and duly executed as a deed, of all and any claims that the Sellers (or any persons connected with the Sellers)
have or may have against any Group Company;
1.22
Certificates
of Good Standing in respect of each Group Company;
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1.23
signed
minutes in Agreed Form of each of the board meetings held by each Group Company pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Schedule 5;
1.24
signed
minutes in Agreed Form of each of the shareholder meetings held by RIAML and RIAMLH pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Schedule 5;
1.25
all
other documents relating to each Group Company which are in the possession of or under the control of the Sellers;
2
Board
Meeting of each group company
The
Sellers will procure that a duly convened and quorate board meeting of each Group Company is held at which the following matters are
transacted:
2.1
in
the case of the Company only the approval and registration of the transfers of the Sale Shares delivered in accordance with paragraph
1.1 (subject only to the transfers being duly stamped);
2.2
the
resignations referred to in paragraph 1.6 above are accepted with effect from the end of the relevant board meeting;
2.3
the
appointment of Rohan Malhotra, Ankur Kamboj and such other persons nominated by the Buyer company secretary of each Group Company,
and save with respect to RIAML and RIAMLH, as directors of each Group Company ,with effect from the end of the relevant board meeting;
2.4
the
appointment of such firm of auditors as the Buyer may require as auditors of the Company with effect from the end of the relevant
board meeting;
2.5
all
existing instructions and authorities to the bankers of each member of the Group are revoked and replaced with alternative instructions,
mandates and authorities as required by the Buyer;
2.6
the
registered office of each Group Company is changed to such address as the Buyer requires; and
2.7
the
accounting reference date of each Group Company is changed to such date advised by the Buyer.
3
SHAREHOLDER
MEETINGS OF RIAML AND RIAMLH
The
Sellers will procure that resolutions of the shareholder of each of RIAML and RIAMLH passed at a duly convened and quorate shareholder
meeting of each entity resolving:
3.1
the
appointment of Rohan Malhotra, Ankur Kamboj and such other persons nominated by the Buyer as directors of RIAML and RIAMLH with effect
from the end of the shareholder meeting, subject to and conditional upon receipt of all requisite approvals and consents from the
MFSA in respect of each such appointment to the Board of Directors of RIAML, with effect from the end of the relevant shareholder
meeting (or, if later, the date on which the relevant MFSA approval or consent is received).
4
Buyer’s
Completion Obligations
4.1
On
Completion, the Buyer shall:
4.1.1
pay
the Completion Payment in accordance with clause 4.2.1; and deliver to the Sellers:
(a)
a
signed acknowledgement of the Disclosure Letter;
(b)
the
Retention Letter, in Agreed Form, signed by the Buyer; and
(c)
a
copy of the resolutions adopted by the Buyer’s board of directors approving the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
any other documents to be delivered by the Buyer at Completion.
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Schedule
6
Basic
information about the Leasehold Property
[***]
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Schedule
7
Tax
Covenant
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1. In
this Schedule unless the context otherwise requires:
“Accounts
Relief” means:
(a)
any
Relief which is taken into account in computing and so reducing or eliminating any provision for deferred Tax which appears in the
Completion Accounts (or which, but for such Relief, would have appeared in the Completion Accounts); and
(b)
any Relief which is an asset in the Completion Accounts;
“Actual
Liability for Tax”
means
any liability (including a liability which is a primary liability of some other person and whether or not there is a right of recovery
against another person) to make an actual payment or increased payment of, or in respect of, or on account of, Tax whether or not
such liability has been discharged prior to Completion, in which case the amount of the Actual Liability for Tax will be the amount
of the actual payment or increased payment;
“Buyer’s
Relief”
means:
(a) any
Accounts Relief;
(b) any
Relief which arises in respect of, by reference to or in consequence of any period ending
after the Completion Date or any Event occurring or income, profits or gains earned, accrued
or received, in each case, after the Completion Date; or
(c) any
Relief arising to the Buyer or any member of the Buyer’s Group (excluding the Group
Companies) whenever so arising;
“Claim
for Tax”
means
any assessment, notice, demand, determination, letter or other document issued by or action taken by or on behalf of any Tax Authority
or any circumstances indicating that any Group Company is or may be placed or is sought to be placed under a Liability for Tax (or
other liability under the Tax Covenant) that may give rise to a Tax Claim;
“Deemed
Tax Liability”
means:
(a) the
setting off against any liability to Tax or against income, profits or gains earned, accrued
or received of any Buyer’s Relief in circumstances where, but for the setting off,
any Group Company would have had a liability to Taxation in respect of which the Buyer would
have been able to make a claim against the Sellers under the Tax Covenant, in which case,
the amount of the Deemed Tax Liability will be the amount of Tax for which the Sellers would
have been liable but for the setting off; or
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(b) the
disallowance, loss, clawback, reduction, restriction, non-availability, counteraction, failure
to obtain or modification of any Accounts Relief in which case the amount of the Deemed Tax
Liability will be the amount of Tax that would have been saved but for such disallowance,
loss, clawback, reduction, restriction, non-availability, counteraction, failure to obtain
or modification, assuming for this purpose that the relevant Group Company had sufficient
profits or was otherwise in a position to use the Relief or where the Relief is the right
to repayment of Tax or to a payment in respect of Tax, the amount of the repayment or payment
lost;
“Event”
means
any event (including the death, winding up or dissolution of any person), act, failure, omission, payment, transaction (including the
sale of the Sale Shares pursuant to this Agreement), arrangement, circumstance or change in circumstances, whether or not any Group
Company was a party thereto;
“HMRC”
means
HM Revenue & Customs;
“Liability
for Tax”
means
any Actual Liability for Tax and any Deemed Tax Liability
“Relief”
means
any relief, loss, allowance, exemption, set-off or credit for Tax or any deduction in computing income, profits or gains for the purposes
of Tax or any right to repayment of Tax or to a payment in respect of Tax;
“Saving”
means
the reduction or elimination of any liability of any Group Company to make an actual payment of Tax (at a time when
the relevant Group Company is a member of the Buyer’s Group) for which the Sellers would not have been liable
under paragraph 2, by the use of any Relief arising wholly as a result of an Actual Liability for Tax for which the
Sellers have made a payment under paragraph 2 of this Schedule;
“Tax”
means
any and all forms of taxes, contributions, levies, imposts, duties or charges in the nature of Tax and all withholdings or deductions
in respect thereof of any nature whenever created or imposed and whether of the UK or any other jurisdiction, and all penalties, fines,
charges, surcharges, costs and interest relating to such or which arises as a result of the failure to pay any Tax on the due date
for payment or to comply with any obligation relating to Tax, together with the cost of removing any related charge or other encumbrance;
and
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“Tax
Authority”
means
any government, state or municipality or any local, state, federal or other fiscal, revenue, customs or excise authority, body or official
anywhere in the world having functions in relation to Tax (including, for the avoidance of doubt, HMRC and the Malta Tax and Customs
Administration).
1.2. In
interpreting this Schedule and the Tax Warranties:
1.2.1. any
reference to income, profits or gains earned, accrued or received or an Event which has occurred
includes income, profits or gains deemed to have been or treated as or regarded as earned,
accrued or received or an Event deemed to have or treated as having or regarded as having
occurred, as the case may be;
1.2.2. any
reference to any form of Tax, Relief, legislation, law or legal term or concept which exists
in a particular country or jurisdiction includes a reference to any equivalent or substantially
equivalent Tax, Relief, legislation, law or legal term or concept in any other country or
jurisdiction;
1.2.3. the
phrase “to the extent that” shall mean “if, but only to the extent that”.
2. COVENANT
TO PAY
2.1. The
Sellers jointly and severally covenant with the Buyer to pay to the Buyer an amount equal
to:
2.1.1. any
Actual Liability for Tax of any Group Company arising in respect of, by reference to or in
consequence of:
(a) any
income, profits or gains earned, accrued or received on or before Completion; or
(b) any
Event which occurred on or before Completion;
2.1.2. any
Deemed Tax Liability;
2.1.3. any
Actual Liability for Tax of any Group Company arising in consequence of an Event occurring,
or any income profits or gains earned, accrued or received at any time for which the relevant
Group Company is liable as a result of having at any time before Completion been under the
control of any person or associated with any person and that person or any other person failing
to discharge any Actual Liability for Tax;
2.1.4. any
Liability for Tax which is a liability of any Group Company (or any member of the Buyer’s
Group) to account for income tax or national insurance contributions or similar social security
contributions outside the UK (in each case, together with any associated interest and/or
penalties), whether arising before, on or after Completion, in respect of the grant, exercise,
surrender, exchange or other disposal of an option or other right to acquire securities,
or in respect of any acquisition, holding, variation or disposal of, or any other Event occurring
in relation to, employment-related securities (as defined for the purposes of Part 7, ITEPA)
where the acquisition of the security or the grant of the option, or other right to acquire
the security occurred on or before Completion;
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2.1.5. any
Liability for Tax which is a liability of the Buyer or any Group Company to account for income
tax or national insurance contributions or similar social security contributions outside
the UK (in each case, together with any associated interest and/or penalties), arising as
a result of the sale of the Sale Shares, or the payment of (or the obligation to pay), any
part of the Price (for the avoidance of doubt, including any part of the Price paid by the
issue of Consideration Shares), or any agreement (whether formal or otherwise) between the
Sellers or between any of the Sellers and any other person or persons in respect of the Price
payable pursuant to this Agreement;
2.1.6. any
Liability for Tax of any Group Company that is a liability arising pursuant to the CFC charge
within Chapter 2 of Part 9A of TIOPA 2010 in connection with or as a result of any Group
Company holding an interest in RIAML or RIAMLH prior to Completion, including any penalties
arising in connection with any incorrectly filled returns relating to any pre-completion
accounting period ; and
2.1.7. all
costs, expenses, disbursements and professional fees reasonably incurred by any Group Company
or the Buyer in connection with any liability falling within paragraphs 2.1.1 to 2.1.6 above
or in taking or defending any action under this Schedule
3. EXCLUSIONS
3.1. The
covenant contained in paragraph 2 shall not apply and the Buyer shall have no claim against
the Sellers under it or under the Tax Warranties to the extent that:
3.1.1. specific
provision or reserve (excluding a provision for deferred Tax) in respect of the liability
in question is made in the Completion Accounts;
3.1.2. the
liability in question arises or is increased as a result only of:
(a) any
increase in rates of Tax (other than any change in the rate of interest accruing on underpaid
Tax) provided that this sub-paragraph will not apply to a liability under sub-paragraph 2.1.5;
(b) any
change in law or in the published practice of any Tax Authority (other than a change targeted
specifically at counteracting a tax avoidance scheme);
announced
and coming into force in any such case after Completion with retrospective effect;
3.1.3. the
liability in question would not have arisen but for a voluntary act, transaction or omission
carried out or effected by the relevant Group Company at any time after Completion and where
the Buyer knew, or ought reasonably to have known, would give rise to the liability;
3.1.4. the
liability in question arises or is increased as a result of any change after Completion in
the date to which a Group Company makes up its statutory accounts or a change in their accounting
policies save where the relevant Group Company does not comply with, and the change is necessary
to conform with, generally accepted accounting principles in force prior to Completion;
3.1.5. a
Relief (other than a Buyer’s Relief) is available to be used by the Company to set
against or otherwise mitigate the liability in question;
3.1.6. the
liability in question is a liability to interest and/or penalties attributable to the unreasonable
delay of the Buyer or the Company or a member of the Buyer’s Group to pay to a Tax
Authority any amount of Tax following payment by the Sellers under the Tax Covenant for breach
of Tax Warranty; or
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3.1.7. the
liability in question has been recovered from any other person (excluding the Company, the
Buyer or a member of the Buyer’s Group) at no cost or expense to the Company, the Buyer
or a member of the Buyer’s Group.
3.2. Paragraph
3.1 above shall not apply to the extent that any Tax Claim arises or is delayed as a result
of dishonesty, fraud, wilful concealment or wilful misconduct on the part of the Sellers.
3.3. Paragraph
3.1.2, 3.1.3 and 3.1.4 above shall not apply to any claim under paragraph 2.1.6.
3.4. A
Relief, recovery or Saving shall not be taken into account in computing (and so reducing
or eliminating) any liability of the Sellers under this Schedule or in respect of any Warranty
or in computing the amount of any payment due to the Sellers under any of paragraphs 7 or
8 (Savings and Claims against third parties) to the extent that it has previously
been so taken into account (whether pursuant to any of this paragraph 3 (Exclusions),
or under any of paragraphs 7 or 8 (Savings and Claims against third parties), or in
computing any damages for breach of any Warranty, in computing any payment under this Tax
Covenant or otherwise.
4. TIME
FOR PAYMENT
4.1. Any
amount which the Sellers are obliged to pay to the Buyer under this Schedule or for breach
of Tax Warranty shall be paid in cleared funds on or before the following dates which shall
be its due date for payment, the later of 5 Business Days following written demand from the
Buyer to the Sellers and:
4.1.1. in
a case that involves an actual payment of or in respect of Tax, the date falling 5 Business
Days before the due date for payment;
4.1.2. in
a case that falls within sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of Deemed Tax Liability, the
date falling five Business Days before the date on which the Tax saved (in consequence of
the setting-off) would otherwise have become payable to the relevant Tax Authority;
4.1.3. in
a case that involves the loss of a Relief (other than a right to repayment of or in respect
of Tax), the date falling 5 Business Days before the due date for payment of the Tax which
is payable as a result of such loss of Relief or, if earlier, the due date on which the Tax
would have been payable as a result of such loss of Relief (on the assumption that the relevant
Group Company would have been able to utilise fully the Relief in the accounting period during
which the Relief was lost);
4.1.4. in
a case that involves the loss of a right to repayment of or in respect of Tax, the earliest
date that the repayment (or payment) would have been made by the relevant Tax Authority (whether
by actual repayment (or payment), credit or set-off); and
4.1.5. in
any other case (including, without limitation, any costs and expenses or other amounts incurred
pursuant to paragraphs 2.1.7, 6.2 or 8.1.2), the fifth Business Day after service by the
Buyer to the Sellers of a written demand for payment.
5. CONDUCT
OF CLAIMS
5.1. On
the Buyer or any Group Company becoming aware of a Claim for Tax the Buyer shall, or shall
procure that the relevant Group Company shall:
5.1.1. as
soon as reasonably practicable (but not as a condition precedent to the making of a Tax Claim)
give written notice of that Claim for Tax to the Sellers’ Representative; and
5.1.2. subject
always to the terms of this paragraph 5 and the Sellers indemnifying the Buyer and/or the
relevant Group Company to its reasonable satisfaction against all losses, costs, damages
and expenses, which may be incurred procure that the relevant Group Company takes such action
and gives such information and assistance in connection with the affairs of the relevant
Group Company as the Sellers’ Representative may reasonably and promptly by written
notice request to avoid, resist, appeal or compromise the Claim for Tax.
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5.2. The
Buyer shall not be obliged to take any action, or procure that the relevant Group Company
takes any action, in respect of a Claim for Tax (and the Buyer or the relevant Group Company
may deal with the Claim for Tax as it sees fit) if the relevant Tax Authority alleges in
writing that the Sellers or any Group Company prior to Completion was involved in fraudulent
conduct or deliberate default in respect of the Claim for Tax, or if, following receipt of
written notice of the Claim for Tax from the Buyer in accordance with sub-paragraph 5.1.1:
5.2.1. the
Sellers’ Representative fails within 10 Business Days (or 5 Business Days in a case
where there is a time limit for an appeal that has been notified to the Sellers’ Representative)
to serve notice on the Buyer under sub-paragraph 5.1 as to what action the Buyer or any Group
Company shall take in respect of the Claim for Tax;
5.2.2. the
Sellers’ Representative fails within 10 Business Days to notify the Buyer in writing
of any further action to be taken by the Buyer or any Group Company where the Buyer at any
time seeks instructions from the Sellers’ Representative;
5.2.3. the
Sellers fail to adequately indemnify the Buyer and/or any Group Company (as appropriate)
pursuant to sub-paragraph 5.1;
5.2.4. the
Sellers fail to further indemnify the Buyer to the reasonable satisfaction of the Buyer in
the event that the indemnity previously provided becomes, or is likely to become, in the
reasonable opinion of the Buyer, insufficient.
5.3. The
Buyer shall not be required to take any action or procure that any Group Company takes any
action under this paragraph 5 if it reasonably determines that such action would have a material
adverse effect on the amount of Tax payable by the Buyer, any member of the Buyer’s
Group or any Group Company or would materially adversely affect the relationship of the Buyer,
any member of the Buyer’s Group or any Group Company with any Tax Authority in respect
of a period after Completion or would materially adversely affect the goodwill of the business
of any Group Company or any member of the Buyer’s Group.
5.4. A
Seller’s rights under this paragraph 5 shall cease in the event that the Seller is
declared bankrupt or becomes the subject of bankruptcy proceedings but the rights of the
other Sellers shall not be affected.
6. PAYMENTS
BY THE SELLERS
6.1.
All
sums payable under this Agreement shall be paid free and clear of all deductions or withholdings
(including Tax) unless the deduction or withholding is required by law.
6.2. If
any deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax is required to be made from any payment
by or on behalf of a Seller under this Agreement, the Seller making the payment shall pay
such additional amounts as shall be required to ensure that the net amount received and retained
by the Buyer (after Tax) will equal the full amount which would have been received and retained
by it had no such deduction or withholding been made.
6.3. In
the event that the Buyer shall incur any liability for Tax chargeable or assessable in respect
of any payment made by or on behalf of a Seller pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller making
the payment shall pay such additional amounts as shall be required to ensure that the net
amount received and retained by the Buyer (after Tax) will equal the full amount which would
have been received and retained by it had no such liability to Tax been incurred and, in
applying this paragraph 6.3, no account shall be taken of the extent to which any liability
for Tax may be mitigated or offset by any Relief available to the Buyer so that where any
such Relief is available the additional amount payable under this paragraph shall be the
amount which would have been payable in the absence of such availability.
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7. SAVINGS
7.1. If,
on or before the seventh anniversary of Completion, the Buyer believes that a Saving has
arisen, it shall inform the Sellers’ Representative and if the Group Company’s
auditors for the time being determine (at the request and expense of the Sellers) that a
Saving has arisen, the Buyer shall as soon as reasonably practicable repay to the Sellers,
after deduction of any amounts then due by the Sellers, the lesser of:
7.1.1. the
amount of the Saving (as determined by the auditors) less any costs incurred by the Buyer
or any Group Company; and
7.1.2. the
amount paid by the Sellers under paragraph 2 for the Actual Liability for Tax that gave rise
to the Saving less any part of that amount previously repaid to the Sellers under any provision
of this Schedule or otherwise.
8. CLAIMS
AGAINST THIRD PARTIES
8.1. Where
the Sellers have made a payment in full satisfaction of a Tax Claim and any Group Company
is (within seven years after Completion) entitled to recover from any third party (including
a Tax Authority but excluding any member of the Buyer’s Group) any sum in respect of
the matter to which the payment made by the Sellers relates, then:
8.1.1. the
Buyer shall notify the Sellers’ Representative in writing of that fact as soon as reasonably
practicable;
8.1.2. if
so required by the Sellers’ Representative and upon the Sellers providing such indemnification
as the Buyer and/or the relevant Group Company shall reasonably require against any Tax that
may be suffered on receipt of that amount and any costs and expenses incurred in recovering
that amount, the Buyer shall take (or shall procure that the Group Company) shall take such
action as the Sellers’ Representative may reasonably request to enforce such recovery
(keeping the Sellers’ Representative informed of the progress of any action taken)
provided that the Buyer shall not be required to take any action under this sub-paragraph
8.1 which it considers to be materially prejudicial to its interests.
8.2. The
Buyer shall account to the Sellers for any sums recovered in accordance with paragraph 8.1
(including any interest or repayment supplement paid by such a person) net of Tax (if any)
on such sum and after deduction of any costs or expenses incurred by the Buyer or the relevant
Group Company in recovering such sum (save to the extent of such costs or expenses having
already been paid in cleared funds by the Sellers to the Buyer under paragraph 8.1.2), provided
that the amount paid by the Buyer under this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid by
the Sellers in respect of the relevant Tax Claim under this Schedule or for breach of Tax
Warranty.
9. CORPORATION
TAX RETURNS
9.1. Subject
to the other provisions of this paragraph 9, the Buyer (or its duly authorised agent) shall
have sole conduct of the Tax affairs of each Group Company in respect of all accounting periods
of each Group Company whether ending prior to, on or after Completion and shall without limitation:
9.1.1. prepare,
sign and submit the corporation tax returns (including all computations and the provision
of financial information, together with all necessary claims, elections, surrenders and notices
required for such returns) of each Group Company for all accounting periods ended on or before
Completion (the “Pre-Completion Tax Returns”) to the extent that they
have not been prepared prior to Completion and for the accounting period current at Completion
(the “Straddle Period Tax Return”).
9.1.2. prepare
all documentation and deal with all matters (including correspondence) relating to either
the Pre-Completion Tax Returns or the Straddle Period Tax Return.
9.2. The
Buyer (or its duly authorised agent) shall provide the Sellers’ Representative with
copies of any Pre-Completion Tax Returns and/or the Straddle Period Tax Return at least 10
Business Days prior to the date for submission of the relevant tax return to the relevant
Tax Authority and shall take into account any reasonable comments to the extent that they
relate to matters arising in the period ending on or before Completion.
9.3. The
Sellers shall provide the Buyer and each Group Company with all reasonable assistance, co-operation
and information in relation to the preparation of the Pre-Completion Tax Returns and/or Straddle
Period Tax Return and any matter arising therefrom.
9.4. The
provisions of this paragraph 9 shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Buyer and
the relevant Group Company in relation to any audit or any enquiry resulting therefrom and
if the Buyer shall at any time become aware of a Claim for Tax which may result in a Tax
Claim the provisions of paragraph 5 (Conduct of Claims) shall come into operation
in accordance with its terms.
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Schedule
8
Pre-Completion
Obligations
1 Each
Group Company will except with the prior written consent of the Buyer:
1.1 continue
its business in the ordinary and usual course and so as to maintain it as a going concern;
1.2 not
acquire or dispose of, any asset or stock (other than in the normal course of trading) or
enter into any contract or arrangement involving expenditure or liabilities in excess of
£10,000 in aggregate value;
1.3 not
make any payments out of any bank or deposit account exceeding in aggregate £5,000
(except for payments in the ordinary course of trading);
1.4 other
than in the normal course of trading or as envisaged by this Agreement, not create any security
over or encumber or agree to encumber any of its assets or redeem any existing security or
give any guarantees or indemnities;
1.5 other
than as envisaged by this Agreement not alter the terms of any existing borrowing facilities
or arrange additional borrowing facilities;
1.6 not
make any loan or other advance to any person;
1.7 not
begin or compromise or settle any litigation or arbitration proceedings (except debt collection
in the ordinary and usual course of business);
1.8 not
declare, pay or make any dividend or other distribution of income or any distribution of
capital;
1.9 not
create, allot or issue any share or loan capital or give any option in respect of or create
any Encumbrance over any share or loan capital;
1.10 not
acquire any shares in any other company, become a member of a LLP or participate in any partnership
or joint venture;
1.11 not
re-organise its share capital;
1.12 not
permit any of its insurance policies to lapse or do or omit to do anything to make any policy
of insurance void or voidable or cease to be effective or knowingly do anything (apart from
making claims under the policies) which may adversely affect the renewal of any policy of
insurance on the insurers standard (or, if different, the existing) terms;
1.13 not
enter into, modify or agree to terminate any Material Contract;
1.14 not
employ, or offer employment to, any person;
1.15 not
enter into, or offer, any form of consultancy to any person;
1.16 not
terminate the engagement of or alter the terms of engagement of any employee, worker or consultant
or take any action which may result in that termination or alteration;
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1.17 keep
proper accounting records in which accurate entries are made of all its dealings and transactions
which should be recorded in them;
1.18 not
provide any non-contractual benefit to any director, officer, employee, consultant or their
dependants;
1.19 not
enter into any material transaction with or for the benefit of any of the Sellers or the
associates or connected parties of the Sellers;
1.20 not
pay any management charge or other sums to the Sellers or the associates or connected parties
of the Sellers or incur any liability to the Sellers or the associates or connected parties
of the Sellers apart from any which is paid or incurred in the normal course of their employment
with the Company or any of the Subsidiaries;
1.21 not
grant, modify, agree to terminate or permit to lapse any Intellectual Property Rights or
enter into any agreement relating to any such rights;
1.22 vary
the terms on which it holds the Leasehold Property or settle any rent review or take any
action for which Landlord’s approval or consent would be required or enter into or
grant any further under-lettings, sub-tenancies, licences or similar at the Leasehold Property
or agree or enter into any renewal or extension of the Lease or enter into or agree to enter
into any new lease or agreement for lease in respect of the Leasehold Property;
1.23 not
resolve to change its name;
1.24 not
commit or omit to do any act or thing in contravention of any applicable law or regulation
applicable to either Group Company (including the FCA Consumer Duty) and which would have
a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of either Group Company;
1.25 not
take any action which (save in the ordinary course of trading) results or will result in
the net assets of either Group Company being materially reduced and/or which could have a
material adverse effect on the financial or trading position or prospects of either Group
Company;
1.26 not
agree, or enter into any form of agreement or commitment, to do any of the matters dealt
with or mentioned in this paragraph 1; and
1.27 not
(i) make, change or revoke any material Tax election; (ii) file any amended Tax return; (iii)
enter into any Tax closing agreement; (iv) settle any material Tax claim, assessment or audit;
(v) surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes; (vi) consent to any extension or waiver
of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment relating to the Company
(other than ordinary course extensions); (vii) change its tax residence; nor (viii) establish
a permanent establishment in any other jurisdiction.
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2
The
Sellers and the directors of the Company and the Subsidiaries will give promptly all of the information and explanation about the business,
assets, liabilities, affairs and records of the Company and / or the Subsidiaries as the Buyer or any person authorised by it may reasonably
request and will give the Buyer and any person authorised by it access to all the books and records of the Company and / or the Subsidiaries.
3 The
Sellers and the directors of the Company and the Subsidiaries will give all reasonable co-operation
to the Buyer so as to ensure a smooth, orderly and efficient continuation of management of
the Group after Completion and, if required by the Buyer, to prepare for the introduction
of the normal working practices and procedures of the Buyer in readiness for Completion.
4 Each
of RIAML and RIAMLH shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each person nominated
by the Buyer for appointment as a director of RIAML and / or RIAMLH (including Rohan Malhotra
and Ankur Kamboj) applies for and obtains all approvals, consents and authorisations required
from the MFSA in connection with such appointment, and shall:
4.1 provide
all reasonable assistance and co-operation to each such nominee in connection with any such
application to the MFSA; and
4.2 not
take any action, or omit to take any action, that would reasonably be expected to prejudice
the grant of any such approval or consent.
5 The
provisions of paragraph 2 of this Schedule shall not require the Sellers to prevent either
Group Company from doing anything:
5.1 pursuant
to any contractual obligation Disclosed to the Buyer; or
5.2 pursuant
to any statutory or regulatory duty; or
5.3 where
failing to do so would place the Sellers and/or either Group Company in breach of any contractual
or statutory obligation or duty or expose the Sellers and/or either Group Company to any
claim or liability.
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Schedule
9
Completion
Accounts
1
Definitions
1.1
In
this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:
Actual
Working Capital
means
the current aggregate assets (save for those included within Cash) less the aggregate current liabilities (save for those included
within Indebtedness) of the Group, in each case as at the Effective Time and set out in the Completion Accounts , in accordance with
the accounting principles, policies, standards, practices, evaluation rules and estimation techniques specified in paragraph 3 of
this Schedule;
Adjusted
Price Statement
means
the statement setting out the amount of the Cash, Indebtedness and Working Capital Excess or Working Capital Shortfall as shown in,
or derived from, the Completion Accounts, together with the resulting calculation of the Completion Price, as prepared and agreed
or determined (as the case may be) in accordance with this Schedule;
Cash
means
the aggregate total amount of all unrestricted:
(a)
cash
on hand;
(b)
cash
standing to the credit of any account with a bank or other financial institution as shown on the relevant statement; and
(c)
cash
equivalents;
in
each case to which the Group is beneficially entitled as at the Effective Time as shown in the Completion Accounts.
For
the avoidance of doubt Cash shall not include the paid up share capital and any share premium of the Subsidiaries and / or the Company.
Completion
Accounts
means
the statement of financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries as at the Effective Time, prepared and agreed or determined
in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule, clause 4 and which show a full provision for the investment from the Company
to the Subsidiaries and full details of any intercompany balances owed between the Company and the Subsidiaries;
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Due
Amount
means
the amount (if any) due to the Buyer as a result of a Claim being Settled;
Effective
Time
means
the close of business on the Completion Date;
Estimated
Liability
means
the amount which, in the opinion of the Relevant Claims Expert, is a reasonable estimate of the liability of the Sellers in respect
of such Claim;
Indebtedness
means
the aggregate amount of the Group’s borrowings and other financial indebtedness in the nature of borrowing, including:
(a)
borrowings
from any bank, financial institution or other entity;
(b)
indebtedness
arising under any bond, note, loan stock, debenture, commercial paper or similar instrument;
(c)
obligations
under any conditional sale, title retention, forward sale or purchase or any similar agreement or arrangement creating obligations
with respect to the deferred purchase price of property (other than customary trade credit given in the ordinary course of trading);
(d)
indebtedness
under any hire purchase agreement or finance lease (whether for land, machinery, equipment or otherwise) which is a liability under
accounting standards IAS 17;
(e)
any
indebtedness for monies borrowed or raised under any other transaction that has the commercial effect of borrowing;
(f)
any
preference shares or element of preference shares shown as liabilities as required by applicable Accounting Standards;
(g)
all
unpaid accrued interest on any borrowings or indebtedness referred to in the paragraphs above, together with any prepayment premiums
or other penalties, fees, expenses or breakage costs arising (or which would arise) in connection with the repayment of any such
borrowings or indebtedness on the Completion Date; and
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(h)
any
other committed payments, expenditure or obligation (other than payments made in the ordinary course of business) whether of a capital
and / or one off nature or otherwise which the Sellers are aware of as at Completion,
in
each case as at the Effective Time and shown in the Completion Accounts, calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with the
accounting principles, policies, standards, practices, evaluation rules and estimation techniques specified in paragraph 3 of this
Schedule;
Relevant
Claims Expert
means
an independent barrister of not less than 10 years’ standing, having experience in claims similar to the relevant Claim identified
by the Buyer;
Settled
means
a Claim that has been:
(a)
agreed
in writing by the parties to the Claim as to both liability and quantum; or
(b)
finally
determined (as to both liability and quantum) by a court of competent jurisdiction from which there is no right of appeal, or from
whose judgment the relevant party is debarred (by passage of time or otherwise) from making an appeal; or
(c)
withdrawn
or discontinued by the Buyer in writing; or
(d)
deemed
withdrawn in accordance with paragraph 2.4 of Schedule 4; or
(e)
struck
out by a court of competent jurisdiction where no right of appeal exists;
Target
Working Capital
means
£420,000 (four hundred and twenty thousand pounds);
Working
Capital Excess
has
the meaning given in clause 4.1.1(c); and
Working
Capital Shortfall
has
the meaning given in clause 4.1.1(c).
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2 Procedure
2.1 Completion
Accounts
2.1.1 Draft
Completion Accounts together with a draft Adjusted Price Statement shall be prepared by the
Sellers (in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule 9) and delivered to the Buyer
for review within a period of 40 Business Days immediately following the Completion Date.
2.1.2 The
Buyer will have 20 Business Days from receipt of the Completion Accounts and Adjusted Price
Statement (the Review Period) to review the same and notify the Sellers in writing
that they agree them (Acceptance Notice) or that they dispute them (Dispute Notice).
2.1.3 A
Dispute Notice will include:
(a) the
item or items disputed;
(b) the
reasons for the dispute in reasonable detail; and
(c) a
statement of how, in the reasonable opinion of the Buyer, the draft Completion Accounts and/or
the draft Adjusted Price Statement should be adjusted in order to comply with the requirements
of this Agreement.
2.1.4 If
the Buyer gives a Dispute Notice within the Review Period, the Sellers and the Buyer shall
use their respective reasonable endeavours in good faith to resolve the issues in dispute
as stated in the Dispute Notice.
2.1.5 If
the Sellers and the Buyer are unable to resolve the matters set out in the Dispute Notice
within the period of 21 days immediately following receipt by the Sellers of the Dispute
Notice, either party may, by written notice to the other, require the matters in dispute
to be referred to an Independent Accountant in accordance with paragraph 2.2.
2.1.6 The
Completion Accounts and Adjusted Price Statement shall be deemed to have been finalised and
determined and agreed by the parties on the earlier of:
(a) the
receipt by the Sellers of an Acceptance Notice pursuant to paragraph 2.1.2; or
(b) where
the Buyer fails to give an Acceptance Notice or a Dispute Notice within the Review Period,
the expiry of the Review Period; or
(c) the
communication to the parties by the Independent Accountant of his determination as provided
in paragraph 2.2
(the
Completion Accounts Determination Date) following which the Completion Accounts and Adjusted Price Statement will (in the absence
of manifest error or fraud) be final and binding on the parties.
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2.1.7 The
Sellers and the Buyer shall provide such assistance to each other and to their respective
accountants and (if relevant) the Independent Accountant and will permit each other, their
respective accountants and (if relevant) the Independent Accountant reasonable access to
their respective premises, papers, books, accounts, records and returns relating to the Group
as may be reasonably required to enable the calculation, preparation, finalisation and determination
of the Completion Accounts and the Adjusted Price Statement.
2.2 Independent
Accountant
2.2.1 If
a Dispute Notice is served by the Buyer pursuant to paragraph 2.1.2 above and the parties
are unable to reach agreement in accordance with paragraph 2.1.3 above, the parties shall
use reasonable endeavours to agree the identity and terms of appointment of an Independent
Accountant.
2.2.2 If
the parties fail to agree the matters referred to in paragraph 2.2.1 within 10 days of either
party having proposed, in writing, an Independent Accountant to the other, either party shall
be entitled to request the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales to appoint an Independent Accountant and agree the terms of his appointment
on behalf of the parties.
2.2.3 For
the purposes of this Schedule 9 the Independent Accountant will be an independent chartered
accountant qualified as such for not less than 10 years and engaged in private practice.
2.2.4 Once
appointed, the Independent Accountant shall be instructed to make a determination as to the
issues in dispute relating to the Completion Accounts and/or Adjusted Price Statement in
accordance with this paragraph 2.2.
2.2.5 Except
for any procedural matters, or as otherwise expressly provided in this Schedule, the scope
of the Independent Accountant’s determination shall be limited to determining the unresolved
matters in the Dispute Notice relating to:
(a) whether
the Completion Accounts and Adjusted Price Statement have been prepared in accordance with
the requirements of this Schedule;
(b) whether
any errors have been made in the preparation of the Completion Accounts or the Adjusted Price
Statement; and
(c) any
consequential adjustments, corrections or modifications that are required in order for the
Completion Accounts and the Adjusted Price Statement to be prepared in accordance with the
requirements of this Schedule.
2.2.6 The
Sellers and the Buyer shall be entitled to make written submissions to the Independent Accountant,
as directed by the Independent Accountant, but subject thereto the Independent Accountant
shall have power to determine the procedure to be followed in relation to his determination.
2.2.7 To
the extent not provided for in this paragraph 2.2, the Independent Accountant may in his
reasonable discretion determine such other procedures to assist with the conduct of his determination
as he considers just or appropriate including (to the extent he considers necessary) instructing
professional advisers to assist him in reaching his determination.
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2.2.8 Unless
otherwise agreed by the parties, the Independent Accountant shall be required to make his
determination in writing (including reasons for his determination) and to provide a copy
to each party as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 30 Business Days
of his appointment.
2.2.9 The
Independent Accountant will be deemed to act as an independent accountant and not as an arbitrator
in carrying out the duties referred to in this paragraph 2.2 and, save in the event of manifest
fraud or error:
(a) his
determination in respect of the Completion Accounts and the Adjusted Price Statement will
be final and binding on the parties; and
(b) the
Completion Accounts and Adjusted Price Statement shall be modified, adjusted or corrected
as necessary to give effect to the Independent Accountant’s determination.
2.2.10 If
an appointed Independent Accountant dies or becomes unwilling or incapable of acting, or
does not deliver his determination within the period required by this paragraph 2.2:
(a) the
parties shall use all reasonable endeavours to agree the identity and terms of appointment
of a replacement Independent Accountant;
(b) if
the parties fail to agree on a replacement Independent Accountant within 10 Business Days
of a replacement being proposed in writing by one party, then either party may apply to the
President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales
to discharge the appointed Independent Accountant and to appoint a replacement Independent
Accountant; and
(c) this
paragraph 2.2 shall apply in relation to each and any replacement Independent Accountant
as if he were the first Independent Accountant appointed.
2.2.11 The
parties shall act reasonably and co-operate to give effect to the provisions of this paragraph
2.2 and shall not do anything to hinder or prevent the Independent Accountant from making
his determination.
2.2.12 The
Sellers and the Buyer shall bear their own costs in connection with the matters referred
to in this Schedule, provided that the costs of the Independent Accountant will be borne
as he directs.
2.3 Sellers’
Representative
2.3.1 Each
of the Sellers hereby irrevocably appoints the Sellers’ Representative to act as their
representative for the purposes of this Schedule 9 and the transactions contemplated by it
including giving, receiving, exchanging, acknowledging and delivering any notices, orders,
receipts, requests, instructions, certificates, letters and other writings and in general
to do or refrain from doing all actions that the Sellers’ Representative may consider
necessary or appropriate in connection with or to carry out the obligations contained in
this Schedule 9.
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2.3.2 The
Buyer may rely on any action taken or inaction by the Sellers’ Representative in such
capacity for all purposes of this Schedule 9.
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Content
3.1 The
Completion Accounts shall be prepared and determined in accordance with the following accounting
principles, policies, bases and methods and in the following order of priority:
3.1.1 the
specific principles, policies, bases, practices and methods set out in paragraph 3.3 below;
3.1.2 UK
GAAP in force as at the Effective Time; and
3.1.3 applying
the same principles, policies, bases, practices and methods (with consistent classifications,
judgements, valuation and estimation techniques) as those used by the Company and the Subsidiaries
in the preparation of the Accounts to the extent that these are consistent with UK GAAP.
If no principle, policy, practice, base or method has been adopted in the preparation of
the Accounts in respect of a particular item or matter, that item or matter shall be accounted
for in accordance with UK GAAP in force as at the Effective Time.
3.2 Events
and circumstances occurring after the Effective Time shall not be taken into account and
shall be ignored in assessing the value of items to be included in the Completion Accounts,
save where expressly required by this paragraph 3.
3.3 The
specific principles, policies, bases, practices and methods referred to in paragraph 3.1.1
are:
(a) deducting
an amount equal to the Regulatory Capital Requirement of RUL and RIAML;
(b) deducting
any amount equal to the Corporation Tax accrued but not paid and a deduction for any Deferred
Corporation Tax and any further Corporation Tax amounts due as at the date of Completion
Accounts;
(c) deducting
any amounts (if any) due to any of the Sellers from the Group and an amount equal to any
outstanding Directors Loans or any deferred but outstanding amount of salary, bonus or other
amounts arising from their employment or directorship of the Company and / or any member
of the Group;
(d) deducting
an amount equal to any identified (but not invoiced) outstanding professional fees (including
legal and accountancy fees) which relate to advice given or services provided to the Group
and / or the Sellers and which relate to periods prior to Completion;
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(e) full
provision shall be made for all taxes including but not limited to Corporation Tax (at 25%
or at 35% where applicable), any employee taxes and VAT (if applicable) relating to the period
up to and including Completion but not double counting any amount deducted under paragraph
3.3 (b) above;
(f) an
adjustment for any amounts prepaid by the Group as at Completion;
(g) excluding
any amounts of cash received or receivable by the Group after the Effective Time but which
relate to periods prior to Completion.
4 SET-OFF
4.1 If,
on the date on which any payment in respect of the Price (a Price Payment) is due
to be made by the Buyer to the Sellers:
4.1.1 a
Due Amount (or any part of it) is outstanding, the Buyer shall be entitled (at its sole discretion)
to satisfy all (to the extent possible) or part of the Sellers’ liability to pay the
Due Amount by way of set-off against all Price Payments then due, and to treat its obligation
to pay the relevant Price Payments as being reduced pro tanto by the amount so set off; and/or
4.1.2 there
is a Claim which has not been Settled, the Buyer may (at its sole discretion):
(a) obtain
the written opinion of a Relevant Claims Expert confirming that the Claim in question is
a bona fide claim and has been made against the Sellers in good faith and in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, has reasonable prospects of success and setting out the Estimated
Liability that the Buyer may recover in relation to such Claim; and
(b) provided
a copy of such written opinion has been delivered to the Sellers within a period of 10 Business
Days following the date on which the relevant Price Payment was due to be made, withhold
from the Price Payment an amount equal to the Estimated Liability of such Claim or, if lower,
the full amount of all Price Payments then due (the Reserved Sum); and
(c) defer
payment of the Reserved Sum until such time as such Claim has been Settled or otherwise discontinued,
when it shall be dealt with in accordance with paragraph 4.3.
Provided
always that the Buyer will pursue such Claim expeditiously and shall not delay in progressing the Claim to a conclusion with a view to
the Claim being settled as quickly as reasonably practicable subject to the reasonable co-operation of the Sellers.
4.2 The
Relevant Claims Expert’s fees and any costs or expenses incurred in making his determination
shall be borne equally by the Buyer and the Sellers, or in such other proportions as the
Relevant Claims Expert shall direct.
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4.3 Where
a Reserved Sum has been withheld by the Buyer pursuant to paragraph 4.1.2, upon the relevant
Claim being Settled, the Buyer shall:
4.3.1 be
entitled (at its sole discretion) to satisfy all (to the extent possible) or part of the
Sellers’ liability to pay the Due Amount in respect of the relevant Claim by way of
set-off against the corresponding Reserved Sum, and to treat its obligation to pay the Reserved
Sum as being reduced pro tanto by the amount so set off; and
4.3.2 pay
to the Sellers the balance of the relevant Reserved Sum (if any) after the Buyer has exercised
its rights pursuant to paragraph 4.1.2 on the later of:
(a) the
date upon which the Price Payment is due to be paid; and
(b) the
5th Business Day after the date upon which such Claim is Settled or otherwise discontinued
provided that interest shall be deemed to have accrued on such sum and be payable to the
Sellers in addition to such balance at the Interest Rate from the date on which such Price
Payment was due to be paid until the date of payment.
4.4 Nothing
in this paragraph 4 shall prejudice, limit or otherwise affect:
4.4.1 any
right or remedy the Buyer may have against the Sellers from time to time, whether arising
under this Agreement or any of the documents executed pursuant to this Agreement; or
4.4.2 the
Buyer’s right to recover against the Sellers, whether before or after the Price Payments
(or any of them) are paid in accordance with this Agreement.
4.5 The
amount of any Reserved Sum withheld by the Buyer in accordance with this paragraph 4 shall
not be regarded as imposing any limit on the amount of any claims under this Agreement or
any of the documents executed pursuant to this Agreement.
4.6 If
a Due Amount is not satisfied in full by way of set-off under paragraph 4.1.1 or paragraph
4.3, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or otherwise restrict the Buyer’s right
to recover the balance from the Sellers and the Due Amount (to the extent not so satisfied)
shall remain fully enforceable against the Sellers.
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Schedule
10
Definitions
1.1 In
this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the
following meanings:
Accounting
Standards
generally
accepted accounting principles applied in the UK (incorporating Statements of Standard Accounting
Practice and Financial Reporting Standards issued or adopted by the Financial Reporting Council
or its predecessors) and the Accountancy Profession (General Accounting Principles for Small
and Medium-Sized Entities) Regulations, 2015 and the Schedule accompanying and forming an
integral part of those Regulations (“GAPSME”), as consistently applied by RIAML
for the preparation of its financial statements;
Accounts
the
financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries for the accounting reference periods
ended on the relevant Accounts Date, comprising the individual accounts of the Company and
the Subsidiaries, (a copies of which are included in the Disclosure Documents);
Accounts
Date
30th
September 2024;
Actual
Working Capital
has
the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 (Completion Accounts);
Adjusted
Price Payment Date
means
the date 5 Business Days immediately following the Completion Accounts Determination Date;
Adjusted
Price Statement
has
the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 (Completion Accounts);
Advised
Clients
means
all those clients of the Group in relation to the Business as at the Completion Date and who receive an advice-based service in return
for payment to the any member of the Group of a fee;
Agreed
Form
a
document in a form agreed by or on behalf of each party on or before the Completion Date;
AICPA
Audit
an
audit carried out by the Buyer’s tax advisors on the Company and each of the Subsidiaries to the satisfaction of the Buyer;
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Applicable
Financial Services Laws
means
together, each of:
(i) the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
(ii) Part
V of the Criminal Justice Act 1993, the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, The Money Laundering,
Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017, Part
VII of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Terrorism Asset-Freezing etc Act 2010 and all
other applicable UK legislation relating to the handling of terrorist funds or of the proceeds
of drug trafficking or other crimes;
(iii) the
Bribery Act 2010;
(iv) the
FCA Handbook and Glossary;
(v) the
IDA and any rules and regulations issued thereunder; and
(vi) any
equivalent financial services laws in any other jurisdiction in which the Sellers operate
or otherwise conduct any part of the Business at the date of this Agreement and to which
it is subject;
Arbiter
for Financial Services
the
Office of the Arbiter for Financial Services established under the Arbiter for Financial
Services Act (Chapter 555 of the Laws of Malta);
Business
the
business as carried on by the Subsidiaries at the date hereof and / or in the period of 12
months prior to the date hereof;
Business
Day
any
day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a bank or public holiday in England and Wales;
Business
Information
all
data or information used in or relating to or relevant to the Business at the Relevant Date
or at any time in the 5 years prior to the Relevant Date (including information relating
to products, services, operations, processes, formulae, methods, plans, strategy, Intellectual
Property Rights, market opportunities, customer lists, commercial relationships, financial
position, marketing and sales materials and general business affairs), and which confidential
to the Group on the Completion Date;
Buyer’s
Group
the
Buyer and its subsidiaries and subsidiaries undertakings, any company of which it is a subsidiary
(its holding company) and any other subsidiaries or subsidiaries undertakings of any such
holding company;
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Buyer’s
Solicitors
Blake
Morgan LLP of 6 New Street Square, London EC4A 3DJ (ref: SE/624049-1);
C
Share Buyback
means
the buyback by the Company from reserves of the following C Shares:
(a)
1,250
C Shares from [***];
(b)
1,250
C Shares from [***]
Cash
has
the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 (Completion Accounts);
Change
in Control
the
change in control application in respect of RUL to be submitted to the FCA as soon as practicable after the date hereof in respect
of the Buyer’s proposed acquisition of the Company;
Change
in Qualifying Shareholding
the
change in Qualifying Shareholding application in respect of RIAML to be submitted to the MFSA as soon as practicable after the date
hereof in respect of the Buyer’s proposed acquisition of the Company;
Claim
any
Indemnity Claim, any Warranty Claim and any Tax Covenant Claim;
COBS
means
the Conduct of Business Sourcebook, part of the FCA Handbook, as amended from time to time;
Companies
Act
the
Companies Act 2006;
Company
Riverside
International Holdings Ltd, basic information in relation to which is set out in Schedule 2 (Basic information about the Company);
Completion
completion
of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares in accordance with this Agreement;
Completion
Accounts
has
the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 (Completion Accounts);
Completion
Accounts Determination Date
has
the meaning given in paragraph 2.1.6 of Schedule 9 (Completion Accounts);
Completion
Date
has
the meaning given in clause 6.2;
Completion
Effective Time
5pm
on the Completion Date;
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Completion
Payment
£6,000,000;
Completion
Price
an
amount equal to the Completion Payment as adjusted pursuant to the Adjusted Price Statement;
Contract
any
legally binding contracts, arrangements, understandings or commitments (whether written or oral) which have been entered into or
undertaken by or on behalf of any Group Company other than contracts of employment;
Control
has
the meaning given in section 1124 CTA 2010 and the expression change of Control shall be construed accordingly;
COR
Combined
Operating Ratio;
COR
Performance Period
a
three year period commencing on the Completion Date;
CTA
2009
the
Corporation Tax Act 2009;
CTA
2010
the
Corporation Tax Act 2010;
Data
Protection Laws
has
the meaning given paragraph 17 of Schedule 3;
Databases
all
databases that are owned, leased or used by, or available for use by, or licensed by or to, any Group Company;
Deferred
Consideration
the
First Deferred Consideration Payment and the Second Deferred Consideration Payment;
Deferred
Consideration Conditions
has
the meaning given in clause 7 below;
Directors
Loans
the
total aggregate of the outstanding directors loans made by the Company and / or any of the Subsidiaries to Andrew Lawrence and /
or any other director of the Company (or any of the Subsidiaries);
Disclosed
fairly
disclosed to the Buyer in the Disclosure Letter giving sufficient detail to enable the Buyer to make a reasonably informed assessment
of its nature, scope and effect;
Disclosure
Documents
the
documents and information contained in an electronic data room hosted by Gunnercookeconnect named Project Insight Disclosure Bundle
the contents of which are contained in two identical USB flash drives and annexed to the Disclosure Letter;
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Disclosure
Letter
the
disclosure letter in an agreed form from the Sellers to the Buyer together with the Disclosure Documents to be provided by the Sellers
and countersigned by the Buyer on or before the Disclosure Letter Delivery Date detailing matters pertaining to the period up to
and including the Disclosure Letter Delivery Date;
Disclosure
Letter Delivery Date
a
date not later than 10 Business Days from the date hereof;
Domain
Names
those
domain names set out in Schedule 12 Part 2;
EBITDA
the
Company’s consolidated EBITDA (calculated using UK GAAP) for the 12 month period commencing on the second anniversary of the
Completion Date (excluding for the avoidance of doubt any intercompany costs or expenses applied or charged between (i) the Company
and / or the Subsidiaries and (2) the Buyer and / or any member of its group);
EBITDA
Target
£1,600,000;
Employee
any
person employed by the Company and / or any of Subsidiaries under a contract of employment or engaged under a contract for services
(other than a Worker);
Expiry
Date
the
first anniversary of Completion;
FA
1986
the
Finance Act 1986;
FA
2003
the
Finance Act 2003;
Facilities
has
the meaning given in paragraph9.1 of Schedule 3;
FCA
means
the UK Financial Conduct Authority or any successor body;
FCA
Handbook
means
the FCA’s handbook of rules and guidance as maintained by it and as from time to time in force;
First
Deferred Consideration Payment
£3,600,000;
First
Deferred Payment Condition
that
the Key Cient remains a client of the Group during the 12 month period following the Completion Date, on materially the same terms
as the Key Client Contract
First
Deferred Payment Date
5
Business Days after the first anniversary of the satisfaction of the First Deferred Payment Condition, such condition having been
satisfied to the reasonable satisfaction of the Buyer. For the avoidance of doubt if the First Deferred Payment Condition has not
been satisfied by the Expiry Date the Buyer shall have no obligation to pay the First Deferred Consideration Payment and the Sellers
right to receive such payment shall lapse;
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Fixed
Assets
means
those assets owned by the Company and / or the Group as set out in Schedule 12 Part 1;
Force
Majeure Event
means:
(i)
acts
of God, flood, drought, earthquake or other natural disaster;
(ii)
epidemic
or pandemic;
(iii)
terrorist
attack, civil war, threat of war or armed conflict;
(iv)
nuclear,
chemical or biological contamination or sonic boom; and
(v)
fire
or explosion.
FRS
102
means
Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland as issued by the
Financial Reporting Council of the UK and in force for the accounting period ended on the Accounts Date;
Fundamental
Warranties
the
warranties of the Sellers set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 3;
Fundamental
Warranty Claim
a
claim for breach of any of the Fundamental Warranties;
Glossary
means
the glossary to the FCA Handbook;
Group
the
group of companies consisting of the Company and the Subsidiaries and member of the Group or Group Company means any
or every one of them (as the context requires);
GWP
the
total amount of Gross Written Premiums collected or issued by an insurer over a specific period before deducting reinsurance costs,
agent commissions, or taxes;
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Health
and Safety Laws
all
applicable primary and subordinate legislation, common law, treaties, regulations, directives, orders, codes of practice and guidance
notes in existence on or before the Completion Date and designed to protect humans against risks to health or safety arising from
work activities or from premises occupied for work activities (including the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, the Offices,
Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963, the Factories Act 1961, the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and the Regulatory Reform (Fire
Safety) Order 2005);
Hempstead
Hempstead
Systems Limited, basic information in relation to which is set out in Schedule 2 Part 2 (Basic information about the Subsidiaries);
HSBC
Charge
the
registered charge against RUL, in favour of HSBC Bank PLC dated 26 October 2017;
ICO
means
the Information Commissioner’s Office in the United Kingdom;
IDA
means
the Insurance Distribution Act, Chapter 487 of the Laws of Malta;
Indebtedness
has
the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 (Completion Accounts);
Indemnity
any
of the indemnities in the Agreement (and the term “Indemnities” shall be construed accordingly);
Indemnity
Claim
a
claim for breach of any of the Indemnities;
Independent
Contractor
person
or service company providing services to the Company or Subsidiaries who is not a Worker or an Employee;
Intellectual
Property Rights
intellectual
property rights, including patents, utility models, rights to inventions, copyright and related and neighbouring rights, moral rights,
trademarks and service marks, trade, brand or business names and domain names, rights in get-up and trade dress, goodwill and the
right to sue for passing off or unfair competition, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, rights to use,
and protect the confidentiality of, confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets), in each case whether registered
or unregistered or registrable and including all applications and rights to apply for and be granted, renewals or extensions of,
and rights to claim priority from, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will
subsist now or in the future in any part of the world;
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Interest
Rate
5%
above the base rate of Barclays Bank plc from time to time, but at 5% a year for any period when that base rate is below 0%;
Interim
Period
means
the period commencing on the date hereof and concluding on the Completion Date;
IHTA
the
Inheritance Tax Act 1984;
ITEPA
the
Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;
Key
Client
[***];
Key
Client Contract
the
contract between (i) RUL, (ii) the Key Client and (iii) RIAML dated 29 November 2022;
Landlord
means
Beachley (Twyford) Limited, being the landlord of the Leasehold Property;
Leasehold
Property
the
land, buildings and appurtenances demised by the Lease;
Lease
the
information in respect of the lease which is set out in Schedule 6 (Basic information about the Leasehold Property) including all
documents supplemental or collateral to that lease;
Logos
the
logos used by the Subsidiaries as set in the Disclosure Letter;
Longstop
Date
means
the first anniversary of the date hereof;
Material
Contract
a
Contract which remains (in whole or in part) to be performed as at the date hereof and which:
(a)
has
been entered into with a Material Customer and/or Material Supplier;
(b)
will
result in either a payment to any Group company of more than £5,000; or
(c)
will
result in aggregate expenditure by the Group of more than £5,000,
for
the avoidance of doubt, the relevant financial thresholds referred to in paragraph (b) and (c) above shall include any payments actually
received prior to the date hereof by any Group Company or any expenditure actually incurred by any Group Company prior
to the Completion Date during the term of the relevant Contract;
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Material
Customer
any
customer who delivered an annual revenue to the Group of £5,000 or more during the year ended on the Accounts Date and/or any
customer who has delivered revenue to the Group of £5,000 or more in the current financial year to date;
Material
Supplier
any
supplier from whom the Group made purchases of £5,000 or more during the year ended on the Accounts Date and/or any supplier from
whom the Group has made purchases of £5,000 or more in the current financial year to date;
MFSA
means
the Malta Financial Services Authority or any successor body;
Orchard
Orchard
Administration Limited, basic information in relation to which is set out in Schedule 2 Part 2 (Basic information about the Subsidiaries);
PAYE
means
the Pay As You Earn system in the UK or any similar system for deduction of income tax, social security contributions or payroll
taxes in any jurisdiction outside the UK;
Previous
Accounts
the
accounts equivalent to the Accounts in respect of each of the three accounting periods immediately preceding the accounting period
ended on the Accounts Date;
Pre-Completion
Business
the
business carried out by the Company and / or any of the Subsidiaries on or prior to the Completion Date;
Price
the
total price payable by the Buyer for the Sale Shares as referred to in clause 4.1 and adjusted in accordance with clause 4.2.4 and
clause 7;
Qualifying
Shareholding
has
the meaning assigned thereto in the IDA, namely a direct or indirect holding in RIAML which represents 10% or more of the share capital
or of the voting rights or which makes it possible to exercise a significant influence on the management of RIAML;
Regulatory
Authorisations
has
the meaning given to it in 8 of Schedule 3;
Regulatory
Authority
means
an authority by which the Business or the Group is regulated (including the FCA and / or the MFSA) or to whose jurisdiction the Business
or the Group is subject (including the ICO);
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Regulatory
Requirements
means
the Applicable Financial Services Laws and subordinate legislation made thereunder, including any rules contained in the FCA Handbook
and the MFSA rules applicable to Maltese insurance agents issued in terms of the IDA as well as any other applicable conduct rules
issued by the MFSA;
Relevant
Date
means
the Completion Date in respect of each Seller and in respect of each of Andrew Lawrence and [***], only, additionally means the date
of termination of Andrew Lawrence and / or [***] (respectively) employment with the Group;
Relief
has
the meaning given in Schedule 7 (Tax Covenant);
Restricted
Business
any
business that is or would be in competition with any part of the Business as carried on at the Completion Date;
Retention
Account
means
the bank account to be established in accordance with the terms of the Retention Letter;
Retention
Letter
means
the letter, in the Agreed Terms, instructing and authorising the Buyer’s Solicitors to establish and operate the Retention
Account;
RIAML
Riverside
Insurance Agency Malta Limited, basic information in relation to which is set out in Schedule 2 Part 2 (Basic information about the
Subsidiaries);
RIAMLH
Riverside
Insurance Agency Malta Holdings Limited, basic information in relation to which is set out in Schedule 2 Part 2 (Basic information
about the Subsidiaries);
RUL
Riverside
Underwriting Limited, basic information in relation to which is set out in Schedule 2 Part 2 (Basic information about the Subsidiaries);
Sale
Shares
means
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Exhibit
99.1
Roadzen
Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire a Leading European MGA Focused on Short-Term Car Rental Insurance
The
acquisition is expected to add a scaled, fully regulated European insurance platform powering over 800,000 policies annually, with approximately
$18–20 million in revenue and approximately $1.6–2 million in EBITDA
The
business is being acquired by Roadzen’s India subsidiary in exchange for stock or cash and is not expected to be dilutive to Roadzen’s
Nasdaq shareholders
Combines
over a decade of proprietary short-trip pricing data with Roadzen’s AI to power real-time underwriting and automated, computer-vision-led
claims — transformative for the $27 billion car rental insurance segment
NEW
YORK, July 9, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Roadzen Inc. (Nasdaq: RDZN), a global leader in AI at the intersection of insurance and
mobility, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire a leading technology-driven managing general agent (“MGA”)
specializing in short-term car rental insurance across Europe.
The
acquisition is being made by Roadzen’s India subsidiary, Roadzen Technologies Limited (“Roadzen India”), which is 92%
owned by Roadzen Inc. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the sellers may elect to receive equity in Roadzen India, based on a
valuation of Roadzen India at approximately $280 million, or cash. As a result, the transaction is not expected to be directly dilutive
to Roadzen’s Nasdaq shareholders. Total consideration is approximately $15 million — 50% payable at closing and 50% structured
as a three-year earn-out contingent on milestones.
The
business is one of Europe’s leading technology-enabled specialists in the short-term car rental insurance market. It distributes
through embedded API integrations with leading rental car partners across multiple European markets, alongside a direct-to-consumer platform.
The company writes approximately 800,000 policies annually and is expected to generate approximately $18–20 million in revenue
and approximately $1.6–2 million in EBITDA in its current fiscal year, with no debt, positive free cash flow, and a lean team of
around 20 people supported by its proprietary technology. It is regulated in the European Union and the United Kingdom, backed by multi-year
A-rated underwriting capacity, with a strong combined ratio.
The
global car rental insurance market is valued at approximately $27 billion and operates as a highly lucrative ancillary revenue stream
within the broader global auto insurance market. The segment is growing at approximately a 6.8% CAGR, driven by increasing vehicle utilization,
rising insurance penetration in leisure and corporate rentals, and the need to protect rental operators from costly claims amid inflated
vehicle repair costs. As rental volumes rise and pricing, claims, and fraud increasingly move to real-time, technology-driven platforms,
the market is primed for transformation. This acquisition provides Roadzen with a fully licensed, scaled and profitable MGA platform
to accelerate its global expansion and deliver AI-powered insurance across the short-trip mobility market. Roadzen already works with
several large car rental fleet operators and can now offer this product directly to them.
Rohan
Malhotra, Founder and CEO of Roadzen commented, “This business embeds directly into the rental booking flow and issues cover instantly
— over 800,000 times a year, fully automated and near-touchless. Today, that pricing is largely static. The opportunity we saw
is to bring Roadzen’s AI to it and move to real-time, dynamic pricing at the point of sale. That combination — proven distribution
at scale, now powered by our AI — is exactly what we are building at Roadzen, and a central reason we pursued this acquisition.
We already work with car rental fleet operators globally and can now offer this product directly to them, and our AI and computer vision
already assess the condition of rental vehicles before and after each trip, strengthening claims.”
Roadzen
is partnering closely with the team to bring its core AI capabilities to bear across the platform. On the underwriting side, Roadzen’s
models can enhance real-time risk selection and pricing at the point of sale, drawing on the business’s deep short-trip loss data
to price more accurately by market, vehicle, duration, and customer profile — supporting disciplined combined ratios as volumes
grow. On the claims side, Roadzen’s computer-vision technology assesses the pre- and post-condition of a rental vehicle from images,
enabling faster, more accurate damage adjudication, reducing leakage and fraud, and driving toward a near-touchless claims experience.
As the two teams work together, Roadzen’s AI is immediately additive to the business’s already automated, technology-led
processes — accelerating settlement, improving accuracy, and expanding margin on the existing book while raising the quality of
the underlying data that feeds future pricing.
Key
Highlights and Synergies
●
Writes approximately 800,000 policies a year through embedded
API integrations with leading rental car websites and partners
●
Expected to generate approximately $18–20 million in
revenue and approximately $1.6–2 million in EBITDA in its current fiscal year
●
Strong combined ratio and disciplined underwriting performance
●
Capital-light MGA model with no underwriting risk taken on
directly, backed by durable multi-year A-rated capacity — closely aligned with Roadzen’s own business model
●
Highly synergistic to Roadzen’s existing global car rental
fleet clients, with Roadzen’s AI computer-vision assessment of vehicle pre- and post-condition already additive to underwriting
and claims
●
Over a decade of proprietary short-trip underwriting data —
millions of policies — a foundational asset for pricing insurance in a future of autonomous mobility
“What
excites us most is what this means for the future,” added Malhotra. “This business has spent well over a decade learning
how to price insurance for short trips — thousands of individual rentals priced every day across markets, vehicles, and durations,
now spanning millions of policies. We believe short-term, per-trip insurance pricing is central to the future of mobility: as the world
moves toward fleets and, ultimately, autonomous vehicles carrying passengers for short journeys, the ability to underwrite risk by the
trip rather than by the year becomes an important capability in insurance, distinct from annual, long-term pricing. We are excited to
work with this data and to layer our AI on top of it to build real-time pricing products for short-duration insurance — products
we believe will be foundational to how mobility is insured in that future. There are very few places in the world where a dataset and
pricing expertise like this exist at this depth. With this incredible team and this data, combined with our technology and global footprint,
we can expand the business into new markets. Together with the growth we’re seeing in India and our expansion in the U.S., this
marks the next phase of Roadzen’s journey — building the world’s leading company at the intersection of AI, insurance,
and mobility.”
Once
all closing conditions are met and the transaction is completed, Roadzen will disclose the name of the acquired business. Closing is
anticipated in the early fourth quarter of the calendar year.
About
Roadzen Inc.
Roadzen
Inc. (Nasdaq: RDZN) is a global leader in AI at the convergence of insurance and mobility. Roadzen builds technology that helps insurers,
automakers, and fleets better predict and prevent risk, automate claims, and deliver seamless, embedded insurance experiences. Thousands
of clients across North America, Europe, and Asia — from the world’s leading insurers, carmakers, and fleets to dealerships
and agents — use Roadzen’s technology to build new products, sell insurance, process claims, and improve road safety. Roadzen’s
pioneering work in telematics, generative AI, and computer vision has earned recognition from Forbes, Fortune, and Financial Express
as one of the world’s top AI innovators. Headquartered in Burlingame, California, Roadzen employs more than 450 people across offices
in the U.S., U.K., India and China. Learn more at www.roadzen.ai.
Cautionary
Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these
forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject
to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied
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“should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,”
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but are not limited to, statements regarding our ability to consummate the transaction described in this press release when anticipated,
or at all, anticipated benefits and synergies of the transaction, including anticipated revenue and EBITDA, our anticipated strategy,
valuation, demand for our products, expansion plans, future operations, future operating results, estimated revenues, losses, projected
costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management, as well as all other statements other than statements of historical fact included
in this press release. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described
in “Risk Factors” in our Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings, including the annual report on Form
10-K we filed with the SEC on June 29, 2026. We urge you to consider these factors, risks and uncertainties carefully in evaluating the
forward-looking statements contained in this press release. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to
our company or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The forward-looking
statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this release. Except as expressly required by applicable securities
law, we disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
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For
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Contacts: IR@roadzen.ai
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