Exhibit 10.2

 

26 February 2009

 

Malcolm Wall

[ADDRESS INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE & SUBJECT TO CONTRACT

 

Dear Malcolm,

 

Compromise Agreement

 

I refer to our discussions concerning the termination of your employment with
Telewest Communications Group Limited (“the Company”) by reason of redundancy. 
The purpose of this Agreement is to set out the terms which the Company is
prepared to offer you and which are as follows:

 

1        YOUR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COMPANY WILL TERMINATE ON 5TH APRIL 2009 (“THE
TERMINATION DATE”).

 

2.1     UNTIL THE TERMINATION DATE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO PERFORM AND OBSERVE YOUR
CURRENT DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER  YOUR CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT AND  SUCH
OTHER DUTIES AND/OR DIRECTIONS  AS THE COMPANY REASONABLY REQUESTS (HAVING
REGARD TO YOUR CONTRACTUAL ROLE STATUS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

 

2.2     In the event that during the period from the date hereof up to the
Termination Date (“the Interim”) you are found guilty of gross misconduct
entitling the Company to terminate your employment without notice and without
payment in lieu of notice (“Justification”), this Agreement shall thereupon
cease to have effect.

 

2.3     In the event that during the Interim the Company terminates your
employment without Justification the Company shall pay you a sum equivalent to
the value of the salary and benefits you would have received during the Interim
and pay and provide the payments and benefits due to you hereunder on and after
the Termination Date.

 

3        Subject to paragraph 2.2 above, on the next available payroll run in
April after the Termination Date the Company will pay to you all outstanding
payments owed to you in respect of your basic salary and other contractual
benefits up to and including the Termination Date (less income tax and
employee’s national insurance and your pension contributions).

 

Subject to the Company’s receipt of this Agreement signed by you and your
independent advisor by the Termination Date, you will also be paid the following
payments less any tax and national insurance and pension contributions:

 

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3.1        A SUM IN LIEU OF (AT THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT) 5 (FIVE) DAYS’ OF
ACCRUED, BUT UNTAKEN HOLIDAY PRO RATA TO THE TERMINATION DATE.

 

3.2        £10,800 (ten thousand eight hundred pounds) in respect of car
allowance payments that would have been paid to you during your notice period.

 

3.3        Subject to the rules of the pension scheme, to its registered status
not being prejudiced and to such limits on (and other provisions relating to)
contributions and benefits (and/ or the tax relief thereon) as apply from time
to time in accordance with, as the Scheme may be, the Scheme’s own rules or the
prevailing practice of HM Revenue & Customs or the provisions of the Finance Act
1984, the Company will procure that a payment of £14,850 (fourteen thousand and
eight hundred and fifty pounds) is made to the trustees or managers of the
pension scheme, to augment your benefits from it, in lieu of the Company’s
contributions which would have otherwise been made on or after the Termination
Date in respect of your membership of it.  At the Termination Date, you will
receive £47,350 (forty seven thousand three hundred and fifty pounds) (being the
Company’s pension contributions in excess of the salary cap) paid in cash, to
the extent that you have not already elected by notice in writing that the whole
or part of that amount shall be paid by the Company into the scheme.  Any
payment into the Scheme by the Company hereunder is conditional upon and subject
to you making payment to the scheme of £18,562.50 (eighteen thousand and five
hundred and sixty two pounds and 50 pence) in respect of your the pension
contributions you would otherwise have made during the notice period.

 

3.4        £360,500 (three hundred and sixty thousand and five hundred pounds)
representing the salary that would have been paid to you during your notice
period.

 

3.5        All payments under paragraphs 3.1-3.4 above will be paid into the
bank account into which your salary is normally paid on the next available
payroll run in April following the Termination Date and after your Form P45 has
been issued.

 

4.       THE COMPANY FURTHER AGREES TO PAY YOU BY WAY OF COMPENSATION FOR THE
TERMINATION OF YOUR EMPLOYMENT AND YOU AGREE TO ACCEPT THE SUM OF £103,990.38
(ONE HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND AND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY POUNDS AND 38
PENCE). THIS PAYMENT WILL BE PAID INTO THE BANK ACCOUNT INTO WHICH YOUR SALARY
IS NORMALLY PAID ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE PAYROLL RUN IN APRIL FOLLOWING THE
TERMINATION DATE AND AFTER THE ISSUE OF YOUR FORM P45.  THE FIRST £30,000
(THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS) OF THE MONIES PAID UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH WILL BE PAID
WITHOUT DEDUCTION OF TAX OR NATIONAL INSURANCE. THE COMPANY WILL DEDUCT TAX AT
THE BASIC RATE FROM THE BALANCE OF ANY PAYMENT OVER £30,000 (THIRTY THOUSAND
POUNDS) AND PAY THIS TO HMRC. THIS PAYMENT WILL BE MADE SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S
RECEIPT OF THIS AGREEMENT SIGNED BY YOU AND YOUR INDEPENDENT ADVISER BY THE
TERMINATION DATE.  OTHER THAN THE TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE TO BE DEDUCTED BY
THE COMPANY, YOU WILL INDEMNIFY THE COMPANY IN RESPECT OF ANY FURTHER INCOME TAX
OR EMPLOYEE’S NATIONAL INSURANCE AND IN RESPECT OF ANY INTEREST AND/OR ANY
PENALTIES THEREON FOR WHICH THE COMPANY HAS TO ACCOUNT TO HMRC) IN RESPECT OF
THIS PAYMENT OR THE OTHER PAYMENTS TO BE MADE OR BENEFITS PROVIDED TO YOU

 

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UNDER THIS AGREEMENT (SAVE WHERE SUCH INTEREST AND/OR PENALTIES RESULT DIRECTLY
FROM ANY DELAY ON THE PART OF THE COMPANY OR ARE IN RESPECT OF INCOME TAX OR
EMPLOYEE’S NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS ALREADY DEDUCTED AT SOURCE BY THE
COMPANY).  HOWEVER, IT IS AGREED THAT NO SUCH PAYMENT OF INCOME TAX, EMPLOYEE’S
NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS, INTEREST OR PENALTY WILL BE MADE TO HMRC
WITHOUT PARTICULARS OF THE RELEVANT ASSESSMENTS OR DEMANDS AND OF ANY PROPOSED
PAYMENT BEING SENT TO YOU PROMPTLY AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS.  THE COMPANY SHALL AT
YOUR REQUEST TAKE SUCH STEPS AS YOU REASONABLY REQUEST (INCLUDING AT YOUR
EXPENSE) APPEALING THE SAME TO CONTEST ANY SUCH ASSESSMENT OR DEMAND AND GIVE
YOU ALL REASONABLE CO-OPERATION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

 

5        The Company will maintain private medical and dental insurance on the
same terms on which you and your family currently enjoy these benefits subject
to the rules of the scheme for a period of twelve months from the Termination
Date or until the date on which you take up full time employment with another
employer whichever is earlier.

 

6        The Company will make a pro-rated payment of bonus in respect of the
bonus year in which termination takes place (“the Relevant Bonus Year”).  This
will be pro-rated to reflect the period of the Relevant Bonus Year from its
commencement until the Termination Date.  The payment will be made at the same
time as bonus payments are made generally in respect of the Relevant Bonus Year
(which is usually in the March following the end of a bonus calendar year) and
the pro rata bonus will be determined fairly and in good faith applying as
appropriate the established financial performance criteria which relate to you
and your peers, but subject always to the terms applicable to the relevant bonus
scheme (except any which would normally preclude your entitlement to a pro rata
bonus).

 

7        The Company confirms that you will be treated as a Good Leaver
terminated by virtue of redundancy in relation to the vesting of any share
options, restricted stock and long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”) entitlements and
that it will make or procure the making of recommendations to the Compensation
Committee in respect of its exercise of its discretion to permit you to benefit
from any such vesting which would have occurred, and the additional period you
would have had for exercise of options, if you had remained employed for a
further 12 months (your current notice entitlement) and that such
recommendations shall be fair and reasonable in all the circumstances (although
for the avoidance of doubt the Compensation Committee shall not be bound to
follow those recommendations). For the avoidance of doubt the Company agrees
that the third and final tranche of your Restricted Stock due to vest on 1
January 2009 will vest subject to the achievement of any applicable performance
criteria and the terms of such Restricted Stock.

 

8        You authorise the Company to deduct any sums due to the Company from
you from the monies payable under this Agreement.

 

9        You should submit your final expenses claim, if any, made up to the
Termination Date within 14 days of the Termination Date.  You will be reimbursed
for all expenses reasonably incurred by you in the proper performance of your
duties in accordance with normal Company guidelines.

 

10      You confirm that you will return by the Termination Date to the Company;
all books, documents, papers, computer discs and other media (including

 

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copies), credit cards, keys, computers, mobile telephones and all other property
in whatever format belonging to or relating to the business of the Company or
any Group Company or any of their suppliers, agents or clients.  You further
confirm you will immediately delete on the Termination Date from the hard disk
of any personal computer used by you (except computers in the Company’s
ownership, possession or control) all documents and information belonging to,
obtained from, or prepared for the Company or any Group Company or any of their
respective customers or clients.

 

11      Protection of the Company’s business interests:

 

11.1        You acknowledge that following termination of your employment you
will be in a position to compete unfairly with the Telewest Group as a result of
the confidential information, trade secrets and knowledge about the business,
operations, customers, suppliers and employees of the Telewest Group you have
acquired and through the connections that you have developed at the expense of
the Telewest Group.  You agree to enter into the restrictions in this Clause 11
for the purpose of protecting the Telewest Group’s legitimate business interests
and in particular the confidential information, goodwill and the stable trained
workforce of the Telewest Group.

 

11.2        You shall not during the Restricted Period without the prior written
consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) work for
or with:

 

11.2.1              any Competing Business in the United Kingdom; or

 

11.2.2              any person or business that is contemplating, intending or
making an offer to acquire an interest in the shares or business of any Group
Company, or any part of it, directly or indirectly, or in any business that
might be assisting, advising or financing such business in such offer.

 

IN THIS CLAUSE 11.2, TO “WORK FOR OR WITH” MEANS TO SET UP, CARRY ON, BE
EMPLOYED IN, PROVIDE SERVICES TO, BE ASSOCIATED WITH, OR BE ENGAGED OR
INTERESTED IN (WHETHER AS A DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE, PRINCIPAL, AGENT OR OTHERWISE),
PROVIDED THAT NOTHING IN THIS CLAUSE 11.2 SHALL RESTRICT YOU FROM OWNING UP TO
3% OF THE LISTED SHARES OF ANY PUBLIC COMPANY WHOSE SHARES ARE QUOTED ON ANY
RECOGNISED STOCK EXCHANGE.

 

11.3         You shall not during the Restricted Period without the prior
written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld):

 

11.3.1              solicit or entice away, or attempt to entice away from the
Telewest Group any Restricted Employee (as defined below);

 

11.3.2              employ, offer to employ or enter into partnership with any
Restricted Employee

 

IN CONNECTION WITH OR ON BEHALF OF ANY COMPETING BUSINESS.

 

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11.4        In this Clause 11 the following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings:

 

“Restricted Period” means a period of twelve months after the Termination Date.

 

“RESTRICTED BUSINESS” MEANS ANY PART OF THE BUSINESS OF THE TELEWEST GROUP
WHICH:

 

(a)        was carried on at any time during the six months immediately prior to
the Termination Date; or

 

(b)       is to your knowledge to be carried out at any time during the six
months immediately following the Termination Date;

 

and which you were materially concerned with or had management responsibility
for (or had substantial confidential information regarding) at any time during
the period of 12 months immediately prior to the Termination Date;

 

“Competing Business” means any business which is (or is intended to be)
competitive with the Restricted Business;

 

“Restricted Employee” means anyone who was a senior employee of the Telewest
Group at the Termination Date who you managed (directly or indirectly) or
otherwise worked with on a regular basis at any time during the 12 months
preceding the Termination Date.  For these purposes a “senior employee” means an
employee of the Telewest Group who (i) was of Telewest management grade 3 or
higher (or the equivalent under any grading structure in place at the date of
the termination of your employment) and/or (ii) was working in any research,
technical, IT, financial, marketing or sales function or other managerial role. 
For the avoidance of doubt, anyone who was employed solely in an administrative,
clerical, manual or secretarial capacity shall not be considered to be a senior
employee;

 

“Telewest Group” means the Company, Telewest Communications Networks Limited (a
company registered in England with registered number 03071086) and all
subsidiaries of Telewest Communications Networks Limited (where ‘subsidiaries’
has the meaning attributed to it in section 736 of the Companies Act 1985);

 

For the purposes of this Clause only “Group Company” means any company within
the Telewest Group;

 

“person” means an individual, corporation, limited or unlimited liability
company, general or limited partnership, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, joint-stock company, government, governmental authority or agency
or any other legal entity.

 

11.5        The restrictions contained in this Clause 11 are considered by the
parties to be reasonable in all the circumstances.  Each sub-clause constitutes
an entirely separate and independent restriction and the duration, extent and
application of each of the restrictions are no

 

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greater than is necessary for the protection of the interests of the Company and
any Group Company.

 

12      You shall not except as may be required by law divulge to any person
whatsoever or otherwise make use of (and shall use your best endeavours to
prevent publication of) any trade secret or any confidential information
concerning the business or finances of the Company or any Group Company or any
of their dealings transactions or affairs or any such confidential information
concerning their suppliers agents customers or clients except insofar as any
trade secret or confidential information may have come into the public domain
(otherwise than as a result of any breach of any obligations made by you to the
Company).  In addition, you will keep the terms of this Agreement and all
discussions and other correspondence on this subject confidential and will not
disclose them to any third party other than as required by law or by regulatory
authorities or in order to instruct your professional advisor or immediate
family who have agreed to be bound by the restriction.

 

13      Provided that a compromise agreement is reached and signed between the
parties, the Company will pay your reasonable legal costs for legal advice as to
the terms and effect of both this Agreement together with the Agreement reached
in the letter dated 22nd December 2008 up to a maximum of £10,500.00 (exclusive
of VAT) (of which you acknowledge £8,000 (exclusive of VAT) has already been
settled by the Company as at the date hereof).

 

14      You warrant that:

 

14.1        you have not failed to disclose any personal injuries in relation to
which you reasonably believe you could claim against the Company and/or the
Group;

 

14.2        you have instructed your relevant independent legal advisor to
advise as to whether you have or may have any claims, including statutory
claims, against the Company or any Group Company arising out of or in connection
with your employment or its termination;

 

14.3        you have made a full and frank disclosure to your relevant
independent legal advisor of all facts and matters which could lead to such
claims with the express intention that all such claims be compromised fully and
effectively;

 

14.4        you have been advised by your relevant independent legal advisor
following consideration of (a) to (ee) below that:

 

14.4.1              your claims or particular complaints against the Company or
any Group Company, whether statutory or otherwise, are those set out below which
are marked “yes” as follows:-

 

[RELEVANT INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVISOR TO ENSURE THAT (A) — (EE) ARE MARKED *YES*
OR *NO* AS APPROPRIATE FOLLOWING ADVICE GIVEN TO EMPLOYEE]

 

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(a)

breach of contract

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

(b)

wrongful dismissal

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

(c)

unfair dismissal

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

(d)

unlawful detriment under the Employment Rights Act 1996

 

No

 

 

 

 

(e)

any other claim pursuant to the Employment Rights Act 1996

 

No

 

 

 

 

(f)

statutory redundancy payment

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

(g)

unlawful deductions from wages under the Employment Rights Act 1996

 

No

 

 

 

 

(h)

sex discrimination whether direct, indirect, by way of harassment or
victimisation

 

No

 

 

 

 

(i)

race discrimination whether direct, indirect, by way of harassment or
victimisation

 

No

 

 

 

 

(j)

disability discrimination whether direct discrimination, disability-related
discrimination, failure to make reasonable adjustments, by way of harassment or
victimisation

 

No

 

 

 

 

(k)

discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation whether direct, indirect, by
way of harassment or victimisation

 

No

 

 

 

 

(l)

discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief whether direct, indirect, by
way of harassment or victimisation

 

No

 

 

 

 

(m)

discrimination on the grounds of age whether direct, indirect by way of
harassment or victimisation

 

No

 

 

 

 

(n)

equal pay under the Equal Pay Act 1970

 

No

 

 

 

 

(o)

under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (as amended)

 

No

 

 

 

 

(p)

working time or holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations 1998

 

No

 

 

 

 

(q)

failure to pay the national minimum wage under the National Minimum Wage Act
1998

 

No

 

 

 

 

(r)

under and/or concerning the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

 

No

 

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(s)

under and/or concerning the Employment Relations Act 1999

 

No

 

 

 

 

(t)

discrimination on the grounds of being a part-time worker under the Part-Time
Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 or otherwise

 

No

 

 

 

 

(u)

discrimination on the grounds of being a fixed-term employee under the
Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
or otherwise

 

No

 

 

 

 

(v)

under and/or concerning the Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment)
Regulations 1981 (as amended)

 

No

 

 

 

 

(w)

for physical or psychiatric illness or injury (and all losses therefrom)
relating to any acts of discrimination

 

No

 

 

 

 

(x)

any stress-related claims and/or any claims relating to depression or other
mental illness and all losses arising therefrom

 

No

 

 

 

 

(y)

in relation to any personal injuries

 

No

 

 

 

 

(z)

harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997

 

No

 

 

 

 

(aa)

under and/or concerning the Data Protection Act 1998

 

No

 

 

 

 

(bb)

under and/or concerning the Transnational Information and Consultation of
Employees Regulations 1999

 

No

 

 

 

 

(cc)

under and/or concerning the Information and Consultation of Employees
Regulations 2004

 

No

 

 

 

 

(dd)

under and/or concerning the Human Rights 1998

 

Yes/No

 

 

 

 

(ee)

arising as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European
Union; and

 

No

 

14.4.2              You are not aware of any facts or circumstances that may
give rise to a claim by you against the Company or any Group Company or their
officers or employees in any way connected with or arising from your employment
or its termination or any directorship or its termination other than those
claims that you and your relevant independent legal advisor have raised with the
Company (whether on a without prejudice basis or otherwise, and whether

 

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expressly or by implication) including those claims marked “yes” set out from
(a) to (ee) in clause 14.4.1 above.

 

14.5        You have not presented a Claim Form to an office of the Employment
Tribunals or issued a claim in the High Court or County Court or any other
authoritative body in any jurisdiction in the world in respect of any claim in
connection with your employment or its termination including any claim for a
Protective Award under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Regulations 1981 or under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation)
Act 1992 and you undertake that neither you nor anyone acting on your behalf
will present or issue such an application or claim;

 

15      These terms which are offered without any admission of liability and
which you agree to accept in consideration for the payments specified in this
Agreement are in full and final settlement of:

 

15.1        the claims listed in clause 14.4.1 above and marked “yes”; and

 

15.2        any and all claims and rights of action (whether under statute,
contract, common law or otherwise) in any jurisdiction in the world including
but not limited to a claim for breach of contract, unfair dismissal and any
other claim which could be brought in an Employment Tribunal or any other court
of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the Employment Rights Act 1996, the
Employment Relations Act 1999, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, the Equal Pay
Act 1970, Article 141 of the Treaty of Rome, the Race Relations Act 1976, the
Disability Discrimination Act 1995,  the Trade Union and Labour Relations
(Consolidation) Act 1992, the Working Time Regulations 1998, the National
Minimum Wage Act 1998, the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Regulations 1981 as amended, the Part Time Workers (Prevention of Less
Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, the Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of
Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, the Employment Equality (Sexual
Orientation) Regulations 2003, the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief)
Regulations 2003, the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 the
Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999, the
Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004, the Data Protection
Act 1998, The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, the Protection from
Harassment Act 1997, any claims for physical or psychiatric illness or injury
(and all losses therefrom) relating to any acts of discrimination and any
stress-related claims and/or other claims relating to depression or other mental
illness and all losses arising therefrom and any claims for personal injury of
which you are aware at the date of this Agreement which you have or may have
against the Company or any Group Company, its or their officers, employees,
shareholders, or investors (or any representatives of the foregoing) arising
from or connected with your employment or holding of any office with the Company
or any Group Company, or its termination, provided always that this waiver shall
not apply to any pension rights or pension benefits (if any) which have accrued
to you up to the Termination Date, nor shall it apply to any other personal
injury claims of which you are not aware at the date of signing this Agreement
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reasonably be expected to be aware of at the date of signing this Agreement nor
in respect of your right to enforce this Agreement.

 

16      You acknowledge and agree that the Company has agreed these terms in
reliance on the undertakings, representations and warranties set out in this
Agreement.  In the event that, in breach of this Agreement, you do present a
Claim Form to an office of the Employment Tribunals or issue a claim in the High
Court or County Court or any other authoritative body in any jurisdiction in the
world in respect of any claim in connection with your employment or its
termination other than for enforcing the terms of this Agreement, you agree that
any payments made to you under paragraphs 3.1 — 3.4 and 4 of this Agreement must
be repaid to the Company immediately and will be recoverable by the Company as a
debt.

 

17      The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall apply to this
Agreement to the extent (but no more) than as set out in this paragraph.  Any
third party shall be entitled to enforce the benefits conferred on it by this
Agreement.  The consent of a Third Party shall not be required for the variation
or termination of this Agreement even if that variation or termination affects
the benefits conferred on any third party.  For the purposes of this Agreement
“Third Party” means any company in the Group or any employee, agent or officer
of any Group Company.

 

18      You confirm that you have received independent legal advice from
Alasdair Simpson of Addleshaw Goddard LLP as to the terms and effect of this
Agreement and have discussed with your independent advisor your ability to
pursue claims as listed (a) — (ee) in Clause 14.4.1 above and in particular the
effect of this Agreement on your ability to pursue your rights before an
Employment Tribunal or any other Court.

 

Alasdair Simpson is a relevant independent adviser (within the meaning of
section 203 of the Employment Rights Act 1996) and there was in force when [s]he
gave the advice referred to in this paragraph cover under a contract of
insurance or an indemnity provided for members of a profession or professional
body covering the risk of a claim by you in respect of loss arising in
consequence of this advice.

 

19      This Agreement satisfies the conditions for regulating compromise
agreements under  section 203 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, section 14 of
the Employment Relations Act 1999, Schedule 3a of the Disability Discrimination
Act 1995, section 77 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, section 72 of the Race
Relations Act 1976, section 288 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations
(Consolidation) Act 1992, Regulation 35 of the Working Time Regulations 1998,
section 49 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, Regulation 9 of the Part Time
Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, Regulation
10 of the Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment)
Regulations 2002, Schedule 4 of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation)
Regulations 2003,  Schedule 4 of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief)
Regulations 2003, Schedule 5 of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006
Regulation 41 of the Transnational Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999
and Regulation 40 of the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations
2004.

 

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20      Alasdair Simpson by signing this Agreement confirms to the Company that,
to the best of his knowledge and belief, the statements set out in paragraph 18
above are correct.

 

21      This Agreement, although marked “without prejudice” will, upon signature
of all the parties, be treated as an open document evidencing an agreement
binding on the parties.

 

22      Subject to Clause 11, within this Agreement “Group Company” means any
one of the Company and any group undertaking as defined (in sections 1162 and
1163 of the Companies Act 2006 as amended) of the Company and the “Group” has
the corresponding meaning.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

/s/ NEIL A. BERKETT

 

for and on behalf of Telewest Communications Group Limited

 

 

 

I hereby confirm my acceptance to the above terms.

 

 

Signed:

/s/ MALCOLM WALL

 

Employee

 

 

 

Dated: 26/02/2009

 

 

 

I confirm that I am a relevant independent adviser within the meaning of section
203 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and with a valid policy of insurance or
indemnity in force.

 

 

Signed:

/s/ ALASDAIR SIMPSON

 

Independent Advisor

 

 

Dated: 26/02/2009

 

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