CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PORTIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. REDACTED PORTIONS ARE INDICATED WITH THE NOTATION [***] SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT between EURONET WORLDWIDE, INC. and THE VENDORS (as herein defined) re: EIM (FX) Limited and TBK (FM) Limited

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 3

SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE SHARES 12

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 13

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BETWEEN THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE COMPLETION DATE 14

WAIVER OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS 20

CONSIDERATION 20

COMPLETION 21

PURCHASE OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES 22

PERMITTED TRANSFERS 23

WARRANTIES 23

WARRANTY AND TAX UNDERTAKING LIMITATIONS 25

PURCHASER’S WARRANTIES 25

SPECIFIC INDEMNITIES 26

NON-COMPETITION 27

CONFIDENTIALITY RESTRICTIONS 29

ASSISTANCE WITH AUDIT OPINION 29

ANNOUNCEMENTS 30

SURVIVAL 30

ENTIRE AGREEMENT 30

WAIVER 31

VARIATION 31

NOTICES AND SERVICE OF PROCESS 31

VENDORS’ REPRESENTATIVES 33

BASIS OF SEVERAL LIABILITY 33

ASSIGNMENT AND THIRD PARTY RIGHTS 34

COUNTERPARTS 35

EXPENSES 35

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION 35

Letters of resignation of the directors and secretary of the Company and of each Subsidiary

Settlement Agreements

THE PERSONS whose names and addresses are set out in Part 2 of the Schedule (hereinafter together called the “Vendors” and individually a “Vendor”)

EURONET WORLDWIDE, INC., incorporated in Delaware and having its registered office at 3500 College Boulevard, Leawood, Kansas 66211 (hereinafter called the “Purchaser”)

EIM (FX) Limited (“EIM”) and TBK (FM) Limited (“TBK”) are both private companies limited by shares details of which are set out in Part 2 of the Schedule (“Company” means either EIM or TBK where appropriate, and EIM and TBK are together referred to as the “Companies”).

The Vendors are the beneficial owners of that number of the Shares shown against their respective names in Column 3 of Part 1 of the Schedule.

The Vendors have agreed to sell or procure to be sold and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase the entire issued share capital of the Companies on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained.

    DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

In this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them:

Words and expressions defined in the Companies Act 2006 shall, unless they are otherwise defined herein or unless the context otherwise requires, bear the same meanings in this Agreement.

In this Agreement:

the provisions of the Interpretation Act 1978 with respect to interpretation and construction shall apply mutatis mutandis;

the singular includes the plural and the masculine includes the feminine and neuter and vice versa;

references to persons shall include bodies corporate, unincorporated associations and partnerships;

references to recitals, clauses, Schedules and subdivisions of the Schedules are, unless the contrary intention appears, references to the recitals and clauses of, and to the schedules and subdivisions thereof to, this Agreement;

the headings and sub-headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof;

the recitals and the Schedule form part of this Agreement;

reference to a document “in the agreed form” shall be a reference to a document initialled by the Vendors’ Solicitors and the Purchaser’s Solicitors for the purposes of identification only;

references to “£” or “sterling” are references to the lawful currency from time to time of the United Kingdom;

unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, references to any monetary sum expressed in a sterling amount shall, where such sum is referable in whole or part to a particular jurisdiction, be deemed to be a reference to an equivalent amount in the local currency of that jurisdiction translated at the Exchange Rate at the relevant date specified in this Agreement; and

where it is necessary to determine whether a monetary limit or threshold set out in Part 12 of the Schedule has been reached or exceeded (as the case may be) and the value of any of the relevant claims is expressed in a currency other than sterling, the value of each such claim shall be translated into sterling at the Exchange Rate on the date of receipt of written notification of the existence of such claim in accordance with Part 12 of the Schedule.

Where any Warranty is qualified by the expression “so far as the Warrantors are aware” or “to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the Warrantors” or words of like effect, such Warranty shall be deemed (save where expressly stated otherwise) to include an additional statement that such awareness means the actual awareness of the Warrantors having made due enquiry in respect of the relevant subject matter of such Warranty. For this purpose, due enquiry shall mean such enquiry of each other (and in respect of the subject matter of warranties relating to TBK and its subsidiaries, Chris Towner) and with such other senior employees of the Group as would be reasonable in the circumstances.

References in this Agreement to any matter being “fairly disclosed” shall mean disclosed in or by the Disclosure Letter with sufficient detail to enable the Purchaser to make a reasonably informed assessment of the nature and scope of the matters, facts or circumstances so disclosed, and nothing disclosed by the Warrantors to the Purchaser other than in or by the Disclosure Letter shall constitute fair disclosure for the purposes of this Agreement.

References to any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept shall in respect of any jurisdiction other than England be deemed to include what most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the English legal term.

References to any statute, statutory provision, statutory instrument, order or regulation made thereunder includes that statute, provision, instrument, order or regulation as amended, modified, consolidated, re‑enacted or replaced from time to time, whether before or after the date of this Agreement and also includes any previous statute, statutory provision, statutory instrument, order

References to “writing” or “written” includes faxes and any non-transitory form of visible reproduction or words but excludes electronic mail.

All times referred to in this Agreement shall be deemed to be Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Each of the Vendors agrees to sell with full title guarantee (or, as beneficial owner, to procure the sale with full title guarantee of) that number of the Shares as are shown against his name in Column 3 of Part 1 of the Schedule and the Purchaser, relying on the Warranties, covenants and undertakings set out or referred to in this Agreement, agrees to purchase the Shares with effect from the Completion Date, free from all options, liens, charges, encumbrances and other Security Interests and together with all rights, privileges and advantages attached or accruing thereto, all on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.

Each of the Vendors covenants with the Purchaser that:

the number of Shares set opposite his name in Column 3 of Part 1 of the Schedule are fully paid (or credited as fully paid) and constitute the whole of his interest in the allotted and issued share capital of the Companies; and

he is entitled to sell and transfer the full legal and beneficial ownership (or, as beneficial owner, to sell and transfer the full beneficial ownership and to procure the sale and transfer of the full legal ownership) the number of Shares set opposite his name in Column 3 of Part 1 of the Schedule to the Purchaser on the terms set out in this Agreement without the consent of any third party.

Immediately following execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties the Warrantors shall deliver to the Purchaser:

the Disclosure Letter in duplicate duly signed by the Warrantors; and

a copy of any power of attorney under which this Agreement is executed.

Immediately following execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other documents referred to in Clause 2.3 by the parties the Purchaser shall:

countersign one of the copies of the Disclosure Letter and deliver it to the Warrantors; and

deliver a certified copy of any power of attorney, in the agreed form, under which this Agreement is executed.

Without prejudice to the provisions of Clause 3, the Purchaser shall not be obliged to complete the purchase of any of the Shares unless the sale and purchase of all the Shares is completed contemporaneously and unless the Vendors have complied with their obligations under Clause 7 and Part 4 of the Schedule.

Notwithstanding any rule of law or equity to the contrary, any release, waiver or compromise or other arrangement to which the Purchaser may agree or effect in relation to any one of the Vendors in connection with this Agreement and/or any agreement or document entered into pursuant to this Agreement shall not affect any right, power or remedy of the Purchaser against any of the other Vendors.

In addition to any other matters which have to be dealt with on or before the Completion Date under the terms of Clause 7 and Part 4 of the Schedule, Completion of this Agreement is conditional upon the following conditions being satisfied on or before the Completion Date:

either (i) the Purchaser having received notice from the FCA in writing that the FCA has approved the acquisition of Control of HiFM Limited by the prospective Controllers of HiFM Limited in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and in accordance with Part XXII of FSMA and such approval not containing any material conditions or material limitations (save as to the period in which the change of Control must take place) which in the opinion of the Purchaser (acting reasonably) would prevent the business of HiFM Limited being operated substantially in its current manner; or (ii) the FCA being treated, by virtue of section 189(6) of FSMA, as having approved the acquisition of Control (after expiry of the assessment period under section 189) by the prospective Controllers of HiFM Limited;

the FCA having received all notifications required under the Payment Services Regulations 2009 as a result of the proposed changes in circumstances of HiFX plc as contemplated by this Agreement or any transactions arising out of this Agreement or any ancillary

receipt by the Purchaser, in writing on terms acceptable to the Purchaser (acting reasonably), of all consents required under the Overseas Investments Regulations 2005 (New Zealand) for the implementation of this Agreement;

the Purchaser having received written confirmation (whether addressed to the Purchaser or the relevant Group Company) from Barclays Bank Plc and Bank of New Zealand in a form satisfactory to the Purchaser (acting reasonably) that they consent to the purchase of the Shares by the Purchaser and that they shall not terminate any contractual arrangements currently in effect with the Group Companies as a consequence of the purchase of the Shares by the Purchaser; and

compliance in all material respects by the Vendors with:

the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Warranties; and

their obligations under this Agreement (provided that, for the purposes of this Clause 3.1.5(b) only, the Vendors shall be deemed to have so complied other than in circumstances where the relevant non-compliance constitutes a Material Adverse Change).

The Purchaser and each of the Warrantors shall use their respective reasonable endeavours to procure that the conditions precedent stated in Clause 3.1 are fulfilled as soon as practicable.

The Warrantors will cooperate with the Purchaser in the preparation of the relevant submissions to be made to the FCA, including, without limitation, providing information promptly.

In the period between execution of this Agreement by the Vendors and the Completion Date, the Warrantors undertake to the Purchaser to procure that (unless otherwise previously agreed in advance in writing by the Purchaser, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed):

the Companies and the Subsidiaries will each carry on its business in the normal course, and shall consult with the Purchaser in relation to any matters which could result in a Material Adverse Change;

upon a Group Company receiving any notice, letter or other communication from any of Barclays Bank plc and Bank of New Zealand prior to the Completion Date which the Warrantors ought reasonably to expect that the Purchaser (as the prospective purchaser of the Shares) would want to be provided copies or details thereof, the Warrantors shall without delay provide copies or details thereof to the Purchaser together with such further details as may be reasonably requested by the Purchaser in connection therewith subject to the Warrantors being indemnified by the Purchaser against all costs, expenses, damages and losses (including, without limitation, the reasonable and proper costs of their legal advisers) incurred by the Warrantors in relation to the provision of such copies or details thereof to the Purchaser in breach of any legal or contractual restriction imposed by Barclays Bank plc and/or Bank of New Zealand on the Warrantors or the Companies;

no changes will be made in the authorised or issued share capital of the Companies or any of the Subsidiaries;

no changes will be made to the Memorandum or Articles of Association (or equivalent constitutional documents) of the Companies or any of the Subsidiaries;

no option, right to acquire or other interest in shares or securities of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries will be granted;

there will be no sale, transfer or other disposal, nor any agreement for the sale, transfer or other disposal, of any part of the business or of any asset of any Group Company (including, without limitation, any Business IP) or parting with possession of any such asset, in each case other than in the ordinary course of such Group Company’s business as carried on prior to the date of this Agreement;

no Group Company will acquire, or agree to acquire, any shares or other securities of any other company or any business or assets, or part of the business or assets, of any person, whether outright or on lease, hire purchase or other similar transaction (other than supplies acquired in the ordinary course of the business of such company as carried on prior to the date of this Agreement);

no Group Company will incorporate or liquidate, or agree to incorporate or liquidate, any subsidiary undertaking or effect, or agree to effect, any hive-up or hive-down or any reorganisation nor form, enter into, terminate or withdraw, or agree to form, enter into, terminate or withdraw, from any partnership, consortium, joint venture or any other unincorporated association;

no Group Company will incur, or commit to incur, capital expenditure in excess of £15,000 on any individual item or £100,000 in aggregate (other than capitalisation of internal IT development staff costs which will be at similar levels to that incurred in the year to 30^th June 2013);

no Group Company will incur, or agree to incur, any borrowing, indebtedness or other liability in excess of levels consistent with past practice and in the ordinary course of business;

no Group Company will enter, or agree to enter into, or increase or extend any liability under, any guarantee or indemnity;

no Group Company will create, or agree to create, any mortgage, charge or other Security Interest over any of its assets;

no Group Company will declare, pay or make any dividend or other distribution, other than to comply with a provision of this Agreement;

no Group Company will appoint any new director;

no Group Company will terminate or alter, or agree to terminate or alter, the terms and conditions of employment (including, without limitation, remuneration, bonuses, commissions and other benefits) of any of its directors or employees nor dismiss, give notice of dismissal to or make redundant any of its directors or employees or take any action, or omit to take any action, intended directly or indirectly to induce any of such directors or employees to terminate their employment (for the avoidance of doubt this clause does not include the Employment Agreements or Settlement Agreements to be entered into pursuant to this Agreement);

no Group Company will pay, or agree to pay, any bonus or similar payment to any of its directors or employees other than such payments on a monthly and quarterly basis in line with the Group’s bonus policies included in the Data Room and otherwise in the ordinary course of business in line with past practice;

no Group Company will terminate, or agree to terminate, any consultancy agreement or engage any new consultant or agree to do so;

no Group Company will amend, vary, waive or breach any material provision of, or enter into or offer to enter into, or fail to enforce or terminate (or give notice to terminate), any contract to which any Group Company is a party which is (i) material or (ii) outside the ordinary and usual course of trading;

no Group Company will amend, terminate or enter into, or agree to amend, terminate or enter into any agreement or arrangement between any Group Company on the one hand and all or any of the Vendors or persons Connected with any of them on the other hand, other than as contemplated by this Agreement;

no Group Company will make, increase or extend, or agree to make, increase or extend, any loan or advance or grant, or agree to grant, any credit to anyone whomsoever (other than (i) trade credit in the ordinary and usual course of trading or (ii) advances made to employees against expenses properly incurred by them);

no Group Company will acquire or dispose, or agree to acquire or dispose, of any freehold or leasehold property, grant or surrender, agree to grant or surrender, a lease in respect of such property or take or omit to take any action which could prejudice the continuation of any such lease;

no Group Company will make or permit any material change in the nature or scope of its business;

no Group Company will initiate, discontinue or settle any litigation or arbitration proceedings;

no Group Company will grant or enter into, or agree to grant or enter into, any licence, agreement or arrangement concerning any part of its name or trading names or the goodwill attaching to the same or any other part of its Business IP;

each Group Company will maintain in force policies of insurance with limits of cover at least equal to, and otherwise on terms no less favourable than, those policies of insurance currently maintained by them, details of which have been disclosed to the Purchaser prior to the date of this Agreement; and

each Group Company will settle the debts which it incurs in the ordinary course of business within the applicable periods of credit and will not accelerate collection of debts owed to it in a way inconsistent with the Group Company's previous practice in collecting debts from that debtor.

Upon the Warrantors becoming aware prior to Completion of any breach of Clause 4.1 or the occurrence of any event which is or is reasonably likely to constitute a Material Adverse Change, the Warrantors will without delay give written notice thereof to the Purchaser before Completion with details to enable the Purchaser properly to assess the impact thereof.

In the period between execution of this Agreement by the Vendors and the Completion Date, the Warrantors undertake to the Purchaser to procure that:

the Purchaser is permitted to appoint one or more representatives to attend and speak at, but not to vote at, meetings of the board of directors of each Group Company or any committee of any such board other than to the extent that any such meetings relate to the purchase of the Shares by the Purchaser or any of the matters contemplated in this Agreement; and

the Purchaser and its agents will, upon reasonable request, be given reasonable access to all of the properties, the management and the records, papers, documents and data (in whatever form they may exist) of each Group Company (including, without limitation, the Data Room).

Without prejudice to any other remedies or accrued rights which it may have against the Warrantors (or any of them), the Purchaser shall be entitled by notice to the Vendors' Representatives to terminate this Agreement if, at any time on or before the Completion Date there has been a Material Adverse Change.

The Purchaser and each of the Key Individuals acknowledge and agree that the New Employment Agreements shall be on substantially the same terms as the template agreement provided by the Purchaser prior to the date of this Agreement and acknowledged by the Key Individuals for such purposes. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing sentence, in the period between execution of this Agreement by the parties and the Completion Date, the Purchaser and each Key Individual undertakes to each other to negotiate in good faith to agree a New Employment Agreement for that Key Individual to be entered into with effect from the Completion Date provided that in the event that a New Employment Agreement is not agreed between the Purchaser and a Key Individual prior to the Completion Date, the terms of employment applicable to that Key Individual at the date

The Purchaser and the Vendors’ Representatives acknowledge and agree that the Escrow Deed shall be on substantially the same terms as the template deed provided by the Purchaser prior to the date of this Agreement and acknowledged by the Vendors’ Representatives for such purposes. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing sentence, in the period between execution of this Agreement by the parties and the Completion Date, the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Representatives undertake to each other to negotiate in good faith (including, without limitation, with the Escrow Agent) to agree the Escrow Deed to be entered into with effect from the Completion Date provided that in the event that the Escrow Deed is not agreed between the Purchaser, the Vendors’ Representatives and the Escrow Agent prior to the Completion Date, subject to the Purchaser having complied with its obligations in this Clause 4.6, the Purchaser shall notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement be under no obligation to issue the Escrow Shares unless and until the Escrow Deed has been entered into by the Purchaser, the Vendors’ Representatives and the Escrow Agent.

As soon as reasonably practicable following the execution of this Agreement by the parties but in any event before the Completion Date, the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Representatives shall in the manner and on such terms agreed between the Purchaser and the Vendors' Representatives (in each case acting reasonably) approach the landlords of each of the Properties situated in New Zealand to seek their consent to the purchase of the Shares by the Purchaser.

Following the execution of this Agreement and prior to or at Completion, the Warrantors shall use best endeavours to procure that the Group Companies take such actions as are reasonable (having regard to the interests of the Group and each Group Company) in order to minimize the Adjustment Amount (as defined in Part 15 of the Schedule).

Subject to Clause 6.2, the total consideration for the purchase of the Shares by the Purchaser shall be £145,000,000 (one hundred and forty five million pounds sterling) (the “Consideration”) which sum shall be satisfied as to:

£101,500,000 (one hundred and one million five hundred thousand pounds sterling) payable in cash on the Completion Date in the manner specified in paragraph 5 of Part 4 of the Schedule;

£9,500,000 (nine million five hundred thousand pounds sterling) (being the Escrow Cash) payable in cash on the Completion Date in the manner specified in paragraph 5 of Part 4 of the Schedule; and

£34,000,000 (thirty four million pounds sterling) by the allotment and issue to the Warrantors and delivered to the Escrow Agent to hold as trustee on behalf of the Purchaser and the Warrantors (in accordance with Part 14 of the Schedule)) of the Escrow Shares,

The number of Escrow Shares (rounded downwards to the nearest whole number) to be issued to the Warrantors shall be equal to £34,000,000 (thirty four million pounds sterling), with the value to be attributed to each Escrow Share being the value per share equal to the average closing price (converted at the Exchange Rate) of common stock of the Purchaser on the NASDAQ stock market for the 20 trading days prior to the Completion Date provided that that the number of Escrow Shares to be issued pursuant to this Clause 6.2 shall not in any event exceed 19.9% of the total issued common stock of the Purchaser. If as a result of the application of the foregoing proviso the total value to be attributed to the Escrow Shares issued pursuant to this Clause 6.2 falls short of £34,000,000 (thirty four million pounds sterling) (a “shortfall”) the Escrow Cash shall be increased by an amount equal to such shortfall.

The cash element of the Consideration shall be subject to any adjustment which shall be calculated and satisfied in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Schedule.

The provisions of Part 14 of the Schedule shall apply in relation to the Escrow Shares and the Escrow Cash.

The Escrow Shares will be issued and registered in accordance with the provisions of Part 17 of the Schedule.

Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent in Clause 3 of this Agreement, the purchase and sale of the Shares shall be completed on the Completion Date at the offices of the Vendors’ Solicitors when the Vendors and the Purchaser shall comply with the provisions of Part 4 of the Schedule.

The provisions of Part 9 of the Schedule (Tax Undertaking) shall have effect from Completion.

If the conditions in Clause 3.1 have not been fulfilled on or before 150 Business Days from the date of this Agreement then the Agreement shall terminate unless the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Representatives mutually agree otherwise.

Upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with Clauses 4.4 or 7.3, the provisions of Clauses 1, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 and 28, shall in each case survive termination.

Each of the Vendors undertakes that, immediately following Completion until such time as the transfers of the Shares have been registered in the register of members of the Companies, each of the Vendors will hold those Shares registered in his name on trust for and as nominee for the Purchaser or its nominees and each Vendor undertakes to hold all dividends and distributions and exercise all voting rights available in respect of the Shares in accordance with the directions of the Purchaser or its nominees and if any Vendor is in breach of the undertakings contained in this Clause 7.5 such Vendor irrevocably authorises the Purchaser to appoint some person or persons to execute all instruments or proxies (including consents to short notice) or other documents which the Purchaser or its nominees may reasonably require and which may be necessary to enable the Purchaser or its nominees to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company and to do any thing or things necessary to give effect to the rights contained in this Clause 7.5. The power of attorney granted in this Clause 7.5 is given by way of security for the due performance by each Vendor of his obligations under this Clause 7.5.

At any time after Completion, the Vendors shall (and shall use their reasonable endeavours to procure that any necessary third party shall) sign and execute all such documents and do all such acts and things as the Purchaser may reasonably require for effectively vesting the Shares in the Purchaser.

The Purchaser may elect to have one or more Purchaser Group Companies purchase the shares in the Foreign Subsidiaries. In particular, the parties anticipate that a Purchaser Group Company (other than the Purchaser) may purchase the shares in the Foreign Subsidiaries in Australia and New Zealand, with the timing of such transaction(s) to occur on the Completion Date simultaneously with or immediately prior to Completion. If the Purchaser makes such an election, it will provide notice to the Vendors’ Representatives at least five Business Days prior to Completion, which notice shall specify in reasonable detail the structure of such transaction(s) and be accompanied by the documents needed to effect such transaction(s). The parties undertake to work together in good faith to negotiate and enter into such documents as may be necessary to effect such purchase(s).

In the event of any election made pursuant to Clause 8.1 in respect of any Foreign Subsidiary the parties acknowledge and agree that the Purchaser (or relevant Purchaser Group Company) may not have access to and/or control of the bank accounts of that Foreign Subsidiary until the actual time of Completion. Accordingly, in the event that any monies are received by any Foreign Subsidiary in advance of Completion in accordance with any election made pursuant to Clause 8.1 (“Advance Monies”), the Warrantors shall ensure that any such Advance Monies are strictly held and maintained in full by the relevant Foreign Subsidiary pending Completion and the Warrantors shall notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement be liable to and shall indemnify the Purchaser for any shortfall thereof at Completion. Further the Purchaser and the Vendors' Representatives undertake to each other to negotiate in good faith to agree relevant processes and/or conditions for the operation of the accounts of any Foreign Subsidiary that the Purchaser intends to deposit Advance Monies in accordance with any election made pursuant to Clause 8.1.

Each of the Vendors hereby severally (and not jointly and severally) warrants to the Purchaser that:

he is entitled and able to sell with full title guarantee the number of Shares set opposite his name in column 3 of Part 1 of the Schedule to the Purchaser on the terms set out in this Agreement;

he has the requisite powers and authorities to enter into and perform his obligations under this Agreement;

this Agreement constitutes valid and binding obligations on him in accordance with its terms; and

the execution, delivery and performance by him of this Agreement and any agreement or document entered into pursuant to this Agreement will not result in a breach of any law or order, judgment or decree of any Court, governmental agency or regulatory body to which he is a party or by which he is bound.

The Warrantors hereby severally (and not jointly and severally) warrant to the Purchaser that each Warranty contained in Parts 5, 10 and 11 of the Schedule is true and accurate as at the date of this Agreement.

The Warranties are given subject to matters fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Letter and subject to Clause 1.4 and Clause 11.

Except where the context otherwise requires or where expressly provided to the contrary, each of the Warranties contained in Parts 5, 10 and 11 of the Schedule shall apply not only to the Companies, but also to each of the Subsidiaries, as if they had been expressly repeated with respect to each Subsidiary, naming it in place of the Companies throughout, and references to “Company” shall be to both “EIM” and “TBK”.

Each of the Warranties shall be construed as a separate and independent Warranty and shall not be governed, limited or restricted by reference to any other term of this Agreement or any other Warranty (other than where expressly provided to the contrary).

The Purchaser hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any rights which it might otherwise have had to seek to rescind or terminate this Agreement for, or arising out of, a claim for breach or non-fulfilment of any of the Warranties.

The rights and remedies of the Purchaser in respect of any breach of the Warranties shall not be affected by completion of the purchase of the Shares, by any investigation made by or on behalf of the Purchaser into the affairs of the Group, by its rescinding or failure to rescind this Agreement, by any failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right or remedy or by any other event or matter whatsoever, except a specific and duly authorised written waiver or release expressly referring to such breach.

Each of the Warrantors agrees with the Purchaser (for itself and as trustee for each Group Company and their respective directors, officers and employees) to waive any claim or remedy or right which they may have in respect of any misrepresentation, inaccuracy or omission in or from any information or advice supplied or given by any Group Company or a director, officer or employee of any Group Company for the purpose of assisting the Warrantors in giving any warranty, representation, undertaking or covenant, in preparing the Disclosure Letter and in entering into this Agreement or any agreement or document entered into pursuant to this Agreement.

If any amount payable to the Purchaser in respect of any Warranty or otherwise pursuant to this Clause 10 is subject to Tax, that amount shall be increased so as to ensure that the net amount received by the Purchaser shall, after Tax, be equal to that which would have been received had the payment and any increased payment not been subject to Tax. For the avoidance of doubt, any such increase pursuant to this Clause 10.9 shall be included for the purposes of determining any Warranty and Tax Undertaking limitations in Part 12 of the Schedule.

the Tax to which the amount payable is subject has already been taken into account in determining the quantum of the amount payable; or

the amount payable would not have been subject to Tax but for any assignment, charge or disposal of, or any other dealing in, the rights of the Purchaser hereunder; or

the amount payable would not have been subject to Tax but for the Purchaser directing that the amount payable should be made to any person other than the Purchaser; or

the amount payable would not have been subject to Tax had the Purchaser been resident for Tax purposes in the United Kingdom.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement or document entered into pursuant to this Agreement, none of the limitations contained in this Clause 10, Part 12 of the Schedule, the Disclosure Letter nor any statutory limitation shall apply to:

any claim for breach of the Title Warranties; or

any claim for breach of the Warranties where the fact, matter or circumstance giving rise to the claim arises as a result of fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of any of the Warrantors.

The Vendors’ liability under the Title Warranties is capped at 100% of the Consideration received by each Vendor.

The Warrantors’ liability under the Warranties and the Tax Undertaking is qualified by the provisions of Part 12 of the Schedule.

The Purchaser warrants to each of the Vendors as at the date of this Agreement in the terms of the Purchaser’s Warranties in Part 8 of the Schedule.

The Purchaser acknowledges that the Vendors are entering into this Agreement in reliance upon the Purchaser’s Warranties.

The Warrantors hereby agree to indemnify and keep indemnified the Purchaser, each Purchaser Group Company and each Group Company from and against any loss or damage or any liability (which liability will include all losses or costs, claims, expenses and damages including reasonable legal and other professional fees and expenses) which the Purchaser, any Purchaser Group Company or any Group Company may suffer or incur, directly or indirectly, arising out of or otherwise relating to:

the payment of certain dividends on 29 January 2013, 27 March 2013, 18 April 2013, 16 and 25 July 2013 and 30 September 2013 by HiFX plc and the subsequent rectification and/or ratification thereof on or around the date of this Agreement;

the buyback of shares by HiFX plc pursuant to a buyback agreement entered into with the Estate of John Halewood dated 30 July 2012 and the subsequent rectification and/or ratification thereof (including, without limitation, the buyback of such shares pursuant to a new buyback agreement entered into on or around the date of this Agreement);

any dispute between the Vendors as to the amount and/or nature of Consideration received by them under the terms of this Agreement;

any claim by any shareholder in relation to dividends or other distributions of capital or income whether or not declared, due or paid by any Group Company prior to the Completion Date;

any claim by [***] relating to [***] provided that the Warrantors liability under this Clause 13.1.5 shall be limited to the excess (if any) above £[***] (plus any amount specifically provided for in the Net Assets Statement);

the provision (or lack thereof as the case may be) of [***] services to [***] provided that the Warrantors liability under this Clause 13.1.6 shall be limited to the excess (if any) above £[***] (plus any amount specifically provided for in the Net Assets Statement), and shall be reduced by any amounts received in relation thereto from [***]; and

any claim by [***] relating to the matters or circumstances referred to in the Disclosure Letter against Warranty 11.19,

The Warrantors shall not be liable under Clause 13.1 for any liability for or in respect of any Taxation or for any loss or damage which arises as a result of or by reference to any liability for or in respect of Taxation.

Each Covenantor undertakes to and covenants with the Purchaser that he shall not (except in the proper performance of his duties as a director, employee or consultant of any Group Company following Completion), and shall procure that persons Connected shall not, for a period of three years after the Completion Date, whether alone or jointly with another, and whether directly or indirectly:

carry on or be employed, engaged or interested economically or otherwise in any manner whatsoever in any business which competes with the Restricted Business in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal and any other country in which any Group Company carries on business;

solicit, entice away or attempt to entice away from a Group Company or deal with in competition with the Restricted Business, any person, firm or company who has been a client, partner or affiliate of that Group Company at any time during the period of 12 months immediately preceding the Completion Date;

solicit or entice away or attempt to entice away from a Group Company any employee of that Group Company;

solicit or entice away or attempt to entice away from a Group Company any person, firm or company who has been a supplier or agent of that Group Company at any time during the period of 12 months immediately preceding the Completion Date;

procure or facilitate the doing of any of the things contemplated by clause 14.1.1 to 14.1.4 (inclusive) by any other person; or

knowingly interfere or seek to interfere with the contractual or other trade relations between a Group Company and any of its suppliers who have been supplying services to that Group Company at any time during the period of 12 months immediately preceding the Completion Date.

Each Covenantor undertakes to and covenants with the Purchaser that he shall not (except in the proper performance of his duties as a director, employee or consultant of any Group Company), and shall procure that any persons Connected shall not, at any time following Completion, whether alone or jointly with another, and whether directly or indirectly use in the course of any business:

the words “HiFX”;

any trade or service mark, business or domain name, design or logo which, at Completion, was or had been used by any Group Company; or

anything which is confusingly similar to such words, mark, name, design or logo.

Nothing in this clause 14 prevents a Covenantor from holding for investment purposes only:

any units of any authorised unit trust; or

not more than 3% of any class of shares or securities of any company traded on any Recognised Investment Exchange (within the meaning of FSMA), excluding the Purchaser.

Each of the Covenants is a separate covenant and undertaking by each of the Covenantors in relation to himself and his interests and shall be enforceable by the Purchaser separately and independently of its respective rights to enforce any one or more of the other Covenants. The parties consider that each of the Covenants is fair and reasonable but if any Covenant shall be found to be unenforceable but would be valid if any part of it were deleted or the period or area of application reduced, that Covenant shall apply with such modifications as may be necessary to make it valid and effective.

Each Covenantor acknowledges that the Purchaser is accepting the benefit of the Covenants both on its own behalf and on behalf of each member of the Purchaser's Group and the Group Companies with the intention that the Purchaser may claim against each of them on behalf of any such person for loss sustained by that person as a result of any breach of any of the Covenants contained in this clause 14.

The Covenantors acknowledge that they have taken independent legal advice in respect of the Covenants.

The Covenants are (for the purposes of section 4 of the Contracts (Privity) Act 1982 (New Zealand) intended to create a benefit in favour of, and to be enforceable by, the Purchaser, each Purchaser Group Company and each Group Company.

For the purpose of assuring to the Purchaser the full benefit of the business and goodwill of each Group Company and in further consideration of the agreement of the Purchaser to buy the Shares on the terms hereof, each Vendor hereby undertakes to the Purchaser that he shall, and shall procure that any persons Connected shall:

keep confidential and shall not for a period of five years from the Completion Date reveal to any person any information of a confidential nature, information concerning the organisation, business, finances, transactions, Know‑How or affairs of the Group (hereinafter in this clause referred to as “Confidential Information”); and

not for a period of five years from the Completion Date use or attempt to use any such Confidential Information in any manner which may reasonably be expected to injure or cause loss directly or indirectly to the Group or may be likely to do so.

The undertakings in Clause 15.1 shall cease to apply to information or knowledge which comes into the public domain otherwise than through breach of the provisions of this Agreement by the Vendors. Nothing in this Clause 15 shall prevent a Vendor from disclosing Confidential Information which is required to be disclosed by law or for the purposes of any judicial proceedings or by any Taxation Authority or by the rules of any stock exchange or regulatory authority, whether or not having the force of law, to such party as has required such disclosure or from disclosing Confidential Information to professional advisers for the purposes of assisting the Vendors or any of them to enforce their rights or remedies under this Agreement.

Except as required by law or for the purposes of any judicial proceedings or by any Taxation Authority or by the rules of any stock exchange or other regulatory authority, whether or not having the force of law, no announcement, disclosure or circular concerning or in connection with the existence or the subject matter or terms of this Agreement or any ancillary transaction shall be made or issued by or on behalf of any party hereto without the prior written consent of the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Representative.

Where one party is required by law or by any Taxation Authority or by the rules of any stock exchange or other regulatory authority to make or issue an announcement, disclosure or circular concerning the existence or the subject matter or terms of this Agreement it shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be made after prior notice to and consultation with the Purchaser and the Vendors' Representatives. The Vendors acknowledge that the Purchaser's Group may be required to disclose the purchase price, historical audited financial statements and other transaction information necessary for the Purchaser's Group to fulfil its disclosure obligations to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Nothing in this Clause 17 shall restrict:

the Purchaser or any Group Company from informing customers or suppliers of the acquisition of the Group by the Purchaser after Completion; and

any party from making any disclosure to any of its officers, employees, agents or advisers who are required to receive such disclosure to carry out their duties (conditional upon any such person being informed of the confidential nature of such information and agreeing to keep such information confidential for so long as the disclosing party is obliged to do so in accordance with this Clause).

The express terms of this Agreement and the documents referred to herein together set out the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and no term shall be implied into this Agreement or any such document save for any terms which must be implied in order to give business efficacy to such express terms. This Agreement and such documents together

The parties agree that no Vendor has given or made, and the Purchaser acknowledges that it has not relied on, any representation, express or implied, to any person about the subject matter of this Agreement. The Purchaser acknowledges that its sole remedy, whether under this Agreement or at law, with respect to any breach of the Warranties shall be in damages for breach of contract.

This Clause 19 shall not exclude or limit liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

Any notice to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by registered or recorded delivery post or registered air mail or delivered by hand or sent by fax (but only if, in the case of a fax, a transmission report is generated by the sender’s fax machine recording a message from the recipient’s fax machine, confirming that the fax was sent to the number indicated below and confirming that all pages were successfully transmitted) to the address or fax number of the relevant party set out below, marked for the attention of the person set out below, or to such other address as that party may from time to time notify to the other parties in accordance with this Clause 22.1:

Notices sent as above will be deemed to have been received as follows:

if sent by post, if posted on a Business Day, they shall be deemed to have been received at 9.00am on the Business Day after the day of posting (in the case of inland registered or recorded delivery mail) or the fourth day after the date of posting (or, if later, the first Business Day occurring more than four days after the date of posting) (in the case of registered air mail); and if not posted on a Business Day, they shall be deemed to have been received at 9.00am on the second day after the day of posting (or, if later, the first Business Day occurring more than 2 days after the date of posting) (in the case of inland registered or recorded delivery mail) or the fifth day after the date of posting (or, if later, the first Business Day occurring more than 5 days after the date of posting (in the case of registered air mail);

if delivered by hand between 9.00am and 5.00pm on a Business Day (such time period being referred to in this Clause 22.2 as within “Business Hours”), they shall be deemed received when so delivered or, if delivered by hand outside Business Hours, they shall be deemed received at 9.00am on the next Business Day after the time of delivery; and

if sent by fax, if a fax transmission report is obtained by the sender confirming the fax transmission to the relevant fax number during Business Hours, they shall be deemed

Each party agrees that, without prejudice to the validity of any other mode of service, any document in any action arising out of, or in connection, this Agreement (including, but not limited to, any claim form, application notice or other originating process) may be served on any party by being delivered to or left for that party at its address for service of notices under Clause 22.1.

Each of the Vendors hereby appoints the Vendors’ Representatives (acting jointly) to act on their behalf for the purposes of receiving notices under this Agreement and determining action to be taken under this Agreement and giving consents, notices, approvals, waivers and instructions for all purposes of this Agreement (including the Tax Undertaking).

The Purchaser shall be entitled to give notices only to and receive notices only from the Vendors’ Representatives on behalf of the Vendors for all purposes of this Agreement (including the Tax Undertaking).

The Purchaser shall be entitled to rely upon all actions taken by, notices received from or consents, approvals, waivers or instructions given by the Vendors’ Representatives (acting jointly) for the purposes of this Agreement (including the Tax Undertaking) and all such actions, notices, consents, approvals, waivers or instructions shall be final and binding on the Vendors.

Each of the Vendors’ Representatives hereby agrees to act as such for the purposes of this Agreement.

The parties agree and acknowledge that:

the Purchaser shall not nor may it purport to assign, transfer, charge or part with all or any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement or sub-contract the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement save that the benefit of any part of the Agreement, including the Warranties and the Tax Undertaking, may:

be assigned in whole or part by the Purchaser to its holding company or any wholly owned subsidiary of such holding company, provided that if any such assignee ceases at any time to be the holding company of the Purchaser or a subsidiary of the Purchaser or of such holding company, the benefit so assigned shall at such time be reassigned by such assignee to the Purchaser or to another wholly owned subsidiary of the Purchaser’s holding company;

be assigned or charged in whole or in part by the Purchaser to its financial lenders as security for the financing of the acquisitions contemplated by this Agreement and such benefit may be further assigned or charged to any other financial institution in the case of a refinancing; and

the Vendors shall not nor may they purport to assign, transfer, charge or part with all or any of their rights and/or obligations under this Agreement or sub‑contract the performance of any of their obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement shall enure for the benefit of the personal representatives or successors in title of the Vendors.

Save as expressly otherwise stated in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall confer any rights or obligations on any person who is not a party to it and the parties expressly agree for the purposes of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 that they do not intend any person other than the parties to the Agreement, permitted assignees of the Purchaser and personal representatives or successors in title of the Vendors to be able to enforce any terms of this Agreement, but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from the said Act.

Where a term of this Agreement is expressed to be for the benefit of or confers a right on a Purchaser's Group Company, other than the Purchaser (the “Third Party Rights”), such rights are enforceable

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties to it on separate counterparts, each of which is an original but all of which together constitute one and the same document.

Transmission of an executed counterpart of this Agreement (but for the avoidance of doubt not just a signature page) (a) by fax or (b) by e-mail (in PDF, JPEG or other agreed format) shall take effect as delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement. If either method of delivery is adopted, without prejudice to the validity of the agreement thus made, each Party shall provide the other with the original of such counterpart as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.

At Completion the Vendors shall deliver, or procure to be delivered, to the Purchaser, or (if agreed in advance with the Purchaser) constructively deliver or make available to the Purchaser as agent for the Company as the case may be:

duly completed and executed transfers by the registered holders in favour of the Purchaser of all the Shares beneficially owned by them, together with the relative share certificates or lost share certificate indemnities in the agreed form;

a certified copy of each power of attorney under which any of the transfers or other documents referred to in this Part 4 of the Schedule is executed;

the Escrow Deed in duplicate duly signed by the Vendors’ Representatives;

the Employment Agreements in duplicate duly signed by HiFX plc and HiFX Limited (where applicable) and the Key Individuals;

the Settlement Agreements in duplicate duly signed by HiFX plc and Victoria Knowles, Joanna Taylor and Lucy Butcher;

joint elections under section 431 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 duly signed by HiFX plc and HiFX Limited (where applicable) and the Warrantors;

the statutory books and minute books of the Group Companies, together with the certificate of incorporation and certificate(s) of incorporation on change of name and common seal (if any) of the Group Companies;

letters of resignation in the agreed form from such of the directors and the secretaries of the Group Companies (in relation to their roles as directors and secretaries) as the Purchaser shall direct;

all books of accounts and documents of record and all other documents in the possession, custody or control of any of the Vendors in connection with each Group Company all complete and up to date;

all bank statements of all bank accounts of each Group Company as at a date not more than 2 Business Days prior to Completion;

new bank mandates to be given by each Group Company;

all charge, credit or cash cards for the use of any of the resigning directors issued in the name of, or guaranteed by, any Group Company; and

evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser that the Vendors have complied with their obligations under Clause 2.

At Completion, the Warrantors shall procure that:

All indebtedness owed by each of:

EIM to Barclays Bank Plc pursuant to a facility agreement dated 6 June 2012;

TBK to HiFX plc as the registered holder of £250,000 8% 2014 loan notes; and

EIM to Ian Alan Douglas and Judith Halewood (as executors and trustees of the Will of the late John Edward Halewood) as the registered holders of £2,290,000 8% undated subordinated loan notes;

Laurence Butcher to HiFX plc in the amount of £230,649.16 or, if incorrect, the aggregate amount outstanding from Laurence Butcher to HiFX plc at Completion;

Shaun Taylor to HiFX plc in the amount of £141,262.41 or, if incorrect, the aggregate amount outstanding from Shaun Taylor to HiFX plc at Completion;

Matthew Knowles to HiFX plc in the amount of £53,920 or, if incorrect, the aggregate amount outstanding from Matthew Knowles to HiFX plc at Completion; and

David Christie to HiFX plc in the amount of £42,838.27 plus any increased amount and interest received between the date of this Agreement up to the Completion Date or, if incorrect, the aggregate amount outstanding from David Christie to HiFX plc at Completion,

EIM is released from all security granted by it in favour of Barclays Bank plc pursuant to a debenture dated 6 June 2012;

121 Payments Limited is released from all security granted by it in favour of the Trustees of the Brenard Pension Scheme pursuant to a deposit agreement dated 13 April 2012;

the Purchaser receives letters of non-crystallisation in respect of all security granted by:

HiFX plc in favour of Barclays Bank plc (to the extent not covered in the release described in paragraph 2.2 above); and

the Foreign Subsidiaries (being such security as more particularly described in the Disclosure Letter) including, without limitation, any security granted by any Foreign Subsidiary in favour of the Bank of New Zealand, if required;

the Purchaser receives written confirmation that HiFX Limited has closed out its swap contract (no. ###-###-#### with value date 9^th April 2014 for £6,673,130) or any replacement thereof; and

The Vendors shall procure that a Board Meeting of each of the Companies shall be held at which:

it shall be resolved that the transfers in respect of the Shares each be passed for registration, subject only to their being duly stamped;

such persons as shall be nominated by the Purchaser shall be appointed directors and secretary (if applicable) of the Company;

Laurence Butcher and Shaun Taylor shall resign their positions as directors of EIM, TBK, HiFX plc and HiFM Limited, and Ian Douglas shall resign his position as a director of EIM;

The Vendors shall procure that a Board Meeting of each of the Subsidiaries shall be held at which:

such persons as shall be nominated by the Purchaser shall be appointed directors or secretary (if applicable) of the Subsidiary;

such persons as the Purchaser shall have previously notified the Vendors in writing shall resign their positions as directors or as secretary (if applicable) of the Subsidiary;

Subject to compliance by the Vendors with the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Part of the Schedule, the Purchaser shall:

countersign one of the copies of the Escrow Deed and deliver it to the Vendors’ Representatives; and

deliver by telegraphic transfer an amount equal to

£101,500,000 (one hundred and one million five hundred thousand pounds sterling) to the client account of the Vendors’ Solicitors, details of which shall have been previously notified to the Purchaser in writing; and

£9,500,000 (nine million five hundred pounds sterling) (being the Escrow Cash) to the Escrow Agent.

The Purchaser may in its absolute discretion waive any requirements contained in this paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Part of the Schedule or may waive any such requirement on condition that the Vendors or any of them deliver to it on the Completion Date a written undertaking in such form and substance as at requires.

The Shares set out in Column 3 of Part 1 of the Schedule constitute the whole of the issued and allotted share capital of the Companies and are fully paid or credited as fully paid and all dividends declared or otherwise due in respect of the Shares have been paid.

There is no option, pre‑emption right, mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other form of security, encumbrance or other Security Interest on, over or affecting the Shares or any of them and there is no agreement or commitment to give or create any of the foregoing. No claim has been made by any person to be entitled to any of the foregoing. Such Shares have never been the subject of a transaction at an undervalue (within the meaning of section 238 of the Insolvency Act 1986) and do not represent assets which have been the subject of a transaction at an undervalue. Each Vendor is entitled and able to sell and transfer with full title guarantee the Shares set out opposite his/its name in Column 3 of Part 1 of the Schedule to the Purchaser on the terms set out in this Agreement.

There are no agreements or arrangements in force which call for the present or future issue or allotment of, or grant to any party, the right (whether conditional or otherwise) to call for the issue, allotment or transfer of, any share or loan capital of the Company (including any option or right of pre-emption or conversion).

No one is entitled to receive from the Company a finder’s fee, brokerage or other commission in connection with the sale and purchase of the Shares under this Agreement.

The Company has no outstanding loan capital.

Each of EIM and TBK are, and have at all times been, non-trading holding companies.

The Accounts have been prepared and audited in accordance with the requirements of the relevant statutes, regulatory requirements and in accordance with applicable Accounting Requirements. The bases and policies of accounting adopted for the purposes of preparing the Accounts are the same

give a true and fair view of the financial and trading position, assets and liabilities and state of affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the Accounts Date; and

(to the extent required by the Accounting Requirements) make provision or reserve for, or as appropriate disclose by way of note, all liabilities and capital commitments of the Group Companies outstanding or foreseeable at the Accounts Date, including liabilities for tax, financial lease commitments and pension liabilities, and bad and doubtful debts of the Group Companies as at the Accounts Date.

The rate of depreciation of the fixed assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries in the Accounts is estimated to be sufficient to write down the value to nil not later than the end of its useful working life.

The Company has not granted credit terms exceeding 30 days and there are no amounts owing to the Company which have been due for more than 42 days.

Neither the profits nor the financial or trading position of the Company in the financial period ended on the Accounts Date or thereafter as shown in the Management Accounts has been affected by any contract or arrangement of the Company which is or was not on an arms’ length basis.

The Management Accounts

have been prepared with due care and attention and in accordance with the normal monthly management procedure adopted by the Company, which procedure is consistent with and uses the accounting policies, bases and practices used in preparing the Accounts save in so far as would not reasonably be regarded as appropriate for unaudited management accounts; and

fairly disclose in accordance with good accounting practice the trading position, profit or loss and the assets and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the date(s) and for the period(s) to which they relate, and are not misleading to any material extent.

has not entered into or agreed to enter into any contract, obligation or commitment except routine contracts on arms’ length terms in the normal course of trading nor has it made any payment except for payments of a routine arms’ length nature in the normal course of trading;

there has been no change in the manner in which the Company conducts its business or in the assets or liabilities of the Company except for changes arising in the normal course of trading and there has been no significant and unusual increase or decrease in the level of current assets or liabilities of the Company;

has not disposed of or acquired, or agreed to dispose of or acquire, any business or shares, debentures or other securities in a company, or any interest in any business, shares, debentures or securities, or any other material asset or interest in any other material asset;

the Company has traded at a profit and there has been no event which affects adversely or is reasonably likely to affect adversely in each case to a material extent the business or financial position of the Group taken as a whole (not being an event affecting generally all companies carrying on similar business in the jurisdictions in which the Group Companies operate);

the gross commissions of the Company have not been materially less in the number of client transactions or in monetary terms than its gross commissions for the corresponding period in its preceding financial year;

no share or loan capital has been issued or allotted, or agreed to be issued or allotted, by the Company and the Company has not redeemed or purchased, or agreed to redeem or purchase, any of its share capital;

there has been no resolution of or agreement or consent by the members of the Company or any class thereof;

the Company has not entered into, or agreed to enter into, any capital transactions as vendor, purchaser, lessor or lessee exceeding individually £15,000 or in aggregate £100,000;

no dividends or other distributions of capital or income have been, or have been treated as having been, declared, paid or made by the Company and the Company has not in any other way reduced its reserves, other than as provided for in the Accounts;

there has been no change in the basis of emoluments or any of the other terms and conditions of employment or engagement of any of the Employees or directors of the Company, no bonus or other similar payment has been paid to any of the Employees or directors and there has been no additional payment or contribution to any pension or other retirement benefit scheme in respect of any of the Employees or directors or former employees or former directors of the Company; and

the Company has not repaid a loan or other indebtedness (excluding trade creditors paid in the normal course of business) in advance of its stated maturity date.

The copy of the Articles of Association (or equivalent constitutional documents) of the Company which is annexed to the Disclosure Letter is true, accurate and complete in all respects.

The Register of Members and other statutory books of the Company are up to date and have been properly kept and contain a record which is accurate and complete in all respects of the matters which should be dealt with therein and no notice or allegation that any of the same is incorrect or should be rectified has been received by the Company.

The Company has maintained since the date of its incorporation proper and consistent accounts, books and records of its business, assets and activities (including all accounts. books and records required to be maintained or preserved by law) and all such accounts, books and records are up to date and in the possession of the Company and the Company has operated adequate systems of financial control in relation to its book keeping.

All returns, particulars, resolutions and other documents required to be prepared, filed with or delivered to the Registrar of Companies or any other statutory, governmental or regulatory authority by the Company have been correctly and properly prepared and so filed or delivered.

The Company is not a party to and has no liability (present or future, contingent or otherwise) under, or interest in, any agreement, commitment or arrangement which has been entered into otherwise than in the ordinary course of business and on arms’ length terms.

The Company is not a party to any agreement or arrangement which imposes any restriction on its freedom to borrow or give security, dispose of its assets or carry on its business.

There is no contract to which the Company is a party and in which any of the directors of the Company or any of the Vendors or any person Connected with any of them is interested, directly or indirectly.

The Company has not given any power of attorney or any other authority which is still outstanding or effective to any person to enter into any contract or commitment or do anything on its behalf (other than the authority of directors at law and pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Association (or equivalent constitutional documents) and the authority of employees to enter into routine trading contracts in the normal course of their duties).

The Company is not a party to any arrangement or agreement which is material to the Group's financial or trading position, the terms of which include any provision whereby such arrangement or agreement shall by compliance with the terms of this Agreement or by reason of any change in the ownership of the Shares:

be terminated or become terminable by any party; or

be terminated or become terminable by any party on a date earlier or later than it would but for such change be liable to be terminated; or

be subject to any change in the terms thereof subsisting at the date of this Agreement; or

constitute a default under the terms thereof or relieve any party of its obligations thereunder.

Copies of the Company’s standard terms and conditions of business are attached to the Disclosure Letter.

So far as the Warrantors are aware, no event has occurred which would entitle any party to rescind or resile from, avoid, repudiate or otherwise terminate any agreement to which the Company is a party and, so far as the Warrantors are aware, neither the Company nor any counterparty has materially breached any agreement to which the Company is a party.

The Company does not have bank borrowings which exceed applicable overdraft limits.

The total amount borrowed by the Company (as determined in accordance with the provisions of the relevant documents) does not exceed any limitation on borrowing powers contained in its Articles of Association (or equivalent constitutional documents) or in any other document.

The Company has not factored any of its debts or engaged in financing of any type which would not require to be shown or reflected in its statutory accounts.

The Disclosure Letter contains full details of all overdrafts, loans, letters of credit, debentures, acceptance credits or other financial facilities outstanding or available to the Company including accurate copies of all documents relating to such facilities; and no steps to require the Company to make early repayment of any indebtedness have been taken or threatened.

The Company does not own the benefit of any debt other than debts due to it in respect of trading in the conduct of its business.

There have been no loans or quasi loans between the Company and any director or the company secretary or any Employee or former employee or any of the Vendors or any person Connected with any of them.

There is no agreement or arrangement under which any amounts are owing by the Company to any present or former director or the company secretary or any Employee or former employee or any of the Vendors or any former shareholder or any person Connected with them, other than in respect of remuneration accrued due or reimbursement of business expenses validly incurred.

No person other than the Group Companies has given any guarantee of, or security, letter of credit, bond, indemnity or the like for, any overdraft, loan or loan facility or other obligation of the Company.

The Company has no liability (present or future, contingent or otherwise) under any guarantee, indemnity or the like with respect to the obligation of any person other than a Group Company.

The Company has not applied for or received any grants, subsidies or financial assistance from any governmental department or agency or any local or other authority or other body.

The Company owns legally and beneficially all assets included in the Accounts or which have been acquired since the Accounts Date (except for assets disposed of or realised in the ordinary course of business) other than assets which:

are the subject of a hire purchase contract or contract of lease or factoring, conditional sale or credit sale agreement; or

were acquired under retention or reservation of title arrangements in respect of goods or materials supplied to the Company in the ordinary course of business.

Details of all hire purchase contracts or contracts of lease involving expenditure of more than £25,000 per agreement or lease per annum are disclosed in the Disclosure Letter.

All the assets (and documents affecting the title to such assets) of the Company are in the possession of or under the control of the Company.

The Company owns or has a contractual right to use all of the assets necessary to allow the Company to carry on its business in the manner in which it is currently carried on and the Company has a contractual right to all services and facilities which the Company requires to allow the Company to carry on its business in the manner in which it is currently carried on. The business of the Group as it is currently carried on does not require the use of any assets owned or leased by any Vendor or any person Connected with any of them or the provision of any services by any Vendor or any person Connected with any of them (other than the Group Companies).

There is no Security Interest (as defined below) on, over or affecting the whole or any part of the property, undertaking or assets of the Company and there is no agreement or commitment to give or create any of the foregoing.

No claim has been made by any person to be entitled to any Security Interest on or over any of the assets, property or undertaking of the Company.

All registrations, licences, consents, permits, permissions, approvals, memberships, appointments and authorities (public and private) (including without limitation those required under:

the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (as amended by the Consumer Credit Act 2006), FSMA, the PSRs and the FCA Handbook;

the Privacy Act 1993, the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003, the Securities Act 1978, the Securities Markets Act 1988, the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 and the Financial Advisers Act 2008 (New Zealand);

the Privacy Act 1988, the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009, the Corporations Act 2001, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Australia) (including all relevant regulations),

All Licences are valid and current, not limited in duration, not the subject of any dispute and not the subject of any material and onerous or material or unusual condition.

The Company has not at any time breached any of the terms or conditions of any Licenses and, so far as the Warrantors are aware, there are no facts existing or circumstances which will or may give rise to any such breach or which will or may (with or without the giving of notice) result in any Licences being suspended, cancelled, revoked or not renewed.

No such Licence will lapse as a result of the purchase of the Shares by the Purchaser.

All such Licences are in the name of the Company.

Information about the Company on the publicly available version of the FCA Register is true, complete and accurate in all respects and:

no application has been made to change any information about the Company (including without limitation any of its Approved Persons) on the FCA Register;

no action has been taken by the FCA to suspend, limit, withdraw or otherwise modify any permissions, approvals, passport or waivers which would affect the information about the Company on the FCA Register; and

no other application for waiver, exemption or other relief has been made to the FCA.

The Company and its directors, officers, employees (in relation to the business and assets of the Company) have, in all material respects during the three years prior to the date of this Agreement:

conducted the business of the Company in compliance with the requirements of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (as amended by the Consumer Credit Act 2006), FSMA, the PSRs, the FCA Handbook, the Securities Act 1978, the Securities Markets Act 1988 (New Zealand), the Privacy Act 1993 (New Zealand), the Financial Advisers Act 2008 (New Zealand), the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 (New Zealand), the Corporations Act 2001 (Australia), the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Australia) and the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Australia), and the Licences (together, the “Regulatory Requirements”);

complied with the Company's own compliance policies and procedures; and

ensured that all of its promotional and advertising material complies with the Regulatory Requirements.

There have been implemented, maintained and operated in relation to the Company internal procedures which comply with the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (United Kingdom), the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (New Zealand) and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Australia).

There have been implemented, maintained and operated in relation to the Company internal procedures which comply with the Bribery Act 2010 (United Kingdom), the Crimes Act 1961 and the Secret Commissions Act 1910 (New Zealand), the Anti-Money Laundering Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (New Zealand) and the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Australia) (the “Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws”).

The Company and its past and present officers and employees (in relation to the business and assets of the Company) have complied in all respects with the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws.

So far as the Warrantors are aware, any person who is, or has at any time been, “associated” with the Company for the purposes of section 8 of the Bribery Act 2010 (“Associates”) have, in the course of their activities relating to the Company's business, complied in all respects with the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws.

All breaches (if any) by the Company of the Regulatory Requirements have been remedied to the satisfaction of the relevant regulatory authority.

All binding recommendations (if any) suggested by a regulatory authority to which the Company is subject have been implemented to the satisfaction of the relevant regulatory authority.

All fines and levies (if any) imposed on the Company by any relevant regulatory authority have been paid.

There are client agreements in place between the Company and each of its clients to the extent required by the Regulatory Requirements.

So far as the Warrantors are aware:

no regulatory or disciplinary proceedings have been brought and no fine, sanction or other penalty has been imposed by the FCA or the OFT against the Company and its directors, officers and employees when acting in the course of their duties or employment on behalf of the Company; and

there have been no non-routine notifications to the FCA or the OFT and the Company has not notified the relevant regulatory authority that it has breached a rule or principle or expects to breach the same.

The Company has duly complied with all relevant requirements of the Data Protection Act 1988.

Those Subsidiaries and Companies that are required to be registered under the Data Protection Act 1998, are registered with the Information Commissioner.

The Company has not received any complaint, notice or communication which relates to the processing of Personal Data (as defined under the Data Protection Act 1998) as to the Company’s compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

The Registered IP represents all the Intellectual Property which has been registered or applied for in the name of the Company. All registration dues and fees in relation to the Registered IP have been paid by the applicable due date and the Registered IP has not been allowed to lapse or is currently being prosecuted to grant and the Company has in its possession or control documents sufficient to demonstrate their ownership by the Group. The details given in relation to the Registered IP in Section A of Part 6 of the Schedule are true, complete and accurate in all respects.

The Company is the sole and absolute owner with full title guarantee (and in relation to the Registered IP, the applicant or registered proprietor) of the Listed IP.

The Business IP comprises all the Intellectual Property necessary for carrying on the business of the Group.

The Business IP owned by the Company is free from all Security Interests (as defined in Warranty 10.5 of this Part 5 of the Schedule).

In relation to any and all Business IP not owned by the Company, the Company is entitled to make use of such Business IP for all purposes necessary to conduct its business. The Disclosure Letter identifies any and all IP Agreements which are material to the business of the Company. So far as the Warrantors are aware, such Business IP is owned or validly licensed by the relevant licensor. There is no reason, so far as the Warrantors are aware, why any such material IP Agreements will not (where relevant) be renewed by the other party on their expiry upon terms substantially similar to those now applicable.

Save as specified in any of the IP Agreements, the Company has not granted or agreed to grant or, so far as the Warrantors are aware, is obliged to grant to any third party any licence, permission or similar right of use in any part of the world in relation to any Business IP.

So far as the Warrantors are aware, none of the Business IP is the subject of any pending or threatened claim, opposition, assertion, infringement, attack, right, action or other restriction or arrangement which does or may reasonably be expected to impinge upon the validity, enforceability or ownership thereof by the Company or the utilisation thereof (or of any part thereof) howsoever by the Company and so far as the Warrantors are aware, there are no grounds, facts or other circumstances which might result in any of the foregoing.

So far as the Warrantors are aware, the Company has not infringed any intellectual property rights of any third party and the Company has not breached any written obligations of confidence owed to a third party.

So far as the Warrantors are aware, no third party has infringed the Business IP, breached any obligations of confidence owed to the Group or misappropriated or misused any Confidential Information.

All the IT Systems:

are (save for Computer Software licensed and/or Computer Hardware leased to the Company) owned by the Company, are under its sole control and are not shared with or used by or on behalf of, or accessible by, any other person;

so far as the Warrantors are aware, have adequate capacity and performance to fulfil the Company’s present business needs;

function in all material respects in accordance with all applicable specifications and do not contain any defect or feature which may materially adversely affect their performance;

are adequately documented in up‑to‑date user manuals held by the Company so as to enable them to be used and operated by any reasonably qualified personnel; and

have been properly and regularly maintained and have adequate security, back‑up, duplication, hardware and software support and maintenance (including emergency cover) provided by suitably trained personnel to endeavour to ensure:

that there are no breaches of security and that errors and breakdown are kept to a minimum; and

that no material disruption will be caused to the business of the Company in the event of a breach of security, error or breakdown.

So far as the Warrantors are aware, no part of the IT System is infected by any virus or other extraneously induced malfunction. In the 12 months prior to the date of this Agreement, there have been no bugs or viruses in or failures or breakdowns of the IT System or any part of them which have caused material disruption or material interruption in or to the business of the Company. So

With regard to the Computer Software the use of all Computer Software is licensed to the Company on the terms of written licences and the Company owns and has in its possession all source codes relating to such Computer Software.

All the Computer Software is held and used in all material respects in accordance with the terms of its licence and all copies of it made by the Company have been lawfully made.

So far as the Warrantors are aware, adequate steps have been taken to back up all electronically stored information used in the Company’s business and the Company has in place adequate disaster recovery and security arrangements in relation to the IT Systems.

No order has been made or petition presented or resolution proposed or passed for winding up of the Company or for an administration order in respect of the Company and no administrator or receiver (including any administrative receiver) has been appointed (and no notice of intention to appoint an administrator has been threatened, presented, made, served or filed) in respect of the whole or any part of any of the property, assets or undertaking of the Company.

No diligence (other than a diligence on the dependence of an action or to found jurisdiction), distress, execution, charging order, third party debt order or other similar process has been levied and is outstanding against any of the property, rights and assets of the Company and to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the Warrantors, no circumstances have arisen which could give rise to same.

The Company is not insolvent or unable to pay its debts for the purposes of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (United Kingdom) (the reference in that section to proving to the satisfaction of the court being disregarded), unable to satisfy the solvency test set out in section 4 of the Companies Act 1993 (New Zealand) or insolvent for the purposes of section 95A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Australia).

No receiver or administrative receiver or judicial factor has been appointed over any of the business or assets of the Company or any part thereof.

So far as the Warrantors are aware, no administrator or voluntary administrator (for the purposes of this paragraph 14.5, each an “Administrator”) has been appointed, petition has been presented

So far as the Warrantors are aware, there are no circumstances existing which could render any transaction affecting the Company’s title to any material asset liable to challenge under the provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986 (United Kingdom), the Companies Act 1993 (New Zealand) or the Corporations Act 2001 (Australia).

The Employees are all the employees of the Group.

The particulars of the Employees set out in the Disclosure Letter are complete and correct.

No offer of employment has been made to any person that has not been accepted and remains open for acceptance as at the date of this Agreement or that has been accepted but the employment has not yet started.

In relation to each of the Employees the Warrantors have disclosed a table of information setting out complete and accurate details of the following:-

name of employee;

date of birth;

date of commencement of employment;

that the Company has checked that each Employee is entitled to work in the United Kingdom in compliance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and related regulations and details of the basis for the entitlement;

job title and duties;

any office or trusteeship held including directorships and pension roles;

salary, directors’ fees paid in addition to normal remuneration and all other benefits (including car, private fuel, life assurance, private health care, BUPA or other medical cover, pension entitlement) and in each case confirmation whether they are considered contractual or not;

notice entitlement (each way) and/or period of contract (as appropriate);

hours of work and whether they have opted out of the Working Time Regulations; and

retirement age if not 65.

The Warrantors have disclosed copies of the standard documents which record the terms of employment of the Employees.

The Warrantors have disclosed copies of the terms of employment of all Employees not employed on the standard terms referred to in paragraph 15.5 (identified by reference to the tables referred to in paragraph 15.4).

The Warrantors have disclosed copies of all workplace policies, procedures and staff handbooks which apply to the Employees, including a copy of the disciplinary and grievance procedures and has confirmed whether such policies, procedures and handbooks are considered contractual or not.

The Warrantors have disclosed details of any agreed or proposed alterations to the terms and conditions or the workplace policies, procedures and staff handbooks referred to in clause 15.7.

All contracts of the Employees’ can be terminated without payment of damages or compensation (other than statutory compensation) on three months’ notice or less given at any time.

The Warrantors have disclosed full, accurate and complete details in relation to the Employees of the following together with any relevant documents relating to:-

any entitlement to a payment or benefit (including any right to an enhanced or augmented pension) on being made redundant or any other termination (other than the right to a statutory redundancy payment);

any existing or proposed bonus scheme, share option, share incentive or profit sharing scheme, incentive scheme or other such arrangement, including details of all options granted and details of any agreed or proposed alterations and details of the effect of the transaction on such a scheme;

any loans made to or guarantees provided by the Company for the benefit of any Employee and whether repayment is required as a result of this transaction; and

any payments made to a spouse (or former spouse) of an Employee or former director/employee employed or engaged in the Company’s business.

No negotiations are taking place with, and no proposals have been made to, the Employees or any representative on their behalf (formally or informally) to introduce, increase or otherwise vary any of the foregoing terms and conditions, including remuneration and benefits, and the Company is under no contractual obligation so to do.

No director or Employee has given notice of termination of his contract of employment or is under notice of termination, dismissal or notice of redundancy.

There are no pending, threatened or outstanding grievances, disputes, claims or legal proceedings or appeals between the Company and any Employees or former employees or any trade union or other organisation representing employees and there are no circumstances which may give rise to any such disputes, claims or legal proceedings.

In the 12 months preceding this Agreement, there has been no recommendation made by an industrial tribunal nor any investigation by anybody responsible for investigating or enforcing matters relating to discrimination.

No Employee is receiving or is due to receive payment under any sickness, permanent health insurance, workers compensation insurance or disability schemes and there are no pending claims for such payments.

No Employee has been absent from work for 21 working days or more in any 6 month period in the last 12 months, on account of injury, ill-health or any other reason (other than pre-arranged holidays), whether or not the days of absence have been consecutive.

No Employee is on secondment, long-term sick, maternity or other leave who has a right to return to work.

There are no amounts outstanding or promised to any of the director and Employees, and no liability has been incurred by the Company which remains undischarged for:-

breach of any employment contract or any industrial instrument or award;

redundancy payments (statutory or otherwise, including protective awards); and/or

compensation under any employment or occupational health and safety legislation or regulations, including wrongful dismissal, unfair dismissal, equal pay, sex, race or disability discrimination or otherwise.

All Employees are entitled to work in the jurisdiction in which they are employed.

By complying with their contract of employment none of the Employees are in breach of any applicable restriction on their right to work in the jurisdiction in which they are employed.

There are no recognition, procedural or any other agreements or undertaking between the Company and any trade union or other similar organisation in relation to the Employees (and there are no outstanding applications for recognition) and the Company is not a party to any collective or other group wage bargaining arrangement.

There are no contracts for services (including, without limitation, consultancy agreements and/or outsourcing agreements) between the Company and any person.

During the period of six years preceding the date of this Agreement, the Company has not been a party to any “relevant transfer” (as defined in the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, as amended) or failed to comply with any duty to inform and consult with appropriate representatives of any affected employees under Regulation 13 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, as amended (or the equivalent provisions of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981).

None of the Employees have at the date of this Agreement any accrued rights to a payment for annual leave, personal/carer's leave or long service leave which have not been provided for in the Accounts.

The Company has complied will all obligations to pay superannuation contributions in respect of the Employees to any superannuation fund and has complied with and discharged all other obligations in respect of superannuation, whether arising under law, trust deed, agreement, industrial instrument or otherwise.

The Company has no outstanding liability to pay any amount by way of superannuation guarantee charge pursuant to the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth) or any other amount by reason of that legislation in respect of any Employee or former employee.

Apart from the Disclosed Pension Schemes, the Company does not have, and has not had, any Pension Scheme or arrangement (legally binding or otherwise) for providing or contributing towards benefits on retirement, leaving service, death, disability, illness or injury for or in respect of any current or former employee or officer of the Company or their dependants and the Company has not provided or promised to provide any ex-gratia pension benefits, lump sums or similar benefits for any current or former employee or officer of the Company or their dependants. The Company does not provide or contribute towards, and has not undertaken to provide or contribute towards, any such benefits in respect of any current or former employee or officer of the Company except through the Disclosed Pension Schemes. No announcement has been made of an intention to establish any new arrangement for providing or contributing towards any such benefits. No undertaking or assurance has been given as to the continuance, improvement or increase of any benefit under the Disclosed Pension Schemes or of a kind set out above.

In respect of the Disclosed Pension Schemes, the Warrantors have given the Purchaser complete, accurate and up-to-date copies of:

all documents governing the Company’s legal obligations to contribute thereto;

all explanatory literature and announcements issued to active or prospective members thereof;

any contracts of employment or engagement giving any of the Employees a right to be a member of the Disclosed Pension Schemes; and

documentation describing accurately all the benefits therefrom to which any Employee is legally entitled.

Each of the Disclosed Pension Schemes:

is a registered pension scheme as defined in Section 150(2) of the Finance Act 2004 (and there is no reason why such classification as a registered pension scheme could be withdrawn);

is and has always been managed in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations and requirements including (without limitation to) trust law, anti-discrimination law, pensions taxation law (including the Finance Act 2004 as amended and regulations made under that Act) and the requirements and guidance of the Pensions Regulator and Her Majesty’s

offers only benefits on the retirement, death, disability, illness or injury of any of the any employee or officer of the Company that are fully funded or insured with an insurance company of good repute for their full amount and on normal commercial terms for people in good health, and nothing has been done or left undone which might entitle the insurance company to avoid or limit its liability under any contract covering these benefits.

All contributions, premiums, expenses and professional fees in respect of the Disclosed Pension Schemes have been paid.

No claim has been made or threatened against the Company in respect of the Disclosed Pension Schemes and, so far as the Warrantors are aware, there are no circumstances which may give rise to any such claim.

Apart from earnings related lump sum death benefits, the Disclosed Pension Schemes provide only money purchase benefits (as defined in section 181 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993) and the Company has not given any promise or assurance to any beneficiary of the Disclosed Pension Schemes that his benefits under the Disclosed Pension Schemes will be calculated wholly or partly by reference to that person's remuneration or will be any particular amount.

No current or former employee or officer of the Company whose employment transferred to or has transferred to the Company under legislation or regulations on the transfer of undertakings or otherwise was a member of or entitled to be or become a member of any final salary or defined benefit occupational pension scheme and therefore no current or former employee or officer of the Company has any rights to early retirement or to other enhanced rights, including pension rights on redundancy.

The Company does not have, has never had and has not inherited through the transfer of employees any custom and practice in relation to granting pensions before normal retirement age, whether due to redundancy, early retirement or otherwise. The Company has not given any undertakings or assurances (whether legally enforceable or not) in relation to granting pensions before normal retirement age, whether due to redundancy, early retirement or otherwise.

The Company has complied at all times with its obligations in relation to stakeholder pensions under the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.

No financial support direction or contribution notice has been issued by the Pensions Regulator under section 43 or 38 of the Pensions Act 2004 respectively against any Group Company; no Group Company is, nor has been at any time since 27 April 2004, connected with or an associate of any other company which participates, or has participated, in a scheme to which section 38 or 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 applies and there is no fact or circumstance likely to give rise to any such direction or notice. For these purposes, “connected” and “associate” have the meanings given to them in sections 435 and 249 of the Insolvency Act 1986 respectively. No restoration order has been issued by the Pensions Regulator under section 52 of the Pensions Act 2004 against any Group Company, and no Group Company has been a party to a transaction at an undervalue (as defined in section 52(6) of the Pensions Act 2004) entered into within two years prior to the date of this Agreement.

The automatic enrolment staging dates (for the purposes of the Pensions Act 2008) of each Group Company to which Part 1 of that Act applies are included in the Disclosure Letter.

Details of all insurances currently effected by or for the benefit of the Company are set out in the Disclosure Letter. So far as the Warrantors are aware, all such insurances are currently in full force and effect and nothing has been done or omitted to be done which could make any such insurance void or voidable. Such insurances are not terminable as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

So far as the Warrantors are aware:

there is no insurance claim pending or outstanding or which may be made under any of the policies of insurance maintained by or for the benefit of the Company; and

no circumstances have arisen which may give rise to such a claim.

The Disclosure Letter contains complete and accurate details of all insurance claims made by any Group Company during the period of three years ending on the date of this Agreement.

The Company has had no subsidiaries other than the Subsidiaries. The Company (or, where specified in Part 3 of the Schedule, a Subsidiary) is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the whole of the issued share capital of each of the Subsidiaries. The whole of the issued share capital of each of the Subsidiaries has been validly allotted and issued and is fully paid or properly credited as fully paid.

There is no option, pre-emption right, mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other form or security, encumbrance or other Security Interest on, over or affecting any of the share capital of any of the Subsidiaries and there is no agreement or commitment to give or create any of the foregoing. Such shares have never been the subject of a preference (within the meaning of section 239 of the Insolvency Act 1986) or a transaction at an undervalue (within the meaning of section 238 of the Insolvency Act 1986) and do not represent assets which have been the subject of a transaction at an undervalue. No claim has been or will be made by any person to be entitled to any of the foregoing.

The Company is not the holder or beneficial owner of, and has not agreed to acquire any share or other capital of, any company or corporation whether limited or unlimited and whether incorporated in the United Kingdom or elsewhere (other than the shares in the Subsidiaries) nor is it a member of any partnership, joint venture or unincorporated company or association nor a party to any profit or loss sharing agreement.

No Group Company has any agency, branch or other place of business or permanent establishment outside the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Spain.

The dormant Subsidiaries are non-trading companies with no assets and no liabilities.

The Company and its directors, officers, employees and Approved Persons have at all times in relation to the business and assets of the Company complied in all material respects with its Articles of Association (or equivalent constitutional documents) and all applicable statutes, laws, regulations, rules and codes of practice in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

The Company and its directors, officers, employees and Approved Persons, in relation to the business and assets of the Company, are not in breach of any order, decree or judgment of any court or any governmental or regulatory authority in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. The Company is empowered and duly qualified to carry on business in all jurisdictions in which it now carries on business and such business is carried out entirely through the Group and not through any corporate

All persons who perform controlled functions are Approved Persons. Each director, officer, employee or other Approved Person of the Company has in all respects complied with all applicable provisions and requirements of the FCA’s Approved Person regime.

Neither the Company nor any person for whose acts and defaults the Company may be vicariously liable is (in the case of any such person, in respect of such an act or default) a party to any litigation, arbitration, prosecution or other proceedings (including any proceedings before an Employment Tribunal or governmental, taxation, regulatory or administrative agency or authority) and no litigation, arbitration, prosecution, administrative action or other proceeding is threatened or pending by or (so far as the Warrantors are aware) against the Company or any such person (in respect of such an act or default) and (so far as the Warrantors are aware) there are no facts which (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time) might reasonably be expected to give rise to any such litigation, prosecution, arbitration or other proceedings.

The Company is not subject to any order, decree or judgment given by any court or governmental, Taxation Authority, regulatory or administrative agency nor, so far as the Warrantors are aware, is any governmental or official enquiry or investigation concerning the Company or any of its officers or employees (in relation to the business and assets of the Company) in progress or pending or threatened and the Company or any of its officers or employees (in relation to the business and assets of the Company) has not been and is not a party to any undertaking or assurance given to any court or any such agency or authority which is still in force, nor, so far as the Warrantors are aware, are there any facts or circumstances which (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time) would be likely to result in the Company becoming subject to any such order or judgment or enquiry or investigation or being required to be a party to any such undertaking or assurance.

The Purchaser has the requisite powers and authorities to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes valid and binding obligations of the Purchaser in accordance with its terms.

The execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, the Escrow Deed and the Disclosure Letter will not result in a breach of any law or order, judgment or decree of any Court, governmental agency or regulatory body to which it is a party or by which it is bound.

In this Tax Undertaking:

unless otherwise stated, words and expressions defined in the Agreement have the same meaning wherever used in this Tax Undertaking; and

references to paragraphs are to paragraphs of this Tax Undertaking.

References in this Tax Undertaking to “Taxation”, “Tax”, “taxation” or “tax” mean:

all forms of taxation and all statutory, governmental, state, provincial, local governmental or municipal charges, imposts, duties, levies and withholdings in the nature of tax whether of the United Kingdom or elsewhere in the world whenever imposed and whether or not such taxation is primarily chargeable against or attributable

any interest, penalties, or fines arising as a result of any failure to comply with or fulfil any obligation imposed in respect of any Taxation falling within paragraph 1.3.1.

References in this Tax Undertaking to any “Liability to Taxation” mean:

a liability to make a payment of or increased payment of Taxation;

the loss in whole or in part of an Accounts Relief; and

the setting off in whole or in part against profits earned, accrued or received on or before Completion, or against any actual Liability to Taxation arising as a result of an Event occurring on or before Completion, of any Purchaser’s Relief, provided that, but for the setting off of the Relief, a Group Company would have had an actual Liability to Taxation in respect of which the Warrantors would have been liable under this Tax Undertaking.

In any case specified in paragraph 1.4 above, there shall be treated for the purposes of this Tax Undertaking as the amount of any Liability to Taxation:

in a case within paragraph 1.4.1, the amount of the payment or increased payment of Taxation;

in a case within paragraph 1.4.2 which relates to the loss of an Accounts Relief other than a right to repayment of Taxation, the amount of the Taxation which would otherwise have been relieved, allowed or credited by the Relief so lost and which shall be calculated by applying the rate of Taxation assumed in calculating the value of the Relief for the purposes of the Net Assets Statement or which would have been assumed in calculating the value of any provision for deferred tax in the Net Assets Statement but for the assumed availability of the Relief;

in a case within paragraph 1.4.2 which relates to the loss of an Accounts Relief which is a right to repayment of Taxation, the amount of the repayment of Taxation which would otherwise have been obtained and was lost; and

in a case within paragraph 1.4.3, the amount of Taxation which would have arisen and for which the Warrantors would have been liable but for the Relief or right to repayment of Taxation which is set off.

References in this Tax Undertaking to profits include income, profits or gains (including capital gains). References to profits earned, accrued or received include profits deemed to have been or treated as earned, accrued or received for the purposes of Taxation.

References in this Tax Undertaking to an Event occurring before, on or after a given date shall include any Event deemed to have occurred for any Tax purpose before, on or after that date.

Subject as hereinafter provided, the Warrantors hereby undertake on a several basis to the Purchaser to pay to the Purchaser an amount equal to:

any Liability to Taxation of, or imposed upon, or chargeable upon, a Group Company resulting from:

profits earned, accrued or received on or before Completion; or

any Event occurring or deemed to have occurred on or before Completion;

any Liability to Taxation in respect of inheritance tax which:

at Completion forms a charge on, or gives rise to a power to sell, mortgage or charge, any assets of a Group Company or the Shares; or

after Completion takes the form of a charge on, or gives rise to a power to sell, mortgage or charge, any assets of a Group Company or the Shares as a result of the death of any person after Completion which would, if the death had occurred immediately before Completion and the inheritance tax payable as a result had not been paid, have existed at Completion; or

arises as a result of a transfer of value occurring or being deemed to occur on or before Completion (whether or not in conjunction with the death of any person whenever occurring); and

any Liability to Taxation of a Group Company to make a payment in respect of Tax or of an amount equal to any Tax, to any person by reference to an Event which occurred on or before Completion including but not limited to any liability of a Group Company to make such a payment under any indemnity, covenant, guarantee or charge entered into by a Group Company before Completion; and

any secondary liability of a Group Company arising as a result of the failure of any of the Vendors to pay Tax due to be paid by them at any time; and

any Liability to Taxation of a Group Company to account for Tax in respect of:

any option or other right granted on or before Completion to acquire securities or the exercise of such an option or right; or

any employment related securities (as defined for the purposes of Part 7 ITEPA) acquired on or before Completion or acquired as a result of a right or obligation (whether or not legally binding) created on or before Completion; and

any Liability to Taxation of a Group Company that arises at any time under Part 7A ITEPA arising as a consequence of a relevant step (within the meaning of section 554A ITEPA) having been entered into where the relevant arrangement (within the meaning of section 554A ITEPA) pursuant to which the relevant step is taken was entered into before Completion;

any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses reasonably and properly incurred or payable by the Purchaser or a Group Company in connection with any Liability to Taxation for which the Warrantors are liable under this Tax Undertaking, save to the extent that the Warrantors have already indemnified the Purchaser or the Group Company in question against those expenses under the provisions of paragraph 7 of this Tax Undertaking.

The undertaking in paragraph 2 shall not apply to, and the Warrantors shall not be liable under the Tax Undertaking or in respect of a breach of the Tax Warranties in respect of, any Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount under this Part or Part 10 to the extent that:

provision, allowance or reserve in respect of the Taxation, liability to Taxation or other amount under this Part or Part 10 in question has been made in the Net Assets Statement; or

such Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount was paid or discharged on or before Completion and was taken into account in the preparation of the Net Assets Statement; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount has been recovered pursuant to a claim under this Tax Undertaking, the Warranties or any other provision of this Agreement; or

it occurs as a result of or is otherwise attributable to any voluntary transaction or act, or wilful omission, of the Purchaser, any member of the Purchaser’s Group or any Group Company (or any successor in title to any of them) effected after Completion but excluding any act:

carried out pursuant to a legally binding obligation of a Group Company entered into prior to Completion; or

pursuant to an obligation imposed by any law or any regulation or requirement having the force of law including where complying with such obligation results directly or indirectly in an enquiry, investigation or audit; or

taking place with the written consent of the Warrantors or pursuant to a legally binding obligation under this agreement or under any document executed pursuant to this agreement; or

occurring in the ordinary course of business of a Group Company as carried on at Completion; or

consisting of the lodging of a document for stamping with HMRC (or other equivalent Tax Authority outside the United Kingdom) after Completion or the bringing into the United Kingdom of any document executed prior to Completion outside the United Kingdom; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount arises or is increased as a result of:

any increase after Completion in rates of Taxation; or

the imposition of any change in law, including in legislation or regulatory requirements or any judgment or a decision of a tribunal or court delivered or announced after Completion which have retrospective effect; or

any change after Completion in the published practice or any extra statutory concession of a Taxation Authority; or

any changes after Completion in Accounting Requirements, whether with or without retrospective effect; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount arises or is increased as a result of any change in the accounting or Taxation policy or practice of any Group Company introduced after Completion (save where such change was necessary in order to comply with generally accepted accounting practice in force at Completion); or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount arises as a result of a failure or omission by a Group Company after Completion to make any claim, election, surrender or disclaimer or give any notice or consent or do any other thing the making, giving or doing of which was taken into account in computing the provision for Taxation in the Net Assets Statement provided that full details of any such claim, election, surrender, disclaimer or other notice are provided to the Purchaser at least 10 Business Days before the deadline for filing the same; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount is attributable to any Group Company ceasing to be entitled to any marginal rate of corporation tax as a result of the purchase of the Shares by the Purchaser or any different treatment of any Relief for the same reason; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount would not have arisen but for or is in respect of interest and penalties and increased by:

the failure of the Purchaser to comply with its obligations under this Agreement; or

the failure by the Purchaser or any Group Company to make payment of Tax where the Warrantors have made timely payment to the Purchaser in respect of such Tax; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount arises or is increased as a result of the non-availability of any Relief which would have been available to a Group Company but for either a change after Completion in the nature or conduct of a trade carried on by a Group Company on or prior to Completion or the reduction or cessation of such trade after Completion; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount would not have arisen but for or is increased by the making, amendment or withdrawal of any claim, election, surrender

any Relief (not including any Purchaser’s Relief) is available to set off against, reduce or otherwise mitigate the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount arises on or by reference to the actual (as opposed to deemed) earning, receipt or accrual of profits of any Group Company which were not reflected in the Net Assets Statement and an amount equal to such profit remains an asset of the Group Company at Completion; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount comprises interest or penalties arising by virtue of an underpayment of instalments of corporation tax prior to Completion, insofar as such underpayment would not have been an underpayment but for a bona fide estimate made prior to Completion of the amount of the profits to be earned, accrued or received after Completion proving to be incorrect; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount arises as a result of or in connection with any Event which takes place at the written request of the Purchaser; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount arises as a result of the withdrawal on or after Completion of any written agreement or administrative arrangement of the Group made with any Taxation Authority, whether with or without retrospective effect; or

the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount is reimbursed or the Purchaser or any Purchaser’s Group Company is entitled to have such Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount reimbursed without any right of relief, set off, subrogation or deduction of excess against the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s Group Company under a policy of insurance or any other similar form of insurance, guarantee or other cover from whatever source; or

in respect of a claim for a breach of the Tax Warranties only, the Taxation, Liability to Taxation or other amount is a contingent liability, unless and until such contingent liability becomes an actual liability.

The provisions of Clause 11 and Part 12 of the Schedule to this Agreement shall apply to this Tax Undertaking.

All sums payable by the Warrantors to the Purchaser under this Tax Undertaking shall be paid free and clear of all deductions or withholdings save only as may be required by law.

If any sums payable by the Warrantors to the Purchaser are payable subject to any deductions or withholdings in respect of Tax required by law, the Warrantors shall be obliged to pay to the Purchaser such amount as will after the deduction or withholding has been made leave the Purchaser with the same amount as it would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such requirement to make a deduction or withholding.

The obligation of the Warrantors under paragraph 5.2 shall be disapplied to the extent that:

the deduction or withholding would not have arisen but for any assignment, charge or disposal of, or any other dealing in, the rights of the Purchaser hereunder;

the deduction or withholding would not have arisen but for the Purchaser directing that a payment by the Warrantors under this Tax Undertaking should be made to any person other than the Purchaser;

the deduction or withholding would not have arisen had the Purchaser been resident for Tax purposes in the United Kingdom.

If:

any provision for Tax in the Net Assets Statement has proved to be an over-provision or excessive (an “Over-provision”); or

any Relief or repayment of Taxation which is treated (or which should have been treated) as an asset in the Net Assets Statement proves to be understated (an “Understatement”); or

any Liability to Taxation (or any Event giving rise to a Liability to Taxation) which has resulted in a payment having been made under this Tax Undertaking has given or will give rise to a corresponding benefit or saving (a “Saving”) for any Group Company which would not otherwise have arisen; or

after Completion, any repayment of Taxation (other than an Accounts Relief) is received by or credited to any Group Company or the Purchaser in respect of any actual Liability to Taxation of any Group Company which arose in respect of income, profits or gains arising, or any Event occurring, on or before Completion (a “Repayment”);

The Purchaser shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any event within ten Business Days of the Purchaser becoming aware that an Over-provision, Understatement, Saving or Repayment has arisen:

notify the Warrantors of the Relevant Amount; and

take all reasonable steps to realise the Relevant Amount.

Where it is provided under paragraph 6.1 that a Relevant Amount is to be dealt with in accordance with this paragraph:

the Relevant Amount shall first be set off against any payment then due from the Warrantors under this Tax Undertaking or in respect of a breach of the Tax Warranties;

to the extent there is an excess, a refund shall be made to the Warrantors of any previous payment or payments made by the Warrantors under this Tax Undertaking or in respect of a breach of the Tax Warranties and not previously refunded under this paragraph up to the amount of such excess within five Business Days of the Relevant Amount being ascertained; and

to the extent that the excess referred to in paragraph 6.3.2 is not exhausted under that paragraph, the remainder of that excess shall be carried forward and set off against any

If the parties cannot agree as to the existence and/or the quantum of any Over-provision, Understatement, Saving or Repayment, such disagreement may be referred by either party to the auditors for the time being of the Group for determination and, in making such determination, the auditors shall act as experts and not as arbitrators and their determination will (in the absence of manifest error) be conclusive and binding on the parties. The costs of the auditors shall be borne as the auditors shall determine having regard to the relative merits of the parties in respect of the disagreement and such determination as to costs will be conclusive and binding on the parties.

If the Warrantors pay to the Purchaser an amount in respect of a claim under this Tax Undertaking or the Tax Warranties and the Purchaser, any Group Company or any member of the Purchaser’s Group subsequently recovers from a third party (including any Taxation Authority) an amount which is referable to the Liability to Taxation or other matter giving rise to the claim then:

if the amount paid by the Warrantors in respect of the claim is more than the Sum Recovered (as defined below), the Purchaser shall pay, or shall procure that the Group shall pay, to the Warrantors forthwith the Sum Recovered; and

if the amount paid by the Warrantors in respect of the claim under this Tax Undertaking or the Tax Warranties is less than or equal to the Sum Recovered, the Purchaser shall pay, or shall procure that the Group shall pay, to the Warrantors forthwith an amount equal to the amount in question paid by the Warrantors.

An Overprovision, Understatement, Saving or Repayment shall not be treated as a Relevant Amount for the purposes of paragraph 6.3 if and to the extent that it has already been taken into account in determining, and so reducing, the quantum of any claim made in respect of a breach of the Tax Warranties.

If the Purchaser, any member of the Purchaser’s Group and / or any Group Company becomes aware of any Claim for Tax, the Purchaser shall as soon as reasonably practicable give written notice of

Subject to the Purchaser and the Group being indemnified to the reasonable satisfaction of the Purchaser against all and any reasonable out-of pocket expenses which may be properly incurred thereby, the Purchaser will take (and will procure that the Group takes) such action as the Vendors’ Representatives may reasonably request to avoid, resist, appeal against, compromise, settle, postpone or defend the claim, and will procure that the Group shall render to the Vendors’ Representatives all such assistance as they may reasonably request to enable them to determine what (if any) action to request be taken under this paragraph 7.2.

In taking any action under paragraph 7.2 the Purchaser shall:

keep the Warrantors fully informed of all matters relating to the action and deliver to the Warrantors copies of all written correspondence relating to the action;

obtain the Warrantors’ prior written approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the content and sending of each communication relating to the action to a Tax Authority; and

obtain the Warrantors’ prior written approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to:

the settlement or compromise of the Claim for Tax which is the subject of the action; and

the agreement of any matter in the conduct of the action which is likely to affect the amount of the Claim for Tax.

In taking any action pursuant to paragraph 7.2:

neither the Purchaser nor any Group Company shall be required to delegate the conduct of that action to the Warrantors or any professional agent or adviser of the Warrantors; and

neither the Purchaser nor any Group Company shall be obliged by this paragraph to take any action nor procure any action is taken which could reasonably be said to be frivolous or vexatious or which could adversely affect any Group Company or the Purchaser's future Tax position.

No Group Company shall be obliged to comply with any request of the Warrantors which involves contesting any Claim for Tax before any court, tribunal or other appellate body unless the Warrantors obtain (at their cost and expense) the written opinion of counsel of at least five years’ call that such contest has a reasonable prospect of success.

If within fifteen Business Days of service of the notice under paragraph 7.1 the Warrantors fail to notify the Purchaser in writing of their intention to resist the Claim for Tax or fail within that period to give the indemnity referred to in paragraph 7.2 the Purchaser shall be free to procure that the relevant Group Company takes the action as it may in its absolute discretion think fit and without prejudice to its rights and remedies under this Schedule.

Paragraph 7.2 shall not apply if a Tax Authority alleges in writing that any of the Vendors or any Group Company (before Completion) or anyone connected with them (and in case of any Group Company connected with any Group Company before Completion) has committed acts or omissions which constitute or are alleged to constitute fraud or wilful default and the Purchaser shall be free to procure that relevant Group Company takes the action that it may in its absolute discretion think fit.

The Warrantors shall make payments to the Purchaser under this Tax Undertaking on the later of the following dates:

the date which is 5 Business Days after the date on which a notice containing a written demand for the amount of the payment required to be made is delivered to the Warrantors; and

the date (if any) determined in accordance with paragraph 8.2.

The date referred to in paragraph 8.1.2 shall be determined as follows:

in so far as the claim relates to a Liability to Taxation within paragraph 1.4.1 or other liability payable by a Group Company, the date five Business Days before the last date on which payment of that Taxation or other liability may be paid (after taking into account any postponement of the due date for payment of any Taxation which is obtained) in order to avoid any liability to any interest, penalty, fine or surcharge in respect of late payment of such Taxation or other liability; and

in so far as the claim relates to a Liability to Taxation which consists of the loss of an Accounts Relief which is a right to repayment of Taxation, the date on which that repayment would otherwise have become due; and

in so far as the claim relates to a Liability to Taxation which consists of the loss of an Accounts Relief which is not a right to repayment of Taxation, the last date (or dates) on which any Taxation which would not have been required to have been paid but for the loss of the Accounts Relief in question must be paid in order to avoid any liability to any interest, penalty, fine or surcharge in respect of late payment of such Taxation; and

in so far as the claim relates to a Liability to Taxation which arises as a result of the setting off, in whole or in part, of any Purchaser’s Relief, the date five Business Days before the date (or dates) on which the relevant Group Company would have been liable to pay the Taxation saved by the setting off of the relevant Relief in order to avoid incurring a liability to interest or a charge, penalty or fine in respect of late payment of such Taxation; and

in so far as the claim relates to any out-of pocket expenses incurred by the Purchaser or any Group Company, the date falling five Business Days after the Purchaser has provided the Warrantors with evidence that the Purchaser or the relevant Group Company has been invoiced for or paid or otherwise incurred or been ordered to pay the relevant expenses.

Any payment which becomes due on a day which is not a Business Day shall be paid on the next following Business Day.

Where the Warrantors fail to make a payment in satisfaction of a liability under the Tax Undertaking or for breach of any of the Tax Warranties by the due date for payment, the liability of the Warrantors shall be increased to include interest on that sum from the date on which the Warrantors become liable to make payment to the date of actual payment at a rate per annum being three percentage

The Warrantors or their duly authorised agents shall, at the Group’s cost and expense, prepare the corporation tax returns of the Group Companies for all accounting periods (monthly, quarterly or year-end) ended on or before Completion (the “Pre-Completion Returns”).

The Purchaser shall procure that the Group Companies shall, at the Group’s cost and expense, cause the Pre-Completion Returns to be authorised, signed and submitted to the relevant Taxation Authority without amendment or with such amendments as the Warrantors shall agree and shall give the Warrantors or their agents all such reasonable assistance as may be required to agree those returns with and/or deal with the enquiries of the relevant Taxation Authority.

The Warrantors or their duly authorised agents shall, at the Group’s cost and expense prepare all documentation and deal with all matters (including correspondence) relating to the Pre-Completion Returns of the Group Companies. The Purchaser shall procure that the Group Companies shall afford such access to their books, accounts and records as is necessary and reasonable to enable the Warrantors or their duly authorised agents to prepare the Pre Completion Returns and conduct all matters relating thereto in accordance with the Warrantors’ rights under this paragraph 9.

The Purchaser will procure that the Group Companies promptly make or give such claims, elections, surrenders and consents in relation to Taxation for all accounting periods of the Group ended on or before Completion or which were assumed to be made in computing any provision for Tax in the Net Assets Statement as the Vendors’ Representatives request in writing, including (without limitation) the carry forward, carry back, acceptance or surrender of or any claim or election in relation to any Relief, and generally do all such things as may be necessary to give effect to such claims, elections, surrenders or consents.

The Purchaser or its duly authorised agents shall, at the Group’s cost and expense, prepare the corporation tax returns of the Group Companies for the accounting period current at Completion. The Purchaser or its duly authorised agents shall, at the Group’s cost and expense, prepare all documentation and deal with all matters (including correspondence) relating to the corporation tax returns of the Group Companies for such accounting period.

The Purchaser shall procure that the Group Companies keep the Warrantors informed of their Taxation affairs in respect of the accounting period referred to in paragraph 9.5 and shall promptly

The Purchaser shall pay to the Vendors an amount equal to:

any amount of Taxation to which any Vendor (or any person or persons associated or connected with any Vendor for Taxation purposes) is assessed and charged as a result of any failure by the Group, the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Group to pay Taxation, together with any penalties and interest thereon; and

all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Vendors in dealing with the assessment and charge or in making, or enforcing a claim under this paragraph 10.1 against the Purchaser,

The liability of the Purchaser under paragraph 10.1 shall be discharged to the extent that the Vendors recover any amount in respect of the Taxation under any statutory right of recovery and the Vendors shall not seek to enforce any liability against any Group Company under any such statutory right to the extent that the Vendors recover an amount under paragraph 10.1 of this Tax Undertaking.

The provisions of paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 shall apply mutatis mutandis to claims made under this paragraph.

The Group Companies have made all returns required to be made to any Taxation Authority within the periods required by law and given all information requested by, or required to be given to, any Taxation Authority and all returns made and information given were provided on a proper basis and are correct in all material respects.

The Group Companies are not in dispute with any Taxation Authority concerning any matter likely to affect in any material way any liability (whether accrued, contingent or future) of the Group Companies to Taxation.

Within the period of three years prior to the date of this Agreement, the Group Companies have not been subject to any investigation, audit or visit by any Taxation Authority which has resulted in a claim, demand or assessment being made that Taxation has been underpaid or that there has been a failure to comply with the law or received an assessment to Taxation as a result of a discovery or alleged discovery by a Taxation Authority and so far as the Warrantors are aware no such investigation, audit or visit is planned and no such assessment is likely to be issued.

The Group Companies have not incurred, and so far as the Warrantors are aware there are no circumstances as a result of which the Group Companies could reasonably be expected to become liable to pay, any penalty in respect of any failure to comply with an obligation relating to Taxation.

The Group Companies have paid all Taxation or other amounts (including amounts deducted or withheld at source by way of Taxation) required to be paid to any Taxation Authority within the periods required by law.

The Group Companies are not and, so far as the Warrantors are aware, will not be liable as a result of any event or membership of any group or association before Completion (other than the Group) to pay any Taxation which is primarily the responsibility of any other person.

The Group Companies have not engaged in any transaction or series of transactions the main purpose of which was the avoidance of Taxation and which would be regarded as a sham or shams for the purposes of Taxation or be reconstructed for the purposes of Taxation.