EXHIBIT 10.23 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND TO: Vancouver Stock Exchange 609 Granville Street Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y 1H1 I acknowledge that: (a) (" ") has entered into an agreement with under which escrow shares of DataWave...

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.23

 
                   ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND



TO: Vancouver Stock Exchange
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I acknowledge that:


(a)                               ("           ") has entered into an agreement
    with             under which           escrow shares of DataWave Vending
    Inc. (the "Shares") will be transferred to             upon receipt of
    regulatory approval, and

(b) the Shares are held in escrow subject to escrow agreements dated for
    reference November 16, 1993 (the "Escrow Agreements"), copies of which are
    attached as Schedule "A" to this acknowledgement.

In consideration of $1.00 and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt
and sufficiency of which is acknowledged)             agrees, effective upon
receipt of regulatory approval of the transfer to it of the Shares, to be bound
by the Escrow Agreements in respect of the Shares as if it were an original
signatory to the Escrow Agreements.


DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, this      day of     , 1995.



The Common Seal of                 )
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affixed in the presence of:        )
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Authorized Signatory               )     (C/S)
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Authorized Signatory