DATED SEPTEMBER 17, 1999
(1) ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ AND OTHERS
(2) SFX ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
(3) SFX U.K. HOLDINGS LIMITED
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SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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CONTENTS
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CLAUSES PAGES
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1. Definitions and Interpretation................................................ 1
2. Sale of Sale Shares........................................................... 8
3. Consideration................................................................. 8
4. Consideration Shares.......................................................... 9
5. Completion.................................................................... 15
6. Completion Accounts........................................................... 18
7. Adjustment of Consideration and Deferred Consideration........................ 20
8. Restriction of Vendors........................................................ 21
9. Warranties.................................................................... 23
10. Covenant in Respect of Tax.................................................... 31
11. Pensions...................................................................... 44
12. Indemnities................................................................... 45
13. The Point..................................................................... 46
14. Restriction on Announcements and Confidentiality.............................. 46
15. Costs......................................................................... 47
16. General....................................................................... 47
17. Notices....................................................................... 49
18. Agent for Service............................................................. 50
19. Governing Law and Submission to Jurisdiction.................................. 50
SCHEDULE 1
The Vendors................................................................... 51
SCHEDULE 2
Details of the Company........................................................ 53
SCHEDULE 3
The Subsidiaries.............................................................. 54
SCHEDULE 4
Part 1........................................................................ 67
The Properties................................................................ 67
Part 2........................................................................ 76
Certificates of Title......................................................... 76
SCHEDULE 5
Part 1........................................................................ 77
Completion Accounts........................................................... 77
Part 2........................................................................ 80
Working Capital Statement..................................................... 80
SCHEDULE 6
Warranties.................................................................... 83
SCHEDULE 7
Part 1 Pension Warranties..................................................... 108
Part 2 Form of Deed of Amendment.............................................. 112
SCHEDULE 8
The Point..................................................................... 114
DATE: SEPTEMBER 17, 1999
PARTIES:
(1) The persons whose names are set out in Column 1 of Schedule 1 (the
"Vendors").
(2) SFX ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a company incorporated in the state of
Delaware, United States of America whose principal place of business is
at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ of America
("SFX").
(3) SFX U.K. HOLDINGS LIMITED, a company incorporated in England with
registered number 3805556 whose registered office is at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ("SFX UK"), SFX and SFX UK together being the
"Purchaser".
RECITALS:
(A) The Vendors are the registered holders and except as otherwise stated
herein beneficial owners of all of the issued shares in the capital of
Apollo Leisure Group Limited, particulars of which are set out in
Schedule 2.
(B) The Vendors wish to sell and the Purchaser wishes to purchase the said
shares on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.
TERMS AGREED:
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 In this Agreement where the context so admits the following words and
expressions shall have the following meanings:
"Accounting Date" 28 November 1998;
"Accounts" the audited consolidated financial statements of the
Company and of each of the Subsidiaries for the
accounting reference period which ended on the
Accounting Date (each such financial statement
comprising a balance sheet, profit and loss account,
cash flow statement, notes and directors' and auditors'
report) and the consolidated profit and loss account and
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the
Subsidiaries as at and for the period ending on the
Accounting Date copies of which are annexed to the
Disclosure Letter;
"Associates" any person, firm or company which is a connected person
(as defined in Section 839 Taxes Act) of the Vendors (or
any of them), or which is an associated company of the
Vendors (or any of them) within the meaning of Section
416 Taxes Act (but as if in sub-section (2) of that
Section
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there was substituted for the words "the greater part"
wherever they appear the words "twenty five per cent or
more");
"B Shares" as defined in schedule 2;
"Bank Debt" the aggregate amount of bank loans immediately prior to
Completion;
"▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation" ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation Limited, a company incorporated
in England with registered number 3570610, whose
registered office is at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇;
"Cash Consideration" the amount of eighty million four hundred and thirty
thousand pounds ((pound)80,430,000), as adjusted in
accordance with clause 7;
"Certificates" the certificates of title dated 3 August 1999 in respect
of the properties that are listed in Part 2 of Schedule
4;
"CAA" the Capital Allowances ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇;
"CCL" CCL Leisure Limited, a company incorporated in England
with registered number 2227126, whose registered office
is at ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇;
"CCL Group" CCL and its subsidiary undertakings;
"Company" Apollo Leisure Group Limited, details of which are set
out in Schedule 2;
"Companies Acts" the Companies ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and the Companies ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and
the former Companies Acts within the meaning of Section
735(1)(c) of the Companies ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇;
"Completion" completion of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares
as specified in clauses 5.1 to 5.4 inclusive;
"Completion Accounts" the consolidated balance sheet of the Group prepared as
at the Completion Accounts Date and the consolidated
profit and loss account of the Group for the period from
the Accounting Date to the Completion Accounts Date, to
be prepared and agreed or determined in accordance with
the provisions of clause 6;
"Completion Accounts Date" close of business on 2 October 1999 (except in relation
to the CCL Group where the relevant date will be the
close of business on 30 September 1999);
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"Completion Date" the date of this Agreement;
"Confidential Information" know-how, trade secrets and other information of a
proprietary or confidential nature, wherever in the
world protectable;
"Consideration" the amount specified in clause 3.1;
"Consideration Shares" 979,667 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01
per share, of SFX, forming the Share Consideration;
"Current Assets" the aggregate of the amount of the cash balances as
recorded in the books of the Group, stock (consumables
and goods for sale), debtors, pre-payments, accrued
income, assets for resale and investments of the Group
at the Completion Accounts Date as shown in the
Completion Accounts;
"Current Liabilities" the aggregate of the amount of bank overdrafts, bank and
other loans (falling due within one year of Completion)
other than Bank Debt, hire purchase creditors, trade
creditors, corporation tax (not including deferred
taxation), other taxation and social security creditors
due within one year of Completion, accruals and deferred
income (not including deferred grants received) and
other creditors of the Group at the Completion Accounts
Date falling due within one year of Completion as shown
in the Completion Accounts;
"DCG Trustees" ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
as Trustees of the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Accumulation and
Maintenance Trust;
"DCR Trustees" ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ as trustees of the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Interest in Possession Settlement;
"Deferred Consideration" an amount equal to the amounts received by any member of
the Group on the sale of the Deferred Consideration
Properties which takes place within 12 months of
Completion as adjusted for the aggregate amount (if any)
of the operating profit and loss made by the business
carried on at any such property between the Completion
Date and the date of the sale of the relevant property
but less:
(a) all associated reasonable selling costs;
(b) any corporation tax payable on the
associated chargeable gain as
calculated in accordance with the
TCGA (except to the extent that such
gains
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may be deferred under roll-over relief
provisions);
(c) all reasonable costs expended on the
Deferred Consideration Properties
between the Completion Date and the
date of sale of the relevant
property as agreed between the
parties, such agreement not to be
unreasonably withheld; and
(d) an amount equal to the stamp duty
(or stamp duty reserve tax) paid by
the Purchaser (and not repaid) in
respect of the Sale Shares which
would not have been payable if this
agreement had not required the
Deferred Consideration to be paid;
"Deferred Consideration the assets described in paragraph (ii) of Part 2 of
Properties" Schedule 5;
"Directors" the persons listed as directors of the Company in
Schedule 2;
"Disclosure Letter" the letter of 3 August 1999 from the Vendors to SFX;
"Employment Law" all and any laws, common law, statutes, directives,
recommendations, regulations, notices, codes of
practice, guidance notes, judgements, decrees or orders,
whether of the European Community, the United Kingdom or
such other law as may be applicable, relating to or
connected with the employment of employees and their
health and safety at work or the use of or engagement of
temporary workers, agency workers, contract workers or
other workers where the relationship is not one of
employment in their health and safety at work;
"Exchange Rate" the prevailing exchange rate applicable to the amount of
Sterling in relation to the US dollar by reference to
the middle-market rates quoted by National Westminster
Bank plc;
"Group" the group of companies comprising the Company, its
Subsidiaries, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation and Nederlander
Dominion and the expression "member of the Group" shall
be construed accordingly;
"Hazardous Substances" all substances of whatever description which may cause
or have a harmful effect on the environment or the
health of man or any other living organism including,
without limitation, asbestos, petroleum, petroleum by
products and polychlorinated biphenyls and which in
their present state, condition and location would be
required to be removed by any competent authority under
the provisions of any United Kingdom, Irish laws or
legislation enacted
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at the Completion Date and applying to the legal
jurisdiction in which the Properties are located or any
regulations made thereunder, including, for the
avoidance of doubt, under the powers introduced by
Section 57 and paragraphs 161 and 162 of Schedule 22 of
the Environment ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇;.
"IHTA" the Inheritance Tax ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇;
"Intellectual Property" includes Confidential Information, patents, registered
designs, copyrights, rights in databases, design rights,
topography rights, trade marks, business names,
registrations of and applications to register any of the
aforesaid items, rights in the nature of any of the
aforesaid items in any country, rights in the nature of
unfair competition rights and rights to ▇▇▇ for passing
off, in each case wherever in the world enforceable;
"Long Term Debt" the aggregate amount of hire purchase creditors due over
one year (including finance leases) of the Group
including, for the avoidance of doubt, the provision for
the purchase of the remaining shares in CCL, at
Completion Accounts Date, other than Current
Liabilities, as shown in the Completion Accounts;
"Medium Term Plan" the Apollo Leisure Group 5 Year Forecast dated 18 May
1999 included in the bundle of documents annexed to the
Disclosure Letter at Volume 5, divider 1.4;
"Moral Rights" the rights of an author of a copyright literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic work or a director of a
copyright film ("Work") to be identified as the author
or director (as the case may be) of the Work, not to
have the Work subjected to derogatory treatment and not
to have a Work falsely attributed to him as the author
or director (as the case may be), and rights in the
nature of the aforesaid rights, in each case wherever in
the world enforceable;
"Nederlander Dominion" Nederlander Dominion Limited, a company
incorporated in England with registered number 02583337
whose registered office is at ▇▇▇▇▇▇ House, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇;
"Non-Certificate those of the Properties which are not the subject of
Properties" the Certificates;
"Non-Certificate Property the information summary in respect of the Non-
Summary" Certificate Properties included in the bundle of
documents annexed to the Disclosure Letter at volume 85;
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"participating interest" the meaning defined in section 260 Companies ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇;
"Planning Acts" the Town and Country Planning ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, the Planning
(Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, the
Planning (Hazardous Substances) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, the Planning
(Consequential Provisions) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and the Planning and
Compensation ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and the Rules, Regulations and
Orders made under them or continued by them as they
apply from time to time;
"Properties" the properties, short particulars of which are set out
in part 1 of Schedule 4;
"Purchaser's Accountants" Ernst & Young;
"Purchaser's Group" the group of companies comprising SFX and its
subsidiary undertakings from time to time, and the
expression "member of the Purchaser's Group" shall be
construed accordingly provided that this shall not
include the Group;
"Purchaser's Solicitors" ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇;
"Sale Shares" all the issued share capital of the Company as set out
in Schedule 1;
"SJS Trustees" ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as trustees of
the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Interest in Possession Trust;
"Share Consideration" the amount of twenty five million pounds
((pound)25,000,000) to be satisfied by the issue of the
Consideration Shares;
"Subsidiaries" the subsidiaries and subsidiary undertakings of the
Company which are listed in Schedule 3;
"subsidiary undertaking" the meaning given to that term in section 258 Companies
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇;
"Tax" all forms of taxation, withholdings, duties, imposts,
levies, social security contributions and rates imposed
by any local, municipal, governmental, state, federal,
or other body in the United Kingdom or elsewhere and any
interest, penalty, surcharge or fine in connection
therewith;
"Taxes Act" the Income and Corporation Taxes ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇;
"TCGA" the Taxation of Chargeable Gains ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇;
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"Trusts" the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Accumulation and Maintenance
Trust, the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Interest in Possession
Settlement and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Interest in
Possession Trust;
"VATA" the Value Added Tax ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇;
"Vendors' Solicitors" Gouldens of ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇;
"Vendor Trustees" the DCG Trustees, the DCR Trustees and the SJS Trustees;
"Warranties" the warranties and undertakings contained or referred
to in clause 9 and Schedule 6 and part 1 of Schedule 7;
"Working Capital" Current Assets less Current Liabilities and less Long
Term Debt as shown by the Completion Accounts, less
Bank Debt, and adjusted in accordance with Schedule 5;
"Working Capital Statement" the statement showing the Working Capital prepared and
agreed or determined in accordance with the provisions
of clause 6.
1.2 Save where the context otherwise requires words and phrases the
definitions of which are contained or referred to in Part XXVI of the
Companies ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ shall be construed as having the meaning thereby
attributed to them.
1.3 Any references, express or implied, to statutes or statutory provisions
shall be construed as references to those statutes or provisions as
respectively amended or re-enacted or as their application is modified
from time to time by other provisions (whether before or after the date
hereof) and shall include any statutes or provisions of which they are
re-enactments (whether with or without modification) and any orders,
regulations, instruments or other subordinate legislation under the
relevant statute or statutory provision. References to sections of
consolidating legislation shall wherever necessary or appropriate in the
context be construed as including references to the sections of the
previous legislation from which the consolidating legislation has been
prepared provided that none of the parties' liability will be increased
over and above that on the date of this Agreement.
1.4 References in this Agreement to clauses and schedules are to clauses in
and schedules to this Agreement (unless the context otherwise requires).
The recitals and schedules to this Agreement shall be deemed to form
part of this Agreement.
1.5 Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction of this Agreement.
1.6 The expression "the Vendors" includes their respective personal
representatives and the expression "the Purchaser" includes their
successors and assigns.
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1.7 References to "persons" shall include natural persons, bodies corporate,
unincorporated associations and partnerships (whether or not having
separate legal personality).
1.8 References to writing shall include any methods of reproducing words in
a legible and non-transitory form.
1.9 The masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter and the
singular number shall include the plural and vice versa.
1.10 All warranties, representations, indemnities, covenants, agreements and
obligations given or entered into by more than one person are given or
entered into jointly and severally except as otherwise provided.
1.11 A document expressed to be "in the approved terms" means a document the
terms of which have been approved by or on behalf of the parties to this
Agreement and a copy of which has been signed for the purposes of
identification by or on behalf of those parties.
2. SALE OF SALE SHARES
2.1 Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each of the Vendors shall sell
with full title guarantee, except to the extent that the Vendor Trustees
do not own the beneficial interest in the Sale Shares set opposite his
or her name in Schedule 1, and the Purchaser shall purchase, free from
all liens, charges and encumbrances and together with all rights now or
hereafter attaching to them, including all rights to any dividend or
other distribution declared, made or paid after the date of this
Agreement, the number of Sale Shares set opposite his or her name in
column 2 of Schedule 1.
2.2 Each of the Vendors hereby waives and agrees to procure the waiver of
any restrictions on transfer (including pre-emption rights) which may
exist in relation to the Sale Shares, whether under the articles of
association of the Company or otherwise.
2.3 The covenants implied herein pursuant to the Law of Property
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 ("LP(MP)A") shall apply as if the
covenant in section 3(1) of LP(MP)A ended after the word "parties" and
as if section 6(2) of LP(MP)A did not apply.
2.4 SFX and SFX UK shall purchase the Sale Shares in equal proportions in
consideration of, in the case of SFX, the Share Consideration and cash,
and in the case of SFX UK, cash.
3. CONSIDERATION
3.1 The consideration payable for the Sale Shares shall be the aggregate of
the Share Consideration, the Deferred Consideration and the Cash
Consideration.
3.2 The Share Consideration shall be satisfied by the allotment and issue of
the Consideration Shares in accordance with clause 5.4.1, the Cash
Consideration shall be
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satisfied in cash in accordance with clause 5.3.2 and the Deferred
Consideration shall be satisfied in accordance with clause 7.3.
4. CONSIDERATION SHARES
4.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Purchaser and provided that
such transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the provisions of
clauses 4 and 9.5, each of the Vendors agrees that he or she will not
offer, sell, pledge, encumber, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of
the Consideration Shares issued and allotted to him or her pursuant to
this Agreement (including any shares he or she receives as a result of
any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations of shares,
recapitalisations or other such events relating to the common stock of
SFX which may occur at any time and from time to time from and after
Completion) or any interest therein during the period of one year from
the Completion Date (the "Non-Disposal Period") and thereafter unless an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), is available or pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act and pursuant
to an exemption from any applicable United States state securities or
blue sky laws or an effective registration or other qualification under
any applicable United States state securities or blue sky laws.
4.2 The Purchaser hereby agrees that ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
shall be entitled to transfer the beneficial and/or legal interest in
their Consideration Shares to a corporate vehicle of their choice
incorporated in the Cayman Islands provided that the said transferee
agrees in writing to be subject to the provisions of clauses 4 and 9.5
and further provided that ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ or a member of his
immediate family is and will continue to be the ultimate beneficial
owner of the corporate vehicle for the Non-Disposal Period in respect of
60% of their Consideration Shares and the Option Period in respect of
the Option Shares (as such terms are defined below).
4.3 Each of the Vendors grants to SFX an option (the "Option") exercisable
during the period of two years from the Completion Date (the "Option
Period") to acquire at US$45.31 per share (which price shall be subject
to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock splits, stock
dividends, combinations of shares, recapitalisations or other such
events relating to the common stock of SFX which may occur at any time
and from time to time from and after Completion), the number of
Consideration Shares that is equal to up to forty percent (40%) of the
Consideration Shares issued and allotted to each Vendor pursuant to this
Agreement (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock
splits, stock dividends, combinations of shares, recapitalisations or
other such events relating to the common stock of SFX which may occur at
any time and from time to time from and after Completion) (the "Option
Shares").
4.4 The Option shall be capable of exercise in whole or in part at any time
or times during the Option Period by service of notice in writing on the
Vendors provided that if SFX does exercise its option in part, it will
treat all the Vendors equally and exercise the Option in respect of the
same proportional percentage of each Vendor's Option Shares. Service of
such notice shall constitute a legally binding obligation of each of the
Vendors to transfer, subject to the Vendors receiving the consideration
due in relation to such shares as set out in clause 4.3, such number of
Option Shares as is specified in the notice to SFX credited as fully
paid with full title guarantee and free
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and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances. The purchase price
shall be payable to the Vendors' Solicitors in cash within thirty (30)
days of the exercise of the Option against delivery of certificates for
the Option Shares to be repurchased and the Purchaser shall not be
concerned to see to the distribution of the monies so paid.
4.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this clause 4 other than clause
4.2, whilst the Option remains exercisable in whole or in part, each of
the Vendors undertakes that he or she shall not offer, sell, pledge,
encumber, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Option Shares (including
any shares he or she receives as a result of any stock splits, stock
dividends, combinations of shares, recapitalisations or other such
events relating to the common stock of SFX which may occur at any time
and from time to time from and after Completion) or any interest therein
unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Purchaser and provided that
such transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the provisions of
this clause 4 and 9.5.
4.6 Each of the Vendors understands and acknowledges that:
4.6.1 the Consideration Shares are being distributed by SFX pursuant to
the terms of Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act
("Regulation S"), which permits securities to be sold to non-U.S.
Persons in "offshore transactions" (as defined in Regulation S),
subject to certain terms and conditions; and
4.6.2 the Consideration Shares have not been registered under the
Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United
States or to, or for the account or benefit of, any U.S. Person
(as defined in Regulation S) unless such securities are
registered under the Securities Act or such offer or sale is made
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act.
4.7 Each of the Vendors agrees that during the Non-Disposal Period, each of
the Vendors shall not engage in any activity for the purpose of, or
which may reasonably be expected to have the effect of, conditioning the
market in the United States for the Consideration Shares.
4.8 Each of the Vendors agrees that from the date hereof until the
expiration of the Non-Disposal Period he or she shall not with respect
to the Consideration Shares enter into any short sale, sell or purchase
any option or other derivative security, enter into any swap, or enter
into any other transaction which would have the effect of, directly or
indirectly, in whole or in part, hedging the economic or investment risk
of such Vendor's investment in the Consideration Shares. Each of the
Vendors represents that no such hedging position is currently in effect.
4.9 Each of the Vendors agrees that the certificates for the Consideration
Shares to be received shall bear the following legend:
"The Shares represented by this certificate have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), or with any state securities commission, and
may not be offered, sold, pledged, transferred, encumbered or
disposed of by the holder except in accordance with the
provisions of Regulation S under the Securities Act, pursuant to
registration under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an
available exemption from
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registration; and that hedging transactions involving those
securities may not be conducted unless in compliance with the
Securities Act".
During the twelve month period following the Non-Disposal Period, SFX
will cause the removal of such legend upon receipt of an opinion of
United States counsel, or other evidence, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to SFX, to the effect that the specified
Consideration Shares may be sold in brokers transactions under Rule 144.
After the Option Period, upon request of any Vendor, SFX will cause the
removal of such legend from any Consideration Shares held by the
Vendors.
In addition, each of the Vendors understands that SFX's transfer agents
will not register any transfer of the Consideration Shares during the
Non-Disposal Period and the Option Period, as applicable, and agrees
that SFX may place stop transfer orders with its transfer agents with
respect to such certificates.
4.10 Each of the Vendors agrees that certificates for the Consideration
Shares to be received on Completion shall bear the following legend in
addition to the legend set forth above for the duration of the
Non-Disposal Period in respect of all of his or her Consideration Shares
and the Option Period in respect of 40% of his or her Consideration
Shares, as applicable:
"In addition to and not in limitation of the restriction set
forth above, the Shares represented by this certificate shall be
subject to the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement dated
September 1999 between the shareholders of Apollo Leisure Group
Limited and SFX Entertainment, Inc. (the "Company") which
includes provisions affecting the free transferability of the
shares represented by this certificate. HOLDERS AND/OR
PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OR TRANSFEREES OF INTERESTS IN THESE
SHARES SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE COMPANY, UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES, WILL HAVE THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT, WITHOUT NOTICE TO
THE HOLDER, TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF OR CANCEL THE SHARES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ON THE BOOKS OF THE COMPANY."
Upon the request of a Vendor after the Option Period, SFX will cause the
removal of such legend from any Consideration Shares then held by the
Vendors.
4.11 Each of the Vendors acknowledges that the Consideration Shares will be
"restricted securities" as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act
and may be resold in the U.S. only after the Non-Disposal Period and
only pursuant to the requirements of Rule 144 or otherwise in reliance
upon an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
4.12 Each of the Vendors hereby warrants and undertakes to and with the
Purchaser that:
4.12.1 he or she has downloaded to paper format from the internet
website maintained by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇ and reviewed the most
recent annual report to stockholders of SFX, the latest available
annual report of SFX on Form 10-K, as amended; any of SFX's
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed since such
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reports; any of SFX's filings on Form 8-K since such reports; and
has reviewed a statement of certain risk factors associated with
investment in the Consideration Shares as set out in SFX's Form
10-K, as amended (the "Risk Factors") and in all cases consents
to his or her receipt of such reports to the extent received in
this manner;
4.12.2 he or she was provided with the opportunity to ask questions of
and receive answers from SFX or its representative, concerning
the operations, business and financial condition of SFX, and all
such questions have been answered to his or her full satisfaction
and any information necessary to verify such responses has been
made available to him or her;
4.12.3 he or she has received such documents, materials and information
as he or she deems necessary or appropriate for evaluation of the
Consideration Shares, and further confirms that he or she has
carefully read and understands these materials and has made such
further investigation as was deemed appropriate to obtain
additional information to verify the accuracy of such materials;
4.12.4 he or she confirms that the Consideration Shares were not offered
to him or her by any means of general solicitation or general
advertising;
4.12.5 he or she confirms that he has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters so that he or she is capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the
Consideration Shares and has the capacity to protect his or her
own interests, understands that such investment involves a high
degree of risk, has carefully considered the Risk Factors before
making his decision to make the investment and can bear the
entire economic risk of the investment;
4.12.6 he or she understands that there is no assurance that any
exemption from registration under the Securities Act will be
available and that, even if available, such exemption may not
allow him or her to transfer all or any portion of the
Consideration Shares under the circumstances, in the amounts or
at the times he or she might propose;
4.12.7 he or she will be acquiring the Consideration Shares for his or
her own account, for investment purposes only, and not with a
view towards the sale or other distribution thereof, in whole or
in part;
4.12.8 he or she understands that the Consideration Shares have not been
approved or disapproved by the SEC or by any other US federal or
state agency or any UK regulatory authority;
4.12.9 he or she understands that: (i) there are restrictions on the
transferability of the Consideration Shares; (ii) owners of
Consideration Shares have no right to require the Consideration
Shares to be registered under the Securities Act; and (iii) it
may not be possible for him or her to sell his or her
Consideration Shares and accordingly, he or she may have to hold
the Consideration Shares, and bear the entire economic risk of
this investment for an extended period of time;
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4.12.10 he or she is not a U.S. Person; he or she is executing such
undertaking outside the United States; he or she has received no
offer of the Consideration Shares in the United States; and he or
she has made no offer or order to purchase the Consideration
Shares in the United States; and
4.12.11 he or she has not relied upon any information or representation
with regard to SFX or the Consideration Shares apart from the
information in clause 4.14.
4.13 SFX shall prepare and submit to the New York Stock Exchange, or such
other national securities exchange on which SFX's Class A common stock
is principally traded, a listing application covering the Consideration
Shares and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain,
prior to any permitted sale by a Vendor, approval for the listing of
such Consideration Shares subject to official notice of issuance. The
Vendors shall, without any expenditure of funds, co-operate fully with
SFX with respect to such listing and any filings made with the SEC by
SFX.
4.14 SFX hereby warrants to each of the Vendors as follows:
4.14.1 SFX is a corporation duly organised, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the state of Delaware with full
corporate power and corporate authority to enter into this
Agreement and each of the agreements contemplated hereby to be
executed by it and to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder.
4.14.2 This Agreement and all documents required to be executed and
delivered by SFX hereunder at Completion have been or will be
duly authorised, executed and delivered on behalf of SFX. This
Agreement and all agreements required hereunder to be executed
and delivered on behalf of SFX, constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of SFX enforceable against it in accordance
with their respective terms, except that enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar
laws of general application affecting the enforceability of
creditors' rights generally or by general principles of equity
(whether applied by a court of law or equity). Neither the
execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions provided for herein will result in any breach of,
acceleration of, maturity of, or constitute any default under,
except to the extent waived, any indentures, mortgages,
promissory notes, contracts or agreements to which either SFX is
a party or by which it or its properties are bound or will cause
it to violate any applicable legal requirements, judgement, order
or decree of any governmental authority or any provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of SFX.
4.14.3 SFX has authorised capital stock of (a) 100,000,000 shares of
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which
63,319,143 shares were issued and outstanding and no shares were
held as treasury stock as at close of business on 13 September
1999; (b) 10,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of which 2,545,557 were issued and outstanding
as at close of business on 13 September 1999 and (c) 25,000,000
shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which no
shares were
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issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. All of the issued
shares of common stock of SFX have been duly authorised and
validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and constitute
the only issued and outstanding voting capital shares of SFX. The
Consideration Shares to be exchanged for the Sale Shares will be
issued out of authorised but unissued shares, and there are no
outstanding options, warrants, rights or calls relating to the
Consideration Shares, other than pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
4.14.4 Upon delivery of the Consideration Shares in exchange for the
Sale Shares, each of the Vendors will receive good title to the
Consideration Shares allocated to him or her, and the
Consideration Shares will upon issuance in accordance with this
Agreement all be duly authorised and validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable, not issued in violation of the pre-emptive
rights or other rights of any other shares or security holder of
SFX, free of any restrictions and encumbrances imposed by SFX
except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by applicable
law, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges or security
interests of SFX and not subject to any agreements or
understandings among any persons with respect to the voting or
transfer of such shares, other than those to which the Vendors or
any of them become or are parties.
4.14.5 SFX has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements
and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC
pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including material
filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) (collectively, the "SEC
Documents"). As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents were
true, correct and complete in all material respects in accordance
with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the SEC's
regulations thereunder, and none of the SEC Documents contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
4.14.6 No broker or finder has been employed by SFX in consideration
with the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.14.7 The Sale Shares that are to be acquired by SFX are being acquired
for investment, for its own account and not with a view to the
resale thereof or any other transaction which would constitute a
"distribution" under the Securities Act. SFX acknowledges that
the Sale Shares acquired by it have not been and will not be
registered under the Securities Act or any applicable US state
securities or blue sky laws. SFX has the knowledge and experience
in financial and business matters such that it is capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of the investment by SFX in the
Sale Shares. SFX will not resell or otherwise dispose of the Sale
Shares that it acquires in any manner or transaction that will
make the Vendors unable to rely on the exemption from the
Securities Act and all applicable state securities and blue sky
laws on which the Vendors have relied in making the offer and
sale of the Sale Shares hereunder.
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4.14.8 SFX is an "accredited investor", as that term is defined in Rule
501(a) under the Securities Act, and it has such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters as make it capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of its purchase of the Sale
Shares upon the terms of this Agreement.
4.14.9 In deciding to enter into and consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby, SFX has relied, as to tax, securities and
other legal matters, on the advice it has received from its own
advisers and experts.
4.14.10 SFX understands that there is no public trading market for the
Sale Shares.
5. COMPLETION
5.1 Completion shall take place on the Completion Date at the offices of the
Purchaser's Solicitors when all (but not some only) of the events
described in clauses 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 shall occur.
5.2 The Vendors shall:
5.2.1 deliver to the Purchaser:
5.2.1.1 duly executed transfers of all of the Sale Shares in
favour of the Purchaser or their nominees together with
the relative share certificates or an indemnity in the
approved terms;
5.2.1.2 duly executed transfers in favour of the Company (or its
nominees) of such shares in the Subsidiaries as are
registered in the names of nominee holders, together with
the relative share certificates or an indemnity in the
approved terms;
5.2.1.3 such waivers or consents as the Purchaser may require to
enable the Purchaser or their nominees to be registered as
holders of any of the Sale Shares and the shares in the
Subsidiaries which are referred to in clause 5.2.1.2;
5.2.1.4 the resignation of Deloitte and Touche as auditors of each
member of the Group (where such is the case), such
resignation to contain a statement in accordance with
Section 394 of the Companies ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ that there are no
circumstances connected with it ceasing to hold office
which they consider should be brought to the attention of
the members or creditors of the relevant Group Member;
5.2.1.5 written undertakings from edge ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Solicitors and Brodies to hold the title deeds to the
Properties that are in their possession to the order of
the Purchaser (other than any for which an undertaking has
already been given to a bank or other lending institution)
and confirmation from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Associates that they hold
the title deeds to The Point in Dublin;
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5.2.1.6 the statutory and other books (duly written up to date) of
Point Exhibition Company Limited and its certificate of
incorporation, common seal and any other papers and
documents of it and a written undertaking from the ▇▇▇▇▇
Partnership that they hold all the statutory and other
books (duly written up to date) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries and their respective certificates of
incorporation, common seals and any other papers and
documents of the Company or the Subsidiaries (other than
those Subsidiaries expressly referred to in paragraph 1(b)
of the Disclosure Letter);
5.2.1.7 an unconditional letter of release from the bankers of the
Company and the Subsidiaries evidencing the release and
discharge of all guarantees and charges granted by the
Company and the Subsidiaries or, to the extent that such
guarantees and charges are not to be released and/or
discharged, letters of consent to the change of control of
the Group from the relevant banks including Woodchester
and HSBC and a letter of non-crystallisation from HSBC;
5.2.1.8 certified copies of any powers of attorney under which any
of the documents referred to in this clause 5.2 is
executed or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Purchaser of the authority of any person signing on the
Vendor(s) behalf;
5.2.1.9 the duly executed powers of attorney in respect of the
Sale Shares which are referred to in clause 16.9;
5.2.1.10 except in relation to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, letters
of resignation in the approved terms from each of the
Directors and the secretary of the Company and the
directors and secretary of each of the Subsidiaries other
than in relation to the CCL Group, Nederlander Dominion
and The Point Exhibition Company Limited, such
resignations to take effect in accordance with the minutes
of the meetings referred to in clauses 5.2.4 and 5.2.5
below;
5.2.1.11 duly executed deeds of release, in the approved terms,
terminating the licence in favour of Boars ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and
releasing and discharging the Company and the Subsidiaries
from any liability whatsoever (whether actual or
contingent) which may be owing to the Vendors, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
or any of their respective Associates (other than in
relation to remuneration and emoluments accrued but not
yet paid and unpaid expenses properly payable to the
Vendors and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or any of their Associates
pursuant to their terms of employment with the relevant
member of the Group at Completion) including, for the
avoidance of doubt, any and all bonus payments, finder's
fees, claims, demands, proceedings, causes of action,
awards, decisions, injunctions, judgements, orders,
rulings, subpoenas, verdicts, obligations, contracts,
agreements, debts and liabilities whatsoever, whether in
law or equity (including any right of contribution),
whether arising under contract or arrangement, by
operation of law or otherwise, existing or arising from
any acts or events occurring or failing to occur, or
alleged to have
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occurred or to have failed to occur, or any conditions
existing or alleged to have existed on or before
Completion;
5.2.1.12 evidence to the Purchaser's reasonable satisfaction that
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation is beneficially owned by a
member of the Group;
5.2.1.13 evidence that the lease of the Alexandra Theatre
Birmingham has been duly stamped;
5.2.2 procure that ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall enter into service
agreements (or a consultancy agreement in the case of ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇) with the Company or, in respect of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, a
member of the Purchaser's Group incorporated outside the United
Kingdom, in the approved terms and procure that ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
shall enter into a service agreement with ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Corporation Limited in the approved terms;
5.2.3 procure that the amounts set out in the board minutes referred to
in clauses 5.2.4 and 5.2.5 shall be paid to ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and to all staff of the Group;
5.2.4 cause the Directors to hold a meeting of the board of the Company
at which the Directors shall pass resolutions (inter alia) to:
5.2.4.1 approve the registration of the Purchaser or their
nominees as members of the Company subject only to the
production of duly stamped and completed transfers in
respect of the Sale Shares;
5.2.4.2 appoint the Purchaser's Accountants as joint auditors of
the Company;
5.2.4.3 appoint such persons as the Purchaser may nominate as
directors and secretary of the Company;
5.2.4.4 approve all financial assistance being given by the
Company; and
5.2.4.5 give authority to such persons as the Purchaser may
nominate to operate the bank accounts.
5.2.5 cause the directors of the Subsidiaries to hold meetings of the
board of the Subsidiaries at which the directors of the
Subsidiaries shall pass resolutions (inter alia) to:
5.2.5.1 appoint such persons as the Purchaser may nominate as
directors and secretary of the Subsidiaries; and
5.2.5.2 appoint the Purchaser's Accountants as joint auditors of
the Subsidiaries;
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5.2.5.3 approve all financial assistance being given by the
Subsidiaries; and
5.2.5.4 give authority to such persons as the Purchaser may
nominate to operate the bank accounts.
5.3 The Purchaser shall:
5.3.1 subscribe in cash nine million pounds ((pound)9,000,000) for B
Shares in the Company; and
5.3.2 pay by telegraphic transfer to the Vendor's Solicitors' bank
account the Cash Consideration (for value that day) and receipt
by the Vendor's Solicitors shall be a complete discharge of the
Purchaser's liability to pay the Cash Consideration.
5.4 SFX shall:
5.4.1 issue and allot to the Vendors the respective number of
Consideration Shares as set out opposite his or her name in
column 3 of Schedule 1; and
5.4.2 provide a letter of support in the approved terms.
5.5 Each of the Vendors hereby agrees to the allocation of the Cash
Consideration and the Consideration Shares as is set out in columns 3
and 4 of Schedule 1.
6. COMPLETION ACCOUNTS
6.1 The Vendors and the Purchaser shall use all reasonable endeavours to
procure that the Company shall prepare Completion Accounts for the Group
in respect of the period from the Accounting Date to the Completion
Accounts Date and a draft Working Capital Statement in accordance with
the provisions of Schedule 5 as soon as reasonably practicable after
Completion and in any event within sixty (60) days of the Completion
Date and that the Company shall deliver the same to the Purchaser and
the Purchaser's Accountants.
6.2 The Purchaser shall procure that the Purchaser's Accountants shall,
within forty five (45) days of the Purchaser's Accountants receiving the
draft Completion Accounts and draft Working Capital Statement review the
same and applying the same basis and principals referred to in clause
6.1 deliver to the Purchaser and the Vendors a written notice stating
either:
6.2.1 that in their opinion the draft Completion Accounts and the draft
Working Capital Statement have been prepared in accordance with
the provisions of clause 6.1; or
6.2.2 that they disagree with the draft Completion Accounts and the
draft Working Capital Statement, together with a statement
detailing their reasons for disagreement and showing their
proposed adjustments to the draft Working Capital Statement.
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6.3 The Vendors shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of the notice
referred to in clause 6.2.2 to serve a written notice on the Purchaser
stating that they:
6.3.1 agree with the proposed adjustments to the draft Completion
Accounts and the draft Working Capital Statement; or
6.3.2 disagree with the proposed adjustments to the draft Completion
Accounts and the draft Working Capital Statement.
6.4 If the Purchaser's Accountants or the Vendors serve a notice pursuant to
clause 6.2.1 or 6.3.1 (as the case may be) the draft Completion Accounts
and the draft Working Capital Statement (as adjusted if relevant) shall
be the Completion Accounts and the Working Capital Statement
respectively for the purposes of this Agreement but such Completion
Accounts and Working Capital Statement shall be without prejudice to the
Purchaser's right to claim under the Warranties, clause 10 or otherwise
in respect of any matter, but subject always to clause 9.9.8.2. In
carrying out their functions under this Agreement, the Purchaser's
Accountants shall not be deemed to be acting as arbitrators.
6.5 If the Vendors serve a notice pursuant to clause 6.3.2 and/or the
parties are not able to agree the form and content of the Completion
Accounts and Working Capital Statement within seventy five (75) days of
the date on which they were first submitted to the Purchaser and the
Purchaser's Accountants, the matter may be referred by the Vendors or
the Purchaser to an independent firm of chartered accountants selected
by agreement between the Vendors and the Purchaser, or, failing
agreement, nominated by the President for the time being of the
Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and Wales on the application
of any of the Vendors or the Purchaser and:
6.5.1 such independent firm of chartered accountants shall be requested
to settle any matter in dispute, applying the same basis and
principles as are referred to in clause 6.1 and (unless both the
Vendors and the Purchaser shall otherwise direct in writing)
determine the form and content of the Completion Accounts and the
Working Capital Statement; and
6.5.2 the decision of such firm of chartered accountants as to the
matter in dispute and their determination (if any) as to the form
and content of the Completion Accounts and the Working Capital
Statement shall be final and binding, in the absence of manifest
error, on the parties hereto and such chartered accountants shall
be deemed to act as experts and not as arbitrators.
6.6 The costs of the Purchaser's Accountants and the costs of the
independent chartered accountant, if any, shall be borne by the Vendors
if the amount of the Working Capital which is ultimately agreed or
determined in favour of the Purchaser differs by an amount of more than
ten per cent (10%) from the original amount stated in the draft Working
Capital Statement produced by the Company, and otherwise by the
Purchaser.
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7. ADJUSTMENT OF CONSIDERATION AND DEFERRED CONSIDERATION
7.1 Subject to clause 7.3, within 7 days of the agreement or determination
of the amount of the Working Capital in accordance with clause 6:
7.1.1 if the amount of the Working Capital exceeds minus fifty million
and eighty thousand pounds -(pound)50,080,000, which for the
avoidance of doubt means that the amount of the Working Capital
is nearer to nil, the Purchaser will pay to the Vendors'
Solicitors (whose receipt shall be an absolute discharge
therefor) an amount equal to such excess and interest thereon as
specified in clause 7.2 and the Purchaser shall not be concerned
to see to the distribution of the monies so paid;
7.1.2 if the amount of the Working Capital is less than minus fifty
million and eighty thousand pounds -(pound)50,080,000, which for
the avoidance of doubt means that the amount of the Working
Capital is a larger negative number, the Vendors will pay to the
Purchaser an amount equal to such shortfall and interest thereon
as specified in clause 7.2.
7.2 The amount of any excess or shortfall pursuant to clause 7.1 shall
accrue interest from the Completion Accounts Date to the date of payment
at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR. For each month during such period,
"LIBOR" shall be the Interbank Sterling one month mid-rate published in
the Financial Times on the first business day of such month. Interest
payable under this clause 7.2 shall be calculated on the number of days
elapsed and a 365 day year and shall accrue daily and be compounded
monthly.
7.3 In relation to the Deferred Consideration Properties:
7.3.1 if the proceeds of any sale of any of the Deferred Consideration
Properties are received by a member of the Group prior to
agreement or determination of the amount of the Working Capital,
the proceeds and deductions that would have been taken into
account in determining the Deferred Consideration in respect of
such properties shall be taken into account in calculating the
amount of the Working Capital;
7.3.2 in all other cases, the proceeds and deductions that would fall
to be taken into account in calculating the Deferred
Consideration shall not be taken into account in calculating the
amount of the Working Capital and any such Deferred Consideration
shall be paid by the Purchaser in cash to the Vendors in the same
proportions as set out in column 4 of Schedule 1 within 30 days
of receipt of such proceeds of sale by the relevant member of the
Group.
7.4 The Purchaser shall procure that the relevant member of the Group which
owns the Deferred Consideration Properties shall act promptly on the
reasonable instructions of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ in relation to
the terms upon which such properties should be sold and shall procure
that ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ are given reasonable access at all
reasonable times to papers and documents relating to the Deferred
Consideration Properties.
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7.5 In calculating the adjustment for the net amount of the operating profit
and loss made by the business carried on at any of the Deferred
Consideration Properties, the Vendors shall notify the Purchaser in
writing what they consider the profit or loss to be. The Purchaser shall
within 14 days of such notification inform the Vendors in writing
whether it agrees or disagrees with the same. If the Purchaser agrees,
then the amount of Deferred Consideration referable to that Deferred
Consideration Property shall be final and paid as provided in clause
7.3. If the Purchaser disagrees with the amount notified to it and it
and the Vendors cannot reach agreement within 14 days of the Purchaser's
notification of disagreement, the matter shall be referred to an
independent firm of chartered accountants and the provisions of clause
6.5 shall mutatis mutandis apply. On the decision of the firm of
chartered accountants being published, the amount of the Deferred
Consideration shall be finalised and paid as provided in clause 7.3. The
firm of Chartered Accountants will as part of their decision determine
in what proportion their costs should be borne by either or both of the
Vendors and the Purchaser.
8. RESTRICTION OF VENDORS
8.1 Each of the Vendors undertakes with the Purchaser (for itself and as
trustee for the Company and each of the Subsidiaries) that, except as
provided in clause 8.2 or with the consent in writing of the Purchaser
and subject to the provisions of clause 8.4:
8.1.1 for the period of three (3) years after Completion he or she will
not within the United Kingdom and Eire either on his or her own
account or in conjunction with or on behalf of any person, firm
or company carry on or be engaged, concerned or interested,
directly or indirectly, whether as shareholder, director,
employee, partner, agent or otherwise in carrying on any business
which competes with the business carried on by any member of the
Group at Completion (other than as a holder of not more than five
(5) per cent of the issued shares or debentures of any company
carrying on such a business listed on a recognised stock
exchange);
8.1.2 for the period of three (3) years after Completion he or she will
not either on his or her own account or in conjunction with or on
behalf of any other person, firm or company solicit or entice
away or attempt to solicit or entice away from any member of the
Group the custom of any person, firm, company or organisation who
shall at any time within the year preceding Completion have been
a supplier of goods or services, identified prospective supplier
of goods or services, representative or agent of any member of
the Group or in the habit of dealing with any member of the Group
or enter into any contract for sale and purchase or accept
business from any such person, firm, company or organisation in a
business area in which any members of the Group competes;
8.1.3 for the period of three (3) years after Completion he or she will
not either on his or her own account or in conjunction with or on
behalf of any other person, firm or company employ, engage,
solicit, entice away or attempt to employ, engage, solicit or
entice away from any member of the Group any person employed in a
managerial, supervisory or sales capacity by, or engaged as a
consultant to, or representative or agent of any member of the
Group at Completion or at any time during the period of six
months immediately
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preceding Completion (whether or not such person would commit a
breach of contract by reason of leaving such employment or
engagement);
8.1.4 he or she will not make use of or disclose or divulge to any
person (other than to officers or employees of the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries whose province it is to know the same) at any
time hereafter, any Confidential Information, or, for a period of
three (3) years after Completion, any other information (other
than any information properly available to the public or
disclosed or divulged pursuant to an order of a court of
competent jurisdiction) relating to any member of the Group, the
identity of its customers and suppliers, its products, finance,
contractual arrangements, business or methods of business and
shall use all his or her reasonable endeavours to prevent the
publication or disclosure of any such information by any person,
firm or company with which he or she is connected;
8.1.5 if, in connection with the business or affairs of any member of
the Group, he or she shall have obtained Confidential Information
belonging to any third party under an agreement purporting to
bind any member of the Group which contained restrictions on
disclosure he or she will not without the previous written
consent of the board of directors of the Purchaser at any time
infringe such restrictions;
8.1.6 he or she will not at any time hereafter in relation to any
trade, business or company use a name or trade ▇▇▇▇ including the
words Apollo, CCL or The Point or any word confusingly similar
thereto in such a way as to be capable of or likely to be
confused with the name or any trade ▇▇▇▇ of any member of the
Group and shall use his or her best endeavours to procure that no
such name or trade ▇▇▇▇ shall be used by any person, firm or
company with which he or she is connected.
8.2 The restrictions set out in clause 8.1 will not apply to the Vendors
(either alone or working with any other person) in connection with:
8.2.1 the exploitation of such Doctor Dolittle rights as are
transferred to Houston Securities Limited in accordance with
terms and conditions of the transfer agreement between Houston
Securities Limited and the relevant members of the Group in the
approved terms;
8.2.2 the operation of the Prince of Wales Hotel and the Palladium
Llandudno as they are currently operated by the Group;
8.2.3 the personal use by Houston Securities Limited of the name
"Apollo" for the period of twelve (12) months from the Completion
Date for the purpose of operating the Deferred Consideration
Properties; and
8.2.4 the development of the land at The Point, Dublin, provided that
such development does not consist of any large scale live
entertainment that might compete with the business of The Point
as it has been carried on from time to time in the five (5) years
up to the Completion Date.
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8.3 Each Vendor shall procure that all persons directly or indirectly owned
or controlled by him or her shall be bound by and observe the provisions
of this clause 8 as if they were parties covenanting with the Purchaser
in the same terms.
8.4 While the restrictions contained in this clause 8 are considered by the
parties to be reasonable in all the circumstances, it is recognised that
restrictions of the nature in question may fail for technical reasons
and accordingly it is hereby agreed and declared that if any of such
restrictions shall be adjudged to be void as going beyond what is
reasonable in all the circumstances for the protection of the interests
of the Purchaser but would be valid if part of the wording thereof were
deleted or the periods thereof reduced or the range of activities or
area dealt with thereby reduced in scope the said restriction shall
apply with only such modifications as may be necessary to make it valid
and effective.
8.5 Each of the Vendors acknowledges that its restrictions and obligations
under this clause 8 are reasonable and necessary to protect the
Purchaser and the business that the Purchaser is acquiring pursuant to
this Agreement and monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy for
the Purchaser for any breach by the Vendors of its restrictions and
obligations and the Vendors accordingly agree that the Purchaser shall
be entitled to specific performance of the Vendors' obligations herein
and to injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other
remedy to which it may be entitled at law or in equity.
8.6 The restrictions contained in clauses 8.1 and 8.3 shall be without
prejudice to:
8.6.1 performance by and shall not limit the restrictions on any of the
Vendors under the terms of any of their service and/or employment
agreements (as amended from time to time) with any member of the
Group; and
8.6.2 any shareholding any of the Vendors may hold in SFX.
9. WARRANTIES
9.1 As of 3 August 1999 (unless otherwise stated in Schedule 6 and/or part 1
of Schedule 7), the Vendors hereby warrant and undertake to and with the
Purchaser in the terms of Schedule 6 and part 1 of Schedule 7, as to
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ jointly and severally, as to
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the DCR Trustees jointly and severally, as to
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and the DCG Trustees jointly and severally, and as
to and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ severally.
9.2 The Warranties (other than the Warranties in paragraphs 3.2, 3.11 and
5.12 of Schedule 6 in respect of which no qualification is accepted) are
given subject to matters fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Letter.
"Fairly" for these purposes means disclosed in a manner so as to enable
a reasonable purchaser to make an informed and accurate assessment of
the significance of the disclosure and its impact upon the relevant
Warranty. In this connection, it is accepted that where a disclosure is
specifically referenced to a numbered warranty, but not to others that
does not of itself mean that it is not fairly disclosed against such
other warranties, provided that a fact or matter will not be deemed to
be fairly disclosed if it could only have been
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discoverable by the Purchaser deducing it from the face of a series of
documents which are not connected by explicit references to each other.
The parties agree that a fact or matter will only be deemed to be fairly
disclosed to the Purchaser if it is within the actual knowledge of the
Purchaser as a result of reviewing the Disclosure Letter and/or the
documents annexed thereto (the "Disclosure Bundle") or it is readily
discoverable from the face of any document in the Disclosure Bundle. No
letter, document or other communication shall be deemed to constitute a
disclosure for the purposes of this Agreement unless the same is
actually contained in the Disclosure Bundle.
9.3 The Vendors acknowledge that the Purchaser has entered into this
Agreement in reliance upon the Warranties.
9.4 In the event that any of the Warranties is broken or (as the case may
be) proves to be untrue or misleading in whole or in part, the Vendors
shall indemnify the Purchaser for itself and as trustee for each member
of the Purchaser's Group and Group in respect of:
9.4.1 the full amount of any shortfall or diminution in the value of
any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries and an
amount equal to any other loss suffered or incurred by the
Purchaser, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any
successor as a result of or in relation to any act, matter or
circumstance constituting a breach or non-fulfilment of any of
the Warranties, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any right
the Purchaser may have to apply the multiple used in assessing
the value of the Sale Shares to the loss suffered as a result of
the breach; and
9.4.2 all costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser, the Company and
each member of the Group as a result of such breach, and any
reasonable and proper costs (including legal costs on a solicitor
and own client basis), expenses or other liabilities which any of
them may incur either before or after the commencement of any
action in connection with (i) any legal proceedings in which the
Purchaser or the relevant member of the Group or the Purchaser's
Group claims that any of the Warranties has been broken or is
untrue or misleading and in which judgement is given for the
Purchaser or the relevant member of the Group or the Purchaser's
Group or (ii) the enforcement of any settlement of, or judgement
in respect of, such claim, provided that such claim in respect of
such breach is resolved in favour of the Purchaser or the
relevant member of the Group or the Purchaser's Group.
9.5 Any amounts agreed by each Vendor (including all amounts which are not
in dispute and which form a part of a claim that has not yet been agreed
or finally determined) or, with respect to amounts which are not so
agreed, finally determined to be payable in respect of any breach of the
Warranties or under the terms of clause 10 shall be satisfied within ten
(10) days from such agreement or the date of being finally determined
(and time shall be of the essence for the purpose of this clause 9.5),
to the extent that a claim for breach of a Warranty has been agreed or
finally determined within two (2) years of the Completion Date, by the
transfer to SFX of Consideration Shares with full title guarantee and
free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances which shall be
deemed to have a value equal to the price for which the
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Consideration Shares were issued to Vendors and the price in US dollars
for the Consideration Shares shall be translated at the Exchange Rate
immediately prior to close of business in London on the business day
prior to the date the claim is agreed or finally determined, and after
the said two year period, at the option of each of the Vendors, by:
9.5.1 the transfer to SFX of Consideration Shares with full title
guarantee and free and clear of all liens, charges and
encumbrances which shall be deemed to have a value equal to the
average closing price of such stock over the five business days
prior to the date the claim is agreed or finally determined and
the price in US dollars for the Consideration Shares shall be
translated at the Exchange Rate immediately prior to close of
business in London on the business day prior to the date the
claim is agreed or finally determined; and/or
9.5.2 payment in cash.
For the purposes of this clause 9.5, "finally determined" means a final
decision of a Court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction from which
there is no appeal or in relation to which the right to appeal has not
been made within the applicable time limit. If any of the Vendors fails
to make such payment, the Purchaser shall have the absolute right
without prejudice to any other rights of recovery the Purchaser or any
other member of the Purchaser's Group may have, without further notice
to the Vendors, to satisfy the amount of such payment by cancelling the
appropriate number of Consideration Shares on the books of SFX with the
shares to have a value equal, to the extent that such cancellation is
carried out within two (2) years of the Completion Date, to the price
for which the Consideration Shares were issued to Vendors and otherwise
the average closing price of such stock over the five business days
prior to the date the claim is agreed or finally determined and the
price in US dollars for the Consideration Shares shall be translated at
the Exchange Rate immediately prior to close of business in London on
the business day prior to the date the claim is agreed or finally
determined.
9.6 Each of the Warranties shall be separate and independent and, save as
expressly provided to the contrary, shall not be limited by reference to
or inference from any other Warranty or any other term of this
Agreement.
9.7 Where any statement in the Warranties or any confirmation or certificate
given by any of the Vendors hereunder or pursuant hereto is qualified by
the expression "so far as the Vendors are aware" or "to the best of the
Vendors' knowledge and belief" or any similar expression, that statement
shall be deemed to include an additional statement that it has been made
after reasonable enquiry of each of the Directors of each member of the
Group, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ of the subject
matter of the Warranties.
9.8 Each of the Vendors hereby agrees with the Purchaser (for itself and as
trustee for the Company and each of the Subsidiaries) to waive any
rights which he or she may have in respect of any misrepresentation or
inaccuracy in, or omission from, any information or advice supplied or
given by the Company or its Subsidiaries or its or their officers,
employees or advisers in connection with the giving of the Warranties
and the preparation of the Disclosure Letter.
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9.9 Subject to clause 9.10, the parties agree as follows:
9.9.1 The liability of the Vendors under the Warranties shall, save in
relation to the Warranties in paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 (the "Tax
Warranties"), cease on the earlier of two years from the
Completion Date and thirty (30) days after the audited accounts
for the second audit of the Group following Completion have been
filed at Companies House, except (subject to clause 9.9.10) in
respect of matters which have been the subject of a written claim
made before such date by the Purchaser or the Purchaser's
Solicitors to any of the Vendors or the Vendors' Solicitors.
9.9.2 The liability of the Vendors under the Tax Warranties shall cease
six (6) years after the first anniversary of the Accounting Date,
except in respect of matters which have been the subject of a
written claim made before such date by the Purchaser or the
Purchaser's Solicitors to any of the Vendors or the Vendors'
Solicitors.
9.9.3 Any claim which is made under clause 9.9.1 or 9.9.2 within the
required period shall (unless settled or withdrawn) be deemed to
have been waived or withdrawn if legal proceedings in respect
thereof are not issued and served on the Vendors within nine
months of written notice of the claim first being given, except
in the case of a claim notified under clause 9.9.10 where legal
proceedings must be issued and served within nine months of the
liability becoming an actual rather than contingent liability,
and time shall be of the essence for the purposes of clauses
9.9.1 and 9.9.2.
9.9.4 The aggregate liability of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
under the Warranties and clause 10 of the Agreement shall be
limited to 67.144% of the Consideration less (pound)38,272,000.
9.9.5 The liability under the Warranties and clause 10 of this
Agreement of:
9.9.5.1 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ together with the DCR Trustees,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ together with the SJS Trustees, and
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ together with the DCG Trustees shall
in each case be limited to their individual proportion of
the Consideration aggregated with the relevant proportion
of the Consideration of the relevant Vendor Trustee less
the equivalent proportion of(pound)57,000,000 and then
reduced by twenty five percent (25%); and
9.9.5.2 Simon ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall in each case
be limited to their individual proportion of the
Consideration less the equivalent proportion of
(pound)57,000,000 and then reduced by twenty five percent
(25%).
9.9.6 Save in relation to the Warranties in paragraph 5 of Schedule 6
and the Tax Warranties, no liability shall attach to the Vendors
under the Warranties:
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9.9.6.1 where the amount of any individual claim is less than ten
thousand pounds ((pound)10,000), such claims being ignored
for the purposes of calculating the liability of the
Vendors under the Warranties unless such claims, when
aggregated, amount to more than two hundred thousand
pounds ((pound)200,000) and further provided that one or
more claims deriving from, or attributable to, the same
matter or circumstance shall be treated as one claim for
the purpose of this clause; and
9.9.6.2 until the aggregate amount of all claims shall exceed one
million five hundred thousand pounds ((pound)1,500,000)
and in such event the Vendors shall be liable for all
amounts over two hundred thousand pounds ((pound)200,000).
9.9.7 In relation to the Warranties in paragraph 5 of Schedule 6, no
liability shall attach to the Vendors unless the aggregate amount
of all claims under such Warranties shall exceed five hundred
thousand pounds ((pound)500,000) and in such event the Vendors
shall be liable for the excess only.
9.9.8 The Vendors shall, save in relation to the Tax Warranties, not be
liable under the Warranties:
9.9.8.1 to the extent that such claim would not have arisen but
for some voluntary act or omission occurring after
Completion outside the ordinary course of business
(otherwise than pursuant to a legally binding commitment
binding on the Company or any Subsidiary created on or
before Completion) by or on behalf of all or any of the
Purchaser, the Company or any Subsidiary and the
Purchaser, the Company or any Subsidiary (as the case may
be) or any of its directors knew or should reasonably have
known that such act or omission could reasonably be or
have been expected to give rise to or increase such claim
and a reasonable alternative course of action, having
regard, without limitation, to the protection of the
goodwill of the Purchaser and the members of the Group and
the Purchaser's Group, was available to the Purchaser, the
Company or the Subsidiary (as the case may be) which could
be expected not to have given rise to such claim or to a
claim of such amount;
9.9.8.2 to the extent that a specific provision is made in the
Completion Accounts in respect of the matter to which the
liability specifically relates;
9.9.8.3 to the extent any claimant(s) is or are entitled to claim
indemnity against any loss or damage arising out of the
breach or claim under the terms of any insurance policy
from time to time in force;
9.9.8.4 which would not have arisen but for anything expressly
provided to be done or omitted to be done pursuant to this
Agreement; or
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9.9.8.5 to the extent that any losses, credits, reliefs or any
other allowable sums arising or becoming available to the
Company or any Subsidiary on or before Completion and
previously unutilised (other than any such reliefs or
rights to repayment as are mentioned in clauses 10.1.5.1
to 10.1.5.3 inclusive) are available to the Company or any
Subsidiary for set-off against the Tax that is the subject
of such claim or the liability to which it relates (and so
that the use of any such losses, credits, reliefs or
allowable sums shall not of itself give rise to a claim).
9.9.9 The Vendors shall not be liable under the Tax Warranties to the
extent that the limitations in clause 10.3 are applicable.
9.9.10 If, in respect of a claim for breach of any of the Warranties,
the liability of the Purchaser or the Company or any Subsidiary
is contingent then the Vendors shall not be liable in respect
thereof unless and until such time as the contingent liability
ceases to be contingent and becomes actual, provided that the
liability becomes actual within one (1) year of the end of the
periods referred to in clauses 9.9.1 and 9.9.2 respectively and
if the liability does not become actual within such period the
liability of the Vendors shall cease.
9.9.11 Nothing herein or otherwise shall be deemed to relieve the
Purchaser or the Company or any Subsidiary from any common law
duty to mitigate any loss or damage incurred by it or them.
Neither the Purchaser, nor the Company nor any relevant member of
the Group shall be obliged to make a payment under clauses 9.9.14
or 9.9.15 in respect of any sum or benefit which any of them
shall have received, recovered or become entitled to if any such
sum or benefit falls to be taken into account in computing any
amount to be set off, refunded or repaid to the Vendors pursuant
to clause 10.4.4.
9.9.12 The Purchaser shall not be entitled to recover any sum in respect
of any claim or otherwise obtain reimbursement or restitution
more than once in respect of any one breach of the Warranties or
claim under clause 10 or the subject matter thereof.
9.9.13 In the event that a claim (other than a claim under clause 10)
against the Vendors arises as a result of or in connection with a
liability to or a dispute with any third party:
9.9.13.1 no such liability or dispute shall be admitted, settled or
discharged without the written consent of the Vendors
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
and
9.9.13.2 the Purchaser shall (provided that they are indemnified to
their reasonable satisfaction by the Vendors against any
costs, expenses, liabilities, penalties, and fines which
may be incurred by the Purchaser and the Group and the
Purchaser's Group in taking such action and provided that
the Vendors give the Purchaser such assistance as they
reasonably require) take such action to avoid, dispute,
resist, appeal, compromise or contest such liability or
dispute as may be reasonably requested by the Vendors
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provided that the Purchaser shall not be obliged to take any
action whatsoever that the Purchaser reasonably believes acting
in good faith having taken account of the reasonable
representations of the Vendors will or is reasonably likely to
have a material adverse effect on the business of any member of
the Group taken as a whole. In relation to any claim against the
Company arising from an audit of the box office takings by any
major US or UK producer, the parties agree that contesting,
disputing or resisting such claim in good faith will not be
reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the
business of the Group taken as a whole. Notwithstanding the
above, the Purchaser may, at their option, assign such claim or
any part thereof to the Vendors.
9.9.14 Where the Purchaser or any member of the Group or the Purchaser's
Group is entitled (whether by right of indemnity, reimbursement
or any other means) to recover from some other person (not being
the Purchaser any member of the Group or the Purchaser's Group or
any person connected with any of them but including, without
limitation, any Tax authority) any sum or benefit in respect of
the same matter that was the subject of a successful claim for
breach of any of the Warranties, the Purchaser or the relevant
member of the Group or the Purchaser's Group so entitled shall
(provided that it is indemnified to its satisfaction by the
Vendors against all costs, expenses, liabilities, penalties and
fines which it or they may incur thereby and provided that the
Vendors give the Purchaser or the relevant member of the Group or
the Purchaser's Group such assistance as it reasonably requires)
take all reasonable steps to enforce such recovery provided that
neither the Purchaser nor any member of the Group or the
Purchaser's Group shall be required to do anything which in the
reasonable opinion of the Purchaser might have a material adverse
effect on the business of the Group taken as a whole (in which
case the Purchaser shall reimburse the Vendors for the amount
which the Vendors and the Purchaser reasonably expect the
Purchaser to recover from such other person, less all reasonable
costs, expenses, and taxes, but in no event shall such amount be
greater than the amount received by Purchaser from the Vendors
with respect to the same matter that was the subject of such
claim for breach of Warranties). Notwithstanding the above, the
Purchaser or the relevant member of the Group or the Purchaser's
Group entitled to such recovery may, at its option, assign such
claim or any part thereof for recovery to the Vendors.
9.9.15 In the event that payment is made by the Vendors or any of them
in respect of a claim and the Purchaser or the relevant member of
the Group or the Purchaser's Group or any of them subsequently
recovers from the third party a sum or, in the case of Tax
claims, a benefit in respect of the same matter that was the
subject of a claim, the Purchaser and the Company or the relevant
Group member shall reimburse the Vendors after receipt of such
sum or, in the case of Tax claims, benefit the net amount
received (after deducting any costs including legal costs on a
solicitor and own client basis) but not in any event exceeding
the amount originally paid in respect of the relevant claim. For
the purposes of the foregoing:
9.9.15.1 subject to clauses 9.9.15.2 to 9.9.15.4 below, a sum or
benefit shall also be deemed to have been received if
received by way of credit, set-
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off or other deduction or received in kind, provided that
such sum or benefit is reasonably capable of being
quantified in cash.
9.9.15.2 a reduction in liability to Tax arising as a direct result
of any payment made in respect of the claim shall be
deemed to be a sum or benefit received aforesaid;
9.9.15.3 the recipient shall be deemed to receive a refund or
repayment for Tax purposes when and only when it would
have received the same but for a liability to any Tax not
covered by clause 10 and shall be deemed to receive a
credit for Tax purposes when and only when the same
results in an actual reduction of Tax not covered by
clause 10 that the recipient would otherwise have been
liable to pay;
9.9.15.4 any repayment supplement for Tax purposes or interest
(less tax) paid or received or attributable to the sum or
benefit recovered shall also be accounted for to the
Vendors to the extent referable to the period after the
claim was satisfied.
9.9.16 None of the Vendors shall be liable in respect of any
representations or warranties which are made or deemed to have
been made by them or any of them in relation to or connection
with the subject matter hereof (save for fraudulent
misrepresentation) which are not contained and expressly given or
assumed by them in this Agreement or any document in the approved
terms to be entered into pursuant hereto and the Purchaser hereby
confirms that it has not entered into this Agreement in reliance
on any such representation or warranty.
9.9.17 The Purchaser shall indemnify the Vendors and each of them
against any and all reasonable and proper costs and expenses
(including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis) to
the extent that such costs and expenses are incurred in
successfully defending in all respects a claim for breach of any
of the Warranties and where the Purchaser and the members of the
Purchaser's Group have no right of appeal or the Purchaser has
not appealed within the applicable time limits.
9.9.18 The Purchaser irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it
may have to ▇▇▇ the Vendors in misrepresentation or to rescind
this Agreement, in either case for any non-fraudulent
misrepresentation made by or on behalf of the Vendors, whether or
not contained in this Agreement, or to terminate this Agreement
for any reason. The Purchaser's remedy in respect of any such
misrepresentation shall be an action under the terms of this
Agreement if and to the extent the misrepresentation constitutes
a breach of the Warranties.
9.9.19 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
maximum liability of each of the Vendor Trustees (and any
trustees to whom they transfer all or any part of the trust fund
of the relevant Trust in exercise of their dispositive powers
under the relevant Trust ("a Transferee Trustee") under this
Agreement shall be limited to the extent that such liability can
be met and discharged out of the net assets (after costs of
realisation of the same and any
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tax payable on or by reference to such realisation) held by or on
behalf of such Vendor Trustee in the Trust of which they are
trustees at the time such Vendor Trustee is called upon to make
such payment and no Vendor Trustee (or any Transferee Trustee)
shall incur any personal liability in respect of any claim under
this Agreement.
9.9.20 If a capital distribution is made to a beneficiary of a Trust
before such time as the Vendor Trustee of the relevant Trust are
under no actual or contingent liability under this Agreement and
the beneficiary of the distribution is sui iuris and shall by
deed undertake to accept liability under this Agreement (subject
to the limitations provided herein) whether to the extent only of
the distribution concerned (less any tax payable by such
beneficiary by reason of the receipt thereof) or generally then
the residual liability of such distributing trustees hereunder
shall thereupon be reduced to such extent or extinguished
accordingly.
9.10 Clause 9.9 shall not apply if any claim or claims has or have arisen by
reason of fraud, wilful concealment or dishonesty.
9.11 If any sum payable by the Vendors under this clause 9 shall be subject
to Tax (whether by way of deduction or withholding or direct assessment
of the person entitled thereto) such payment shall be increased by such
an amount as shall ensure that after deduction, withholding or payment
of such Tax the recipient shall have received a net amount equal to the
payment otherwise required hereby to be made.
9.12 The amount paid by the Vendors to the Purchaser or the relevant member
of the Purchaser's Group in satisfaction of any claim shall, so far as
possible, be treated as a reduction by that amount in the Consideration
for the Sale Shares.
10. COVENANT IN RESPECT OF TAX
10.1 In this clause 10 unless the context otherwise requires:
10.1.1 "Claim" means the issue of any notice, letter or other document
by or on behalf of any Tax Authority or the taking of any action
by or on behalf of any Tax Authority from which letter, notice,
document or action it appears that a Tax liability is to be
imposed on any of the Company or a Subsidiary so that such
Company or Subsidiary will or may become subject to a liability
which could give rise to a claim under the Warranties relating to
Taxation or, in the context of clause 10.2 that a liability or
increased liability is to be imposed on any relevant company.
10.1.2 "event" includes (without limitation) any omission, event, action
or transaction whether or not the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is a party thereto, the death of any person, a
change in the residence of any person for any Tax purpose, and
the entering into and completion of this Agreement and references
to the result of events on or before the Completion Date shall
include the combined result of two or more events one or more of
which shall have taken place on or before the Completion Date in
circumstances where
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those events occurring after Completion occurred inside the
Company's ordinary course of business and is or are:
10.1.2.1 the completion of the disposal by the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries of any asset which was contracted to be
sold by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries outside the
ordinary course of business before Completion or the
performance of any other act which the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries was bound to perform by virtue of a
legally binding obligation it had entered into outside the
ordinary course of business before Completion;
10.1.2.2 the satisfaction of a condition to which the disposal by
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of any asset
pursuant to a contract entered into outside the ordinary
course of business before Completion was subject (in which
even the disposal shall, for the purposes of this clause
10, but subject to clause 10.3.14, be treated as having
been made before Completion and any liability to Tax
arising from such disposal shall be treated as having
risen before Completion);
10.1.2.3 the service of any notice pursuant to section 703 of the
Taxes Act;
10.1.2.4 the bringing into the United Kingdom of any document
executed prior to Completion outside the United Kingdom
where the same is required to be produced in court in the
United Kingdom with a view to protecting or enforcing any
legal rights of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries;
10.1.2.5 the making of any chargeable payment (as defined in
section 214 of the Taxes Act) where the same is connected
with the exempt distribution (as defined in section 213(2)
of the Taxes Act) made prior to Completion.
10.1.3 "relief" means any relief, allowance, credit, set off, deduction
or exemption for any Tax purpose;
10.1.4 reference to income or profits or gains earned, accrued or
received shall include income or profits or gains deemed to have
been or treated as or regarded as earned, accrued or received for
the purposes of any legislation;
10.1.5 reference to any Tax liability shall include not only any
liability to make actual payments of or in respect of Tax but
shall also include:
10.1.5.1 the loss or reduction in the amount of, or the setting off
against income, profits or gains, or against any Tax
liability for which no provision has been made in
preparing the Accounts or in preparing the Completion
Accounts, of any relief which would (were it not for the
said loss, reduction or setting off) have been available
to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries and which has
been taken into account in computing (and so eliminating
or reducing) any provision for deferred
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Tax which appears (or which but for such relief would have
appeared) in the Completion Accounts;
10.1.5.2 the loss or reduction in the amount of, or the setting off
against any Tax liability for which no provision has been
made in preparing the Accounts or in preparing the
Completion Accounts, of a right to repayment of Tax which
has been treated as an asset of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries in preparing the Completion Accounts; and
10.1.5.3 the utilisation or setting off against income, profits or
gains earned, accrued or received on or before Completion,
or against any Tax liability of any relief which is not
available before Completion but which arises in respect of
an event occurring after Completion in circumstances where
but for such utilisation or setting off, the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries would have had a Tax liability in
respect of which the Purchaser would have been able to
make a successful claim under this clause 10;
and in such a case as is referred to in Clause 10.1.5.1, the
amount of the Tax liability shall be either the amount of the
relief where the relief which has been lost or set off was a
deduction or offset against Tax or where the relief was a
deduction offset against income profits or gains, the amount of
Tax which, on the basis of rates current at the date of the loss,
would have been saved but for such loss and in the case of a
liability under Clause 10.1.5.1 or 10.1.5.3 where the relief was
subject to a set-off, the Tax liability shall be the amount of
Tax which the Covenantors would have been liable for hereunder
but for the set off;
10.1.6 reference to "the Company" includes a reference to each of the
Subsidiaries;
10.1.7 reference to a payment in respect of Tax means a payment other
than to a Group Company for the surrender of losses or other
amounts by way of group relief (within the meaning of Section 402
of the Taxes Act) or for the surrender of advance corporation tax
or for the transfer of any other relief, a repayment of any such
payment and a payment by way of indemnity or damages.
10.2 Subject as provided in this Agreement, the Vendors hereby covenant with
and undertake as to ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ jointly and
severally, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the DCR Trustees jointly and
severally, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the SJS Trustees jointly and
severally, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and the DCG Trustees jointly and
severally, and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ severally, to pay
to the Purchaser a sum equal to the amount of:
10.2.1 any Tax liability of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
arising as a result of or calculated by reference to any income,
profits or gains earned accrued or received on or before the
Completion Date or any event on or before the Completion Date
whether or not such Tax is chargeable against or attributable to
any other person;
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10.2.2 any Tax liability of any member of the Group that arises after
Completion as a result of an act, omission or transaction by a
person (other than any member of the Group) and which liability
to Tax falls upon the relevant member of the Group as a result of
(i) the failure by such person to discharge (even after
Completion) where due any liability to taxation on its part and
(ii) its having been in the same group for Tax purposes as that
person at any time before Completion;
10.2.3 the standard rate of corporation tax as at the date of this
Agreement multiplied by the aggregate of the payments referred to
in clause 5.5.4 (other than in relation to the payment to ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇) and the employer's national insurance
contributions thereon to the extent that a deduction for
corporation tax purposes is denied in whole or in part in respect
thereof; and
10.2.4 all costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser, the Company and
each member of the Group in connection with a claim by the
Purchaser which results in a payment being made by the Vendors
under this clause 10.2, and any reasonable and proper costs
(including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis),
expenses or other liabilities which any of them may incur either
before or after the commencement of any action in connection with
(i) any legal proceedings in which the Purchaser or the relevant
member of the Group or the Purchaser's Group make a claim under
this clause 10.2 and in which judgement is given for the
Purchaser or the relevant member of the Group or the Purchaser's
Group or (ii) the enforcement of any settlement of, or judgement
in respect of, such claim, provided that such claim is resolved
in favour of the Purchaser or the relevant member of the Group or
the Purchaser's Group.
10.3 The covenants contained in clause 10.2 do not apply to any liability:
10.3.1 to the extent that provision or reserve in respect thereof has
been made in the Completion Accounts or to the extent that
payment or discharge of such liability has been taken into
account therein;
10.3.2 in respect of which provision or reserve has been made in the
Completion Accounts which is insufficient only by reason of any
increase in rates of Tax made after the Completion Date with
retrospective effect;
10.3.3 to the extent that the Tax liability arises as a result of the
Purchaser, the Company or any Subsidiary failing to comply with
their respective obligations under this clause 10;
10.3.4 to the extent that the Tax liability in question arises or is
increased as a result of the failure by the Purchaser, the
Company or any Subsidiary after Completion to make any claim,
election, surrender or disclaimer or give any notice or consent
under any enactment relating to Taxation, the making or giving of
which was taken into account in preparing the Accounts or the
Completion Accounts and in the case of a claim, election,
surrender, disclaimer, notice or consent assumed to be made or
given in the preparation of the Accounts sufficient details of
which are notified to the Purchaser at least
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60 days prior to the last date upon which such claim, election,
surrender or disclaimer notice or consent could validly be made
or given;
10.3.5 to the extent that the Tax liability in question arises or is
increased as a result of any voluntary claim, election, surrender
or disclaimer made or notice or consent given after Completion by
the Purchaser, the Company or any Subsidiary other than pursuant
to clause 10.9, 10.9.1 or 10.11 hereof and other than pursuant to
a comment or suggestion made by the Vendors or their duly
authorised agents in accordance with clause 10.10;
10.3.6 to the extent that the Tax liability in question arises or is
increased as a result of any cessation or winding-up after
Completion of any trade or business carried on by the Company or
any Subsidiary or the Purchaser or any major change after
Completion in the nature or conduct of any trade carried on by
the Company or any Subsidiary;
10.3.7 to the extent that the Tax liability in question arises or is
increased as a result of the any change in law or published
practice or any withdrawal of any extra statutory concession by
any authority competent to impose a Tax liability (a "Tax
Authority");
10.3.8 to the extent that the Tax liability in question arises or is
increased as a result of any change in accountancy principles or
practice or as a result of the change in the bases, policies, or
methods of accounting of the Purchaser, the Company or any
Subsidiary except where such change was necessary to rectify any
prior non-compliance with relevant generally accepted accounting
principles and practice;
10.3.9 to the extent that any relief arising to the Company or relevant
Subsidiary wholly before Completion (other than any such relief
as is referred to in clause 10.1.5.1, 10.1.5.2, 10.1.5.3, 10.4.2,
10.4.3 or 10.5) is available for offset against the Tax Liability
concerned provided that the Vendors shall have notified the
Purchaser in writing of the availability of such relief and shall
have taken all such steps as are reasonable to assist in
obtaining the benefit or claiming such relief;
10.3.10 to the extent that the Tax liability in question arises or is
increased as a result of any voluntary act, transaction or
omission by the Purchaser, the Company or any Subsidiary after
Completion outside the ordinary course of business and which
could reasonably have been avoided and otherwise (in the case of
the Company and any Subsidiary only) than pursuant to a legally
binding obligation entered into before Completion;
10.3.11 to the extent that the Tax liability has been made good by
insurers deducting for these purposes the associated costs and
expenses of maintaining the relevant policy of insurance;
10.3.12 to the extent that the Purchaser has made recovery in respect of
the Tax liability concerned by means of a claim for breach of any
of the Warranties (whether or not relating to Taxation);
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10.3.13 to the extent that the Tax liability is corporation tax which has
been deducted in calculating the Deferred Consideration;
10.3.14 to the extent that the Tax liability arises solely as a result of
the combination of two or more events one or more of which shall
have taken place on or before the Completion Date in
circumstances where the events occurring after Completion
occurred inside the Company's ordinary course of business and is
or are the events referred to in clauses 10.1.2.1 or 10.1.2.2 AND
the income, profits or gains by reference to which such Tax
liability is calculated are actual income, profits or gains (as
opposed to income, profits or gains which are deemed to have been
or treated as or regarded as earned, accrued or received) which
have not been reflected or taken into account in either the
Accounts or the Completion Accounts;
10.3.15 to the extent that the Tax liability arises by reference to
actual income, profits or gains (as opposed to income, profits or
gains which are deemed to have been or treated as or regarded as
or earned, accrued or received) earned, accrued or received since
the Accounting Date and which are not reflected or taken into
account in the Completion Accounts.
10.3.16 to the extent that the Tax liability arises by reference to
actual income, profits or gains (as opposed to income, profits or
gains which are deemed to have been or treated as or regarded as
earned, accrued or received) earned, accrued or received in the
accounting reference period which ended on the Accounting Date
and which were not reflected or taken into account in the
Accounts.
10.4.1 If any provision for Taxation in the Completion Accounts proves
to be an over-provision, then the amount of such over-provision
shall be dealt with as set out in clause 10.4.4.
10.4.2 If the Vendors and the Purchaser shall agree that any Tax Claim
which has resulted in a payment having been made or becoming due
from the Vendors under this Agreement will give rise to relief
which relief results in an actual saving of Tax or repayment of
Tax for the Company or any Subsidiary which would not otherwise
have arisen, then, the amount by which that Company's or any
Subsidiary's liability to Tax is so reduced or the amount of such
repayment of Tax shall be dealt with in accordance with clause
10.4.4 below and for these purposes the Purchaser shall use all
reasonable endeavours to utilise any such reliefs in priority to
any other reliefs that arise in accounting periods commencing
after that in which the relief arose;
10.4.3 If the Vendors and the Purchaser shall agree that the Company or
any Subsidiary has:
10.4.3.1 received after the Completion Date from any Tax Authority
any repayment of Taxation in circumstances where the
Taxation in question was paid before Completion and the
repayment of such
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Taxation has not been taken into account or reflected in
the Accounts or the Completion Accounts and is not
otherwise dealt with in accordance with clause 10.4.4; or
10.4.3.2 set off after the Completion Date any relief (other than
such relief as is referred to in clauses 10.1.5.1,
10.1.5.2 or 10.1.5.3) against any Tax liability (whether
arising before or after Completion) of the Company or any
Subsidiary in circumstances where the Tax liability in
question is not a Tax liability in respect of which a
claim could be made under clause 10 and the relief arises
as a result of or is calculated by reference to an event
occurring (including the accrued earning or receiving of
income, profits or gains) before Completion;
then the Relevant Amount shall be dealt with in accordance with
clause 10.4.4 PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT:
(a) the Relevant Amount shall be in such a case as is
mentioned in clause 10.4.3.1, the amount of the repayment
received by the Company or the Subsidiary but only to the
extent that it is neither (i) reflected or taken into
account in the Accounts or the Completion Accounts, nor
(ii) otherwise taken into account in accordance with
clause 10.4.4;
(b) the Relevant Amount shall be, in such a case as is
mentioned in clause 10.4.3.2, the amount of Taxation
agreed by the Vendors and the Purchaser as having been
saved by the use of the relief in question; and
(c) the Purchaser shall use reasonable endeavours to recover
any such repayment as is mentioned in clause 10.4.3.1 and
to procure that the Company and/or the Subsidiary use any
such reliefs as are mentioned in clause 10.4.3.2 but
nothing in this clause 10.4.3.2 (c) shall require the
Purchaser to procure that the Company or Subsidiary
utilise any such relief in priority to any other reliefs
which are available to the Company or the Subsidiary and
nothing in this clause 10.4.3.2 (c) shall require the
Purchaser to do (or to procure that the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries shall do) anything that the Purchaser
reasonably believes is likely to have a material adverse
effect on the business of any member of the Group taken as
a whole.
10.4.4 where it is provided under paragraph 10.4.1, 10.4.2 or 10.4.3
that any amount (the "Relevant Amount") is to be dealt with in
accordance with this paragraph:
(a) the Relevant Amount shall first be set off against any
payment then due from the Vendors under this Agreement;
and
(b) to the extent there is an excess, a refund shall be made
to the Vendors of any previous payment or payments made by
the Vendors under this Agreement and not previously
refunded under this clause up to the amount of such
excess; and
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(c) to the extent that the excess referred to in paragraph (b)
of this paragraph is not exhausted under that paragraph,
the remainder of that excess shall be repaid to the
Vendors within 30 days of:
(i) in a case falling within clause 10.4.1, the date on
which the Vendors and the Purchaser agree that a
provision for Tax has proved to be an over
provision;
(ii) in a case falling within clause 10.4.2, the date on
which the Tax which has been reduced by reason of
the relief in question would otherwise have been
due to be paid or (as the case may be) the date on
which the Company or the Subsidiary receives the
repayment of Tax in question;
(iii) in a case falling within clause 10.4.3.1, the date
on which the Company or the Subsidiary received the
repayment of Tax in question; and
(iv) in a case falling within clause 10.4.3.2, the date
on which the Tax against which the relief in
question has been set off would otherwise have been
due to have been paid.
10.5 The Purchaser shall and shall procure that the Company and each
Subsidiary takes such steps as are reasonably necessary for the Company
and each Subsidiary to use in the manner hereinafter mentioned all
reliefs (other than any reliefs referred to in clauses 10.1.5.1,
10.1.5.2, 10.1.5.3, 10.4.1, 10.4.2 or 10.4.3 above) arising to the
Company by reason of events occurring on or before the date of
Completion as are available to the Company and as are notified to the
Purchaser in writing by the Vendors to reduce or eliminate any liability
of the Company to make an actual payment of Tax in respect of which the
Purchaser would have been able to make a claim against the Vendors under
this Agreement, the said use being to effect the reduction or
elimination of any such liability to make an actual payment of Tax to
the extent permitted by law, provided that neither the Purchaser, the
Company nor any Subsidiary shall be required to do anything that, in the
reasonable opinion of the Purchaser, might have a material adverse
effect on the business of any member of the Group taken as a whole.
10.6 The Purchaser shall procure that the Company makes (or joins in making)
such claims and elections and signs such documents as may be reasonably
necessary to effect the reduction or elimination referred to in clause
10.5.
10.7 If the Vendors and the Purchaser shall fail to agree as contemplated in
clauses 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.3.2 (b) and 10.4.4 (c) (i) within 45 days
of written notice having been served by the Vendors on the Purchaser to
agree the matter in question, the matter shall be referred to such
chartered accountant (the "Independent Accountant") as the parties may
agree or in default of agreement within 10 days nominated by the
President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales on the application of any of the Vendors or the
Purchaser. The Independent Accountant shall act as an expert and not as
arbitrator and his decision shall, save in
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the case of manifest error, be binding on the parties (including the
manner in which his costs shall be borne by the Vendors and the
Purchaser).
10.8 If the Purchaser, the Company or any Subsidiary is entitled to recover
from some other person (not being the Purchaser, any member of the Group
or the Purchaser's Group or any person connected with any of them but
including, without limitation, any Tax Authority) any sum (other than a
sum which is dealt with in accordance with clause 10.4.4) in respect of
a Tax Claim that has resulted or will result in the Vendors becoming
liable to make a payment under this clause 10 or the Warranties relating
to Taxation, or subsequently becomes entitled to make such a recovery,
then Purchaser shall or shall procure that the Company shall as soon as
reasonably practicable after becoming aware of such entitlement notify
the Vendors of its entitlement and shall, if reasonably so required by
the Vendors in writing and subject to being indemnified against all
losses, costs, interest, damages and expenses which may hereby be
incurred take all such reasonable steps to enforce that recovery
(keeping the Vendors informed of the progress of any action taken) as
the Vendors may reasonably request and, provided that neither the
Purchaser nor the Company nor any Subsidiary shall be required to do
anything which in the reasonable opinion of the Purchaser might have a
material adverse effect on the business of any member of the Group taken
as a whole and shall account to the Vendors for whichever is the lesser
of:
10.8.1 any sum so recovered (including any interest or repayment
supplement paid by the Tax Authority) but net of any Tax paid by
the Company or relevant recipient or which would be due from the
Company or relevant recipient but for any such relief as is
mentioned in clauses 10.1.5.1, 10.1.5.2 or 10.1.5.3 hereof and
net of any reasonable costs, expenses and charges properly
incurred in recovering the same; and
10.8.2 the amount paid by or due by the Vendors under this clause 10 or
the Warranties relating to Taxation in respect of the Tax Claim
in question.
10.9 The Vendors or their duly authorised agents shall be responsible for,
and have the conduct of preparing, submitting to and agreeing with the
relevant Tax Authorities all Tax returns, computations and other related
documents of the Company and each Subsidiary relating to all accounting
periods ending on or before Completion ("Relevant Accounting Periods")
and subject as hereafter provided shall be solely entitled to deal with
all matters (including correspondence) relating to such Tax returns,
computations, and other related documents.
10.9.1 The Vendors shall submit all Tax returns, computations and
related documents as are referred to in clause 10.9 to the
Purchaser or its duly authorised agents for comment a reasonable
time before they are due to be sent to the relevant Tax
Authority. The Purchaser or its agents shall comment within 21
days of such submission and if the Vendors shall not have
received comments within that period, the Purchaser or its agents
shall be deemed to have approved such draft computations. If the
Purchaser or its agents have any comments or suggestions, the
Vendors and its agents shall not unreasonably refuse to adopt
such comments or suggestions provided that nothing herein shall
oblige the Company or any Subsidiary to submit any computation or
other document unless it is reasonably satisfied that it is
accurate and complete in all material
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respects. The Vendors and the Purchaser shall respectively afford
(or procure to be afforded) to the other or their agents such
information and assistance as may reasonably be required to
prepare, submit and agree all relevant Tax returns, computations
and other related documents.
10.9.2 The Purchaser shall, except in the case of manifest error,
procure (i) that the Company and each Subsidiary shall cause the
returns referred to in clause 10.9. to be authorised, signed and
submitted to the appropriate Tax Authority without amendment or
with such amendments as the Vendors shall agree (such agreement
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and (ii) that the
Company and each Subsidiary makes (or joins in making) such
claims and elections as the Vendors shall reasonably require in
relation to accounting periods for which the Vendors have
responsibility pursuant to clause 10.9 above.
10.9.3 For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby agreed that the Company
shall bear the reasonable costs of the Company of preparing and
submitting the tax computations, returns and other documents
referred to in clause 10.9 and dealing with matters arising in
connection therewith.
10.10 The Purchaser shall be responsible for, and have the conduct of
preparing, submitting to and agreeing with the relevant Taxation
Authorities all Tax computations of the Company for the period
comprising Completion subject to all such tax computations, documents
and correspondence (in so far as they relate also to the period between
the Accounting Date and Completion) being submitted in draft to the
Vendors for comment. The Vendors or their duly authorised agents shall
comment within 14 business days of such submission. If the Purchaser has
not received any comments within 21 business days, the Vendors and its
duly authorised agents shall be deemed to have approved such draft
documents. If the Vendors or their duly authorised agents have any
comments or suggestions, the Purchaser shall not unreasonably refuse to
adopt such comments or suggestions except where the Purchaser reasonably
believes the same would be materially prejudicial to the Tax affairs of
any member of the Group taken as a whole. (Provided always that nothing
in this clause 10.10 shall entitle the Purchaser to refuse to make such
claims under sections 152, 153, 155, 156 and 175 TCGA as are referred to
in paragraph 2.15 of the Disclosure Letter or in respect of the Deferred
Consideration Properties.) The Vendors and the Purchaser shall each
respectively afford (or procure the affordance) to the other or their
duly authorised agents of information and assistance which may
reasonably be required to prepare, submit and agree all such outstanding
Tax computations.
10.11 In the event that a Claim against the Vendors arises pursuant to this
clause 10, no such liability or dispute shall be admitted, settled or
discharged without the written consent of the Vendors (such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the Purchaser shall
(provided that it is indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the
Vendors against any costs, expenses, liabilities, penalties, and fines
which may be incurred by the Purchaser, the Group and the Purchaser's
Group in taking such action and provided that the Vendors give the
Purchaser such assistance as they may reasonably require) take such
action to avoid, dispute, resist, appeal, compromise or contest such
liability or dispute as may be reasonably requested by the Vendors
provided that the Purchaser shall not be obliged to take any action
which the
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Purchaser reasonably believes acting in good faith having taken account
of the reasonable representations of the Vendors will or is reasonably
likely to have a material adverse effect on the goodwill of the Group
taken as a whole.
10.12 The Purchaser hereby covenants with the Vendors to pay to the Vendors an
amount equal to any of the following:
10.12.1 any liability or increased liability to Tax of any company under
the control of the Vendors which arises as a result of or by
reference to any reduction or disallowance of Group Relief that
would otherwise have been available to the Vendors or the
relevant subsidiary of such company where and to the extent that
such reduction or disallowance occurs as a result of or by
reference to:
(a) any total or partial withdrawal effected by any Company
after Completion of any surrender of Group Relief that was
submitted by any Company to the Inland Revenue on or
before Completion in respect of any accounting period on
or before Completion; or
(b) any total or partial disclaimer made by any Company after
Completion of any capital allowances available to any
Company in respect of any accounting period ended on or
before Completion
save where any such withdrawal or disclaimer is made at the
express written request of the Vendors or pursuant to clause
10.9, 10.9.1, 10.9.2, 10.10 or 10.11 hereof;
10.12.2 any liability or increased liability to the Tax of the Vendors or
any company under the control of the Vendors which arises as a
consequence of any Relevant Company failing to pay the whole of
the Tax charged by any Tax assessment made in respect of that
Relevant Company within six months of the date of that Tax
Assessment where (and to the extent that) the liability for that
Tax arises in circumstances such that the Purchaser would not
have been entitled to make a claim against the Vendors under
clause 10.2 hereof in respect of that Tax had it been paid by the
Relevant Company and, for the purposes of this sub-clause, the
term "Relevant Company" shall mean any of the Company, any
Subsidiary and any other company which is, or has at any time
been, treated for the purposes of any Tax as being a member of
the same group of companies as the Purchaser;
10.12.3 all costs and expenses incurred by the Vendors in connection with
a claim by the Vendors which results in a payment being made
under this clause 10.12, and any reasonable and proper costs
(including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis),
expenses or other liabilities which any of them may incur either
before or after the commencement of any action in connection with
(i) any legal proceedings in which the Vendors make a claim under
this clause 10.12 and in which judgement is given for the Vendors
or (ii) the enforcement of any settlement or, or judgement in
respect of, such claim, provided that such claim is resolved in
favour of the Vendors;
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10.12.4 where the Purchaser becomes liable to make any payment under
sub-clause 10.12 hereof, the due date for the making of that
payment shall be the date that is the last date on which the
Vendors or, as the case may be, the relevant company would have
had to have paid to the appropriate Tax Authority the Tax that
has given rise to the Purchaser's liability under clause 10.12
hereof in order to avoid incurring a liability to interest or a
charge or penalty in respect of that amount of Tax;
10.12.5 if any payment required to be made by the Purchaser under clause
10.12 hereof is not made by the due date for the making thereof,
then that payment shall carry interest from that due date until
the date when the payment is actually made at the rate of three
per cent above the base rate for the time being of National
Westminster Bank plc; and
10.12.6 all sums payable by the Purchaser to the Vendors under this
clause shall be paid free and clear of all deductions or
withholdings whatsoever, save only as may be required by law. If
any sum payable by the Purchaser under this clause 10.12 (other
than interest under clause 10.12.5) shall be subject to Tax
(whether by way of deduction or withholding or direct assessment
of the person entitled thereto) such payment shall be increased
by such amount as shall ensure that after deduction, withholding
or payment of such Tax the recipient shall have received a net
amount equal to the payment otherwise required hereby to be made.
10.13 The liability of:
10.13.1 the Vendors under this clause shall cease after the sixth
anniversary of the first anniversary of the Accounting Date
except in respect of matters which have been the subject of a
written claim before such date by the Purchaser or the
Purchaser's Solicitors to any of the Vendors or the Vendors'
Solicitors provided that any such claim shall be deemed to have
been irrevocably withdrawn if proceedings in respect of it are
not begun within 9 months of the sixth anniversary referred to
above unless the claim in question has arisen by reason of fraud,
wilful concealment or dishonesty in which event there shall be no
contractual limit in the time period within which such claim may
be brought; and
10.13.2 the Purchaser under this clause shall cease after the sixth
anniversary of the first anniversary of the Accounting Date
except in respect of matters which have been the subject of a
written claim before such date by the Vendor or the Vendors'
Solicitors to the Purchaser or the Purchaser's Solicitors
provided that any such claim shall be deemed to have been
irrevocably withdrawn if proceedings in respect of it are not
begun within 9 months of the sixth anniversary referred to above
unless the claim in question has arisen by reason of fraud,
wilful concealment or dishonesty in which event there shall be no
contractual limit in the time period within which such claim may
be brought.
10.14 The due date for the making of payments under this clause 10 (other than
clause 10.12 or clause 10.4.4) shall be the later of the day following
seven days after written demand has been made therefor and:
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10.14.1 where the payment relates to a liability of the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries to make an actual payment of or in respect of
Tax, the date which is seven days before the date on which such
actual payment becomes due and payable to the relevant authority;
10.14.2 where the payment relates to a matter falling within clause
10.1.5.1 or 10.1.5.3, the date falling seven days after the
Vendors have been notified by the Purchaser that the auditors for
the time being of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary have
certified at the request of the Purchaser or the Company or the
relevant Subsidiary that the Vendors have a liability for a
determinable amount under clause 10.2 or, if later, the date on
which any Tax for which would have been liable under this clause
10 would have been due and payable to the Tax Authority entitled
to the same but for the use of any such relief as is referred to
in clause 10.1.5.1 or 10.1.5.3
10.14.3 where the payment relates to a matter falling within clause
10.1.5.2 the date on which the repayment of Tax would otherwise
have been due to be made, and;
10.14.4 in the case of costs expenses within clause 10.2.5 seven days
after written demand has been made therefore or, if later, the
date on which such costs become due and payable.
10.15 If any payment due to be made by the Vendors under this clause is not
made on the due date for payment thereof the same shall carry interest
which shall accrue from day to day from such due date of payment until
actual payment at the rate of three per cent above the base rate from
time to time of National Westminster Bank Plc, compounded annually.
10.16 If any sum payable by the Vendors under this clause 10 (other than
interest under clause 10.15) shall be subject to Tax (whether by way of
deduction or withholding or direct assessment of the person entitled
thereto) such payment shall be increased by such an amount as shall
ensure that after deduction, withholding or payment of such Tax the
recipient shall have received a net amount equal to the payment
otherwise required hereby to be made.
10.17 The Purchaser shall indemnify the Vendors and each of them against any
and all reasonable and proper costs and expenses (including legal costs
on a solicitor and own client basis) to the extent that such costs and
expenses are incurred in successfully defending in all respects a claim
under clause 10.2 hereof and where the Purchaser and the members of the
Purchaser's Group have no right of appeal or the Purchaser has not
appealed within the applicable time limits.
10.18 The Vendors shall indemnify the members of the Purchaser's Group and
each of them against any and all reasonable and proper costs and
expenses (including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis) to
the extent that such costs and expenses are incurred in successfully
defending in all respects a claim under clause 10.12 hereof and where
the Vendors have no right to appeal or the Vendors have not appealed
within the applicable time limits.
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10.19 The Vendors and their duly authorised agents shall be responsible for
and have the conduct of preparing and submitting to the Inland Revenue
the return required to be made by the Company under section 250 of the
Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 in respect of the dividend
declared by the Company on 8 September 1999 and shall procure that all
information provided in such return shall be true and correct in all
material respects and the Vendors shall have the conduct of any matters
arising as a result of the submission of such return but shall keep the
Purchaser informed of any material correspondence or communications in
connection therewith. The Purchaser shall procure that any
correspondence received by the Company in respect of such return is
forwarded to the Vendors or their duly authorised agents as soon as is
reasonably practicable and shall not agree any matter or enter into any
correspondence with the Inland Revenue in relation to the same without
the prior written consent of the Vendors.
11. PENSIONS
11.1 For the purposes of this clause 11, the definitions set out in part 1 of
Schedule 7 shall apply.
11.2 For the purposes of this clause 11, the value at the Completion Date of
the assets of the Pension Scheme and the value at the Completion Date of
the prospective benefits payable to or in respect of all active members,
pensioners and deferred pensioners which have accrued in consequence of
pensionable service under the Pension Scheme up to the Completion Date
(including any augmentations to benefits and any benefits due in respect
of transfer payments received by the Pension Scheme) shall be calculated
(if the Purchaser elects to have the value of the Pension Scheme as at
the Completion Date calculated) by the Purchaser's Actuary at the
Purchaser's expense, using the actuarial assumptions used in the last
formal Actuarial Valuation of the Pension Scheme undertaken as at April
1997 and also the minimum funding requirement.
11.3 In the event that the value of the assets of the Pension Scheme at the
Completion Date is less than the value of the prospective benefits (on
each basis described in clause 11.2) calculated by the Purchaser's
Actuary in accordance with clause 11.2 and certified to the Purchaser by
the Purchaser's Actuary:
11.3.1 the Vendors shall pay to the Purchaser, or if the Purchaser so
requests in writing to the trustees of the Pension Scheme, such
amount as the Purchaser's Actuary shall certify to be equal to
the shortfall and the cost to the Purchaser of the valuations
performed by the Purchaser's Actuary (together with interest
thereon calculated in accordance with this clause) or, if a
shortfall exists on both bases, the greater of the shortfalls;
11.3.2 the required amount (and the interest on it) shall be paid to the
Purchaser or to the Pension Scheme (as appropriate) no later than
thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Vendor of the
certificate of the Purchaser's Actuary specifying the value of
that amount at the Completion Date;
11.3.3 the Vendors have the option to instruct the Vendors' Actuary to
check the calculations performed by the Purchaser's Actuary and
any dispute between
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the Purchaser's Actuary and the Vendors' Actuary regarding the
calculations can be referred at either the Purchaser's or the
Vendors' request to an independent Actuary; and
11.3.4 the Vendors shall, in addition, pay interest upon the shortfall
(or upon such part as shall remain unpaid) from the Completion
Date to the date of actual payment at 2% above the National
Westminster Bank plc base rate from time to time in force
calculated on a day to day basis with monthly rests.
11.4 No liability shall attach to the Vendors under clause 11.3 unless the
aggregate amount of any such liability, when aggregated with any
interest payable in accordance with clause 11.3.4 exceeds fifty thousand
pounds ((pound)50,000). For the avoidance of doubt, if such liability
does exceed fifty thousand pounds ((pound)50,000), the Vendors'
liability under clause 11.3 shall attach to the entire amount (together
with the cost to the Purchaser of the valuations performed by the
Purchaser's Actuary) and not just the excess.
11.5 In relation to the SSAS:
11.5.1 the Vendors hereby jointly and severally undertake to use their
best endeavours to procure that a deed of amendment for the SSAS
(in the form set out in part 2 of Schedule 7, the "Deed of
Amendment") is executed and that the approval of the Pension
Schemes Office of the Inland Revenue ("the PSO") is obtained for
the Deed of Amendment;
11.5.2 in the event that the approval of the PSO cannot be obtained for
the Deed of Amendment, the Vendors hereby jointly and severally
undertake to use their best endeavours to procure that the Deed
of Amendment is modified in the light of comments received from
the PSO and executed and approval for such modified Deed of
Amendment is subsequently obtained from the PSO;
11.5.3 the Vendors hereby jointly and severally indemnify and keep
indemnified the Purchaser and the Principal Employer (as defined
in the governing documentation of the SSAS) for the time being of
the SSAS against all costs, claims, demands, expenses and
litigation whenever and howsoever arising in relation to the SSAS
(except and to the extent that such costs, claims, demands,
expenses and litigation arise as a consequence of default by the
said Principal Employer in relation to its duties and obligations
under legislation and regulations governing the SSAS and its
constitutional documents) and, without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, shall indemnify and keep indemnified
the Purchaser and the Principal Employer for the time being of
the SSAS against any liabilities arising by virtue of the failure
of the Vendors to procure the execution of and approval of the
PSO to the Deed of Amendment in the exact form set out in part 2
of Schedule 7 or as modified in accordance with clause 11.5.2.
12. INDEMNITIES
12. The Vendors hereby covenant with and undertake to indemnify the
Purchaser for itself and as trustee for each member of the Purchaser's
Group and the Group and
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their respective successors in title, officers, directors, employees and
agents as to ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ jointly and
severally, as to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the DCR Trustees jointly and
severally, as to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the SJS Trustees jointly and
severally, as to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and the DCG Trustees jointly and
severally, and as to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ severally,
fully on demand and to keep them indemnified against any and all
liabilities, losses (including consequential losses) penalties, fines,
damages, claims, costs, expenses and legal or professional fees and
disbursements (on a full indemnity basis) incurred, suffered or
sustained by them or asserted against them, or any or all of them
arising out of:
12.1.1 the sale of any of the Deferred Consideration Properties,
including, for the avoidance of doubt, in relation to any
representations and/or warranties given to any of the purchasers
of the such Deferred Consideration Properties; and
12.1.2 the exercise of the option pursuant to the option agreement dated
7 August 1991 between Dominion ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Apollo
Dominion Investments Limited to the extent that the amount
received by the Group is less than eight million five hundred and
seventy seven thousand pounds ((pound)8,577,000) as reduced by
the net amount (if any) of the operating profit attributable to
the Dominion Theatre and Nederlander Dominion from the Completion
Date until the date of purchase of the Group's interest.
12.2 The liability of the Vendors shall cease in respect of any claim:
12.2.1 under clause 12.1.1 on the sixth anniversary of completion of the
sale of each such Deferred Consideration Property; and
12.2.2 under clause 12.1.2 on the earlier of the fifth anniversary of
the Completion Date and the date upon which ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
employment is terminated (except in relation to termination
through no fault of his employer).
13. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be dealt with in accordance with Schedule 8.
14. RESTRICTION ON ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CONFIDENTIALITY
14.1 Each of the parties to this Agreement undertakes that it will not (save
as required by law, under any securities act, rules or regulations, or
by any securities exchange or any supervisory or regulatory body to
whose rules any party to this Agreement is subject, including in
connection with SFX's proposed equity offering) make any statement or
announcement in connection with this Agreement unless the other parties
shall have given their respective consents to such announcement (which
consents may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and may be given
either generally or in a specific case or cases and may be subject to
conditions).
14.2 Subject to clause 14.1, the Vendors undertake with the Purchaser and the
members of the Purchaser's Group that they shall treat as strictly
confidential all information received or obtained by them or their
employees, agents or advisers as a result of
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entering into or performing this Agreement including information
relating to the provisions of this Agreement, the negotiations leading
up to this Agreement, the subject matter of this Agreement and the
business or affairs of any member of the Purchaser's Group and subject
to the provisions of clause 14.3 that they will not at any time
hereafter make use of or disclose or divulge to any person any such
information and shall use their best endeavours to prevent the
publication or disclosure of any such information.
14.3 The restrictions contained in clause 14.2 shall not apply so as to
prevent the Vendors from making any disclosure required by law or by any
securities exchange or supervisory or regulatory or governmental body
pursuant to rules to which the relevant Vendor is subject or from making
any disclosure to any professional adviser for the purposes of obtaining
advice (provided always that the provisions of this clause 14 shall
apply to and the Vendors shall procure that they apply to and are
observed in relation to, the use or disclosure by such professional
adviser of the information provided to him) nor shall the restrictions
apply in respect of any information which comes into the public domain
otherwise than by a breach of this clause 14 by any Vendor.
15. COSTS
15.1 Each party to this Agreement shall pay its own costs of and incidental
to this Agreement and the sale and purchase hereby agreed to be made.
15.2 Save as specifically referred to in this Agreement, the Vendors confirm
that no expense of whatever nature relating to the sale of the Sale
Shares has been or is to be borne by the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries.
16. GENERAL
16.1 This Agreement shall be binding upon and enure for the benefit of the
estates, personal representatives or successors of the parties. This
Agreement may not be assigned by any party without the prior written
consent of each other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
obligations and rights of the Purchaser hereunder or any part thereof
may be assigned and delegated without the consent of the Vendors to any
affiliated company of the Purchaser and/or to any transferee of the Sale
Shares, but only where such transfer is effected pursuant to the
exercise of security rights by any lender to or financial source of the
Purchaser's Group and such rights may be assigned but only as security
to any such lender.
16.2 This Agreement (together with any documents referred to herein or
executed contemporaneously by the parties in connection herewith)
constitutes the whole agreement between the parties hereto and
supersedes any previous agreements or arrangements between them relating
to the subject matter hereof; it is expressly declared that no
variations hereof shall be effective unless made in writing signed by
duly authorised representatives of the parties.
16.3 All of the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding Completion (except insofar as they set out
obligations that have been fully performed at Completion).
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16.4 If any provision or part of a provision of this Agreement shall be, or
be found by any authority or court of competent jurisdiction to be,
invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect the other provisions or parts of such provisions of this
Agreement, all of which shall remain in full force and effect and such
invalid or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a provision or
part of a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable
provision as possible to effect the intent of the parties which shall be
valid and enforceable.
16.5 If any liability of one or more but not all of the Vendors shall be or
become illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such
circumstance shall not affect or impair the liabilities of the other
Vendors under this Agreement.
16.6 The Purchaser may release or compromise the liability of any of the
Vendors hereunder or grant to any Vendor time or other indulgence
without affecting the liability of any other Vendor hereunder.
16.7 Save as stated in relation to clauses 9.5, 9.9.1 and 9.9.2 where time is
of the essence, no failure of any party to exercise, and no delay or
forbearance in exercising, any right or remedy in respect of any
provision of this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such right or
remedy.
16.8 Upon and after Completion the Vendors shall do and execute or procure to
be done and executed all such further acts, deeds, documents and things
as may be reasonably necessary to give effect to the terms of this
Agreement and to place control of the Company and the Subsidiaries in
the hands of the Purchaser and pending the doing of such acts, deeds,
documents and things the Vendors shall as from Completion hold the legal
estate in the Sale Shares in trust for the Purchaser.
16.9 At the request of the Purchaser, each of the Vendors shall execute as a
deed a power of attorney in favour of the Purchaser or such person as
may be nominated by the Purchaser generally in respect of the Sale
Shares and in particular to enable the Purchaser (or its nominees) to
attend and vote at General Meetings of the Company.
16.10 Unless this Agreement or any arrangement of which it forms a part is a
non-notifiable agreement pursuant to Section 27A of the Restrictive
Trade Practices ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ("RTPA 1976") or paragraph 5, Schedule 13 of
the Competition ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, to the extent that any provision of this
Agreement or of any such arrangement is a restriction or information
provision for the purposes of the RTPA 1976 by virtue of which this
Agreement or any such arrangement is registrable under the RTPA 1976, no
such restriction or information provision shall take effect or be
enforced until the day after particulars of this Agreement or (as the
case may be) that arrangement have been furnished to the Director
General of Fair Trading in accordance with the RTPA 1976.
16.11 This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the
parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each
party has executed at least one counterpart and each such counterpart
shall constitute an original of this Agreement but all the counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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16.12 Nothing contained or implied in this Agreement shall constitute or be
deemed to constitute a partnership or agency relationship between the
parties hereto and none of the parties hereto shall have any authority
to bind or commit any other party hereto.
17. NOTICES
17.1 Save as otherwise provided in this Agreement any notice, demand or other
communication to be served under this Agreement shall be in writing in
the English language and shall be served upon any party hereto only by
posting by first class post or pre-paid recorded delivery (if to an
address in the same country) or air mail (if to an address in a
different country) or delivering the same by hand or by courier, to its
address given or referred to in this clause or sending the same by
facsimile transmission to the number given in this clause for the
addressee or at such other address or number as it may from time to time
notify in writing to the other parties hereto.
17.2 A notice, demand or other communication served by first class post or
pre-paid recorded delivery shall be deemed duly served on an address in
the same country 48 hours (disregarding days which are not business
days) after posting, a notice, demand or other communication served by
air mail shall be deemed duly served on an addressee in a different
country five business days after posting and a notice, demand or other
communication sent by facsimile transmission shall be deemed to have
been served at the time of transmission (save that if the transmission
occurs after 6pm the notice, demand or other communication shall be
deemed to have been served at 8.30am on the next business day following
transmission) and in proving service of the same it will be sufficient
to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was left at or
delivered to the correct address of the party to be served as provided
in this Agreement or, in the case of properly stamped or franked first
class post or air mail or pre-paid recorded delivery, addressed to the
address of the party to be served given in this clause and placed in the
post and, in the case of facsimile transmission, that such facsimile was
duly transmitted to the number of the party to be served given in this
clause and an electronic acknowledgement was received.
17.3 All notices, demands or other communications given under this Agreement,
shall be given to the following addresses:
If to the Vendors: To the address set out in Schedule 1 or such
other address as is notified to the Purchaser
from time to time for these purposes.
Copied to: The Vendors' Solicitors, marked for the attention
of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
If to the Purchaser: SFX ENTERTAINMENT, INC., and SFX U.K. HOLDINGS
LIMITED, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ of America, telephone (001) 212 838
3100, facsimile (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ for the
attention of the legal department.
Copied to: ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Two ▇▇▇▇▇ Center, Suite 1200,
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ of America,
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facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ for the attention
of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (for the purpose of information
only and not for purpose of Service).
17.4 For the purposes of this clause "business day" means a day (other than a
Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are generally open for business in
London and New York.
18. AGENT FOR SERVICE
18.1 The Purchaser agrees that any document may be sufficiently and
effectively served on it in connection with any proceedings in England
and Wales by service on the Purchaser's Solicitors, if no replacement
agent has been appointed and notified to the Vendors pursuant to clause
18.3 below, or on the replacement agent if one has been appointed and
notified to the Vendors.
18.2 Any document served pursuant to this clause shall be marked for the
attention of:
18.2.1 ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Ref: TEDG: For the attention of the Litigation
Partner/Service of Process, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇; or
18.2.2 such other person as is appointed as agent for service pursuant
to clause 18.3 below at the address notified pursuant to 18.3
below.
18.3 If the agent referred to in clause 18.1 above (or any replacement agent
appointed pursuant to this clause) at any time ceases for any reason to
act as such, the Purchaser shall appoint a replacement agent to accept
service having an address for service in England and Wales and shall
notify the Vendors of the name and address of the replacement agent.
18.4 A copy of any document served on any agent pursuant to this clause shall
be served on the Purchaser at its address for the time being for the
service of notices and other communications under clause 18.3 in
accordance with that clause.
19. GOVERNING LAW AND SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law
and the parties hereto submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English
courts for the purpose of enforcing any claim arising hereunder.
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SCHEDULE 1
THE VENDORS
(1) (2) (3)
NAME AND ADDRESS OF VENDOR NUMBER OF SALE SHARES NUMBER OF
CONSIDERATION
SHARES
A B C D FOR A SALE
SHARES
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Boars Hill 167,022 Nil 529,459 529,459 ▇▇▇,▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Boars Hill 316,029 Nil 1,001,812 1,001,812 ▇▇▇,▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Woodsend, 45,866 Nil 145,395 145,395 62,460
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Woodsend, 25,697 Nil 81,463 81,463 34,991
Hamels Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Sherbourne 45,866 Nil 145,395 145,395 ▇▇,▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, 21 Coudray 46,248 5,997 138,850 138,850 62,980
Road, Southport, England
Simon ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, 10 ▇▇▇▇ 53,956 6,996 161,992 161,992 73,475
Street, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
DCR Trustees 5,515 17,485 Nil Nil 7,510
SJS Trustees 5,515 17,485 Nil Nil 7,510
DCG Trustees 7,708 914 23,142 23,142 10,495
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TOTAL 719,424 53,401 2,227,181 2,227,181 979,667
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AMOUNT OF CASH CONSIDERATION
((Pound))
FOR B SALE FOR C SALE FOR D SALE
SHARES SHARES SHARES
Nil 18,654,685.10 17,911.36
Nil 35,297,326.85 33,890.86
Nil 5,122,772.38 4,918.86
Nil 2,870,225.29 2,755.86
Nil 5,122,772.38 4,918.65
211,498.08 4,954,250.62 4,756.84
246,730.12 5,779,982.55 5,549.67
616,648.97 Nil Nil
616,648.97 Nil Nil
32,234.32 828,726.77 795.71
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1,723,760.46 78,630,741.94 75,497.60
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SCHEDULE 2
DETAILS OF THE COMPANY
THE COMPANY
1. Registered number: 2129195
2. Address of registered office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
3. Date and place of 7 May 1987
incorporation:
England and Wales
4. Authorised share capital: (pound)16,280,582 divided into:
1,579,127 A ordinary shares of (pound)1 each ("A Shares")
11,280,582 B ordinary shares of (pound)1 each ("B Shares")
2,280,582 C ordinary shares of 50p each ("C Shares")
2,280,582 D ordinary shares of (pound)1 each ("D Shares")
5. Issued share capital: (pound)4,113,596.50 divided into :
719,424 A Shares
53,401 B Shares
2,227,181 C Shares
2,227,181 D Shares
6. Directors: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Secretary: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30 November
9. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
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SCHEDULE 3
THE SUBSIDIARIES
1. Name of Subsidiary: Apollo Dominion Investments Limited
2. Registered Number: 01623438
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 19/03/1982, England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 03/12
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure Group Limited 1
identity of beneficial owners: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇) & ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
▇. Name of Subsidiary: Apollo Leisure (U.K.) Limited
2. Registered Number: 01444368
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 17/08/1979 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.C. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, N.D. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 03/12
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure Group Limited 100
identity of beneficial owners:
1. Name of Subsidiary: Apollo Lyceum London Limited
2. Registered Number: 2898096
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 15/02/1994 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
N.D. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.C. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 2 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited
identity of beneficial owners: 2
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1. Name of Subsidiary: Cardiff International Arena Limited
2. Registered Number: 03014566
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 26/01/1995, England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.C. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 2 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited
identity of beneficial owners: 2
1. Name of Subsidiary: Cardiff World Trade Centre Limited
2. Registered Number: 02965830
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 07/09/94, England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.C. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 2 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 2
identity of beneficial owners:
1. Name of Subsidiary: Apollo Theatre Productions Limited
2. Registered Number: 1544438
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 10/02/1981 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young,
8. Accounting Reference Date: 03/12
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 99
identity of beneficial owners: Apollo Leisure Group Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: Apollo Theatre (Victoria) Limited
2. Registered Number: 01481278
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 25/02/1980 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
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5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 03/12
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 99
identity of beneficial owners: Apollo Leisure Group Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: Dragon Advertising Limited
2. Registered Number: 02655969
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 21/10/91 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: None
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure Group Limited 75
identity of beneficial owners: Exors ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ 15
S M B ▇▇▇▇▇ 10
1. Name of Subsidiary: Manchester Theatres Limited
2 Registered Number: 01889935
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 26/02/85 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and
N D ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 99
identity of beneficial owners: Apollo Leisure Group Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: Tatton Cinemas (Gatley) Limited
2. Registered Number: 0324687
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 25/02/1937, England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 18,000 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 18,000 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Manchester Theatres Limited 17,999
identity of beneficial owners: Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: World Trade Centre Wales Limited
2. Registered Number: 01340618
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 25/11/1977, England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 99
identity of beneficial owners: Apollo Leisure Group Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: Tickets London Limited
2. Registered Number: 2846049
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 19/08/1993 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
N.D. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 1,000 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 150 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 100
identity of beneficial owners: Tickets International Limited 50
1. Name of Subsidiary: Tickets North Limited
2. Registered Number: 2628279
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 10/07/1991 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
N.D.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 1,000,000 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
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10. Issued Share Capital: 2 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure Group Limited 1
identity of beneficial owners: Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: Fitzers Limited
2. Registered Number: 02461451
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 19/01/1990. England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: None
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 50 A ordinary shares and 50 B ordinary
shares each of(pound)1
10. Issued Share Capital: 50 A ordinary shares and 50 B ordinary
shares each of(pound)1
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 50 identity
of beneficial owners: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 50
1. Name of Subsidiary: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group of Companies Limited
2. Registered Number: 00565365
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 28/04/1956, England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, N.D.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 1,000,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 100,000
identity of beneficial owners:
1. Name of Subsidiary: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Cinemas (North Wales) Limited
2. Registered Number: 00964627
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 23/10/1969 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, N.D.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
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9. Authorised Share Capital: 1,000 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 1,000 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group of
identity of beneficial owners: Companies Limited 998
▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 1
▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group
of Companies Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Cinemas (Properties) Limited
2. Registered Number: 738149
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 18/10/1962 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, N.D.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 5,000 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 1,000 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group
identity of beneficial owners: of Companies Limited 999
▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure
Group of Companies Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Limited
2. Registered Number: 1076410
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 12/101972 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, N.D.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 50,000 ordinary shares of 10p each
10. Issued Share Capital: 20 ordinary shares of 10p each
11. Registered Shareholders and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group
identity of beneficial owners: of Companies Limited 19
▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure
Group of Companies Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: The Wigan Entertainments Company Limited
2. Registered Number: 0111659
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 08/09/1910, England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
N.D. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: None
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 42,000 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 30,285 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Limited 30,284
identity of beneficial owners: ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure
Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: Unit Four Cinemas Limited
2. Registered Number: 0841717
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 19/03/1965 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇ ▇▇▇
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5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
N.D. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: None
8. Accounting Reference Date: 02/12
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group of Companies
identity of beneficial owners: Limited 99
Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: Unit Four Cinemas (Accrington) Limited
2. Registered Number: 1559426
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 05/05/1981 England and Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: None
8. Accounting Reference Date: 02/12
9. Authorised Share Capital: 1,500 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 1,500 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group of
Identity of beneficial owners: Companies Limited 1,500
1. Name of Subsidiary: Unit Four Cinemas (Wigan) Limited
2. Registered Number: 928375
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 06/03/1968 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: None
8. Accounting Reference Date: 02/12
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Unit Four Cinemas Limited 99
identity of beneficial owners ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group of Companies
Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: Unit Four Cinemas (Walkden) Limited
2. Registered Number: 0787110
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 07/10/1964 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: None
8. Accounting Reference Date: 02/12
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Unit Four Cinemas Limited 99
identity of beneficial owners: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group of Companies
Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Concerts Limited
2. Registered Number: 01996525
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 06/03/1986 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 50
identity of beneficial owners: Apollo Leisure Group Limited 50
1. Name of Subsidiary: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Productions Limited
2. Registered Number: 02405548
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 18/07/1989 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100(pound)1 ordinary shares
249,900 (pound)1 Deferred Ordinary Shares
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10. Issued Share Capital: 16 (pound)1 ordinary shares
160,000 (pound)1 Deferred Ordinary Shares
11. Registered Shareholders and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Concerts Limited 15
identity of beneficial owners: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 160,000
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Concerts (London) Limited
2. Registered Number: 02177553
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 13/10/1987 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: None
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 1,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Concerts Limited 1,000
identity of beneficial owners:
1. Name of Subsidiary: Street Promotions (Europe) Limited
2. Registered Number: 2721990
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 10/06/1992 England and Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 1,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Concerts Limited 100
identity of beneficial owners:
1. Name of Subsidiary: Point Exhibition Company Limited
2. Registered Number: 128549
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 29/01/1988
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇
5. Directors: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
7. Auditors: KPMG
8. Accounting Reference Date: 28 November
9. Authorised Share Capital: 9,900,000 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
100,000 A ordinary shares
12,550,000 7% Redeemable Cumulative
Preference Shares
500,000 7% Redeemable Cumulative Second
Preference Shares
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10. Issued Share Capital: 500,000 ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
30,000 A ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
2,800,000 7% Redeemable Cumulative
Preference Shares
500,000 7% Redeemable Cumulative Second
Preference Shares
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo UK Limited, 250,000 ordinary shares
identity of beneficial owners: of (pound)1
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 249,999 ordinary
shares of (pound)1 each ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1 ordinary share of
(pound)1 Point Presentations
Limited, 30,000 `A' ordinary
shares of (pound)1 each Apollo
UK Limited, 1,025,000 7%
Redeemable Cumulative Preference
Shares of (pound)1 ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1,400,000 7% Redeemable
Cumulative Preference Shares of
(pound)1 Apollo UK Limited,
250,000 7% Redeemable Cumulative
Second Preference Shares (2nd)
of (pound)1 each Point
Presentations Limited, 250,000
7% Redeemable Cumulative Second
Preference Shares (2nd) of
(pound)1 each
1. Name of Subsidiary: CCL Leisure Limited (was City Centre
Leisure (Holdings) Limited until 06/08/1998)
2. Registered Number: 02227126
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 03/03/1988 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, N D ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇
▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and I E ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
6. Secretary: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors:
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 56,750(pound)1 ordinary shares divided into
28,430(pound)1 A ordinary shares and 28,320(pound)1 B
ordinary shares
10. Issued Share Capital: 28,430(pound)1 A ordinary shares
28,320(pound)1 B ordinary shares
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited 28,430 A
identity of beneficial owners: ordinary shares
K Milsom 4,885 B ordinary shares
L Milsom 1,884 B ordinary shares
P ▇▇▇▇ 1,416 B ordinary shares
Walbrook Trustees (Jersey)
Limited 15,710 B ordinary shares
I ▇▇▇▇▇▇ 1,416 B ordinary shares
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1. Name of Subsidiary: City Centre Leisure (London) Limited
2. Registered Number: 02678878
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 17/01/1992 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇, I E ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇ ▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary:
7. Auditors:
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 5,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 1,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and City Centre Leisure Limited 1,000
identity of beneficial owners:
1. Name of Subsidiary: City Centre Leisure (Meridian) Limited
2. Registered Number: 02700627
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 25/03/1992 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors:
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 5,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and City Centre Leisure Limited 100
identity of beneficial owners:
1. Name of Subsidiary: City Centre Leisure (Severn) Limited
2. Registered Number: 02678884
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 17/01/1992 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors:
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 5,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and City Centre Leisure Limited 100
identity of beneficial owners:
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1. Name of Subsidiary: City Centre Leisure (Weald) Limited
2. Registered Number: 02678879
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 17/01/1992 England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇, K ▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors:
8. Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
9. Authorised Share Capital: 1,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 1,000 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and City Centre Leisure Limited 1,000
identity of beneficial owners:
1. Name of Subsidiary: Gold Diggers Limited
2. Registered Number: 2484888
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 26.03.90, England & Wales (as Showclip
Limited)
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.
5. Directors: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors: ▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership and Ernst & Young
8. Accounting Reference Date: 31/08
9. Authorised Share Capital: 1000 Ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 2 Ordinary shares of(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Concerts Limited 1
identity of beneficial owners: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: Point Presentations Limited
2. Registered Number: 14377
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 16/04/1989, Ireland
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇
5. Directors: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
7. Auditors: KPMG
8. Accounting Reference Date: 28 November
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of IR(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 2 ordinary shares of IR(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Point Exhibition Company Limited
identity of beneficial owners:
1. Name of Subsidiary: Point Promotions Limited
2. Registered Number: 172291
3. Date and place of Incorporation: 09/04/1991
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇
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5. Directors: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
7. Auditors: KPMG
8. Accounting Reference Date: 28 November
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of IR(pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 2 ordinary shares of IR(pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Point Exhibition Company Limited 1
identity of beneficial owners: Apollo Leisure Group Limited 1
1. Name of Subsidiary: Apollo Cambridge Theatre
2. Registered Number: 1568580
3. Date and place of Incorporation: England & Wales
4. Address of Registered Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
5. Directors: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
6. Secretary: ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
7. Auditors
8. Accounting Reference Date: 03/12
9. Authorised Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
10. Issued Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of (pound)1 each
11. Registered Shareholders and Apollo Leisure (UK) Ltd 99
identity of beneficial owners: Apollo Leisure Group Limited 1
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SCHEDULE 4
PART 1
THE PROPERTIES
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NO PROPERTY DESCRIPTION TENURE DATE & LANDLORDS TENANT SURETY ANNUAL NEXT
DETAILS TERM OF RENTAL RENT
LEASE REVIEW
----- ------
Free Lease
Hold hold
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1 LYCEUM West End LH 21.11.88 The Apollo None (pound) None
THEATRE, LONDON Theatre 150 years Theatres Lyceum 10
Trust London per
Limited annum
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2 VICTORIA West End FH N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a
THEATRE, LONDON Theatre
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3 PLAYHOUSE Provincial FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
THEATRE, Theatre
EDINBURGH
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▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ 24.3.64 Land Apollo None (pound) 25.3.2010
HAMMERSMITH Theatre 125 years Securities Leisure 150,000
(Ravenseft) (UK) per
Limited annum
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5 HOLLYWOOD Cinema FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
PARK, BURNLEY
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6 CARDIFF Concert and LH 6.7.94 to City and Apollo None (pound) 6.7.2001
INTERNATIONAL Exhibition 25.12.2131 County of Leisure 15,000 Agreed
ARENA Arena and Cardiff (UK) increase
Offices Limited to
(pound)
300,000
per
annum
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7 PALACE Provincial FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
THEATRE, Theatre
MANCHESTER
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NO PRESENT OWNER REMARKS
USE
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1 Theatre The Tenant of
and Theatres restaurant is
Restaurant Trust Groupe Chez
Gerrard
Restaurants Plc
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2 Theatre Apollo
Leisure
(UK)
Limited
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3 Theatre Apollo
Leisure
(UK)
Limited
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4 Theatre Ravenseft
Properties
Limited
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5 9 Screen Apollo Tenant of
Multiplex Leisure restaurant is
Cinema (UK) Ind Coope
and Limited (Oxford and
Restaurant West) Limited
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6 Arena and City and BT and various
Offices County of other tenants
Cardiff have short term
lets on offices
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7 Theatre Apollo 999 year lease
Leisure on stage
(UK) extension from
Limited 22.12.80
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SCHEDULE 4
PART 1 - THE PROPERTIES
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NO PROPERTY DESCRIPTION TENURE DATE & LANDLORDS TENANT SURETY ANNUAL NEXT
DETAILS TERM OF RENTAL RENT
LEASE REVIEW
----- ------
Free Lease
Hold hold
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8 OPERA HOUSE, Provincial FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
MANCHESTER Theatre
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9 BRISTOL Provincial FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
HIPPODROME, Theatre
BRISTOL
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10 SOUTHPORT Provincial LH 12 years Sefton Apollo None Pepper- N/a
THEATRE AND Theatre and from Metropolitan Leisure corn
FLORAL HALL Exhibition 1.4.96 Borough (UK)
COMPLEX, Hall Council Limited
SOUTHPORT
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11 APOLLO BINGO, Bingo ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
RHYL
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12 APOLLO CINEMA, Cinema LH 25 years Denbighshire Apollo N/a (pound) None
RHYL from County Leisure 27,500 + Rent
29.9.95 Council (UK) RPI + linked
(formerly Limited profit to RPI
Rhuddlan share
Borough
Council)
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13 APOLLO Provincial FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
THEATRE, Theatre /
MANCHESTER Music Venue
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14 APOLLO CINEMA, Cinema FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
LEAMINGTON SPA
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NO PRESENT OWNER REMARKS
USE
-------------------------------------------------------
8 Theatre Apollo
Leisure
(UK)
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------
9 Theatre 1. Apollo
Leisure
(UK)
Limited
(10 + ▇▇▇ ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇)
2. Apollo
Cambridge
Theatre
Limited
(main
Theatre)
-------------------------------------------------------
10 Theatre Sefton MBC
and
Exhibition
Hall
-------------------------------------------------------
11 Bingo Club ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 4 lock up shops
Cinemas
(Property)
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------
12 5 Screen Denbighshire
Multiplex County
Council
-------------------------------------------------------
13 Theatre Apollo 1 vacant former
Leisure night club
(UK)
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------
14 4 Screen ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Cinema Cinemas
(Properties)
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------
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NO PROPERTY DESCRIPTION TENURE DATE & LANDLORDS TENANT SURETY ANNUAL NEXT
DETAILS TERM OF RENTAL RENT
LEASE REVIEW
----- ------
Free Lease
Hold hold
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15 APOLLO CINEMA, Cinema FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16 ALEXANDRA Provincial LH 20 years City of Apollo None Premium 1.1.2000
THEATRE, Theatre from Birmingham Leisure of Agreed
BIRMINGHAM 21.2.94 (UK) (pound) rent
Limited 250,000, increase
then (pound)
pepper 50,000
-corn
to
31.12.99
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
17 APOLLO CINEMA, Cinema FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
WALLASEY
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
18 APOLLO Provincial LH 75 years City of Apollo None (pound) No
THEATRE, OXFORD Theatre from Oxford Leisure 600 review
25.12.32 (UK)
Limited
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19 THE POINT, Concert and FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Exhibition
Arena
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ years Land Neder- (pound) 25.3.2010
THEATRE, LONDON Theatre less Securities lander 296,153
10 days, (Ravenseft) Dominion
from (freeholder) Limited
25.3.64 Butlins
Limited
(head
leaseholder)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
21 APOLLO CINEMA, Cinema LH 999 years Lancaster Hutchin- None Pepper- None
MORECAMBE from City son corn
1.2.96 Council Leisure
Group of
Companies
Limited
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
NO PRESENT OWNER REMARKS
USE
-------------------------------------------------------
15 5 Screen ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 1 tenanted
Cinema Cinemas restaurant and
(Properties) 1 vacant shop
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------
16 Theatre City of
Birmingham
-------------------------------------------------------
17 6 Screen ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Cinema Leisure
Group of
Companies
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------
18 Theatre, City of
Nightclub Oxford
and Shop
-------------------------------------------------------
19 Concert Point 50% Apollo
and Arena Exhibition Leisure Group
Co Limited 50% ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
-------------------------------------------------------
20 Theatre, Apollo
Shops and Dominion
Offices Investments
Limited
have
33 1/3rd %
interest
in the
Theatre
-------------------------------------------------------
21 4 Screen Lancaster
Cinema City
Council
-------------------------------------------------------
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NO PROPERTY DESCRIPTION TENURE DATE & LANDLORDS TENANT SURETY ANNUAL NEXT
DETAILS TERM OF RENTAL RENT
LEASE REVIEW
----- ------
Free Lease
Hold hold
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
22 GRAND OPERA Provincial FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ Theatre
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
23 GREHAN HOUSE, Head Office LH 21 years Apollo Apollo None (pound) 25.9.99
OXFORD and Finance from Leisure Leisure 87,000 Agents
Department 25.9.94 Pension (UK) recommend
Scheme Limited increase
to
(pound)
145,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
24 EMPIRE Provincial LH 124 years ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇/▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇- ▇/▇
THEATRE, Theatre + 340 days City Leisure corn
LIVERPOOL from Council / (UK)
completion Empire Limited
of Theatre
Agreement (Merseyside)
to Lease Trust
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
25 OLD FIRE Studio LH 9.4.91 to City of Apollo Profit N/a
STATION, OXFORD Theatre and 29.9.2009 Oxford Leisure related
Cafe Bar (UK)
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26 ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Provincial LH 16.9.96 District Apollo None Pepper- n/ a
HALL, Theatre to Council of Leisure corn
FOLKESTONE 31.1.2000 Shepway (UK)
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
27 PRINCESS Princess LH 60 years Borough of Apollo None Pepper- None
THEATRE, TORBAY Theatre from Torbay Leisure corn
17.11.98 (UK)
Limited
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 HOLLYWOOD Multiplex LH New Lease Borough of Apollo None Pepper- From
PARK, TORBAY Cinema will be Torbay Leisure corn 1.12.2010
(currently from (UK) until (pound)
under 20 days Limited 30.11.201 50,000 pa
construction) after 5-yearly
Practical reviews
Completion, RPI
for
60 years
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
NO PRESENT OWNER REMARKS
USE
------------------------------------------------------------
22 Theatre Apollo
Leisure
(UK)
Limited
------------------------------------------------------------
23 Office Apollo
Leisure
Pension
Scheme
------------------------------------------------------------
24 Theatre Liverpool
City
Council
------------------------------------------------------------
25 Theatre City of Proposed scheme
and Cafe Oxford to
Bar substantially
refurbish
building linked
to new Lease
------------------------------------------------------------
26 Theatre District New
Council of refurbishment
Shepway scheme linked
to Management
Contract
------------------------------------------------------------
27 Theatre Borough of
Torbay
------------------------------------------------------------
28 Cinema Borough of
under Torbay
construction
------------------------------------------------------------
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NO PROPERTY DESCRIPTION TENURE DATE & LANDLORDS TENANT SURETY ANNUAL NEXT
DETAILS TERM OF RENTAL RENT
LEASE REVIEW
----- ------
Free Lease
Hold hold
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29 APOLLO CINEMA 3 Screen FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
AND BINGO, Cinema and
CREWE Bingo Club
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
30 HOLLYWOOD 6 Screen LH ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ N/a (pound) N/a
PARK, PORT Cinema years Talbot Leisure 15,625
TALBOT from County (UK) for
30.11.98 Borough Limited first
Council 10
years
(pound)1
thereafter
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
31 PALLADIUM Bingo ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Lease ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ N/a (pound) N/a
CINEMA AND and Cinema ending Estates Cinemas 35
BINGO, 2913 (Properties)
LLANDUDNO Limited
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32 PRINCE OF 21 Bedroom FH N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a
WALES HOTEL, Hotel
CAERNARFON
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
33 DELIBERATELY
LEFT BLANK
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
34 UNIT 4 CINEMA, Vacant Cinema FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
BRIERFIELD
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
35 PORT TALBOT Warehouse LH 999 years ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇/▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇- ▇/▇
STORE, PORT from Leisure corn
TALBOT 14.8.89 (UK)
Limited
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
NO PRESENT OWNER REMARKS
USE
------------------------------------------------------
29 Cinema ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
and Bingo Cinemas
Club (Properties)
Limited
------------------------------------------------------
30 Multiplex Neath Port
Cinema Talbot
and County
Development Borough
Site Council
------------------------------------------------------
31 Bingo ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 7 tenanted shops
Hall and Cinemas
Cinema (Properties)
Limited
------------------------------------------------------
32 Hotel ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Cinemas
(Properties)
Limited
------------------------------------------------------
33
------------------------------------------------------
34 Vacant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Cinema Group of
Companies
Limited
------------------------------------------------------
35 Warehouse Apollo Agreed sale of
Leisure warehouse and
(UK) land for
Limited (pound)296,000
------------------------------------------------------
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NO PROPERTY DESCRIPTION TENURE DATE & LANDLORDS TENANT SURETY ANNUAL NEXT
DETAILS TERM OF RENTAL RENT
LEASE REVIEW
----- ------
Free Lease
Hold hold
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
36 ASTRA CINEMA, 4 Screen FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Cinema
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
37 PLAZA BINGO, Bingo Club FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
WIDNES
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
38 PALLADIUM Bingo Club FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
BINGO,
BLACKPOOL
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
39 TATTON CINEMA, 3 Screen FH ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇ ▇/▇
GATLEY Cinema
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
40 HEN & Public House LH 10 years Ind Coope Apollo N/a (pound) None
CHICKENS, from (Oxford Leisure 80,000
BIRMINGHAM 14.9.92 and West) (UK)
Limited Limited
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
41 PALACE BINGO, Bingo ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ 21 years Warrington ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ N/a (pound) N/a
WARRINGTON from Borough Cinemas 12,000
1.1.78 Council (Properties)
Limited
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
42 ▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇ years Liverpool Unit 4 ▇▇▇▇▇ (pound) 15.1.2001
WALKDEN Cinema from and Cinemas Tattersall 17,000
13.1.86 Lancashire Limited and
Properties ▇▇▇▇▇
Limited Tattersall
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
NO PRESENT OWNER REMARKS
USE
----------------------------------------------------
36 Vacant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Cinema and 4
former Cinemas shops currently
Cinema (Properties) for sale
Limited
----------------------------------------------------
37 P Vacant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Currently for
Bingo Hall Cinemas sale
(Properties)
Limited
----------------------------------------------------
38 Bingo Hall ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Group of
Companies
Limited
----------------------------------------------------
39 Cinema ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Group of
Companies
Limited
----------------------------------------------------
40 Public Ind Coope
House/ (Oxford
Nightclub and West)
Limited
----------------------------------------------------
41 Vacant Warrington Ongoing
Bingo Hall Borough negotiations
Council with Council
regarding
alternative uses
----------------------------------------------------
42 Cinema Liverpool
and
Lancashire
Properties
Limited
----------------------------------------------------
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NO PROPERTY DESCRIPTION TENURE DATE & LANDLORDS TENANT SURETY ANNUAL
DETAILS TERM OF RENTAL
LEASE
----- ------
Free Lease
Hold hold
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
43 PLAZA CINEMA & 2 Screen FH N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a
BINGO, BANGOR Cinema and
Vacant Bingo
Club
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
44 APOLLO CINEMA, 3 Screen ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Budget ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ N/a (pound)
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Cinema leasehold ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Cinemas 400
into (Properties)
perpetuity Limited
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
45 HOLLYWOOD 6 Screen LH 25 years Positive Apollo N/a (pound)
PARK, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Cinema from Location Leisure 59,500
25.12.98 Properties (UK)
Limited Limited
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
46 EMPIRE BINGO, Bingo Club N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a
CAERNARFON
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
47 COPPULL Regional LH 3 years Palatine Apollo N/a (pound)
OFFICES, Office from Developments Leisure 18,350
COPPULL, 1.3.99 Limited (UK)
CHORLEY Limited
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
48 ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ offices, now
vacated at
end of lease
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
49 144 WIGMORE Offices for LH 25 years Zaison Apollo N/a (pound)
STREET, LONDON BCC / Apollo from Investments Leisure 41,500
Productions 25.12.86 Limited (UK)
Limited
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
NO NEXT PRESENT OWNER REMARKS
RENT USE
REVIEW
---------------------------------------------------------------
43 N/a Cinema/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 3 vacant shops
vacant Cinemas
Bingo Club (Properties)
Limited
---------------------------------------------------------------
44 N/a 3 Screen Budget
Cinema ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
---------------------------------------------------------------
45 25.12.2003 6 Screen Positive
Cinema Location
Properties
Limited
---------------------------------------------------------------
46 N/a Bingo Club ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Cinemas
(Properties)
Limited
---------------------------------------------------------------
47 N/a Offices Palatine
Developments
Limited
---------------------------------------------------------------
48
---------------------------------------------------------------
49 1.1.2006 Offices Superior
Lessee
Zaison
Investments
Limited
---------------------------------------------------------------
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NO PROPERTY DESCRIPTION TENURE DATE & LANDLORDS TENANT SURETY ANNUAL
DETAILS TERM OF RENTAL
LEASE
----- ------
Free Lease
Hold hold
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
50 TICKETS Offices LH New lease Nederlander Apollo - (pound)
LONDON, LONDON being Dominion Leisure 13,000
prepared Limited (UK)
Limited
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
51 TICKETS Offices LH 7 years Drew Apollo - (pound)
DIRECT, from Investments Leisure 59,346
MANCHESTER 25.3.94 Limited (UK)
Limited
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
52 BOARS HILL Offices Licence Ongoing ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Apollo - (pound)
HEATH, OXFORD Leisure 50,000
(UK) + RPI
Limited
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
53 SPA PAVILION, Provincial LH 20 years Suffolk Apollo N/a (pound)
FELIXSTOWE Theatre from Coastal Leisure 18,000
3.6.96 District (UK)
Council Limited
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
54 ▇▇▇▇ THEATRE, London Management 15 years London Apollo N/a -
▇▇▇▇▇ Theatre Agreement from Borough of Leisure
and Licence 1.4.92 Hillingdon (UK)
Limited
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
55 WYVERN Provincial Management 10 years Swindon Apollo N/a N/a
THEATRE, Theatre Agreement from Council Leisure
SWINDON 25.3.94 (UK)
Limited
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
56 TAMESIDE Provincial Management 15 years Tameside Apollo N/a N/a
HIPPODROME, Theatre Agreement from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.▇▇.▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇)
Council Limited
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
NO NEXT PRESENT OWNER REMARKS
RENT USE
REVIEW
---------------------------------------------------------------
50 Offices Nederlander
Dominion
Limited
---------------------------------------------------------------
51 None Call Drew
Centre Investments
Limited
---------------------------------------------------------------
52 Linked Offices ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
to RPI
---------------------------------------------------------------
53 None Theatre Suffolk
Coastal
District
Council
---------------------------------------------------------------
▇▇ - ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
---------------------------------------------------------------
55 N/a Theatre Swindon
Council
---------------------------------------------------------------
56 N/a Theatre Tameside
Council
---------------------------------------------------------------
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NO PROPERTY DESCRIPTION TENURE DATE & LANDLORDS TENANT SURETY
DETAILS TERM OF
LEASE
----- ------
Free Lease
Hold hold
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
57 FUTURIST, Provincial Management Scarborough N/a N/a
SCARBOROUGH Theatre Agreement Borough
No formal Council
lease in
place
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
58 SHEFFIELD Concert and Management Sheffield N/a N/a
ARENA, Exhibition Agreement City Trust
SHEFFIELD arena
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
59 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ HOTEL Vacant Flat FH N/a N/a N/a N/a
- FLAT,
LLANDUDNO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
NO ANNUAL NEXT PRESENT OWNER REMARKS
RENTAL RENT USE
REVIEW
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
57 N/a N/a Theatre Scarborough
Borough
Council
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
58 N/a N/a Concert Sheffield
and Arena City Trust
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
59 N/a N/a Vacant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Formally
flat Cinemas Manager's flat
(Properties) for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Limited Hotel (sold
separately)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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PART 2
CERTIFICATES OF TITLE
1. Lyceum Theatre, London
2. Victoria Apollo Theatre, London
3. Edinburgh Playhouse
4. Hammersmith Apollo, London
5. Hollywood Park, Burnley
6. Cardiff International Arena
7. Palace Theatre, Manchester
7a. Bridgwater Store, Manchester
8. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇. CAST, Bristol
10. Southport Theatre and Floral Hall
11. Apollo Bingo, Rhyl
12. Apollo 5 Cinema, Rhyl
13. Apollo Theatre, Manchester
14. Apollo 4 Cinema, Leamington Spa
15, Apollo 5 Cinema, Blackburn
16. Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
17. Apollo 6 Cinema, Wallasey
18. Apollo Theatre, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇. The Dominion Theatre, London
21. Apollo 4 Cinema, Morecambe
22. Grand ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
24. Empire Theatre, Liverpool
25. Old Fire Station, Oxford
26. Leas ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, Folkestone
27. Princess Theatre, Torbay
28. Hollywood Park, Torbay
29. Apollo Cinema, Crewe
29a. Apollo Bingo, Crewe
30. Hollywood Park, Port Talbot
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SCHEDULE 5
PART 1
COMPLETION ACCOUNTS
The Completion Accounts shall be prepared in accordance with the policies that
appear, and in the order shown, below:
1. the specific accounting policies set out in (i) to (viii) below;
2. to the extent not covered by 1 above, the accounting policies,
principles, practices, evaluation rules and procedures, methods and
bases adopted by the Group in preparation of the Accounts; and
3. to the extent not covered by 1 or 2 above, in accordance with UK
generally accepted accountancy principles as at the Completion Accounts
Date.
(i) OTHER DEBTORS
Stocks of Paintings
Stocks of paintings (for the avoidance of doubt included within other
debtors in the financial statements of the Group) will only include
items that have been purchased from third parties for future use within
the business. No value will be attributed to any item that has
previously been included within fixed assets.
Stocks of paintings (excluding those transferred into work in progress
as at the Completion Accounts Date) will be valued at cost subject to a
maximum total value for these items of (pound)60,000.
(ii) PREPAYMENTS
Prepayments will only be included where such prepayments will give rise
to a benefit to the Group after the Completion Accounts Date or are
expected to be recovered in full from promoters or other third parties.
(iii) ACCRUED INCOME
Accrued income will only be included where such amounts are supported by
documentary evidence prepared by third parties that specify amounts to
be paid to the Group. Where such documentary evidence is not available
for all periods up to the Completion Accounts Date, accrued income may
be based on reasonable estimates prepared.
(iv) INVESTMENTS
Doctor Dolittle
The investment in the London production of Doctor Dolittle will be
written down to nil value.
77
A separate provision will be included within the Completion Accounts for
all further costs to be borne in relation to the London production of
Doctor Dolittle with the exception of storage costs incurred after the
closure of this production.
Any costs expended in relation to the UK tour of Doctor Dolittle shall
be included as current assets.
Listed securities
The quoted investments held by the Group at the Completion Accounts Date
will be valued at market value as at the Completion Accounts Date.
(v) CORPORATION TAX
(a) Full provision will be made for corporation tax which is payable
for all accounting periods ending before the Completion Accounts
Date and which has not yet been paid to the Inland Revenue. In
addition, full provision will be made for corporation tax as if
the period beginning with the day following the Accounting Date
and ending on the Completion Accounts Date was a financial year
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for corporation tax purposes.
For the avoidance of doubt, it shall be assumed that the payments
to certain of the Vendors, managers and employees referred to in
(vi) below will be fully deductible for corporation tax purposes.
(b) In preparing the provision for Tax in the Completion Accounts it
shall be assumed that (i) all of the payments referred to in
clause 5.2.3 other than the payments to ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the employer's national insurance contributions
thereon shall be deductible for corporation tax purposes and (ii)
the payments referred to in clause 5.3.3 to ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
and to ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the employer's national insurance
contributions thereon shall not be deductible for corporation tax
purposes.
(vi) OTHER CREDITORS
Concert Ledger
All income relating to shows that have not taken place prior to the
Completion Accounts Date will be included within deferred income.
Payments to certain of the Vendors, Managers and Employees
Provision will be made in respect of specific payments due to certain of
the Vendors, managers and employees referred to in clause 5.2.3 of this
Agreement only to the extent that these payments have not been paid by
the Completion Accounts Date.
78
(vii) CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER ONE YEAR
Provision for payments to be made in relation to acquisition of
remaining shares in CCL
The provision to be included in respect of future payments to acquire
the remaining issued share capital of CCL will be calculated under the
terms of the shareholders' agreement dated 5 February 1997 as modified
by the memorandum of agreement dated 28 May 1999. The forecast trading
results to be used as the basis for the calculation of this provision
are to be those forecasts prepared for the purposes of the Accounts.
(viii) OTHER MATTERS
Foreign Currencies
Foreign currency balances of all members of the Group (including the
assets and liabilities of The Point Exhibition Company Limited) will be
translated into sterling at the prevailing Exchange Rate on the
Completion Accounts Date.
Lease Premiums
Lease premiums will be accounted for in accordance with the provisions
of Urgent Issues Task Force Abstract Number 12.
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PART 2
WORKING CAPITAL STATEMENT
The Working Capital Statement shall be prepared in accordance with the policies
set out in (i) to (viii) below:
(i) WORK-IN-PROGRESS
The following projects have been designated as work-in-progress:
Torbay Cinema
Folkestone
Screen Advertising in theatres
Liverpool Phase 2
Warrington
Old Fire Station cafe bar
Stage Door bar
Tower Hamlets (CCL)
Trafford (CCL)
Torbay (CCL)
Bangor
An adjustment will be included within the Working Capital Statement to
increase the level of Working Capital by the value of work-in-progress
in accordance with the following terms:
(a) Costs included within the category of work-in-progress represent
amounts invoiced from third parties only, and include stocks of
paintings not already included in Working Capital.
(b) All costs included within work-in-progress relate to work
completed or assets delivered as at the date of the Completion
Accounts.
(c) No internal costs or interest costs are to be included within
work-in-progress.
(d) Any grant or other non-repayable funding which has been received
in relation to schemes included within work-in-progress must be
offset against the capitalised costs within the Working Capital
Statement.
(e) No value will be attributed to any items that are transferred
into this category from other categories of fixed assets.
(ii) DEFERRED CONSIDERATION PROPERTIES
The following assets have been designated as "Deferred Consideration
Properties":
Llandudno Bingo and Cinema
Port Talbot warehouse and land
Prince of Wales Hotel
80
Subject to clause 7.3 of this Agreement, the Deferred Consideration
relating to the Deferred Consideration Properties shall be included in
the Working Capital Statement.
(iii) ASSETS FOR SALE
The following assets have been designated as assets for sale and will be
ascribed a total value of (pound)200,000 in the Working Capital
Statement:
Brierfield Cinema
Widnes Bingo
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Hotel Flat
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Cinema
Blackpool Bingo
(iv) INVESTMENTS
Doctor Dolittle
An adjustment of (pound)800,000 will be included in the Working Capital
Statement to increase the level of Working Capital in respect of the
London Production of Doctor Dolittle.
Fixed asset investments
No amount shall be included within the Working Capital Statement in
relation to fixed asset investments including the investment in
Nederlander Dominion. However, one third of all working capital balances
(calculated using the same principles as those applied in calculating
the Working Capital) of Nederlander Dominion and the tenancy in common
will be included in the Working Capital Statement.
(v) CASH
An adjustment of nine million pounds ((pound)9,000,000) will be included
within the Working Capital Statement to reduce the level of Working
Capital in relation to the cash paid by the Purchaser to subscribe for B
Shares in the Company in accordance with clause 5.3.1 of this Agreement.
(vi) MINORITY INTERESTS
An adjustment will be included within the Working Capital Statement to
remove the value of all minority interests included within the Working
Capital. For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph does not refer to
either Nederlander Dominion Limited or the CCL Group.
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(vii) BANK DEBT
Bank Debt will be calculated as at the Completion Date but shall have
added to it an amount equivalent to the interest that the Group would
have paid between Completion and the Completion Accounts Date had the
Bank Debt not been paid off at Completion.
For the avoidance of doubt no amount in respect of breakage costs will
be included in the calculation of Bank Debt.
(viii) INTEREST
Working Capital shall be decreased (which for the avoidance of doubt means that
the amount of the Working Capital will be made a larger negative number) by two
hundred thousand pounds ((pound)200,000) to reflect notional interest on the
Consideration from Completion to the Completion Accounts Date (inclusive).
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SCHEDULE 7
PART 1
PENSION WARRANTIES
1. DEFINITIONS
In this Schedule references to paragraphs are references to paragraphs in this
Schedule and the following expressions shall have the following meanings:
1.1 "Actuary" means a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries or a Fellow of
the Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland;
1.2 "the Final Salary Scheme" means each of Apollo LG Pension and Assurance
Scheme and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group Pension Scheme;
1.3 "the GPPs" means each of the Apollo Leisure Group Personal Pension Plan,
the Sheffield Arena Group Personal Pension Plan, the CCL Scottish
Equitable GPP, the CCL Allied ▇▇▇▇▇▇ GPP and any other personal pension
plan to which any of the Group contributes in respect of a present or
former employee of the Group;
1.4 "the Apollo Leisure Group Personal Pension Plan" means the group
personal pension established by the Company with effect from 1 January
1993;
1.5 "the Apollo Leisure Staff Pension Scheme" means the occupational defined
contribution scheme for senior management governed by the Definitive
Trust Deed and Rules dated 1 December 1992 and established with effect
from 1 July 1989;
1.6 "the Apollo L G Pension and Assurance Scheme" means the occupational
defined benefit scheme for staff and manual employees governed by the
Definitive Trust Deed and Rules dated 31 March 1998 and established with
effect from 1 April 1996;
1.7 "the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group Pension Scheme" means the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Leisure Group Limited Pension and Life Assurance Scheme which was placed
into winding up with effect from 31 December 1993;
1.8 "the Money Purchase Schemes" means each of the Apollo Leisure Staff
Pension Scheme, the CCL Directors Pension Schemes with Allied ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
United Friendly and Scottish Equitable and the SSAS;
1.9 "the Apollo Life Scheme" means the Apollo Leisure (UK) Limited Group
Life Assurance Scheme established by a Deed of Declaration of Trust and
Rules with effect from 1 October 1990;
1.10 "the Pension Schemes" means each of the Apollo LG Pension and Assurance
Scheme, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group Pension Scheme, the Money Purchase
Schemes, the GPPs and the Apollo Life Scheme and where appropriate,
shall include the trustees of the Pension Schemes;
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1.11 "the Purchaser's Actuary" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ or any other actuary appointed
by the Purchaser for the purpose of this Schedule;
1.12 "Retirement Benefit Scheme" means a retirement benefits scheme within
the meaning given to that term in Section 611 of the Taxes Act;
1.13 "the Sheffield Arena Group Personal Pension Plan" means the group
personal pension acquired by the Company when it acquired Sheffield
Arena in 1996;
1.14 "the SSAS" means the occupational defined contribution scheme
established with effect from 10 November 1987 by the Definitive Trust
Deed and Rules dated 26 July 1994 and known as the Apollo Leisure
Pension Scheme;
1.15 "the Taxes Act" means the Income and Corporation Taxes ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇; and
1.16 "the Vendors' Actuary" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of Legal & General Assurance
Society Limited, Legal & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ or any other actuary appointed by the Vendors for the purpose of
this Schedule.
2. VENDORS' WARRANTIES (GENERAL)
2.1 Other than the Pension Schemes, no member of the Group provides any
pension, share option, share incentive or similar schemes or
arrangements for the employees or former employees of the Group and the
Vendors and the Group have no obligation (whether legally binding or
established by custom) to pay any pension or make any other payment
after retirement or death or otherwise to provide "relevant benefits" or
to make any payment for the purpose of providing "relevant benefits"
within the meaning of Section 612 of the Taxes Act to or in respect of
any employee or former employee of the Group and that the Vendors and
the Group are not party to any scheme or arrangement having as it
purpose or one of its purposes the making of such payments or the
provision of such benefits;
2.2 The Vendors have supplied to the Purchaser complete and accurate copies
of all announcements and relevant booklets relating to the Pension
Schemes. The Vendors have also supplied to the Purchaser complete and
accurate copies of all trust deeds, rules and resolutions relating to
the Apollo LG Pension and Life Assurance Scheme, the Apollo Leisure
Staff Pension Scheme, the SSAS and the Apollo Life Scheme. In relation
to the Apollo L G Pension and Assurance Scheme, the Vendors have
supplied complete copies of the most recent actuarial valuation and the
Scheme accounts together with copies of any certifications made to the
Inland Revenue under the Finance ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ or Schedule 22 to the Taxes
Act. In relation to the Money Purchase Schemes, the Vendors have
supplied complete copies of the last audited scheme accounts for each
scheme. The GPPs are, and have been since their establishment, group
personal pension arrangements.
2.3 So far as the Vendors are aware, the Pension Schemes comply and have at
all times complied materially with any applicable provisions of the
Pensions ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and all other relevant
legislation and with the relevant requirements of the Pension Schemes
Office and the Contributions Agency affecting
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schemes approved (or capable of approval) under either Chapter I or
Chapter IV of Part XIV of the Taxes Act and, where appropriate,
contracted-out under the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇. There is no reason
why such approval should be withdrawn or not obtained. In addition, the
Vendors, any participating employers and the Pension Schemes have duly
complied with their respective obligations under the applicable trust
deeds and rules or other governing documentation of the Pension Schemes
and the aforementioned applicable legislation and other requirements;
2.4 The Vendors have disclosed to the Purchaser complete and accurate
details of all benefits payable or prospectively payable under the
Pension Schemes to or in respect of all active members, pensioners and
deferred pensioners, including any augmentations of benefits, and
details of any additional undertakings with regard to the provision of
such benefits together with complete, accurate and comprehensive
employee data (including the member's age, sex, pensionable service and
pensionable salary);
2.5 All amounts due to the Pension Schemes or to any insurance company in
connection with them have been paid and, where appropriate, have been
eligible for tax relief. All contributions paid to the Pension Schemes
since their establishment have been paid in accordance with any
guarantees, promises or undertakings given by any member of the Group or
the Pension Schemes to the employees and former employees of the Group;
2.6 Neither the Group nor the Pension Schemes are parties to any litigation
or arbitration proceedings in respect of the Pension Schemes or the
provision of any relevant benefits (as defined in Section 612 of the
Taxes Act), and there are no current submissions or referrals to the
Pensions Ombudsman or to the Occupational Pensions Advisory Service or
notifications to the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority in
respect of the Group or the Pension Schemes and no such submissions,
referrals or notifications are expected by the Vendors and that there
are no outstanding payments or penalties payable by the Group or the
Pension Schemes in respect of any litigation or arbitration proceedings
or determination of the Pensions Ombudsman or the Occupational Pensions
Regulatory Authority;
2.7 No Retirement Benefits Scheme other than the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group
Pension Scheme in which employees or former employees of the Group
participate or have participated has been or is in the process of being
(or is proposed to be) wound up (in whole or in part) or closed to new
entrants (in whole or in part).
3. WARRANTIES FOR THE FINAL SALARY SCHEMES
3.1 The Apollo L G Pension and Assurance Scheme (the "Pension Scheme") has
been funded to the extent recommended by the actuary to the Pension
Scheme and that neither the Group nor the Pension Scheme has undertaken
to make or accept any transfer payment on agreed terms regarding the
calculation of the payment or the benefits to be credited in respect of
the payment;
3.2 No employers other than the Company participate in the Pension Scheme
and all such participating companies were properly admitted to the
Pension Scheme;
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3.3 The Pension Scheme does not hold any employer-related investments
(within the meaning of Section 40 of the Pensions Act 1995);
3.4 All reasonable and appropriate steps were taken by the principal company
and the trustees to trigger the termination of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure
Group Personal Scheme. In addition all necessary and appropriate steps
were taken by the principal company and the trustees to secure all the
assets and liabilities of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Leisure Group Pension Scheme in
accordance with applicable legislative, Inland Revenue and trust law
requirements. This Scheme has been fully wound up and no further
actuarial, legislative or Inland Revenue requirements need to be
satisfied in relation to it.
3.5 There are no provisions for continued private medical insurance or
permanent health and life insurance for ex-employees and ex-directors
including pensioners, other than for ▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, S Simpon, D Tattershall
and P ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and no promises of such provisions on leaving service for
whatever reason on retirement for current employees, workers or
directors.
3.6 None of the Pension Schemes are in breach of any legal requirement to
provide equal access to benefits and equal levels of benefits to male
and female employees regardless of sex relating to any UK or European
Community legislation or any other applicable legislation.
4. WARRANTIES FOR THE MONEY PURCHASE SCHEMES
4.1 At no time since the establishment of the Money Purchase Schemes, have
members under them been guaranteed or promised a defined benefit
underpin or any other defined benefit by any member of the Group or by
the Money Purchase Schemes.
4.2 The SSAS has always, and does, comply with the Retirement Benefit
Schemes (Restriction on Discretion to Approve) (Small Self-Administered
Schemes) Regulations 1991 as subsequently amended and the Retirement
Benefits Schemes (Restriction on Discretion to Approve) (Small
Self-Administered Schemes) Regulations 1998. Without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, in relation to the property known as
Alexander House, ▇▇▇/▇▇▇/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, all trust
law, statutory and Inland Revenue requirements have always been and are
satisfied in relation both to that property's purchase and its
subsequent retention by the trustees of the SSAS.
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PART 2
FORM OF DEED OF AMENDMENT
THIS DEED OF AMENDMENT is made on 1999
PARTIES
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ both of Boars ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Jarn Way, Boars
Hill, Oxford, ▇▇▇▇▇ CHARGES ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ both of Woodsend
Hamels Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ TRUSTEES LIMITED
whose registered office is at ▇-▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
("Trustees")
RECITALS
(A) By a definitive trust deed dated 10 November 1987 ("the Old Definitive
Deed") made between the Principal Employer and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, the Principal Employer established a
retirement benefits scheme called the Apollo Leisure Pension Scheme ("the
Scheme") to commence on and operate from 10 November 1987.
(B) This Deed is supplemental (inter alia) to the Old Definitive Deed and the
rules attached thereto ("the Old Rules") and to a supplemental definitive deed
("the Supplemental Deed") made on 26 July 1994 and the rules attached thereto
("the Supplemental Rules") which set out the existing definitive provisions of
the Scheme (together, "the Scheme Documents").
(C) This Deed is subject to a resolution made with effect from 6 April 1997
("the Resolution") that all decisions of the Trustees must be unanimous to be
effective.
(D) The Trustees may under Clause 10 of the Supplemental Deed and the Resolution
modify provisions of the Scheme Documents if acting unanimously.
OPERATIVE PROVISIONS
1. DEFINITIONS
The definitions used in the Supplemental Rules apply equally to this
Deed, except as otherwise stated herein.
2. AMENDMENTS
The following amendments to the Scheme Documents shall apply from the
date hereof:-
2.1 Rule 7 of the Supplemental Rules shall be replaced by the words "Each of
the Employers shall during the continuance of the Scheme contribute 20%
of
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Remuneration in respect of each Member or such other amount as the
Principal Employer and the Trustees shall agree".
2.2 In Rule 8 of the Supplemental Rules, sub-paragraph (i) shall be replaced
by:-
"(i) no grant or augmentation hereunder shall oblige any Employer to
make contributions to the Fund other than in accordance with
Clause 7 above."
2.3 In Clause 19 of the Supplemental Deed the words "the Employers in such
proportion by each Employer as the Trustees shall deem appropriate"
shall be replaced by the words "the Fund". The second sentence of Clause
19 shall be deleted.
2.4 Clause 15.1 of the Supplemental Deed shall be added to with the words:-
"b) ...., and
c) the Employers consent to the substitution of the Old Company with
the New Company".
2.5 In Clause 15.2 of the Supplemental Deed the words "the Employers" shall
be inserted after the word "Trustees".
2.6 Clause 17.3 of the Supplemental Deed shall be amended by the replacement
of the words "The Principal Employer" in the first sentence thereof with
the words "Scheme" and the addition of the words "out of the Fund"
following the words "Keep indemnified". The last sentence of the Clause
shall be deleted and the Clause shall be retitled "Indemnity from the
Fund".
2.7 Clause 17.4 shall be deleted.
2.8 In Clause 10 of the Supplemental Deed the words "The Trustees and the
Employers in agreement may by deed or resolution modify all or any of
the provisions of the Scheme where such modification may affect the
Employers liabilities or contributions" shall be inserted at the
beginning of the Clause and the word "other" shall be inserted after the
word "provisions" of the following sentence.
3. CONSENT
The Trustees hereby unanimously consent to the above amendments to be
operative from the date hereof.
NOW this DEED is executed the day and year before written.
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SCHEDULE 8
THE POINT
In this Schedule references to paragraphs are references to paragraphs in this
Schedule and the following expressions shall have the following meanings:
"Adjusted Point Consideration" the meaning given to that term in paragraph
3 of this Schedule;
"Assurance" the document containing the easements and
covenants referred to in paragraph 5 which
transfers the title to the Development Land
to the Developer;
"Business" the business carried on by PEC at the Venue
from time to time;
"Contract" the contract (to be negotiated by the
Vendors on behalf of PEC) to be entered into
between PEC and the Developer for the sale
of the Development Land;
"Developer" the person or persons carrying out the
Development;
"Development" the Venue Development and the Point Village
Development to be carried out on the
Development Land and the Venue Development
Land in accordance with the Satisfactory
Planning Permission;
"Development Land" that part of the land owned by PEC at
the Completion Date on which it is proposed
to carry out the Point Village Development
excluding the Venue Development Land and the
Venue;
"Estimated Management Fee" an amount equal to fifty per cent (50%), if
the Estimated Management Fee is to be paid
by the Vendors to the Purchaser, or one
hundred per cent (100%), if the Estimated
Management Fee is to be paid under the
Contract by the Developer to PEC, of the sum
of the Purchaser's reasonable estimates of:
(i) all and any amounts that will be
incurred by PEC in handing over the
Venue for the Handover Period
including without limitation any
cancellation of booking fees; plus
(ii) the amount of the earnings earned by
PEC for the twelve month period
ending at the monthly management
accounting period end immediately
prior to the Handover Date being
calculated before and without giving
effect to interest, tax,
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depreciation and amortisation
divided by 365 and then multiplied
by the number of days that make up
the Handover Period; plus
(iii) any payments which PEC could
reasonably be obliged to make during
the Handover Period less any income
which PEC could reasonably be
expected to receive, both regardless
of the handover of the Venue; less
(iv) any savings which could reasonably
be expected to be made during the
Handover Period, provided always
this shall not require PEC to
terminate the employment of any
permanent employees employed by PEC
at the Venue on the Handover Date;
"Handover Date" the date of the handover of the Venue to
enable the Venue Development;
"Handover Notice" the written notice to be served on
the Purchaser and PEC pursuant to paragraph
4 by the Vendors or the Developer (as the
case may be), giving no less than 12 months'
notice of the Handover Date and the Handover
Period;
"Handover Period" the period during which it is
envisaged at the date of the Handover Notice
the Venue has to be handed over for the
purpose of carrying out the Venue
Development commencing on the Handover Date;
"Joint Venture Agreement" the joint venture
agreement made between ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ("▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇"), PEC and the Company relating to
PEC dated 15 March 1989 as amended from time
to time;
"Management Fee" the amount agreed or determined to be
payable to the Purchaser by the Vendors or
to PEC by the Developer under the Contract
(as the case may be) in accordance with the
provisions of paragraphs 11 to 14 in
consideration of the Purchaser or PEC (as
the case may be) delivering up the Venue
from the Handover Date to the Open Date and
being derived from the amounts actually
incurred, earned or made (as the case may
be) in respect of the items estimated in
calculating the Estimated Management Fee;
"Onerous Condition" any condition or restriction contained in
any planning permission for the Point
Village Development or a covenant, condition
or restriction contained in or
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imposed by a Planning Agreement the effect
of which is not acceptable to the Vendors in
their sole joint discretion;
"Open Date" the date of practical completion of the
Venue Development to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Purchaser as certified
by the architect under any building contract
relating to the Venue Development and also
in a state and condition where the same can
be reopened and be fully operational and
after all necessary final approvals of the
relevant competent authorities have been
obtained for the use and operation of the
Venue in substantially the same manner as it
was used and operated prior to the Handover
Date;
"PEC" Point Exhibition Company Limited;
"Planning Agreement" any agreement with the planning authority or
other competent authority regulating the
Point Village Development whether or not
pursuant to Section 38 of the Local
Government (Planning & Development) Act,
1963 or otherwise as may be required by the
competent planning authority or any
statutory or service undertaker to enable a
planning permission for the Development to
be granted;
"Point Consideration" an amount equal to fifty per cent (50%) of
the amounts received by PEC on the sale of
the Development Land less an amount equal to
fifty percent (50%) of the Purchaser's good
faith reasonable estimate of:
(i) all and any costs incurred by PEC
which are referable to site assembly
and the obtaining of all and any
licences, consents and permissions
as are deemed necessary by PEC in
order to facilitate the entry into
the Contract and the Assurance;
(ii) all associated reasonable selling
costs incurred in connection with
the Development Land;
(iii) the amount of any Tax payable as a
result of or by reference to the
disposal by PEC of the Development
Land;
(iv) the amount of any costs and Tax that
would be incurred in transferring
the proceeds of sale (whether by way
of dividend or otherwise) to the
Purchaser from PEC;
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(v) any and all costs that would be
incurred by PEC in undertaking the
Venue Requirements; and
(vi) all and any other costs and
liabilities undertaken or incurred
by PEC or arising in connection with
any contract entered into with the
Developer or any other person at the
request of the Developer all
relating to the Development;
"Point Consideration Loan Notes" the guaranteed loan notes to be issued in
accordance with paragraph 3 which shall be
substantially in the form of loan notes in
the approved terms save as to the rate of
interest, which shall be the best rate of
interest reasonably obtainable by the
Purchaser by depositing an amount in cash
equal to the Point Consideration with a UK
or Republic of Ireland clearing bank;
"Point Village Development" the redevelopment of
the land owned by PEC surrounding the Venue
and the Venue Development Land to
incorporate a mixed retail and leisure
development together with residential
apartments and a hotel to comprise
approximately 1.25 million square feet of
space on the Development Land;
"Point Village Development Land" the Development Land and the Venue
Development Land;
"Professional Team" the architect, the building contractor, the
structural engineer, the mechanical and
electrical engineer, the acoustic
consultant, the theatre consultant and all
other professionals appointed by or on
behalf of the Developer or the Vendors from
time to time in connection with the Venue
Development;
"Satisfactory Planning Permission" a full planning
permission including any associated Planning
Agreement which is free from an Onerous
Condition and permits the Development and
otherwise is satisfactory in all respects to
the Vendors;
"Security" a performance bond or letter of credit or a
guarantee or some other form of security
reasonably commercially acceptable to the
party in whose favour it is granted in
respect of the Venue Development in an
amount equal to the full costs of the Venue
Development;
"Venue" the Point Theatre, Dublin including without
limitation the building known as the Point
Theatre, together with all easements, rights
privileges and appurtenances benefiting the
land upon which the Point Theatre is erected
and all improvements and betterments
utilised
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in the use, operation, maintenance and
repair of the Point Theatre at the Handover
Date;
"Venue Development" the refurbishment of the Venue
as part of the Point Village Development in
accordance with the Satisfactory Planning
Permission and other permissions and the
Venue Requirements;
"Venue Development Land" that part of the land
currently owned by PEC on which the Venue
Development will take place and the
refurbished Venue will stand;
"Venue Requirements" the brochure entitled "Venue
Requirements" for the design and
redevelopment of the Venue dated July 1999,
as amended by agreement between the Vendors
and the Purchaser from time to time.
In this Schedule where the expression "materially and adversely affect the use,
repair and replacement of the Venue" is used it shall mean any right, event or
circumstance which might reasonably be expected to:
(i) limit the ability of PEC to stage or promote at the then market
rate attractions of the type which have historically played at or
performed at the Venue; or
(ii) increase materially the cost to PEC of the maintenance, repair or
replacement of the Venue or any part thereof,
where such right, event or circumstance would not have arisen or to the extent
it would not have arisen, but for the Development.
1. Subject to paragraph 5 and subject to the Vendors procuring any
necessary consents, including from the parties to the Joint Venture
Agreement (other than any party to that agreement that is at the
relevant time a member of the Group) the Vendors may serve notice in
writing on the Purchaser and PEC within two months of the grant of a
Satisfactory Planning Permission and all other conditions under the
Contract being either satisfied or waived but no later than the fifth
(5th) anniversary of the Completion Date, requiring the Purchaser (so
far as it is able within the terms of the Joint Venture Agreement and
the articles of association of PEC by the exercise of control over the
voting rights held by any member of the Group in respect of the capital
of PEC) to procure the transfer by PEC to the Developer, or as the
Developer may otherwise direct, the same right, title and interest in
the Development Land as is held by PEC as at Completion, provided that:
1.1 the Purchaser shall be under no obligation when procuring such transfer
to remove any matters of title that have arisen other than through the
actions or omissions of the Purchaser; and
1.2 if an application for judicial review of the Satisfactory Planning
Permission is made the transfer will not take place until the
Satisfactory Planning Permission is upheld.
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2. Subject to paragraph 5, the Purchaser shall (so far as it is able within
the terms of the Joint Venture Agreement and the articles of association
of PEC by the exercise of control over the voting rights held by any
member of the Group in respect of the capital of PEC) procure that:
2.1 PEC shall act promptly, on the reasonable instructions of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, in relation to the transfer of the Development Land to the
Developer and the terms of the Assurance which instructions must, for
the avoidance of doubt, be consistent with the terms of this Schedule,
unless otherwise agreed; and
2.2 ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ are given reasonable access at all
reasonable times to PEC's papers and documents relating to the
Development Land.
3.1 Within 7 business days of the Vendors notifying the Purchaser that the
proceeds of sale of the Development Land under the Contract have been
received into the Development Account (as defined in paragraph 10.12)
the Purchaser shall procure that the Point Consideration shall be
satisfied (without any counterclaim or set off) by the issue, by the
Purchaser (as the Purchaser shall determine), to the Vendors in the same
proportions as set out in column 4 of Schedule 1, of the Point
Consideration Loan Notes, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
Point Consideration. The Vendors shall be responsible for the costs of
obtaining the guarantee of the Point Consideration Loan Notes.
3.2 Within 60 days of the Open Date the Purchaser shall deliver to the
Vendors a draft statement showing the calculation of a sum, such sum
being fifty per cent (50%) of the amounts received by PEC on the sale of
the Development Land less an amount equal to fifty per cent (50%) of:
(a) the amount of the costs and liabilities described in the
definition of the Point Consideration as have actually been
incurred by PEC by the date of the draft statement; and
(b) the amount of the Tax described in that definition as has
actually been paid or become due and payable by that date or, if
it has not by that date been paid or become due and payable, the
estimated amount thereof.
3.3 The Vendors shall within 30 days of receipt of such draft statement
review the same and deliver a written notice to the Purchaser stating
either that they agree with the draft statement of the sum or that they
disagree and, if so, in what respect they disagree and stating their
reasons for their disagreement and their calculation of the sum.
3.4 If the Purchaser disagrees with the Vendors' notice of disagreement and
if the Purchaser and the Vendors cannot reach agreement within 30 days
of the date of the Vendors' notification of disagreement, the matter
shall be referred to an independent firm of chartered accountants and
the provisions of paragraph 6.5 of the Agreement shall apply mutatis
mutandis. The sum as so determined or agreed between the Vendors and the
Purchaser shall be the "Adjusted Point Consideration". The firm of
chartered accountants that makes the determination, if any, will as part
of their
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decision determine what proportion of their costs should be borne by the
Vendors and the Purchaser.
3.5 Within 7 days of the agreement or determination of the amount of the
Adjusted Point Consideration in accordance with paragraph 3.4:
3.5.1 if the amount of the Adjusted Point Consideration exceeds the
Point Consideration, the Purchaser will pay an amount equal to
such excess to the Vendors, together with interest thereon at the
same rate of interest as applied to the monies held in the
Development Account for the period from the date of issue of the
Point Consideration Loan Notes under paragraph 3.1 to the date of
payment;
3.5.2 if the amount of the Adjusted Point Consideration is less than
the Point Consideration, the Vendors will pay an amount equal to
such shortfall to the Purchaser together with interest thereon at
the rate payable on the Point Consideration Loan Notes from the
date of the issue of the Point Consideration Loan Notes under
paragraph 3.1 to the date of payment.
3.6 Any amounts payable:
3.6.1 by the Purchaser under paragraph 3.5.1 shall be satisfied in cash
or, at the option of the Vendors, in additional Point
Consideration Loan Notes, in the same proportions as set out in
column 4 of Schedule 1;
3.6.2 by the Vendors under paragraph 3.5.2 shall be satisfied in the
same proportions as set out in column 4 of Schedule 1 by the
cancellation of Point Consideration Loan Notes in a principal
amount equal to the amount so payable or, to the extent that the
Vendors no longer hold Point Consideration Loan Notes, in cash
provided that, if any of the Vendors so elect, any amounts
payable by such persons under paragraph 3.5.2 shall be satisfied
by payment in cash.
3.7 Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement the Purchaser agrees
that it will use all reasonable endeavours to work with the Vendors to
achieve in the most tax effective manner the realisation of the Vendors'
rights to receive the Point Consideration (as adjusted by paragraphs 3.2
to 3.6) PROVIDED that in so doing neither the Purchaser nor any member
of the Purchaser's Group or the Group is financially disadvantaged.
4. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Venue will need to be handed over to
the Developer for the Handover Period for the purposes of the Venue
Development and that the Vendors or the Developer (as the case may be)
may at any time prior to the expiry of twelve (12) months from the later
of the date of receipt of Satisfactory Planning Permission and the date
of the Assurance but in no event later than the fifth (5th) anniversary
of the Completion Date serve the Handover Notice Provided that the
Purchaser shall (so far as it is able within the terms of the Joint
Venture Agreement and the articles of association of PEC by the exercise
of control over the voting rights held by any member of the Group in
respect of the capital of PEC) only be obliged to procure the handover
and vacation of the Venue in its entirety on the later of the
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Handover Date and the date of payment of the Estimated Management Fee.
The Estimated Management Fee will be paid on the Handover Date. The
Vendors shall pay the Estimated Management Fee save where the Developer
is required to pay the same to PEC under the Contract. The Purchaser
shall and shall procure that PEC (so far as it is able within the terms
of the Joint Venture Agreement and the articles of association of PEC by
the exercise of control over the voting rights held by any member of the
Group in respect of the capital of PEC) shall co-operate with the
Vendors and the Developer and the Vendors shall and shall procure that
the Developer shall co-operate with the Purchaser and PEC to obtain all
necessary approvals of the relevant competent authorities for the
re-opening of the Venue.
5. The Vendors shall be entitled to negotiate on behalf of PEC the terms of
the Contract and the Assurance and the Purchaser shall procure that PEC
(so far as it is able within the terms of the Joint Venture Agreement
and the articles of association of PEC by the exercise of control over
the voting rights held by any member of the Group in respect of the
capital of PEC) enters into the Contract and the Assurance within seven
(7) days of being notified that it is ready for signature PROVIDED THAT
the Purchaser shall not be obliged to enter, nor shall it be obliged to
procure (so far as it is able within the terms of the Joint Venture
Agreement and the articles of association of PEC by the exercise of
control over the voting rights held by any member of the Group in
respect of the capital of PEC) that PEC enters into the Contract or the
Assurance unless the Contract and the Assurance:
5.1 reserves for the benefit of the Venue in perpetuity all rights and
easements required to enable the Business to operate after practical
completion of the Development in substantially the same manner as it was
operated (when fully operational) at and prior to the Handover Date
including without limitation rights of way both vehicular and
pedestrian, water, drainage, gas, electricity, telephone, conducting and
other media and services, support and protection, right of entry for
repair and maintenance and car parking as specified in the Venue
Requirements (in respect of which PEC shall be entitled to receive the
income) all to be provided as part of the Venue Development. The
Assurance will also grant to the Developer such similar rights
(excluding rights of way and car parking) as are necessary for the use
of the Development Land provided the same do not materially and
adversely affect the use, repair and replacement of the Venue;
5.2 contains binding covenants by the Developer:
5.2.1 not to develop the Development Land in such a manner or grant
rights that materially and adversely affect the use, repair and
replacement of the Venue;
5.2.2 not to develop the Development Land for uses that compete with
the Venue, which, for these purposes shall mean any large scale
live entertainment that might compete with the Business as such
business has been carried on from time to time in the five (5)
years immediately prior to the later of the date of the Contract
or the Completion Date;
5.2.3 to carry out and complete the Venue Development and the Point
Village Development in a good and workmanlike manner with all due
expedition and in accordance with all legal and statutory
requirements, authorisations,
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covenants and permits, including the Satisfactory Planning
Permission, and in addition in the case of the Venue Development
in accordance with the Venue Requirements and to a state of
completion of works as required for the Open Date;
5.2.4 to obtain the Security in favour of PEC;
5.2.5 a full and sufficient indemnity in favour of PEC in relation to
any and all liabilities, losses, costs or claims of any nature
whatsoever arising in relation to any Planning Agreement or other
deeds and documents entered into by PEC pursuant to paragraph 7;
5.2.6 up to practical completion to insure the Venue Development in
terms reasonably satisfactory to PEC and to procure that PEC's
interest in the Venue and the Venue Development Land is noted on
the Developer's policies of insurance;
5.2.7 to procure that each member of the Professional Team provides
warranties to PEC in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Purchaser;
5.2.8 to keep the Purchaser advised of the progress of the Development
and promptly to advise the Purchaser of any problems or if there
is likely to be an extension of the estimated Handover Period as
soon as the Developer becomes aware of the same;
5.2.9 to allow the Purchaser and the Purchaser's surveyor to have
reasonable access to the Venue during the course of the Venue
Development at reasonable times and on reasonable notice to
enable inspection of the Venue Development and to allow the
Purchaser to make representations to the Professional Team; and
5.2.10 to make available to the Venue 182 car parking spaces in addition
to those referred to in the Venue Requirements on the Development
Land provided that the income in respect of the same shall not
belong to PEC;
5.3 provides that:
5.3.1 PEC shall at all times be permitted to continue to run and manage
the Business as it shall in its sole discretion think fit until
the later of the Handover Date and the payment of the Estimated
Management Fee. In the event that any part of the Venue stands on
the Development Land, PEC will be given the right to use that
land and the buildings thereon and the services and facilities
within it for the purposes of the Business until the later of the
Handover Date and the Payment of the Estimated Management Fee;
and
5.3.2 subject to the payment of the Estimated Management Fee, PEC shall
give an irrevocable licence to the Developer, its contractors and
third parties authorised by it to enter the Venue in order to
carry out the Development. Such licence will include and permit
the carrying out of surveys, soil tests or other investigations
in connection with the Development and the carrying out of works
of demolition, clean up, redevelopment, building, construction
and
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the like in connection with the Development, all to be carried
out at the Developer's cost and in accordance with the covenants
set out in the Contract and the Assurance.
6. The Vendors will procure that on the Handover Date:
6.1 the Developer will have provided the Security in favour of PEC;
6.2 there shall have been granted to PEC the right to enforce the Security
and to step in to complete the Venue Development in the event that the
Developer:
6.2.1 fails to complete the Venue Development in accordance with the
Satisfactory Planning Permission;
6.2.2 fails to complete the Venue Development within the Handover
Period, such period to be extended in respect of force majeure
events outside the control of the Developer and/or justifiable
delays as allowed by the architect under the building contract to
be entered by the Developer, provided that in either case the
Developer seeks to complete or procure completion of the
Development as soon as possible; or
6.2.3 becomes insolvent within the meaning of the Insolvency ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
or equivalent legislation in the relevant jurisdiction and in
which case the Purchaser shall be deemed to have enforced the
Security and to have stepped in to complete the Venue Development
immediately prior to the Developer becoming or being declared
insolvent.
7. Subject to the Vendors procuring any necessary consents from the parties
to the Joint Venture Agreement (other than any party to that agreement
that is at the relevant time a member of the Group) the Purchaser shall
(so far as it is able by the exercise of control over the voting rights
held by any member of the Group in respect of the capital of PEC) and
subject to the Vendors and/or the Developer giving to the Purchaser and
PEC a full and sufficient indemnity in respect thereof, procure that PEC
shall enter into such deeds and documents as are necessary to obtain the
Satisfactory Planning Permission including any Planning Agreement(s).
8. Where the Estimated Management Fee payable under paragraph 4 is to be
satisfied by the Vendors, it shall be satisfied in the same proportions
as their holdings of Sale Shares as set out in Schedule 1 in cash.
9. The Vendors will liase with the Purchaser and keep it informed of the
proposals for the Development and will supply to the Purchaser copies of
all planning applications for the Development and will keep the
Purchaser informed as to the progress of such applications provided
always the Vendors agree that neither they nor the Developer shall apply
for a planning permission or seek to develop the Development Land in a
manner which may materially and adversely affect the use, repair and
replacement of the Venue (including without limitation, any governmental
approvals benefiting the Venue) or which would prohibit the Developer
giving and complying with the provisions and covenants set out in
paragraph 5.
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10. The Purchaser undertakes to the Vendors that following Completion and
until the earlier of the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Completion Date
or the date of delivery of the Point Consideration Loan Notes save as
provided for and/or contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or with
the prior written consent of the Vendors such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed or as required by law or under the
terms of the Joint Venture Agreement:
10.1 it will not agree to allow PEC to transfer its interest in the
Development Land to a third party or otherwise agree or allow PEC to
dispose of its interest in the Development Land (other than to SFX or
any of its subsidiary undertakings, in which case SFX or its subsidiary
undertaking will agree to be bound by this covenant and will be a
successor to the obligations of PEC hereunder);
10.2 it will not create or grant any easements or allow any restrictive
covenants or encumbrances (including without limitation any charges) to
be created over the Development Land;
10.3 it will not apply for planning permission to change the current use of
the Venue nor object to the application for planning permission in
relation to the Point Village Development, subject to such planning
permission complying with the provisions of this Schedule 8;
10.4 it will not deliberately and knowingly do any act or thing (and shall
procure that the Company, PEC (so far as it is able within the terms of
the Joint Venture Agreement and the articles of association of PEC) and
the members of the Group will not do any act or thing) the effect of
which is to reduce the amount of the Point Consideration provided always
that nothing contained in this paragraph 10.4 shall prohibit or restrict
the Purchaser in growing or exploiting the Business;
10.5 in so far as it is able within the terms of the Joint Venture Agreement
and the articles of association of PEC it will procure that ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ are appointed as directors of PEC with ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ being
appointed chairman of the board of PEC provided that they are permitted
to act as such by law and except where the relevant member of the
Purchaser's Group or the Group has dismissed or is entitled to dismiss
him summarily from his employment. If both ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
cease to be employed by the Purchaser's Group or the Group (as the case
may be) one of them shall remain or be appointed as a director of PEC;
10.6 it will retain PEC as a separate operating entity;
10.7 it will not pass any resolution for the winding-up, dissolution or
reconstruction of PEC;
10.8 it will not take steps designed to prevent PEC from carrying on its
business in the ordinary course, substantially as presently carried on;
10.9 it will not for a period of two years from the Completion Date sell or
otherwise dispose of all or any of the shares it owns indirectly in PEC.
After the expiry of the aforementioned two year period it may only
transfer such shares: (i) if the transferee enters into a deed of
novation with the Vendors and the Purchaser agreeing to assume
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the Purchaser's rights and obligations under this Schedule as if the
transferee were a party to this Agreement for the purposes of this
Schedule only; and (ii) PEC has granted to the Vendors a second charge
over the Development Land subordinated only to such charge as is in
place at Completion and only to the extent of the indebtedness secured
by such charge at Completion;
10.10 subject to the provisions of paragraph 10.11, it will not change or vary
the terms of the Joint Venture Agreement;
10.11 it will co-operate with the Vendors, upon their reasonable request to
vary the terms of the Joint Venture Agreement and, in particular, in
order to facilitate the payment to ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of his proportion of the
profits of PEC provided that the relevant member of the Group shall not
be financially disadvantaged;
10.12 it will procure that PEC shall open a separate bank account (to be known
as the Development Account) which will be used solely for the purposes
of receiving the proceeds of sale of the Development Land under the
Contract and making the payments (to the extent that they fall to be
paid by PEC) identified in paragraphs (i) to (vi) of the definition of
"Point Consideration";
10.13 it will procure that ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ together with any
nominees of ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be the only signatories on the bank mandate
which operates the Development Account.
11. For the purposes of paragraphs 11 to 13, in the circumstances where the
Developer is required to pay the Estimated Management Fee and the
Management Fee under the Contract, "Vendors" shall mean the "Vendors for
and on behalf of the Developer". Within 60 days of the Open Date the
Purchaser shall deliver to the Vendors a draft statement of the
Management Fee, such statement setting out the Purchaser's bases of
calculation. The Vendors shall within 30 days of receipt of the draft
statement of Management Fee, review the same and deliver written notice
to the Purchaser stating either that they agree with the draft statement
of Management Fee, or that they disagree, and, if so, in what respect
they disagree and stating their reasons for their disagreement and their
calculation of the Management Fee.
12. If the Purchaser disagrees with the Vendors' notice of disagreement and
if the Purchaser and the Vendors cannot reach agreement within 30 days
of the date of the Vendors' notification of disagreement, the matter
shall be referred to an independent firm of chartered accountants and
the provisions of paragraph 6.5 of the Agreement shall apply mutatis
mutandis. On the decision of the firm of chartered accountants being
published, the amount of the Management Fee shall be finalised and paid
as provided in paragraph 14. The firm of chartered accountants will as
part of their decision determine in what proportion their costs should
be borne by the Vendors and the Purchaser.
13. If the Vendors serve notice stating that they agree pursuant to
paragraph 11 or the parties reach agreement pursuant to paragraph 12,
the amount so agreed will be the Management Fee for all purposes of this
Agreement.
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14. Within 7 days of the agreement or determination of the amount of the
Management Fee in accordance with paragraphs 11 and 12:
14.1 if the amount of the Management Fee exceeds the Estimated Management
Fee, the Vendors will pay an amount equal to such excess to the
Purchaser save where the Developer is required to pay the same to PEC
under the Contract;
14.2 if the amount of the Management Fee is less than the Estimated
Management Fee, the Purchaser will pay an amount equal to such shortfall
to the Vendors save where the Developer paid the Estimated Consideration
to PEC pursuant to the terms of the Contract and in which case SFX shall
procure (so far as it is able within the terms of the Joint Venture
Agreement and the articles of association of PEC by the exercise of
control over the voting rights held by any member of the Group in
respect of the capital of PEC) that PEC shall pay such shortfall to the
Developer;
14.3 any amounts payable:
14.3.1 by the Purchaser under paragraph 14.2 shall be satisfied in cash
in the same proportions as set out in column 4 of Schedule 1;
14.3.2 by the Vendors under paragraph 14.1 shall be satisfied in the
same proportions as set out in column 4 of Schedule 1 by the
cancellation of Point Consideration Loan Notes in a principal
amount equal to the amount so payable or, to the extent that the
Vendors no longer hold Point Consideration Loan Notes, in cash,
provided that, if any of the Vendors so elects, any amounts
payable by such person(s) under paragraph 14.1 shall be satisfied
by payment in cash; and
14.3.3 by the Developer under paragraphs 4 and 14.1 shall be satisfied by
payment in cash.
15. The Vendors hereby covenant with and undertake to indemnify the
Purchaser for itself and as trustee for each member of the Purchaser's
Group and each member of the Group and their respective successors in
title, officers, directors, employees and agents, as to ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ jointly and severally, as to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the DCR Trustees jointly and severally, as to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the SJS Trustees jointly and severally, as to ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and the DCG Trustees jointly and severally, and as to
▇▇▇▇▇ Diane Rogers and Simon Paul Gregg severally, fully on demand and
to keep them indemnified against any and all liabilities, losses
(including consequential losses) penalties, fines, damages, claims,
costs, expenses and legal or professional fees and disbursements (on a
full indemnity basis) incurred, suffered or sustained by them or
asserted against them, or any or all of them arising out of the Venue
Development, the Handover Period, any failure to pay the Management Fee
and any subsequent loss suffered in relation to the Venue Development,
provided that the Vendors' liability under this paragraph 15 shall not
exceed(pound)10,250,000. Where an amount is due under this paragraph 15
(and for these purposes due shall mean either agreed by the Purchaser
and the Vendors to be payable or finally determined, as that phrase is
defined in clause 9.5 of the Agreement) it shall be satisfied in the
same proportion as set out in column 4 of Schedule 1 by the cancellation
of the Point Consideration Loan Notes in a principal amount equal to the
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amount due hereunder or, to the extent that the Vendors no longer hold
such notes, in cash.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this document as a deed on
the date appearing at the head hereof.
EXECUTED by ) /s/ Howard J Tytel
duly authorised officer on behalf of ) --------------------------------
SFX ENTERTAINMENT, INC. ) By : Howard J Tytel
Title: Executive Vice President
Member of the Office of
the Chairman, General
Counsel and Secretary
EXECUTED AS A DEED by ) /s/
two directors or a director and ) --------------------------------
the company secretary of ) Director
SFX U.K. HOLDINGS LIMITED ) /s/
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Director/ Company secretary
SIGNED, SEALED ) /s/
AND DELIVERED by )
PAUL RICHARD GREGG )
in the presence of )
)
SIGNED, SEALED ) /s/
AND DELIVERED by )
ANITA KIM GREGG )
in the presence of )
)
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SIGNED, SEALED ) /s/
AND DELIVERED by )
DAVID CHARLES ROGERS )
in the presence of )
)
SIGNED, SEALED ) /s/
AND DELIVERED by )
JULIE DIANE ROGERS )
in the presence of )
)
SIGNED, SEALED ) /s/
AND DELIVERED by )
SAMUEL JOHN SHROUDER )
in the presence of )
)
SIGNED, SEALED ) /s/
AND DELIVERED by )
DAVID CLIFFORD GREGG )
in the presence of )
)
SIGNED, SEALED ) /s/
AND DELIVERED by )
SIMON PAUL GREGG )
in the presence of )
)
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EXECUTED AS A DEED ) /s/
by DAVID CHARLES ROGERS )
AS TRUSTEE OF THE DAVID )
CHARLES ROGERS INTEREST IN )
POSSESSION SETTLEMENT )
in the presence of )
EXECUTED AS A DEED ) /s/
by JULIE DIANE ROGERS )
AS TRUSTEE OF THE DAVID )
CHARLES ROGERS INTEREST IN )
POSSESSION SETTLEMENT )
in the presence of )
EXECUTED AS A DEED ) /s/
by JOHN MICHAEL COOK )
AS TRUSTEE OF THE DAVID )
CHARLES ROGERS INTEREST )
IN POSSESSION SETTLEMENT )
in the presence of )
EXECUTED AS A DEED ) /s/
by SAMUEL JOHN SHROUDER )
AS TRUSTEE OF THE SAMUEL )
JOHN SHROUDER INTEREST IN )
POSSESSION TRUST )
in the presence of )
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EXECUTED AS A DEED ) /s/
by FRIEDA SHROUDER )
AS TRUSTEE OF THE SAMUEL )
JOHN SHROUDER INTEREST IN )
POSSESSION TRUST )
in the presence of )
EXECUTED AS A DEED ) /s/
by DAVID CLIFFORD GREGG )
AS TRUSTEE OF THE DAVID )
CLIFFORD GREGG ACCUMULATION )
AND MAINTENANCE TRUST )
in the presence of )
EXECUTED AS A DEED ) /s/
by SUZANNE GREGG )
AS TRUSTEE OF THE DAVID )
CLIFFORD GREGG ACCUMULATION )
AND MAINTENANCE TRUST )
in the presence of )
EXECUTED AS A DEED ) /s/
by SIMON PAUL GREGG )
AS TRUSTEE OF THE DAVID )
CLIFFORD GREGG ACCUMULATION )
AND MAINTENANCE TRUST )
in the presence of )
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