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Service Agreement of Mr Michael Butterworth

 Exhibit 4.4 
  
 Service Agreement of Michael Butterworth 
  
 THIS DEED is made this 25th day of May 2005 
  

BETWEEN 
  

	(1)	COOKSON GROUP plc whose registered office is at 265 Strand, London WC2R 1DB, hereinafter called “the Company” (which expression shall include successors and assigns
of the Company unless the context requires otherwise) of the one part; and 

  

	(2)	MICHAEL GUY BUTTERWORTH of The Woodman, Howe Street, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 1BA (hereinafter called “the Employee”) of the other part.

  
 WHEREAS the Company wishes to obtain and the Employee
wishes to render his services upon the terms and conditions hereinafter contained and the Employee warrants that he will not be in breach of any obligation owed to a third party by entering into this Agreement, 
  
 NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED as follows:- 
  

	1.	DEFINITIONS 

  
 For the purposes of this Agreement:- 
  

	 	(a)	The expression “Associated Company” means (i) any company which is a subsidiary of the Company or a subsidiary of such subsidiary or (ii) a company having an ordinary
share capital of which not less than 20 per cent. is owned directly or indirectly by the Company (applying the provisions of Section 838 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 in the determination of ownership) or (iii) a holding company of
the Company or a subsidiary of any such holding company. 

  

	 	(b)	The expressions “subsidiary” and “holding company” have the meanings ascribed thereto in Section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 as amended by the Companies Act
1989. 

  

	 	(c)	The expression “the Company” shall unless the context otherwise requires include any person acting on behalf of the Company within his proper authority.

  

	2.	EFFECTIVE DATE AND CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT 

  

	 	(a)	This Agreement shall take effect on the date of signature by the Company and the Employee. 

  

	 	(b)	The Employee’s period of continuous employment shall commence on 15 June 2005. 

  

	3.	DUTIES 

  

	 	(a)	The Employee will act as Group Finance Director and in such other capacity with the Company or any other Associated Company as the Company may reasonably require from time to time
and which is consistent with his position. It is expected that the Employee’s appointment to the position of Group Finance Director will take effect from 1 August 2005. The Employee may be required in pursuance of his duties hereunder to
perform services not only for the Company but also for any of its Associated Companies without further remuneration. 

	 	(b)	The Board of Directors of the Company will appoint the Employee as a Director of the Company with effect from 15 June 2005 and the Director shall hold such office until the next
Annual General Meeting, when he will be eligible for election to the Board in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company, as from time to time amended. For the avoidance of doubt, such office shall be held without further
remuneration. 

  

	 	(c)	The Employee acknowledges that as a Director of the Company he will as part of his duties be expected to take part in the overall management of the Company and its Associated
Companies. 

  

	 	(d)	The Employee will be based at 265 Strand, London or at such other location within the Greater London area as the Company shall determine from time to time as its head office, or at
such other location as the Company may require (which location shall be one which in the Company’s reasonable opinion is within reasonable travelling distance of the Employee’s home address at the time of the change).

  

	4.	REMUNERATION 

  

	 	(a)	Subject to Clause 4(b), the Employee shall be paid by the Company in respect of his duties performed under this Agreement a salary of £250,000 per annum (“Base
Salary”) payable in arrears net of required statutory deductions and in twelve equal monthly instalments, except for payments in respect of any initial or final periods of less than one month, which shall be pro-rated. The Employee’s Base
Salary shall be reviewed and, at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, increased by the Remuneration Committee or such other body approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. 

  

	 	(b)	In the event that the Employee by reason of his sickness or injury is absent from work and unable to perform his duties under this Agreement: 

  

	 	(i)	for any period of more than two weeks, the Company, following advance consultation with the Employee, may make alternative arrangements for the Employee’s essential duties to
be performed pending his return; and 

  

	 	(ii)	subject to Clause 4(b)(iv) and subject to prompt provision by the Employee of medical evidence acceptable to the Company establishing such inability and to compliance with all
policies issued by the Company in relation to sick pay, the Company shall pay him his Base Salary at the full rate and provide all benefits under Clause 4(c) and pension contributions under Clause 9 for up to a total of twenty-six weeks (one hundred
and thirty working days) in any fifty-two week period, provided that the Company shall be entitled to deduct from the remuneration of the Employee an amount equal to any income benefit which the Employee is entitled to claim by reason of his illness
or incapacity under the National Insurance Scheme for the time being in force; and 

  

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	 	(iii)	if such absence and inability to work continues for more than a total of twenty-six weeks in any fifty-two week period, all entitlement to Base Salary and to benefits under Clause
4(c) and pension contributions under Clause 9 shall cease; and 

  

	 	(iv)	the Company shall have the right at any time within thirteen weeks after the expiry of the last of the twenty-six weeks on written notice to the Employee, and on payment to him of
six months’ Base Salary, six months’ pension contributions under Clause 9 and the cost to the Company of six months’ benefits under Clause 4(c), net of required statutory deductions, to determine his service forthwith.

  

	 	(c)	Subject to Clause 4(b), during the continuance of the employment under this Agreement, the Employee shall be entitled to the following additional benefits:-

  

	 	(i)	The Employee shall be provided with a cash car allowance of £1000 per month, payable in arrears net of required statutory deductions, in accordance with the Company’s
policies and procedures from time to time. 

  

	 	(ii)	The Company shall provide the Employee, his spouse and dependent children with private medical cover at the rate for employees of his status in accordance with the Company’s
policy regarding such insurance and the rules of the relevant scheme from time to time. 

  

	 	(iii)	The Company shall provide life assurance cover equal to four times the Employee’s Base Salary as at the previous 31 December preceding the Employee’s death.

  

	 	(iv)	The Company shall invite the Employee to participate in such Cookson Group performance incentive schemes, if any, as may from time to time be offered by the Board of Directors of
the Company. In the event of termination by either party and/or long term absence of the Employee any entitlement to benefit under the schemes will otherwise be determined in accordance with the rules of the respective schemes (if any). The Company
may vary, suspend or discontinue any performance incentive schemes at any time. 

  

	 	(d)	The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the insurance arrangements provided in Clause 4(c)(ii) and (iii). If the relevant insurer refuses to cover the Employee for any
benefit under the scheme, the Company shall not be liable to provide the Employee with any such benefits itself nor shall it be liable to make payment in lieu of any such benefits. 

  

	5.	SUMS RECEIVABLE 

  
 It is the intention of the parties that unless otherwise agreed by the Company the remuneration provided to the Employee under Clause 4 hereof shall be
the total remuneration of the Employee for his service under this Agreement whether provided to the Company or any Associated Company. Any other sums (whether Director’s fees or otherwise howsoever) receivable or received by the Employee in
connection with, or as a result of, the performance of his duties hereunder shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Company, belong to the Company, and the Employee shall disclose and account for the same to the Company. 
  

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	6.	EXPENSES 

  

	 	(a)	In the event of a change at the request of the Company in the Employee’s place of employment which the Company agrees (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld)
necessitates a change in his place of residence, either temporary or permanent, the Company shall, in accordance with the Company’s relocation policy, repay to the Employee such reasonable removal expenses and reasonable additional housing and
living expenses as the Employee shows, to the satisfaction of the Company, to have been incurred by him by reason of the change except insofar as such expenses were taken into account in determining the Employee’s remuneration at the new place
of employment. 

  

	 	(b)	There shall be paid or refunded to the Employee by the Company all reasonable duly authorised out-of-pocket expenses properly incurred by him in the performance of his duties under
this Agreement, provided they have been incurred, and documented, in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures as amended from time to time. 

  

	7.	THE EMPLOYEE’S ACTIVITIES 

  

	 	(a)	The Employee shall perform the duties of his office for the time being and exercise such powers as may from time to time be assigned to or vested in him faithfully, diligently and
loyally, devoting thereto the whole of his time, attention and skill to the extent necessary for the due performance of his duties hereunder, and shall obey the reasonable and lawful directions of the Company acting through its duly authorised
representatives. 

  

	 	(b)	The Employee shall comply with the Company’s rules, regulations, policies and procedures from time to time in force, and with the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
Company as amended from time to time. 

  

	 	(c)	The Employee shall work such hours as may from time to time reasonably be required from him to carry out his duties to the satisfaction of the Company and shall not be entitled to
receive any additional remuneration for work outside normal business hours. 

  

	 	(d)	The Employee shall make such visits both within and outside the United Kingdom and by such means as he may reasonably be required by the Company to undertake from time to time for
the proper fulfilment of his duties. 

  

	 	(e)	The Employee shall use his best endeavours to promote, maintain and extend the interests and reputation of the Company and its Associated Companies. 

  

	 	(f)	The Employee shall not at any time during his employment hereunder without the written consent of the Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) either directly or
indirectly assist or engage or be interested in:- 

  

	 	(i)	any business other than that of the Company and its Associated Companies in any capacity whatsoever; 

  

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	 	(ii)	any other occupation or activity whatsoever which the Company may reasonably expect to hinder or interfere with the performance by the Employee of, or conflict with, his duties
under this Agreement. 

  
 Where such consent has
been given any sums received or receivable by the Employee in connection with or as a result of such activities or interests shall, be disclosed by the Employee to the Company. 
  
 The Employee shall, however, be permitted to hold shares, stock or debentures (“securities”) quoted on a
recognised stock exchange or in a company not carrying on business in competition with the Company or any Associated Company (provided that in either case the holding of securities does not exceed five per cent of the relevant class of security) and
he shall not be required to account to the Company in respect of sums derived from such holdings. 
  

	 	(g)	The Employee shall keep the Company fully informed of his conduct of the business, finances and affairs of the Company and its Associated Companies in a prompt and timely manner.

  

	 	(h)	The Employee shall comply with all rules and regulations (as amended from time to time) of all regulatory authorities and bodies relevant to his employment and/or the Company and
its Associated Companies. 

  

	 	(i)	The Employee shall promptly disclose to the Company full details of any wrongdoing by any employee (including himself or any agent of the Company or its Associated Companies) where
that wrongdoing is illegal or material to the interests of reputation of the Company or any of its Associated Companies. 

  

	8.	HOLIDAYS 

  
 The Employee shall be entitled to 25 days holiday a year subject to the conditions laid down from time to time by the Company for employees with the same
status. The Company’s holiday year runs from 1 January to 31 December. Where the Employee is unable by reason of work commitments to take all his holiday in any holiday year the Company will consider with him the extent to which unused days may
be carried to the next holiday year, but no such holiday may be carried forward unless so agreed by the Company. The Employee shall in addition be entitled to such Bank or public holidays as shall from time to time be declared in the United Kingdom
and recognised by the Company. Subject to the Company’s right to require the Employee to take any accrued but untaken holiday during any period of notice, accrued but untaken holiday will otherwise be paid in lieu upon termination, calculated
at a daily rate of 1/260th of Base Salary (at the date of termination). On termination of the employment, if the Employee has exceeded his accrued holiday entitlement, the value of the excess may be deducted by the Company from any sums due to the
Employee. 
  

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	9.	PENSION 

  

	 	(a)	The Company agrees to pay pension contributions equal to the lesser of: 

  

	 	(i)	25% per annum of the Employee’s Base Salary, or 

  

	 	(ii)	the maximum that may be permitted from time to time by the Inland Revenue 

  
 into an Inland Revenue approved pension plan nominated by the Employee to the Company in writing within 28 days of the date of this Agreement. Such
contributions shall be paid by twelve calendar monthly instalments on or about the same time as the Employee is paid his Base Salary. The Employee may not nominate an alternative pension plan to that nominated above without the prior written consent
of the Company. 
  

	 	(b)	If the amount in Clause 9(a)(i) above is greater than the amount in Clause 9(a)(ii) above, the difference shall be paid to an alternative unapproved pension arrangement established
by or in respect of the Employee on the instalment dates above as additional pension contributions, net of required statutory deductions, unless the Company and the Employee agree that such additional pension contributions should be paid direct to
him on such dates, net of required statutory deductions. 

  

	 	(c)	By no later than 5 April 2006 the Employee shall inform the Company in writing of the steps (if any) that the Employee has taken to protect his accrued rights to all benefits in all
Inland Revenue approved pension plans of which he is or has been a member. If such steps require the Company to reduce or stop altogether the contributions referred to in Clause 9(a) above, the amount of the reduction shall instead be payable
pursuant to Clause 9(b) above. 

  

	 	(d)	The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate its arrangements at any time or adopt new arrangements as may be appropriate at the time. 

  

	10.	CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

  

	 	(a)	It is to be expected that the Employee will as a result of his employment with the Company acquire information as to trade or industrial secrets and other confidential information
relating not only to the Company and its customers and suppliers but also to its Associated Companies and their customers and suppliers. The Employee hereby undertakes that he will not during his employment hereunder otherwise than in the course of
properly performing his duties under this Agreement or with the consent of the Company or as required by law utilise, divulge or communicate to any person either directly or indirectly:- 

  

	 	(i)	any of the trade or industrial secrets or other confidential information of any kind whatsoever of the Company or of its Associated Companies which he may acquire in the course of
his service of the Company or any Associated Company provided always that this restriction shall cease to apply to any such knowledge or information upon the same becoming public otherwise than as a result of breach of this Clause;

  

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	 	(ii)	any trade or industrial secrets or other confidential information of any kind whatsoever of any customer or supplier of the Company, or of the customers or suppliers of any
Associated Company which he may acquire in the course of his service of the Company or of any Associated Company. Where the Employee acquires confidential information relating to an Associated Company or their customers or suppliers he shall on
request give an undertaking in similar terms to that contained in this Clause direct to the Associated Company. 

  
 The obligations set out in this Clause 10(a) shall continue to apply after the termination of the Employee’s employment hereunder (howsoever
occasioned) but shall cease to apply to information which may come into the public domain otherwise than through unauthorised disclosure by the Employee or a third party. 
  

	 	(b)	The Employee will use his best endeavours to prevent the unauthorised use or disclosure of any trade or industrial secrets or other confidential information by any other officer,
employee, worker or agent of the Company and will be under an obligation promptly and fully to report to the Company any unauthorised use or disclosure which comes to his knowledge. 

  

	 	(c)	It is often required in “know-how” agreements for the person supplying the “know-how” to require that the recipient’s employees execute written undertakings
to preserve the secrecy of any information supplied. The Employee shall, at the request of the Company, execute any instruments relating to the trade or industrial secrets or other confidential information of third persons which the Company or any
Associated Company is obliged to have executed by its employees. 

  

	11.	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 

  

	 	(a)	In the event that the Employee (whether alone or with others) shall make at any time during the period of his employment an invention, (whether or not patentable) within the meaning
of the Patents Act 1977 (hereinafter called “Invention”) relating to, or capable of being used in, the business of the Company or that of its Associated Companies, he shall promptly disclose to the Company full details thereof to enable
the Company to assess the Invention and to determine whether under the applicable law the Invention is the property of the Company. 

  

	 	(b)	If any Invention belongs to the Company or any Associated Company the Employee shall hold it on trust for the Company and shall at the request and expense of the Company do all
things necessary to vest all right, title and interest in any such Invention in the Company or its nominee absolutely as legal and beneficial owner and to secure patent or other appropriate forms of protection therefore in any part of the world.

  

	 	(c)	If the Employee (whether alone or with others) shall create or make at any time during the period of his employment any discovery, design or other work (whether registerable or not
and whether or not a copyright work), which is not an Invention made or created by the Employee and wholly unconnected with his employment hereunder (hereinafter called “Works”), the Employee shall forthwith disclose to the Company full
details thereof and shall consider himself as a trustee for the Company in relation to all such Works. The Employee shall at the request and expense of the 

  

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Company execute all instruments and do all things necessary to vest all right, title and interest in and to any such Works in the Company or its nominee
absolutely as legal and beneficial owner. 
  

	 	(d)	In consideration of the Company entering into this Agreement the Employee hereby assigns to the Company by way of assignment of future copyright the copyright, design and other
proprietary rights if any for the full term thereof throughout the world in respect of all copyright works created or made by the Employee during the period of his employment hereunder (except only those copyright works created or made by the
Employee and wholly unconnected with his employment hereunder). 

  

	 	(e)	The Employee shall not except as provided in this Clause or as may be necessary in the course of his employment disclose or make use of any Invention or Work which belongs to the
Company or any Associated Company. 

  

	 	(f)	The Employee shall give notice in writing to the Company promptly on becoming aware of any infringement or suspected infringement of any intellectual property right in any Invention
or Work and shall not otherwise do or fail to do any act the consequences of which act or failure would or might prejudice the rights of the Company under this Clause. 

  

	 	(g)	Rights and obligations under this Clause shall continue in force after the termination of this Agreement in respect of Inventions and Works and shall be binding upon the personal
representatives of the Employee. 

  

	12.	TERMINATION 

  

	 	(a)	Unless terminated under Clause 12(f), this Agreement shall remain in force until determined by the first to occur of the following events:- 

  

	 	(i)	the Employee reaching the age of 60 and not being requested to continue working by the Company; 

  

	 	(ii)	the expiry of not less than 6 months’ notice in writing given by the Employee to the Company at any time; 

  

	 	(iii)	the expiry of 12 months’ notice in writing given by the Company to the Employee at any time; or 

  

	 	(iv)	the Company exercising its rights under Clause 4(b)(iv). 

  

	 	(b)	Where the Company gives notice pursuant to Clause 12(a)(iii) above or the Employee gives notice at any time pursuant to Clause 12(a)(ii) above:- 

  

	 	(i)	the Company has the option at its absolute discretion of giving written notice that it will make a payment in lieu of part or all of the required period of notice and the employment
shall terminate on the date of receipt of such notice by the Employee (the “date of early termination”); and 

  

	 	(ii)	the payment will be calculated by aggregating:- 

  

	 	(1)	Base Salary (at the rate last set before the date of early termination) for the duration of the remaining notice period (the “Foregone Notice Period”);

  

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	 	(2)	Pension contributions which would have been payable during the Foregone Notice Period; and 

  

	 	(3)	the amount it would cost the Company to provide for the Foregone Notice Period any benefits which at the date of early termination are provided under Clause 4(c) of this Agreement
or are otherwise at that date customarily provided to the Employee but excluding from this any value attributable to potential participation during the Foregone Notice Period in any performance incentive schemes then being operated by the Company;

  

	 	(c)	Where the Company exercises its option under Clause 12(b)(i):- 

  

	 	(i)	the Company will also pay, on the normal payment date for any performance incentive scheme, a pro rata sum (if any is earned and accrued under any scheme which may then be in
operation) in respect of any performance incentive scheme for that year calculated by reference to the period of service in the year of termination of employment until the date of early termination; and 

  

	 	(ii)	half the payment calculated under Clause 12(b)(ii) above shall be paid in a lump sum, net of required statutory deductions, within 30 days of the date of early termination; and

  

	 	(iii)	the remaining sum calculated under Clause 12(b)(ii) will be paid in equal monthly instalments, net of required statutory deductions, commencing in the Company payroll period after
the month in which the midpoint of the Foregone Notice Period falls, for the remainder of the Foregone Notice Period. If the Employee has commenced alternative employment or paid occupation before the payroll date in any month in which such a
payment would otherwise be made, no further monthly instalments shall be payable if the new gross base salary or fees per annum from such employment or paid occupation is the same as or more than the Base Salary, and any lesser new gross base salary
or fees earned by the Employee in that month shall be deducted from the gross monthly instalment. The Employee shall notify the Board of Directors of the Company promptly upon obtaining such employment or paid occupation, which notice shall include
the Employee’s start date and gross monthly base salary or fees. The Company undertakes for itself and its Directors to keep the gross monthly base salary or fees confidential. 

  

	 	(d)	Where the Company gives notice pursuant to Clause 12(a)(iii) the Company shall provide the Employee with an executive outplacement counselling programme through an outplacement
services firm designated by the Company for a reasonable period following the date of early termination at no fee to the Employee. 

  

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	 	(e)	It is a pre-condition of any payments under Clauses 12(b), 12(c) and 12(d) that the Employee shall have entered into such further agreements as the Company may require for the sole
purpose of compromising or settling any then existing or potential claims based on matters of which the Employee is then aware by the Employee against the Company or any Associated Company or any of its or their officers and/or employees arising out
of the employment relationship or its termination. Such agreements will exclude personal injury claims of which the Employee is aware at that time or claims in relation to accrued pension. 

  

	 	(f)	If the Employee shall be guilty of any serious breach, or continues after due warning to commit any material breach of his obligations under this Agreement, or shall become bankrupt
or have compounded with his creditors generally or commit any act or be convicted of any offence or do anything which in the reasonable opinion of the Company is seriously prejudicial or likely to be seriously prejudicial to the good name or
reputation of the Company or any Associated Company, the Company shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and the Employee’s employment hereunder by summary notice and the Employee shall have no right to payment of Base Salary or
benefits under Clause 4(c) or pension contributions under Clause 9 after the termination date. 

  

	13.	EVENTS ON TERMINATION 

  

	 	(a)	Upon termination or expiry of his employment under this Agreement howsoever occasioned or upon the written request of the Board of Directors at any time following the giving of
notice by the Company or the Employee, the Employee shall:- 

  

	 	(i)	return to the Company all property belonging to the Company or any Associated Company which he may have in his possession or control including, but without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, all notebooks, writings, records, computers and computer records whatsoever including any copies of the same; and 

  

	 	(ii)	resign without claim for compensation from any office as a Director of the Company and from any other offices held by him in any Associated Company and from any trusteeships of
pension schemes or other entities Associated with the Company or any Associated Company, and should he fail to do so the Company is hereby irrevocably authorised to appoint some person in his name and on his behalf to sign any documents and do any
things necessary or requisite to give effect thereto. 

  

	 	(b)	At any time after notice to terminate the employment is given by either party under Clause 12 above the Company may in its absolute discretion for the notice period or for such
shorter period as the Company may in its absolute discretion decide (the “Garden Leave Period”): 

  

	 	(i)	assign different duties or particular projects to the Employee; or 

  

	 	(ii)	cease to provide any work for the Employee; or 

  

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	 	(iii)	prohibit the Employee from entering or attending the premises of the Company or any Associated Company; or 

  

	 	(iv)	prohibit the Employee from contacting or having any communication with any customer of the Company or any Associated Company in relation to the business of the Company or any
Associated Company; or 

  

	 	(v)	prohibit the Employee from contacting or having any communication with any employee, officer, director, agent or consultant of the Company or any Associated Company in relation to
the business of the Company or any Associated Company; or 

  

	 	(vi)	prohibit the Employee from remaining or becoming involved in any aspect of the business of the Company or any Associated Company except as required by such companies; or

  

	 	(vii)	require the Employee to take any outstanding holiday entitlement due to him. 

  

	 	(c)	During the Garden Leave Period, the Employee continues to be bound by the express and implied terms of this Agreement. 

  

	 	(d)	For the avoidance of doubt, it is agreed that during the Garden Leave Period the Employee may not without advance written consent of the Company undertake any work for another
person, firm or company that competes with the Company or any Associated Company. 

  

	 	(e)	During the Garden Leave Period the Employee will be entitled to receive his salary and all contractual benefits in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, save that no
performance incentive remuneration will accrue. 

  

	14.	NON-COMPETITION 

  

	 	(a)	Since the Employee is likely to obtain in the course of his employment confidential information and personal knowledge of and influence over customers or suppliers of the Company or
any other Associated Company the Employee hereby agrees with the Company that in addition to the other terms of this Agreement and without prejudice to other restrictions imposed upon him by law, the Employee covenants that:-

  

	 	(i)	he will not during the period of 12 months from the date on which his employment terminates (less any Garden Leave Period) canvass or solicit or endeavour to canvass or solicit
(whether on his own account or for any other person, firm or organisation) in competition with the Company or any other Associated Company the custom of any person, firm or company who at any time during the last 12 months of his service with the
Company was a customer or supplier of, or in the habit of dealing with, the Company or any other Associated Company and with whom or which the Employee shall have been personally concerned to a material extent; 

  

	 	(ii)	he will not during the period of 12 months from the date on which his employment terminates (less any Garden Leave Period) either on his own behalf or for any other person, firm or
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 entice away from the Company or any other Associated Company any person who was to his knowledge at any
time during the last 12 months of his service with the Company an employee of the Company or any Associated Company who reported directly to him (a “direct report employee”) or an employee who reported directly to a direct report employee,
or a director, officer, agent, consultant or associate of the Company or any Associated Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall provide to the Employee in writing upon termination a list of names of covered direct report employees and
those who report directly to them. 
  

	 	(iii)	he will not during the period of 9 months from the date on which his employment terminates (less any Garden Leave Period) be employed or engaged in any capacity by any company or
entity in competition with the Company or its Associated Companies. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall provide to the Employee in writing upon termination a list of names of such competitors. 

  

	 	(b)	While the restrictions imposed in this Clause are considered by the parties to be reasonable in all the circumstances it is agreed that if any one or more of such restrictions shall
either taken by itself or themselves together be adjudged to go beyond what is reasonable in all the circumstances for the protection of the Company’s or any Associated Company’s legitimate interest but would be adjudged reasonable if any
particular restriction or restrictions were deleted or if any part or parts of the wording thereof were deleted, restricted or limited in a particular manner then the said restrictions shall apply with such deletions, restrictions or limitations as
the case may be. 

  

	 	(c)	Each of the paragraphs contained in this clause constitute an entirely separate and independent covenant. If any covenant is found to be invalid this will not affect the validity or
enforceability of any of the other covenants. 

  

	 	(d)	Following the termination of employment hereunder the Employee will not represent himself as being in any way connected with the business of the Company or of any Associated Company
(except to the extent agreed by the Company or any Associated Company). 

  

	 	(e)	Any benefit given or deemed to be given by the Employee to any Associated Company under the terms of this Clause is received and held on trust by the Company for the relevant
company. The Employee will enter into appropriate protective covenants directly with other Associated Companies is asked to do so by the Company. 

  

	15.	DISCIPLINARY AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES 

  
 Any disciplinary or grievance matters will be conducted by the Board of Directors of the Company or its designee, in accordance with the principles of the
ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures and any relevant legislation. If the Board of Directors of the Company believes that it may be entitled to initiate disciplinary proceedings concerning the Employee or otherwise to
investigate this conduct, it will be entitled to suspend the Employee on full pay for so long as it thinks fit. 
  

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	16.	DEDUCTIONS 

  
 The Employee authorises the Company to deduct from his Base Salary and to set off against any monies due to him any sum due to the Company from the
Employee. 
  

	17.	DATA PROTECTION 

  
 The Employee agrees that personal data (other than sensitive personal data) as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998, relating to him and to the
employment hereunder may to the extent that it is reasonably necessary in connection with the employment hereunder or the business of the Company: 
  

	 	(a)	be collected and held (in hard copy and computer readable form) and processed by the Company; and 

  

	 	(i)	to other directors and employees of the Company; 

  

	 	(ii)	to any other member of an Associated Company and their employees; 

  

	 	(iii)	to any other persons as may be reasonably necessary; or 

  

	 	(iv)	as otherwise required or permitted by law. 

  
 The Employee agrees that the Company may process sensitive personal data relating to him including medical details and details of gender, race and ethnic
origin. The Employee agrees that the Company may disclose or transfer such sensitive personal data to other persons if it is required or permitted by law to do so, including persons outside the European Economic Area. 
  

	18.	MISCELLANEOUS 

  

	 	(a)	Notice may be given by either party by registered or recorded-delivery letter addressed to the other party at, in the case of the Company, its registered office for the time being
and marked for the attention of the Company Secretary and in the case of the Employee his last address known to the Company. Actual notice is necessary under Clause 12, but shall otherwise be deemed to have been duly served upon the party to whom it
is addressed upon its delivery at that address. 

  

	 	(b)	The expiration or determination of this Agreement howsoever arising shall not operate to affect such of the provisions hereof as in accordance with their terms are expressed to
operate or have effect thereafter. 

  

	 	(c)	References in this Agreement to the masculine gender shall where appropriate be deemed also to include the feminine gender. 

  

	 	(d)	References in this Agreement to an Act of Parliament shall be deemed to include any statutory modification or re-enactment whenever made. 

  

	 	(e)	No collective agreements apply to this employment. 

  

	 	(f)	This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between the Employee and the Company with respect to his employment (except for those terms 

 

 - 13 - 

 which cannot be excluded by the agreement of the parties), and no representations, promises, agreement or
understanding, written or oral, not contained in this Agreement shall be of any force or effect (unless made inadvertently). No change or modification of this Agreement shall be valid or binding unless it is in writing and signed by the party
intended to be bound. No waiver of any provision of this agreement shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver is sought to be enforced. No valid waiver of any provision of this Agreement at any time shall
be deemed a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement. The Company’s failure at any time to require the Employee’s performance of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way affect the Company’s right to enforce any
such provisions. 
  

	 	(g)	A person other than an Associated Company who is not a party to this Agreement (including the Employee’s spouse or children) has no right (whether under the Contracts (Rights
of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise) to enforce any term of this Agreement. 

  

	 	(h)	This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. 

  
 IN WITNESS whereof the Employee has executed and delivered this document as a deed and the
Company has signed on the date first above written. 
  

					
	Signed as a deed by	 	)	 	 /s/ Michael Butterworth

	MICHAEL GUY BUTTERWORTH	 	)	 	 
	in the presence of:	 	)	 	 
			
	Witness signature:	 	 	 	 /s/ Sue Thomas

	Witness name:	 	 	 	S J THOMAS
	Witness address:	 	 	 	 265 STRAND
 LONDON WC2R 1DB

			
	Witness occupation:	 	 	 	PERSONAL ASSISTANT
			
	Executed as a Deed by the Company acting by	 	)	 	 /s/ Nicholas Salmon

	 	 	)	 	Director
	 	 	)	 	 
	 	 	)	 	 /s/ Richard Malthouse

	 	 	)	 	Secretary

  

 - 14 -Facility Agreement for Cookson plc

 Exhibit 4.5 - £200 million Facility Agreement for Cookson Group plc, arranged by Bank of America, N.A., Barclays
Capital, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, HSBC Bank plc, Lloyds TSB Bank plc Capital Markets, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Scotiabank Europe plc and Société Générale with Lloyds TSB Bank plc Capital Markets acting as
Agent dated 1 March 2005. 
  
 £200,000,000 
  
 FACILITY AGREEMENT 
  
 dated 1 March 2005 
  
 for 
  
 COOKSON GROUP PLC 
  
 arranged by 
  
 Bank of America, N.A. 
 Barclays Capital 
 Citigroup Global Markets Limited 
 HSBC Bank plc

 Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Capital Markets 
 The Royal Bank of Scotland plc 
 Scotiabank Europe plc 
 Société Générale 
  
 with 
  
 Lloyds TSB Bank plc,
Capital Markets 
 acting as Agent 
  
 

 
  

 (i) 

					
	 CLAUSE

	 	 	  	PAGE

	SECTION 1
	INTERPRETATION
			
	 1.
	 	Definitions and interpretation	  	1
	
	SECTION 2
	THE FACILITY
			
	 2.
	 	The Facility	  	14
	 3.
	 	Purpose	  	14
	 4.
	 	Conditions of Utilisation	  	14
	
	SECTION 3
	UTILISATION
			
	 5.
	 	Utilisation	  	16
	 6.
	 	Optional Currencies	  	17
	
	SECTION 4
	REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
			
	 7.
	 	Repayment	  	18
	 8.
	 	Prepayment and cancellation	  	19
	
	SECTION 5
	COSTS OF UTILISATION
			
	 9.
	 	Interest	  	22
	 10.
	 	Interest Periods	  	23
	 11.
	 	Changes to the calculation of interest	  	23
	 12.
	 	Fees	  	24
	
	SECTION 6
	ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
			
	 13.
	 	Tax gross up and indemnities	  	25
	 14.
	 	Increased costs	  	28
	 15.
	 	Other indemnities	  	29
	 16.
	 	Mitigation by the Lenders	  	30
	 17.
	 	Costs and expenses	  	30
	
	SECTION 7
	GUARANTEE
			
	 18.
	 	Guarantee and indemnity	  	31
	
	SECTION 8
	REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
			
	 19.
	 	Representations	  	34
	 20.
	 	Information undertakings	  	38
	 21.
	 	Financial covenants	  	41
	 22.
	 	General undertakings	  	43
	 23.
	 	Events of Default	  	49
	
	SECTION 9
	CHANGES TO PARTIES
			
	 24.
	 	Changes to the Lenders	  	53
	 25.
	 	Changes to the Obligors	  	56

  

 (ii) 

					
	SECTION 10
	THE FINANCE PARTIES
			
	 26.
	 	Role of the Agent and the Arranger	  	58
	 27.
	 	Conduct of business by the Finance Parties	  	62
	 28.
	 	Sharing among the Finance Parties	  	62
	
	SECTION 11
	ADMINISTRATION
			
	 29.
	 	Payment mechanics	  	65
	 30.
	 	Set-off	  	67
	 31.
	 	Notices	  	67
	 32.
	 	Calculations and certificates	  	69
	 33.
	 	Partial invalidity	  	69
	 34.
	 	Remedies and waivers	  	69
	 35.
	 	Amendments and waivers	  	69
	 36.
	 	Counterparts	  	70
	
	SECTION 12
	GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
			
	 37.
	 	Governing law	  	71
	 38.
	 	Enforcement	  	71

  

					
	THE SCHEDULES
			
	 SCHEDULE

	  	 	  	PAGE

	 SCHEDULE 1 The Original Lenders
	  	72
	 SCHEDULE 2 Conditions precedent
	  	73
	 SCHEDULE 3 Utilisation Request
	  	77
	 SCHEDULE 4 Mandatory Cost Formulae
	  	78
	 SCHEDULE 5 Form of Transfer Certificate
	  	81
	 SCHEDULE 6 Form of Accession Letter
	  	83
	 SCHEDULE 7 Form of Resignation Letter
	  	84
	 SCHEDULE 8 Form of Compliance Certificate
	  	85
	 SCHEDULE 9 Timetables
	  	86
	 SCHEDULE 10 Existing Security
	  	87

  

 (iii) 

 THIS AGREEMENT is dated 1 March 2005 and made between: 
  

	(1)	COOKSON GROUP PLC, registration number 00251977 (the “Company”); 

  

	(2)	THE COMPANY (the “Original Borrower”); 

  

	(3)	THE COMPANY (the “Original Guarantor”); 

  

	(4)	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., BARCLAYS CAPITAL, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED, HSBC BANK PLC, LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC, CAPITAL MARKETS, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, SCOTIABANK EUROPE PLC
AND SOCIETE GENERALE as mandated lead arrangers (whether acting individually or together the “Arranger”); 

  

	(5)	THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 as lenders (the “Original Lenders”); and 

  

	(6)	LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC, CAPITAL MARKETS as agent of the other Finance Parties (the “Agent”). 

  
 IT IS AGREED as follows: 
  
 SECTION 1 
  
 INTERPRETATION 
  

	1.	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 

  

	1.1	Definitions 

  
 In this Agreement: 
  
 “Accession Letter” means a document substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of Accession Letter). 
  
 “Additional Borrower” means a company which becomes an
Additional Borrower in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors). 
  
 “Additional Cost Rate” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae). 
  
 “Additional Guarantor” means a company which becomes an Additional Guarantor in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the
Obligors). 
  
 “Additional Obligor” means an
Additional Borrower or an Additional Guarantor. 
  
 “Affiliate” means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company. 
  
 “Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange” means the Agent’s spot rate of exchange for the purchase of the
relevant currency with the Base Currency in the London foreign exchange market at or about 11:00 a.m. on a particular day. 
  
 “Applicable Accounting Principles” means those accounting principles, standards, practices and policies applied in the preparation of the
audited consolidated accounts of the Company as at 31 December 2003 and for the financial year ended on that date. 
  
 “Asset Securitisation Programme” means the asset securitisation programme in relation to U.S. trade receivables pursuant, inter alia,
to a purchase and sales agreement dated as of 23 December 1998 between the Originators (as therein defined), Cookson Receivables Corporation 

 (“CRC”) and the Company and a receivables purchase agreement dated as of 23 December
1998 between CRC, the Company, Barton Capital Corporation and Société Générale, as amended from time to time. 
  
 “Associated Undertakings” shall have the meaning attributed to that term by paragraph 20 of Schedule 4A of the Companies Act 1985.

  
 “Authorisation” means an authorisation,
consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration. 
  
 “Availability Period” means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the Business Day one week before the Termination Date. 
  
 “Available Cash” means: 
  

	 	(a)	cash in hand or on deposit at call or for periods up to 90 days with any bank or financial institution; 

  

	 	(b)	securities issued or guaranteed by the UK government, the United States government or the government of any other G7 country; 

  
 (c) 
  

	 	(i)	marketable debt securities rated at least A-2 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or A by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service (taken at their market value as at the time
for calculation); and 

  

	 	(ii)	commercial paper rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service or P1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; 

  

	 	(d)	deposits made with the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in respect of which certificates of tax deposits have been issued by Her Majesty’s Treasury; 

  

	 	(e)	the face amounts of certificates of deposit issued by a bank or a building society rated at least A-2 by Moody’s Investors Service Inc. or A by Standard & Poor’s
Rating Service; 

  

	 	(f)	money market funds rated, or held at an institution rated at least A-2 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or A by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service (taken at their
market value as at the time for calculation); and 

  

	 	(g)	any other instrument, security or investment approved in writing by the Majority Lenders, 

  
 to the extent (i) denominated in any currencies freely convertible and freely transferable into sterling and (ii)
beneficially owned by a member of the Group unencumbered by any Security. 
  
 “Available Commitment” means a Lender’s Commitment minus: 
  

	 	(a)	the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans; and 

  

	 	(b)	in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any Loans that are due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date,

  
 other than that Lender’s participation in
any Loans that are due to be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date. 
  

 2 

 “Available Facility” means the aggregate for the time being of each Lender’s
Available Commitment. 
  
 “Base Currency” or
“£” means sterling. 
  
 “Base Currency
Amount” means, in relation to a Loan, the amount specified in the Utilisation Request delivered by a Borrower for that Loan (or, if the amount requested is not denominated in the Base Currency, that amount converted into the Base Currency
at the Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange on the date which is three Business Days before the Utilisation Date or, if later, on the date the Agent receives the Utilisation Request) adjusted to reflect any repayment or prepayment of the Loan.

  
 “Borrower” means the Original Borrower or an
Additional Borrower, unless it has ceased to be a Borrower in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors). 
  
 “Break Costs” means the amount (if any) by which: 
  

	 	(a)	the interest (excluding the Margin) which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Loan or Unpaid Sum to
the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period; 

  
 exceeds: 
  

	 	(b)	the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the Relevant
Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period. 

  
 “Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business
in London and: 
  

	 	(a)	(in relation to any date for payment or purchase of a currency other than euro) the principal financial centre of the country of that currency; or 

  

	 	(b)	(in relation to any date for payment or purchase of euro) any TARGET Day. 

  
 “Code” means, on any date, the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor legislation thereto) as amended from time to
time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder, all as the same may be in effect at such date. 
  
 “Commitment” means: 
  

	 	(a)	in relation to an Original Lender, the amount in the Base Currency set opposite its name under the heading “Commitment” in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders)
and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; and 

  

	 	(b)	in relation to any other Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement, 

  
 to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this
Agreement. 
  

 3 

 “Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in
Schedule 8 (Form of Compliance Certificate). 
  
 “Confidentiality Undertaking” means a confidentiality undertaking addressed to the Company substantially in a recommended form of the LMA or in any other form agreed between the Company and the Agent. 
  
 “Consignment Agreement” means an agreement between a
Precious Metals Company and a Consignment Provider in relation to the consignment of precious metals. 
  
 “Consignment Provider” means an institution which provides precious metals consignments to a member of the Group. 
  
 “Consolidated Net Borrowings” has the meaning given to it
in Clause 21 (Financial covenants). 
  
 “Consolidated Net Interest” has the meaning given to it in Clause 21 (Financial covenants). 
  
 “Consolidated Operating Profits” has the meaning given to it in Clause 21 (Financial covenants). 
  
 “Consolidated Total Assets” means at any time the aggregate
of the items treated as “Total Fixed Assets” and “Total Current Assets” in the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company calculated and interpreted in accordance with Applicable Accounting Principles.

  
 “Default” means an Event of Default or any
event or circumstance specified in Clause 23 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be
an Event of Default. 
  
 “EBITDA” has the
meaning given to it in Clause 21 (Financial covenants). 
  
 “Employee Plan” means an employee pension plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which a Subsidiary
incorporated in the United States or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA. 
  
 “Environmental Claim” means any proceedings by any person
pursuant to any Environmental Law. 
  
 “Environmental
Law” means any applicable law in any jurisdiction in which any member of the Group conducts business, concerning pollution or protection of the environment or harm to or the protection of human health. 
  
 “Environmental Permits” means any permit, licence, consent,
approval and other authorisation and the filing of any notification, report or assessment required under any Environmental Law for the operation of the business of any member of the Group conducted on or from the properties owned or used by the
relevant member of the Group. 
  

 4 

 “ERISA” means, at any date, the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (or any successor legislation thereto) as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at such date. 
  
 “ERISA Affiliate” means any person that for purposes of Title I and Title IV of ERISA and Section 412 of
the Code would be deemed at any relevant time to be a single employer with a Subsidiary incorporated in the United States, pursuant to Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA. 
  
 “ERISA Event” means: 
  

	 	(a)	any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to an Employee Plan, as to which PBGC has not by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of
ERISA that it be notified of such event; 

  

	 	(b)	the filing of a notice of intent to terminate any Employee Plan, if such termination would require material additional contributions in order to be considered a standard termination
within the meaning of Section 4041(b) of ERISA, the filing under Section 4041(c) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Employee Plan or the termination of any Employee Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA; 

  

	 	(c)	the institution of proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA by the PBGC for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Employee Plan;

  

	 	(d)	the failure to make a required contribution to any Employee Plan that would result in the imposition of an encumbrance under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA or the
filing of any request for a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan; 

  

	 	(e)	an engagement in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA; 

  

	 	(f)	the complete or partial withdrawal of any Subsidiary incorporated in the United States or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan; and 

  

	 	(g)	a Subsidiary incorporated in the United States or an ERISA Affiliate incurring any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Employee Plan (other than premiums due and
not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA). 

  
 “EURIBOR” means, in relation to any Loan in euro: 
  

	 	(a)	the applicable Screen Rate; or 

  

	 	(b)	(if no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Loan) the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the Agent at its
request quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the European interbank market, 

  
 as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in euro for a period comparable to the Interest Period of the relevant Loan).

  

 5 

 “Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 23
(Events of Default). 
  
 “Existing
Facility” means the multicurrency credit agreement dated 21 December 2001 (as amended and restated on 5 December 2003) between, amongst others, the Company as borrower, Banc of America Securities Limited, Barclays Capital, Citigroup Global
Capital Markets, HSBC Bank plc, Lloyds TSB Capital Markets and The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC as mandated lead arrangers and Lloyds TSB Capital Markets as facility agent and security agent. 
  
 “Facility” means the revolving loan facility with an
extension option made available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2 (The Facility). 
  
 “Facility Office” means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or,
following that date, by not less than five Business Days’ written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement. 
  
 “Fee Letter” means any letter or letters dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the Agent and
the Company setting out any of the fees referred to in Clause 12 (Fees). 
  
 “Finance Document” means this Agreement, any Fee Letter, any Accession Letter, any Resignation Letter and any other document designated as such by the Agent and the Company. 
  
 “Finance Lease” means, at any time, a lease which would be
treated as a finance lease in accordance with GAAP.  
  
 “Finance Party” means the Agent, the Arranger or a Lender. 
  
 “Financial Indebtedness” means any indebtedness for or in respect of: 
  

	 	(a)	moneys borrowed; 

  

	 	(b)	any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent; 

  

	 	(c)	any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument; 

  

	 	(d)	the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease;

  

	 	(e)	receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis); 

  

	 	(f)	any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) for the purpose of raising finance and having the commercial effect of a borrowing;

  

	 	(g)	(for the purpose of Clause 23.5 (Cross Default) only) any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or
price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value shall be taken into account); 

  

	 	(h)	shares which are expressed to be redeemable; 

  

 6 

	 	(i)	(for the purpose of Clause 23.5 (Cross default) only) any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or
any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; and 

  

	 	(j)	the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (i) above, 

  
 excluding any liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in
respect of metals consignment stocks. 
  
 “GAAP”
means, in relation to any person, generally accepted accounting principles in the jurisdiction of incorporation of such person. 
  
 “Group” means the Company and its Subsidiaries for the time being. 
  
 “Guarantor” means an Original Guarantor or an Additional Guarantor, unless it has ceased to be a Guarantor
in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors). 
  
 “Holding Company” means, in relation to a company or corporation, any other company or corporation in respect of which it is a Subsidiary. 
  
 “Information Memorandum” means the document prepared by the Company in relation to this transaction and
distributed to selected financial institutions before the date of this Agreement. 
  
 “Interest Expense” has the meaning given to it in Clause 21 (Financial covenants). 
  
 “Interest Period” means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined in accordance with Clause 10 (Interest Periods) and, in
relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause 9.3 (Default interest). 
  
 “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor thereto. 
  
 “Lender” means: 
  

	 	(a)	any Original Lender; and 

  

	 	(b)	any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a Party in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders), 

  
 which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement. 
  
 “LIBOR” means, in
relation to any Loan: 
  

	 	(a)	the applicable Screen Rate; or 

  

	 	(b)	(if no Screen Rate is available for the currency or Interest Period of that Loan) the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the Agent
at its request quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the London interbank market,` 

  
 as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in the currency of that Loan and for a period comparable to the Interest Period
for that Loan. 
  
 “LMA” means the Loan Market
Association. 
  

 7 

 “Loan” means a loan made or to be made under the Facility or the principal amount
outstanding for the time being of that loan. 
  
 “Majority Lenders” means: 
  

	 	(a)	until the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 66 2/3% of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero and there are no Loans then outstanding, aggregated more than 66 2/3% of the Total Commitments immediately prior to the reduction); or 

  

	 	(b)	at any other time, a Lender or Lenders whose participations in the Loans then outstanding aggregate more than 66 2/3% of all the Loans then outstanding. 

  
 “Mandatory Cost” means the percentage rate per annum calculated by the Agent in accordance with Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost
formulae). 
  
 “Margin” means, in relation
to a particular Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by reference to the ratio of Consolidated Net Borrowings to Proforma EBITDA as shown in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Agent at least 3 Business Days before the
Quotation Day for that Interest Period, in accordance with the following table: 
  

			
	 Ratio of Consolidated Net Borrowings to Proforma EBITDA

	  	 Margin (%p.a.)

	 > 2.5:1 £ 3.0:1
	  	0.85
	 > 2.0:1 £ 2.5:1
	  	0.65
	 > 1.5:1 £ 2.0:1
	  	0.575
	 £ 1.5:1
	  	0.50

  
 However: 

 

	 	(a)	in the case of any Interest Period whose Quotation Day is before the third Business Day after the date on which the Agent has received the first Compliance Certificate under this
Agreement, the Margin will be 0.65 per cent. per annum; 

  

	 	(b)	if by the third Business Day before the Quotation Day for an Interest Period the Agent has not received a Compliance Certificate (together with any financial statement with which
that Compliance Certificate is required by this Agreement to be delivered) due on or before that day, the Margin for that Interest Period will be 0.85 per cent. per annum; 

  

	 	(c)	any reduction or increase to the Margin shall only take effect in relation to any Loan which is made on or after the third Business Day after receipt of the relevant Compliance
Certificate by the Agent; and 

  

	 	(d)	there will be no Margin reduction if a Default is continuing. 

  
 “Margin Stock” means margin stock or “margin security” within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X. 
  

 8 

 “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company
to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents. 
  
 “Material Subsidiary” means: 
  

	 	(a)	a Subsidiary of the Company the total operating profit of which for the period to which its latest annual financial statements relate accounts for 5 per cent. or more of the
consolidated total operating profit of the Group (all as calculated by reference to the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Group); 

  

	 	(b)	any direct or indirect holding company of a Subsidiary referred to in paragraph (a) above; and 

  

	 	(c)	a Subsidiary of the Company to which has been transferred (whether in a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not)) the whole or substantially the whole
of the assets of a Subsidiary which immediately prior to such transaction(s) was a Material Subsidiary. 

  
 For the purposes of this definition: 
  

	 	(i)	if a Subsidiary becomes a Material Subsidiary under paragraph (c) above, the Material Subsidiary by which the relevant transfer was made shall, subject to paragraph (a) and (b)
above, cease to be a Material Subsidiary; and 

  

	 	(ii)	if a Subsidiary is acquired by the Company after the end of the financial period to which the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Group relate, those financial
statements shall be adjusted as if that Subsidiary had been shown in them by reference to its then latest audited financial statements (consolidated if appropriate) until audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the financial
period in which the acquisition is made have been prepared. 

  
 “Month” means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that: 
  

	 	(a)	if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or
if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day; and 

  

	 	(b)	if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month.

  
 The above rules will only apply to the last
Month of any period. 
  
 “Multiemployer Plan”
means a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section (3)(37) (ERISA)) contributed to for employees of (i) any Subsidiary incorporated in the United States or (ii) any ERISA Affiliate. 
  
 “Obligor” means a Borrower or a Guarantor. 
  
 “Optional Currency” means a currency (other than the Base
Currency) which complies with the conditions set out in Clause 4.3 (Conditions relating to Optional Currencies). 
  

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 “Original Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated financial statements of
the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2003. 
  
 “Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Communities that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and
Monetary Union. 
  
 “Party” means a party to
this Agreement. 
  
 “PBGC” means the U.S.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any entity succeeding to all or any of its functions under ERISA. 
  
 “Precious Metal Company” means a member of the Group which is party to a Consignment Agreement with a Consignment Provider. 

 
 “Proforma EBITDA” has the meaning given to it in Clause
21 (Financial covenants). 
  
 “Qualifying
Lender” has the meaning given to it in Clause 13 (Tax gross-up and indemnities). 
  
 “Quotation Day” means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined: 
  

	 	(a)	(if the currency is sterling) the first day of that period; 

  

	 	(b)	(if the currency is euro) two TARGET Days before the first day of that period; or 

  

	 	(c)	(for any other currency) two Business Days before the first day of that period, 

  
 unless market practice differs in the Relevant Interbank Market for a currency, in which case the Quotation Day for that
currency will be determined by the Agent in accordance with market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market (and if quotations for that currency and period would normally be given by leading banks in the Relevant Interbank Market on more than one
day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days). 
  
 “Reference Banks” means, in relation to LIBOR, EURIBOR and Mandatory Cost, the principal London offices of HSBC Bank plc, Lloyds TSB Bank plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc or such other banks as may be appointed by the
Agent in consultation with the Company. 
  
 “Regulations
T, U and X” means, respectively, Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor) as now and from time to time hereafter in effect. 
  
 “Relevant Interbank Market” means, in relation to euro, the
European interbank market and, in relation to any other currency, the London interbank market. 
  
 “Relevant Date” has the meaning given to it in Clause 21 (Financial covenants). 
  
 “Relevant Period” has the meaning given to it in Clause 21
(Financial covenants). 
  
 “Repeating
Representations” means each of the representations set out in Clauses 19.1 (Status), 19.2 (Binding obligations), 19.3 (Non-conflict with other obligations), 19.4 (Power and authority), 19.5 (Validity and
admissibility in evidence), 19.6 (Governing law and enforcement) and, 19.12 (Pari passu ranking). 
  
 “Resignation Letter” means a letter substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 (Form of Resignation Letter). 
  

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 “Rollover Loan” means one or more Loans: 
  

	 	(a)	made or to be made on the same day that one or more maturing Loans is or are due to be repaid; 

  

	 	(b)	the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the maturing Loan(s); 

  

	 	(c)	in the same currency as the maturing Loan(s) (unless it arose as a result of the operation of Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of a currency)); and 

  

	 	(d)	made or to be made to the same Borrower for the purpose of refinancing the maturing Loan(s). 

  
 “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto. 
  
 “Screen Rate” means: 
  

	 	(i)	in relation to LIBOR, the British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for the relevant currency and period; and 

  

	 	(ii)	in relation to EURIBOR, the percentage rate per annum determined by the Banking Federation of the European Union for the relevant period, 

  
 displayed on the appropriate page of the Telerate screen. If the agreed page
is replaced or service ceases to be available, the Agent may specify another page or service displaying the appropriate rate after consultation with the Company and the Lenders. 
  
 “Security” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any
person or any other agreement or arrangement having the effect of creating security. 
  
 “Specified Time” means a time determined in accordance with Schedule 9 (Timetables). 
  
 “Subsidiary” means a subsidiary within the meaning of
section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 and, in relation to financial statements of the Group, a subsidiary undertaking within the meaning of section 258 of the Companies Act 1985. 
  
 “TARGET” means Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system.

  
 “TARGET Day” means any day on which TARGET
is open for the settlement of payments in euro. 
  
 “Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).

  
 “Taxes Act” means the Income and Corporation
Taxes Act 1988. 
  
 “Termination Date” means,
subject to Clause 7.2 (Extension Option), the date which is 3 years after the date of this Agreement (except that, if the Termination Date would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, it will instead be the immediately preceding
Business Day). 
  
 “Total Commitments” means the
aggregate of the Commitments, being £200,000,000 at the date of this Agreement. 
  

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 “Transfer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule
5 (Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Agent and the Company. 
  
 “Transfer Date” means, in relation to a transfer, the later of: 
  

	 	(a)	the proposed Transfer Date specified in the Transfer Certificate; and 

  

	 	(b)	the date on which the Agent executes the Transfer Certificate. 

  
 “Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of an Employee Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the
current value of that plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Employee Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year. 
  
 “Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by an
Obligor under the Finance Documents. 
  
 “Utilisation” means a utilisation of the Facility. 
  
 “Utilisation Date” means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which the relevant Loan is to be made. 
  

“Utilisation Request” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Utilisation Request). 

 
 “VAT” means value added tax as provided for in the Value
Added Tax Act 1994 and any other tax of a similar nature. 
  

	1.2	Construction 

  

	(a)	Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to: 

  

	 	(i)	the “Agent”, the “Arranger”, any “Finance Party”, any “Lender”, any “Obligor” or any
“Party” shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees; 

  

	 	(ii)	“assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description; 

  

	 	(iii)	a “Finance Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended or novated;

  

	 	(iv)	“indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or
contingent; 

  

	 	(v)	a “person” includes any person, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust or partnership (whether or not having
separate legal personality) or two or more of the foregoing; 

  

	 	(vi)	a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law but, if not having the force of law,
which is generally complied with by those to whom it is addressed) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation; 

  

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	 	(vii)	a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted; and 

  

	 	(viii)	a time of day is a reference to London time. 

  

	(b)	Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only. 

  

	(c)	Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that
Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement. 

  

	(d)	A Default (other than an Event of Default) is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been
remedied or waived. 

  

	(e)	A reference to “Barclays Capital” means the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC. 

  

	1.3	Third Party Rights 

  
 A person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this
Agreement. 
  

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 SECTION 2 
  

THE FACILITY 
  

	2.	THE FACILITY 

  

	2.1	The Facility 

  
 Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Borrowers a multicurrency revolving loan facility in an aggregate amount equal
to the Total Commitments. 
  

	2.2	Finance Parties’ rights and obligations 

  

	 	(a)	The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the
obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents. 

  

	 	(b)	The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance
Party from an Obligor shall be a separate and independent debt. 

  

	 	(c)	A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents. 

  

	3.	PURPOSE 

  

	3.1	Purpose 

  
 Each Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Facility for its general corporate purposes (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
refinancing the Existing Facility). 
  

	3.2	Monitoring 

  
 No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement. 
  

	4.	CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION 

  

	4.1	Initial conditions precedent 

  
 No Borrower may deliver a Utilisation Request unless the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part I of Schedule 2
(Conditions precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied. 
  

	4.2	Further conditions precedent 

  

	(a)	The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:

  

	 	(i)	except in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; and 

  

	 	(ii)	the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in all material respects. 

  

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	4.3	Conditions relating to Optional Currencies 

  

	(a)	A currency will constitute an Optional Currency in relation to a Loan if: 

  

	 	(i)	it is US dollars or euro; or 

  
 (ii) 
  

	 	(A)	it is readily available in the amount required and freely convertible into the Base Currency in the Relevant Interbank Market on the Quotation Day and the Utilisation Date for that
Loan; and 

  

	 	(B)	it has been approved by the Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders) on or prior to receipt by the Agent of the Utilisation Request for that Loan.

  

	(b)	If by the Specified Time the Agent has received a written request from the Company for a currency to be approved under paragraph (a)(ii) above, the Agent will notify the Lenders of
that request by the Specified Time. Based on any responses received by the Agent by the Specified Time, the Agent will confirm to the Company by the Specified Time: 

  

	 	(i)	whether or not the Lenders have granted their approval; and 

  

	 	(ii)	if approval has been granted, the minimum amount (and, if required, integral multiples) for any subsequent Utilisation in that currency. 

  

	4.4	Maximum number of Loans 

  

	(a)	A Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the proposed Utilisation more than: 

  

	 	(i)	20 Loans; or 

  

	 	(ii)	Loans in more than 5 different Optional Currencies, 

  
 would be outstanding. 
  

	(b)	Any Loan made by a single Lender under Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of a currency) shall not be taken into account in this Clause 4.4. 

  

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 SECTION 3 
  

UTILISATION 
  

	5.	UTILISATION 

  

	5.1	Delivery of a Utilisation Request 

  
 A Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time. 
  

	5.2	Completion of a Utilisation Request 

  

	(a)	Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless: 

  

	 	(i)	the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period; 

  

	 	(ii)	the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); 

  

	 	(iii)	the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 10 (Interest Periods); and 

  

	 	(iv)	it specifies the account and bank (which must be in the principal financial centre of the country of the currency of the Utilisation or, in the case of euro, the principal financial
centre of a Participating Member State in which banks are open for general business on that day or London) to which the proceeds of the Utilisation are to be credited. 

  

	(b)	Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request. 

  

	5.3	Currency and amount 

  

	(a)	The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be the Base Currency or an Optional Currency. 

  

	(b)	The amount of the proposed Loan must be: 

  

	 	(i)	a minimum of £5,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) or, if less, the Available Facility; and 

  

	 	(ii)	in any event such that its Base Currency Amount is less than or equal to the Available Facility. 

  

	5.4	Lenders’ participation 

  

	(a)	If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender shall make its participation in each Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office.

  

	(b)	The amount of each Lender’s participation in each Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Facility immediately prior to making
the Loan. 

  

	(c)	The Agent shall determine the Base Currency Amount of each Loan which is to be made in an Optional Currency and shall notify each Lender of the amount, currency and the Base
Currency Amount of each Loan and the amount of its participation in that Loan, in each case by the Specified Time. 

  

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	6.	OPTIONAL CURRENCIES 

  

	6.1	Selection of currency 

  
 A Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Borrower) shall select the currency of a Loan in the Utilisation Request. 
  

	6.2	Unavailability of a currency 

  
 If before the Specified Time on any Quotation Day: 
  

	 	(a)	a Lender notifies the Agent that the Optional Currency requested is not readily available to it in the amount required; or 

  

	 	(b)	a Lender notifies the Agent that compliance with its obligation to participate in a Loan in the proposed Optional Currency would contravene a law or regulation applicable to it,

  
 the Agent will give notice to the relevant
Borrower to that effect by the Specified Time on that day. In this event, any Lender that gives notice pursuant to this Clause 6.2 will be required to participate in the Loan in the Base Currency (in an amount equal to that Lender’s proportion
of the Base Currency Amount or, in respect of a Rollover Loan, an amount equal to that Lender’s proportion of the Base Currency Amount of the Rollover Loan that is due to be made) and its participation will be treated as a separate Loan
denominated in the Base Currency during that Interest Period. 
  

	6.3	Participation in a Loan 

  
 Each Lender’s participation in a Loan will be determined in accordance with paragraph (b) of Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation).

  

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 SECTION 4 
  

REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION 
  

	7.	REPAYMENT 

  

	7.1	Repayment of Loans 

  
 Each Borrower which has drawn a Loan shall repay that Loan on the last day of its Interest Period. 
  

	7.2	Extension Option 

  

	(a)	The Company may request that the Termination Date be extended for up to a further year by giving notice to the Agent not less than 60 days (and not more than 90 days) before the
date which is one year after the date of this Agreement. 

  

	(b)	The Agent shall as soon as practicable thereafter notify each Lender of any such request. 

  

	(c)	Each Lender shall notify the Agent of its decision (which shall be in its sole discretion) whether or not to agree to the request not later than 30 days before the date which is one
year after the date of this Agreement (and, if any Lender has not notified the Agent of its acceptance of the request on or before such date, it shall be deemed to have refused such request), and the Agent shall as soon as practicable thereafter
notify the Company whether or not each Lender has agreed to the request. 

  

	(d)	Promptly following receipt of notification from the Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) above, the Company may elect by notice to the Agent to accept the extension offered by some or
all of the Lenders. 

  

	(e)	The Agent shall as soon as practicable thereafter notify the relevant Lender(s) of any such acceptance. 

  

	(f)	If any Lender does not agree to any such request, the Company may, if it gives the Agent and the relevant Lender 10 Business Days’ prior notice, arrange for the transfer of the
whole (but not part only) of that Lenders’ Commitment and participations in the Utilisations to a new or existing Lender willing to accept that transfer and acceptable to the Company. Any replacement of a Lender pursuant to this paragraph (f)
shall be subject to the following conditions: 

  

	 	(i)	no Finance Party shall have any obligation to find a replacement Lender; 

  

	 	(ii)	any Lender which is replaced shall not be required to refund, or to pay or surrender to any other Lender, any of the fees or other amounts received by that Lender under any Finance
Document; and 

  

	 	(iii)	no Lender shall be required to transfer its Commitment and participations in the Utilisations to a new or existing Lender if it is unlawful or contrary to any applicable regulation
for that Lender to make the transfer or transact in any way with the new or existing Lender. 

  

	(g)	If any extension is agreed between the Company and a Lender (an “Extending Lender”) pursuant to this Clause 7.2, the Company may request another extension of the
Termination Date by the Extending Lenders for up to a further year from the extended Termination Date. 

  

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 Such request shall be made in accordance with the procedure set out in this Clause 7.2, but so that all
references to “one year after the date of this Agreement” shall be construed instead as references to “two years after the date of this Agreement” and all references to a “Lender” or the “Lenders” shall be
construed instead as references to an “Extending Lender” or the “Extending Lenders”. 
  

	(h)	No request for a further extension under paragraph (g) above shall extend the Termination Date beyond the date which is 5 years after the date of this Agreement.

  

	(i)	If any extension is agreed in accordance with this Clause 7.2, the Company shall pay to the Agent (for the account of the relevant Lender or Extending Lender, as the case may be) a
fee of 0.05 per cent. flat on the amount of Commitment of each Lender or Existing Lender whose Commitment is extended. That fee shall be payable on the first anniversary (in the case of the first extension of the Facility) or second anniversary (in
the case of the second extension of the Facility) of the date of this Agreement. 

  

	8.	PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION 

  

	8.1	Illegality 

  
 If it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for a Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or
maintain its participation in any Loan: 
  

	 	(a)	that Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event; 

  

	 	(b)	upon the Agent notifying the Company, the Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and 

  

	 	(c)	each Borrower shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loans made to that Borrower on the last day of the Interest Period for each Loan occurring after the Agent has
notified the Company or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law). 

  

	8.2	Change of control 

  

	(a)	Subject to paragraph (b) below, if any person or group of persons acting in concert gains control of the Company: 

  

	 	(i)	the Company shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event; 

  

	 	(ii)	a Lender shall not be obliged to fund a Utilisation (except for a Rollover Loan); and 

  

	 	(iii)	the Parties will enter into negotiations for a period not exceeding 30 days to determine the terms (the “Revised Terms”) on which the Lenders may be prepared to
continue to provide the Facility. If Revised Terms have not been agreed within 15 days of the end of such period, the Agent may (after receipt of notice from a Lender that it is not prepared to continue providing facilities), by not less than 7
days’ notice to the Company, cancel the Commitment of that Lender and declare the participation of that Lender in all outstanding Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents immediately due
and payable, whereupon the Commitment of 

  

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	(b)	Paragraph (a) above shall not apply where the change of control of the Company is triggered by the imposition of a new Holding Company of the Company where:

  

	 	(i)	there is no other change of control of the Company; and 

  

	 	(ii)	the new Holding Company accedes to this Agreement as an Additional Guarantor. 

  

	(c)	If the Company becomes wholly-owned by a new Holding Company of the Group in the circumstances set out in paragraph (b) above, this Agreement will be amended to the extent that the
Agent reasonably specifies as necessary to change references in this Agreement to the “Company” to refer to that new Holding Company. 

  

	(d)	For the purpose of this Clause 8.2, “control” has the meaning given to it in section 416(2) of the Taxes Act. 

  

	(e)	For the purpose of this Clause 8.2, “acting in concert” has the meaning given to it in the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers. 

  

	8.3	Voluntary cancellation 

  
 The Company may, if it gives the Agent not less than 3 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel
the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of £5,000,000) of the Available Facility. Any 
 cancellation under this Clause 8.3 shall
reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably. 
  

	8.4	Voluntary prepayment of Loans 

  
 The Borrower to which a Loan has been made may, if it gives the Agent not less than 3 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders
may agree) prior notice, prepay the whole or any part of a Loan (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the Base Currency Amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of £5,000,000). 
  

	8.5	Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender 

  

	(a)	If: 

  

	 	(i)	any sum payable to any Lender by an Obligor is required to be increased under paragraph (c) of Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up); 

  

	 	(ii)	any Lender claims indemnification from the Company under Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 14 (Increased costs); or 

  

	 	(iii)	any Lender is not within the charge to UK corporation tax, 

  
 the Company may, whilst the circumstance giving rise to the requirement or indemnification or the circumstance referred to in paragraph (iii) continues,
give the Agent at least 10 Business Day’s prior written notice (which notice shall be irrevocable) of its intention to repay or procure the repayment of such Lender’s share of the Loans or (subject to paragraph (b) below) the transfer of
such Lender’s rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to a bank or financial institution nominated by the Company and willing to participate in the Facility in place of such Lender (a “Substitute Lender”) in
accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders). On the last day of each current Interest Period, the Company shall repay such Lender’s portion 
  

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 of the Loan to which such Interest Period relates or, if the Company has notified such Lender of a
proposed transfer of its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to a Substitute Lender, the Company shall procure that: (i) a transfer of such Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of each outstanding Loan takes effect, and
that all payments due to such Lender as a result of such transfer are made, on the last day of each current Interest Period; and (ii) such Lender’s Available Commitment is transferred to the Substitute Lender together with the first transfer in
respect of an outstanding Loan. 
  

	(b)	No Lender shall be required to transfer its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to a Substitute Lender if it is unlawful or contrary to any applicable regulation for
that Lender to make the transfer or transact in any way with the Substitute Lender. 

  

	(c)	A Lender for whose account a repayment is to be made under paragraph (a) above shall not be obliged to participate in the making of any Loan on or after the date upon which the
Agent receives the Company’s notice of its intention to procure the repayment of such Lender’s share of the Loan, and such Lender’s Available Commitment shall be reduced to zero. 

  

	8.6	Restrictions 

  

	(a)	Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 8 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the
date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment. 

  

	(b)	Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty.

  

	(c)	Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of the Facility which is prepaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

  

	(d)	The Borrowers shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or cancel all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in
this Agreement. 

  

	(e)	No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated. 

  

	(f)	If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 8 it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Company or the affected Lender, as appropriate.

  

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 SECTION 5 
  

COSTS OF UTILISATION 
  

	9.	INTEREST 

  

	9.1	Calculation of interest 

  
 The rate of interest on each Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable: 
  

	 	(a)	Margin; 

  

	 	(b)	LIBOR, or in relation to any Loan in euro, EURIBOR; and 

  

	 	(c)	Mandatory Cost, if any. 

  

	9.2	Payment of interest 

  
 The Borrower to which a Loan has been made shall pay accrued interest on that Loan on the last day of each Interest Period (and, if the Interest Period is
longer than six Months, on the dates falling at six monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period). 
  

	9.3	Default interest 

  

	(a)	If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual
payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is the sum of 1 per cent and the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the
currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent (acting reasonably). Any interest accruing under this Clause 9.3 shall be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the Agent.

  

	(b)	If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Loan: 

 

	 	(i)	the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and

  

	 	(ii)	the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest Period shall be the sum of 1 per cent and the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had
not become due. 

  

	(c)	Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will
remain immediately due and payable. 

  

	9.4	Notification of rates of interest 

  
 The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the relevant Borrower of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement. 
  

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	10.	INTEREST PERIODS 

  

	10.1	Selection of Interest Periods 

  

	(a)	A Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Borrower) may select an Interest Period for a Loan in the Utilisation Request for that Loan. 

  

	(b)	Subject to this Clause 10, a Borrower (or the Company) may select an Interest Period of 7 days or 1, 2, 3 or 6 Months or any other period agreed between the Company and the Agent
(acting on the instructions of all the Lenders). 

  

	(c)	An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination Date. 

  

	(d)	Each Interest Period for a Loan shall start on the Utilisation Date. 

  

	(e)	A Loan has one Interest Period only. 

  

	10.2	Non-Business Days 

  
 If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that
calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not). 
  

	11.	CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST 

  

	11.1	Absence of quotations 

  
 Subject to Clause 11.2 (Market disruption), if LIBOR or, if applicable, EURIBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks but a
Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by the Specified Time on the Quotation Day, the applicable LIBOR or EURIBOR shall be determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks. 
  

	11.2	Market disruption 

  

	(a)	If a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan for any Interest Period, then the rate of interest on each Lender’s share of that Loan for the Interest Period shall
be the rate per annum which is the sum of: 

  

	 	(i)	the Margin; 

  

	 	(ii)	the rate notified to the Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to be that which
expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to that Lender of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select; and 

  

	 	(iii)	the Mandatory Cost, if any, applicable to that Lender’s participation in the Loan. 

  

	(b)	In this Agreement “Market Disruption Event” means: 

  

	 	(i)	at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period the Screen Rate is not available and none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a rate to the Agent to
determine LIBOR or, if applicable, EURIBOR for the relevant currency and Interest Period; or 

  

	 	(ii)	before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, the Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders (whose participations in a Loan
exceed 50 per cent. of that Loan) that the cost to it of obtaining matching deposits in the Relevant Interbank Market would be in excess of LIBOR or, if applicable, EURIBOR. 

  

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	11.3	Alternative basis of interest or funding 

  

	(a)	If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Agent or the Company so requires, the Agent and the Company shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty days)
with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest. 

  

	(b)	Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Company, be binding on all Parties. 

 

	11.4	Break Costs 

  

	(a)	Each Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum being
paid by that Borrower on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum. 

  

	(b)	Each Lender shall, together with its demand, provide a certificate confirming the amount and basis of calculation of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they accrue.

  

	12.	FEES 

  

	12.1	Commitment fee 

  

	(a)	The Company shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee in the Base Currency computed at the rate of 40% of the applicable Margin per cent. per annum on that
Lender’s Available Commitment for the Availability Period. 

  

	(b)	The accrued commitment fee is payable in arrear within 5 Business Days of receipt of a notice for payment from the Agent delivered after the last day of each successive period of
three Months which ends during the Availability Period, on the last day of the Availability Period and, if cancelled in full, on the cancelled amount of the relevant Lender’s Commitment at the time the cancellation is effective.

  

	12.2	Upfront fee 

  
 The Company shall pay an upfront fee to each Lender in the amount and at the time previously agreed. 
  

	12.3	Agency fee 

  
 The Company shall pay to the Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter. 
  

	12.4	Extension fee 

  
 The Company shall pay to the Agent an extension fee in the amount and at the times specified in Clause 7.2 (Extension Option). 
  

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 SECTION 6 
  

ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS 
  

	13.	TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES 

  

	13.1	Definitions 

  

	(a)	In this Agreement: 

  
 “Protected Party” means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account
of Tax in relation to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable) under a Finance Document. 
  
 “Qualifying Lender” means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a
Finance Document and is a Lender: 
  

	 	(i)	which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 349 of the Taxes Act) making an advance under a Finance Document; or 

  

	 	(ii)	in respect of an advance made under a Finance Document by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 349 of the Taxes Act) at the time that that advance was
made, 

  
 and which is within the charge to United
Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance. 
  
 “Tax Credit” means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax. 
  
 “Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document. 
  
 “Tax Payment” means the amount by which a payment made by
an Obligor to a Finance Party is increased under Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity). 
  

	(b)	Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 13 a reference to “determines” or “determined” means a determination made in the reasonable discretion of
the person making the determination. 

  

	13.2	Tax gross-up 

  

	(a)	Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law. 

  

	(b)	The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Agent
accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Company and that Obligor.

  

	(c)	If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax
Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required. 

  

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	(d)	An Obligor is not required to make an increased payment to a Lender under paragraph (c) above for a Tax Deduction in respect of tax imposed by the United Kingdom from a payment of
interest on a Loan, if on the date on which the payment falls due, the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if it was a Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying
Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or Treaty, or any published practice or concession of any relevant taxing
authority. If any Lender is not or ceases to be a Qualifying Lender, it shall promptly notify the relevant Obligor. 

  

	(e)	If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed
and in the minimum amount required by law. 

  

	(f)	Within thirty days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Agent
for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority. 

  

	13.3	Tax indemnity 

  

	(a)	The Company shall (within three Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party determines
has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by that Protected Party in respect of a Finance Document. 

  

	(b)	Paragraph (a) above shall not apply: 

  

	 	(i)	with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party: 

  

	 	(A)	under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as
resident for tax purposes; or 

  

	 	(B)	under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party’s Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,

  
 if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by
reference to the net income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that Finance Party; or 
  

	 	(ii)	to the extent a loss, liability or cost: 

  

	 	(A)	is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up); or 

  

	 	(B)	would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up) but was not so compensated solely because the exclusion in paragraph (d) of Clause
13.2 (Tax gross-up) applied. 

  

	(c)	A Protected Party making, or intending to make, a claim under paragraph (a) above shall promptly, and in any event within 30 days of becoming aware of the claim, notify the Agent of
the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall notify the Company. 

  

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	(d)	A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this Clause 13.3, notify the Agent. 

  

	13.4	Tax Credit 

  
 If an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines that: 
  

	 	(a)	a Tax Credit is attributable either to the circumstances giving rise to the Obligor’s obligation to make that Tax Payment or to that Tax Payment; and 

 

	 	(b)	that Finance Party has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit, 

  
 the Finance Party shall, within 5 Business Days of making such determination, pay an amount to the Obligor which that Finance Party determines will leave
it (after that payment) in no better and no worse position in respect of its worldwide tax liabilities it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by the Obligor. 
  

	13.5	Stamp taxes 

  
 The Company shall pay and, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party
incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document. 
  

	13.6	Value added tax 

  

	(a)	All amounts set out, or expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for VAT purposes
shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on such supply, and accordingly, subject to paragraph (c) below, if VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document, that Party shall pay
to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying the consideration) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT (and such Finance Party shall promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to such Party). 

  

	(b)	If VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the “Supplier”) to any other Finance Party (the “Recipient”) under a Finance
Document, and any Party (the “Relevant Party”) is required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for such supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse the Recipient in
respect of that consideration), such Party shall also pay to the Supplier (in addition to and at the same time as paying such amount) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT. The Recipient will promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to
any credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority which it reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply. 

  

	(c)	Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse a Finance Party for any costs or expenses, that Party shall also at the same time pay and indemnify the Finance Party
against all VAT incurred by the Finance Party in respect of the costs or expenses to the extent that the Finance Party reasonably determines that neither it nor any other member of any group of which it is a member for VAT purposes is entitled to
credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of the VAT. 

  

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	13.7	Lender Tax Representation 

  
 Each Lender represents that it: 
  

	 	(a)	is and will be within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax in respect of any interest which is paid out of the assets of the Obligor or any of the United Kingdom
incorporated and resident Guarantors to such Lender; and 

  

	 	(b)	is not and will not be entitled to any exemption from United Kingdom tax in respect of such interest. 

  

	14.	Increased costs 

  

	14.1	Increased costs 

  

	 	(a)	Subject to Clause 14.3 (Exceptions) the Company shall, within three Business Days of a demand by the Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased
Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of (i) the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or (ii) compliance with any law or regulation
made after the date of this Agreement. 

  

	 	(b)	In this Agreement “Increased Costs” means: 

  

	 	(i)	a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital; 

  

	 	(ii)	an additional or increased cost; or 

  

	 	(iii)	a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document, 

  
 which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into
its Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document. 
  

	14.2	Increased cost claims 

  

	 	(a)	A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 14.1 (Increased costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Agent
shall promptly notify the Company. 

  

	 	(b)	Each Finance Party shall, together with its demand, provide a certificate confirming the amount and basis of calculation of its Increased Costs. 

  

	14.3	Exceptions 

  

	 	(a)	Clause 14.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is: 

  

	 	(i)	attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor; 

  

	 	(ii)	compensated for by Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because any of
the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) applied); 

  

	 	(iii)	compensated for by the payment of the Mandatory Cost; or 

  

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	 	(iv)	attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation or the negligence of any of them. 

  

	 	(b)	In this Clause 14.3, a reference to a “Tax Deduction” has the same meaning given to the term in Clause 13.1 (Definitions). 

  

	15.	Other indemnities 

  

	15.1	Currency indemnity 

  

	 	(a)	If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from
the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of: 

  

	 	(i)	making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor; 

  

	 	(ii)	obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings, 

  
 that Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within three Business Days
of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First
Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum. 
  

	(b)	Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed
to be payable. 

  

	15.2	Other indemnities 

  
 The Company shall (or shall procure that an Obligor will), within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or
liability incurred by that Finance Party as a result of: 
  

	 	(a)	the occurrence of any Event of Default; 

  

	 	(b)	a failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of Clause 28
(Sharing among the Finance Parties); 

  

	 	(c)	funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested by a Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of
the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or negligence by that Finance Party alone); or 

  

	 	(d)	a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by a Borrower or the Company. 

  

	15.3	Indemnity to the Agent 

  
 The Company shall promptly indemnify the Agent against any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of: 

 

	 	(a)	investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; or 

  

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	 	(b)	acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised. 

  

	16.	Mitigation by the Lenders 

  

	16.1	Mitigation 

  

	(a)	Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Company, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable
under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 8.1 (Illegality), Clause 13 (Tax gross-up and indemnities), Clause 14 (Increased costs) or paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae) including (but
not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office. 

  

	(b)	Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the Finance Documents. 

  

	16.2	Limitation of liability 

  

	(a)	The Company shall indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 16.1
(Mitigation). 

  

	(b)	A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 16.1 (Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to
it. 

  

	17.	Costs and expenses 

  

	17.1	Transaction expenses 

  
 The Company shall promptly on demand pay the Agent the amount of all agreed costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by it in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of: 
  

	 	(a)	this Agreement and any other Finance Documents referred to in this Agreement; and 

  

	 	(b)	any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement. 

  

	17.2	Amendment costs 

  
 If (a) an Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent or (b) an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 29.9 (Change of currency), the
Company shall, within three Business Days of demand, reimburse the Agent for the amount of all reasonable costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Agent in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or
requirement. 
  

	17.3	Enforcement costs 

  
 The Company shall, within three Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by
that Finance Party in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document. 
  

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 SECTION 7 
  

GUARANTEE 

	18.	GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY 

  

	18.1	Guarantee and indemnity 

  
 Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally: 
  

	 	(a)	guarantees to each Finance Party punctual performance by each Borrower of all that Borrower’s obligations under the Finance Documents; 

  

	 	(b)	undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever a Borrower does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, that Guarantor shall immediately on
demand pay that amount as if it was the principal obligor; and 

  

	 	(c)	indemnifies each Finance Party immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability suffered by that Finance Party if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes
unenforceable, invalid or illegal. The amount of the cost, loss or liability shall be equal to the amount which that Finance Party would otherwise have been entitled to recover. 

  

	18.2	Continuing guarantee 

  
 This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums payable by any Obligor under the Finance Documents, regardless of
any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part. 
  

	18.3	Reinstatement 

  
 If any payment by an Obligor or any discharge given by a Finance Party (whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for those
obligations or otherwise) is avoided or reduced as a result of insolvency or any similar event: 
  

	 	(a)	the liability of each Obligor shall continue as if the payment, discharge, avoidance or reduction had not occurred; and 

  

	 	(b)	each Finance Party shall be entitled to recover the value or amount of that security or payment from each Obligor, as if the payment, discharge, avoidance or reduction had not
occurred. 

  

	18.4	Waiver of defences 

  
 The obligations of each Guarantor under this Clause 18 will not be affected by an act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause, would reduce,
release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Clause 18 (without limitation and whether or not known to it or any Finance Party) including: 
  

	 	(a)	any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or other person; 

  

	 	(b)	the release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group; 

  

	 	(c)	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any Obligor
or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security; 

  

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	 	(d)	any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other person; 

  

	 	(e)	any amendment (however fundamental) or replacement of a Finance Document or any other document or security; 

  

	 	(f)	any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or 

  

	 	(g)	any insolvency or similar proceedings. 

  

	18.5	Immediate recourse 

  
 Each Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any
other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that Guarantor under this Clause 18. This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance Document to the contrary. 
  

	18.6	Appropriations 

  
 Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full,
each Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may: 
  

	 	(a)	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by that Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts,
or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and no Guarantor shall be entitled to the benefit of the same; and 

  

	 	(b)	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from any Guarantor or on account of any Guarantor’s liability under this Clause 18. 

 

	18.7	Deferral of Guarantors’ rights 

  
 Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and
unless the Agent otherwise directs, no Guarantor will exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents: 
  

	 	(a)	to be indemnified by an Obligor; 

  

	 	(b)	to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Obligor’s obligations under the Finance Documents; and/or 

  

	 	(c)	to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee
or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents by any Finance Party. 

  

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	18.8	Release of Guarantors’ right of contribution 

  
 If any Guarantor (a “Retiring Guarantor”) ceases to be a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents for the purpose
of any sale or other disposal of that Retiring Guarantor then on the date such Retiring Guarantor ceases to be a Guarantor. 
  

	 	(a)	that Retiring Guarantor is released by each other Guarantor from any liability (whether past, present or future and whether actual or contingent) to make a contribution to any other
Guarantor arising by reason of the performance by any other Guarantor of its obligations under the Finance Documents; and 

  

	 	(b)	each other Guarantor waives any rights it may have by reason of the performance of its obligations under the Finance Documents to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether
by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under any Finance Document or of any other security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, any Finance Document where such rights or security are granted by or in relation
to the assets of the Retiring Guarantor. 

  

	18.9	Additional security 

  
 This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Finance Party.

  

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 SECTION 8 
  

REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT 
  

	19.	REPRESENTATIONS 

  
 Each Obligor makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 19 to each Finance Party on the date of this Agreement. 
  

	19.1	Status 

  

	(a)	It is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation. 

  

	(b)	It and each of its Material Subsidiaries has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted. 

  

	19.2	Binding obligations 

  
 The obligations expressed to be assumed by it in each Finance Document are, subject to any general principles of law limiting its obligations which are
specifically referred to in any legal opinion delivered pursuant to Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation) or Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors), legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations. 
  

	19.3	Non-conflict with other obligations 

  
 The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents do not and will not conflict with: 
  

	 	(a)	any law or regulation applicable to it; 

  

	 	(b)	its constitutional documents; or 

  

	 	(c)	any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets where such conflict is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  

	19.4	Power and authority 

  
 It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the
Finance Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents. 
  

	19.5	Validity and admissibility in evidence 

  
 All Authorisations required: 
  

	 	(a)	to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and 

  

	 	(b)	to make the Finance Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation, 

  
 have been obtained or effected and are in full force and
effect (or, in each case, will be when required). 
  

	19.6	Governing law and enforcement 

  

	(a)	The choice of English law as the governing law of the Finance Documents will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation. 

  

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	(b)	Any judgment obtained in England in relation to a Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation. 

  

	19.7	Deduction of Tax 

  
 It is not required to make any deduction for or on account of Tax from any payment it may make to a Lender under any Finance Document, provided that such
Lender is a Qualifying Lender. 
  

	19.8	No filing or stamp taxes 

  
 Under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other
authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents. 
  

	19.9	No default 

  

	(a)	No Event of Default is continuing or would result from the making of any Utilisation. 

  

	(b)	No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or any of its Subsidiaries or to which its
(or any of its Subsidiaries’) assets are subject which would have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  

	19.10	No misleading information 

  

	(a)	Any factual information included in the Information Memorandum was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it
is stated. 

  

	(b)	The financial projections contained in the Information Memorandum have been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions.

  

	(c)	Nothing has occurred or been omitted from the Information Memorandum and no information has been given or withheld that results in the information contained in the Information
Memorandum being untrue or misleading in any material respect. 

  

	19.11	Financial statements 

  

	(a)	Its Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. 

  

	(b)	Its Original Financial Statements fairly represent its financial condition and operations (consolidated in the case of the Company) during the relevant financial year.

  

	(c)	There has been no material adverse change in its business or financial condition (or the business or consolidated financial condition of the Group, in the case of the Company) since
31 December 2003. 

  

	19.12	Pari passu ranking 

  
 Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors,
except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally. 
  

	19.13	No proceedings pending or threatened 

  
 No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral body or agency which are: 
  

	 	(i)	reasonably likely to be adversely determined against it or any of its Subsidiaries; and 

  

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	 	(ii)	if so determined, are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, 

  
 have (to the best of its knowledge and belief) been started or threatened against it or any of its Subsidiaries. 
  

	19.14	No winding up 

  
 No corporate action or other legal proceedings have (to the best of its knowledge and belief) been started or threatened against it or any Material
Subsidiary for its or any Material Subsidiary’s winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation or for the enforcement of any Security over all or any of its and any Material Subsidiary’s revenues or assets or for the appointment
of a receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, conservator, custodian, trustee, or similar officer of it or any 
 Material Subsidiary
or of any of all of its or any Material Subsidiary’s assets or revenues. 
  

	19.15	Environmental compliance 

  
 Each member of the Group has duly performed and observed in all material respects all Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits and all other material
covenants, conditions, restrictions or agreements directly or indirectly concerned with any contamination, pollution or waste or the release or discharge of any toxic or hazardous substance in connection with any real property which is or at any
time was owned, leased or occupied by any member of the Group or on which any member of the Group has conducted any activity, in each case where failure to do so might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  

	19.16	ERISA and Multiemployer Plans 

  

	(a)	Neither any Subsidiary incorporated in the United States nor any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or have within any of the five calendar
years immediately preceding the date of this Agreement made or accrued an obligation to make contributions to any Multiemployer Plan to an extent or in a manner which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

 

	(b)	Each Employer Plan is in compliance in form and operation with ERISA and the Code and all other applicable laws and regulations save where any failure to comply would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  

	(c)	Each Employee Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified or is in the process of being submitted to
the IRS for approval or will be so submitted during the applicable remedial amendment period and nothing has occurred since the date of such determination that would adversely affect such determination (or, in the case of an Employee Plan with no
determination, nothing has occurred that would materially adversely affect such qualification). 

  

	(d)	There exists no Unfunded Pension Liability with respect to any Employee Plan, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  

	(e)	There are no actions, suits or claims pending against or involving an Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) or to the knowledge of the Company, any Subsidiary
incorporated in the United States or any ERISA Affiliate, threatened, which would reasonably be expected to be asserted successfully against any Employee Plan and, if so asserted successfully, would reasonably be expected either singly or in the
aggregate to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  

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	(f)	Each Subsidiary incorporated in the United States and any ERISA Affiliate has made all material contributions to or under each such Employee Plan required by law within the
applicable time limits prescribed thereby, the terms of such Employee Plan, or any contract or agreement requiring contributions to an Employee Plan. 

  

	(g)	Neither any Subsidiary incorporated in the United States nor any ERISA Affiliate has ceased operations at a facility so as to become subject to the provisions of Section 4068(a) of
ERISA, withdrawn as a substantial employer so as to become subject to the provisions of Section 4063 of ERISA or ceased making contributions to any Employee Plan subject to Section 4064(a) of ERISA to which it made contributions.

  

	(h)	Neither any Subsidiary incorporated in the United States nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any material liability to PBGC.

  

	19.17	Margin Stock 

  

	(a)	No member of the Group is engaged nor will it engage principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of owning or extending credit for the purpose of
“buying” or “carrying” any Margin Stock. 

  

	(b)	None of the proceeds of any Loan or other extensions of credit under this Agreement will be used directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any Margin Stock, for
the purpose of reducing or retiring any Financial Indebtedness that was originally incurred to buy or carry Margin Stock or for any other purpose which might cause all or any Loans (or any part thereof) or other extensions of credit under this
Agreement to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulation U, T or Regulation X. 

  

	(c)	No Subsidiary incorporated in the United States or any agent acting on its behalf has taken or will take any action which might cause the Finance Documents to violate any regulation
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States. 

  

	19.18	Investment Companies 

  
 No member of the Group is an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of an “investment company” as such terms are
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 of the United States (the “1940 Act”) or otherwise subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 of the United States, the Federal Power Act of 1935 of the
United States or the 1940 Act or any United States federal or state statute or regulation restricting or limiting its ability to incur indebtedness. 
  

	19.19	Repetition 

  
 The Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by each Obligor by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on: 
  

	 	(a)	the date of each Utilisation Request and the first day of each Interest Period; and 

  

	 	(b)	in the case of an Additional Obligor, the day on which the company becomes (or it is proposed that the company becomes) an Additional Obligor. 

  

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	20.	INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS 

  
 The undertakings in this Clause 20 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or
any Commitment is in force. 
  

	20.1	Financial statements 

  
 The Company shall supply to the Agent in sufficient copies for all the Lenders: 
  

	 	(a)	as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 180 days after the end of each of its financial years: 

  

	 	(i)	its audited consolidated financial statements for that financial year; and 

  

	 	(ii)	(to the extent that such are produced or required by the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of such Obligor to be produced) the financial statements of each other Obligor for
that financial year; and 

  

	 	(b)	as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of the first half of each of its financial years its consolidated financial statements for that
financial half year; and 

  

	 	(c)	as soon as they are published, its quarterly trading updates. 

  

	20.2	Compliance Certificate 

  

	(a)	The Company shall supply to the Agent, with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) or (b) of Clause 20.1 (Financial statements), a Compliance
Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 21 (Financial covenants) as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up. 

  

	(b)	Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by the Group Treasurer or any other more senior financial officer of the Company. 

  

	20.3	Requirements as to financial statements 

  

	(a)	Each set of financial statements delivered by the Company pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) or (b) of Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) shall be certified by the Group Treasurer
or any other more senior financial officer of the Company as fairly representing its (or, as the case may be, its consolidated) financial condition and operations as at the end of and for the period in relation to which those financial statements
were drawn up. 

  

	(b)	The Company shall procure that each set of financial statements of an Obligor delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using Applicable Accounting
Principles, accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial Statements for that Obligor unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, it notifies the Agent
that there has been a change in Applicable Accounting Principles, the accounting practices or reference periods and the Company delivers to the Agent sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the Agent, to enable
the Lenders to determine whether Clause 21 (Financial covenants) has been complied with. 

  

	(c)	If the Company notifies the Agent of a change in accordance with paragraph (b) of Clause 20.3 (Requirements as to financial statements) the Company and the Agent (acting on
the instructions 

  

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 of the Majority Lenders) shall enter into negotiations in good faith with a view to agreeing any
amendments to this Agreement which are necessary as a result of the change. To the extent practicable these amendments will be such as to ensure that the change does not result in any material alteration in the commercial effect of the obligations
in this Agreement. If any amendments are agreed they shall take effect and be binding on each of the Parties in accordance with their terms. 
  

	20.4	Information: miscellaneous 

  
 The Company shall supply to the Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders, if the Agent so requests): 
  

	 	(a)	all documents dispatched by the Company to its shareholders (or any class of them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched; 

  

	 	(b)	promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any member of the
Group where such claim is: 

  

	 	(i)	reasonably likely to be adversely determined against such member of the Group; and 

  

	 	(ii)	if so determined, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and 

  

	 	(c)	promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, business and operations of any member of the Group as any Finance Party (through the Agent) may reasonably
request except to the extent that the relevant member of the Group or the Company is subject to a bona fide confidentiality undertaking in respect of such information in favour of a party other than one of its Affiliates or the information is of a
price sensitive nature. 

  

	20.5	Notification of default 

  

	(a)	The Company shall (on behalf of the Obligors) notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.

  

	(b)	Promptly upon a request by the Agent, the Company shall (on behalf of the Obligors) supply to the Agent a certificate signed by the Group Treasurer or any other more senior
financial officer of the Company on its behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it). 

  

	20.6	Material Subsidiaries 

  
 With each set of financial statements delivered under paragraph (a)(i) of Clause 20.1 (Financial statements), the Company shall supply to the Agent
a certificate listing the Material Subsidiaries of the Company as at the end of the financial year to which those statements relate. 
  

	20.7	Use of websites 

  

	(a)	The Company may satisfy its obligation under this Agreement to deliver any information in relation to those Lenders (the “Website Lenders”) who accept this method
of communication by posting this information onto an electronic website designated by the Company and the Agent (the “Designated Website”) if: 

  

	 	(i)	the Agent expressly agrees (after consultation with each of the Lenders) that it will accept communication of the information by this method; 

  

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	 	(ii)	both the Company and the Agent are aware of the address of and any relevant password specifications for the Designated Website; and 

  

	 	(iii)	the information is in a format previously agreed between the Company and the Agent. 

  
 If any Lender (a “Paper Form Lender”) does not agree to the delivery of information electronically then the
Agent shall notify the Company accordingly and the Company shall supply the information to the Agent (in sufficient copies for each Paper Form Lender) in paper form. In any event the Company shall supply the Agent with at least one copy in paper
form of any information required to be provided by it. 
  

	(b)	The Agent shall supply each Website Lender with the address of and any relevant password specifications for the Designated Website following designation of that website by the
Company and the Agent. 

  

	(c)	The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence notify the Agent if: 

  

	 	(i)	the Designated Website cannot be accessed due to technical failure; 

  

	 	(ii)	the password specifications for the Designated Website change; 

  

	 	(iii)	any new information which is required to be provided under this Agreement is posted onto the Designated Website; 

  

	 	(iv)	any existing information which has been provided under this Agreement and posted onto the Designated Website is amended; or 

  

	 	(v)	the Company becomes aware that the Designated Website or any information posted onto the Designated Website is or has been infected by any electronic virus or similar software.

  
 If the Company notifies the Agent under
paragraph (c)(i) or paragraph (c)(v) above, all information to be provided by the Company under this Agreement after the date of that notice shall be supplied in paper form unless and until the Agent and each Website Lender is satisfied that the
circumstances giving rise to the notification are no longer continuing. 
  

	(d)	Any Website Lender may request, through the Agent, one paper copy of any information required to be provided under this Agreement which is posted onto the Designated Website. The
Company shall comply with any such request within ten Business Days. 

  

	20.8	“Know your customer” checks 

  

	(a)	If: 

  

	 	(i)	the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;

  

	 	(ii)	any change in the status of an Obligor after the date of this Agreement; or 

  

	 	(iii)	a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,

  

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 obliges the Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Lender) to
comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, each Obligor shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender supply, or
procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, on behalf of any
prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent, such Lender or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer”
or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents. 
  

	(b)	Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself)
in order for the Agent to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance
Documents. 

  

	(c)	The Company shall, by not less than 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent, notify the Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) of its intention to request
that one of its Subsidiaries becomes an Additional Obligor pursuant to Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors). 

  

	(d)	Following the giving of any notice pursuant to paragraph (c) above, if the accession of such Additional Obligor obliges the Agent or any Lender to comply with “know your
customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Company shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such
documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent or such Lender or any prospective new
Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the accession of such Subsidiary to this Agreement as an Additional
Obligor. 

  

	21.	FINANCIAL COVENANTS 

  

	21.1	Financial condition 

  
 The Company shall ensure that: 
  

	 	(a)	the ratio of EBITDA for each Relevant Period ending on a Relevant Date to Consolidated Net Interest for that Relevant Period shall be equal to or greater than 4.0:1.0; and

  

	 	(b)	the ratio of Consolidated Net Borrowings on each Relevant Date to Proforma EBITDA for the Relevant Period ending on that Relevant Date shall be no greater than 3.0:1.0.

  

	21.2	Financial covenant calculations 

  

	 	(a)	Consolidated Net Borrowings, Consolidated Net Interest, Consolidated Operating Profits, EBITDA and Proforma EBITDA shall be calculated and interpreted on a consolidated basis in
accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles and shall be expressed in sterling. 

  

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	 	(b)	No item must be credited or deducted more than once in any calculation under this Clause. 

  

	21.3	Definitions 

  
 In this Clause 21.3: 
  
 “Consolidated Net Borrowings” means as at the end of each Relevant Period the aggregate amount of (a) all obligations of the Group for or
in respect of Financial Indebtedness at such a time, less (b) Available Cash at such time, but excluding any such obligations to any other member of the Group. 
  

“Consolidated Net Interest” means, in respect of any Relevant Period, the aggregate amount of all interest (including, without
limitation, (i) the interest element of leasing and hire purchase payments in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles be treated as a finance or capital lease and (ii)
amortisation of capitalised interest), commission and other finance payments incurred by the Group and its Associated Undertakings in respect of Financial Indebtedness during that Relevant Period which in accordance with Applicable Accounting
Principles are treated as “interest” less any interest receivable by any member of the Group or an Associated Undertaking on any deposit or bank account but excluding: 
  

	 	(a)	any such amounts in respect of Financial Indebtedness between one member of the Group or an Associated Undertaking of the Group and any other member of the Group or Associated
Undertaking of the Group; 

  

	 	(b)	a proportion of such amounts payable and/or receivable by any Associated Undertaking equal to the proportion of its equity share capital not directly or indirectly attributable to
the Company; 

  

	 	(c)	any fees payable in respect of gold or other precious metals consignment stocks; and 

  

	 	(d)	any professional fees and upfront fees payable in connection with the raising of Financial Indebtedness. 

  
 “Consolidated Operating Profits” means, in respect of any period, the total operating profit for continuing
operations, acquisitions (as a component of continuing operations) and discontinued operations of the Group and its Associated Undertakings during such period (including only the proportion of the operating profits of any Associated Undertaking
equal to the proportion of its equity share capital directly or indirectly attributable to the Company) all as calculated and interpreted in accordance with Applicable Accounting Principles before: 
  

	 	(a)	any provision on account of taxation; and 

  

	 	(b)	any interest, commission, discounts or other fees incurred or payable, received or receivable by any member of the Group in respect of Financial Indebtedness; and

  

	 	(c)	any items treated as exceptional items, whether of an operational or non-operational nature (including, without limitation, exceptional costs relating to acquisitions).

  

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 “EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Operating Profits in respect of such
period, before any amount attributable to the amortisation of intangible assets and depreciation of tangible assets during such period and before any amortisation of capitalised upfront fees payable in connection with precious metal consignment
arrangements. 
  
 “Proforma EBITDA” means, in
respect of any Relevant Period, EBITDA in respect of such Relevant Period: 
  

	 	(a)	plus, in the case of any company or business that has been acquired during such Relevant Period, the aggregate EBITDA attributable to such company or business for that part of such
Relevant Period when it was not a member of the Group; and 

  

	 	(b)	less, in the case of any company or business which has been disposed of during such Relevant Period, the aggregate EBITDA attributable to such company or business for that part of
such Relevant Period when it was a member of the Group. 

  
 “Relevant Date” means the last day of the first half of each of the Company’s financial years and the last day of each of its financial years. 
  
 “Relevant Period” means each period of twelve months ending on a Relevant Date. 
  

	22.	GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS 

  
 The undertakings in this Clause 22 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or
any Commitment is in force. 
  

	22.1	Authorisations 

  
 Each Obligor shall promptly: 
  

	 	(a)	obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and 

  

	 	(b)	supply certified copies to the Agent of, 

  
 any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its jurisdiction of incorporation to enable it to perform its obligations under the Finance
Documents and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation of any Finance Document. 
  

	22.2	Compliance with laws 

  
 Each Obligor shall comply in all respects with all laws to which it may be subject, if failure so to comply would materially impair its ability to perform
its obligations under the Finance Documents. 
  

	22.3	Negative pledge 

  

	(a)	No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets. 

  

	(b)	No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will): 

  

	 	(i)	sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by an Obligor or any other member of the Group;

  

	 	(ii)	sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms; 

  

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	 	(iii)	enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or

  

	 	(iv)	enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect, 

  
 in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a method of raising Financial Indebtedness or of financing the
acquisition of an asset. 
  

	(c)	Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to: 

  

	 	(i)	any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the Group in the normal course of its banking arrangements; 

  

	 	(ii)	any sale and leaseback arrangements entered into by a member of the Group subject to a maximum aggregate amount of £5,000,000 at any time outstanding;

  

	 	(iii)	any security for costs provided by any member of the Group in order to enable it to continue with court proceedings which are being brought by it or being defended by it in good
faith; 

  

	 	(iv)	any retention of title arrangement entered into by any member of the Group in the normal course of its trading activities on the counterparty’s standard or usual terms;

  

	 	(v)	any Security arising by operation of law or which is otherwise incidental to the normal conduct of the business of the Company or any other member of the Group or the ownership of
their properties and which does not in the aggregate materially impair the use of such property in the operation of the business of the Company and the other members of the Group taken as a whole; 

  

	 	(vi)	any Security in respect of taxes payable by a Subsidiary incorporated in the United States, where such taxes have not yet become subject to penalties for non-payment or the amount
and validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings by that Subsidiary; 

  

	 	(vii)	any Security created or outstanding with the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders; 

  

	 	(viii)	any Security created by any Precious Metal Company which is party to a Consignment Agreement, in favour of or for the benefit of one or more Consignment Providers, to protect or
improve their position as consignors under the Consignment Agreements, provided that such Security shall only be created over the business and assets of any Precious Metal Company. 

  

	 	(ix)	any Security in respect of assets acquired or constructed by the Company or any other member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, which Security is created at the time of
acquisition or completion of construction of such assets (or during the period of such construction) or within 120 days thereafter, to secure Financial Indebtedness incurred or assumed to finance all or any part of the purchase price of the
acquisition or cost of construction of such assets (or any improvement thereon), provided that the aggregate principal amount of Financial Indebtedness secured by any such Security in respect of any such assets shall not exceed the fair market value
of such assets and no such Security shall extend to or cover any other assets of the Company or any other member of the Group; 

  

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	 	(x)	any Security incurred or deposit made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security
or retirement benefits or (ii) to secure (or to obtain letters of credit that secure) the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety bonds, appeal bonds, bids, leases (other than Finance Leases), performance bonds or purchase,
construction or sales contracts and other similar obligations; 

  

	 	(xi)	any Security listed in Schedule 10 (Existing Security) and not falling within any other paragraph of this paragraph (c) (except for any Security granted in connection with
the Existing Facility which shall be discharged on repayment and cancellation in full of the Existing Facility); 

  

	 	(xii)	any Security securing any obligations in respect of any letter of credit or guarantees of any member of the Group subject to a maximum aggregate amount of £10,000,000;

  

	 	(xiii)	any Security over or affecting any asset acquired by a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement if: 

  

	 	(i)	the Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group; 

  

	 	(ii)	the principal amount secured has not been increased in contemplation of, or since the acquisition of, that asset by a member of the Group; and 

  

	 	(iii)	that Security is removed or discharged within 6 months of the date of acquisition of such asset; 

  

	 	(xiv)	any Security over or affecting any asset of any company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, where the Security is created prior to the date on
which that company becomes a member of the Group, if: 

  

	 	(i)	the Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that company; 

  

	 	(ii)	the principal amount secured has not increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that company; and 

  

	 	(iii)	the Security is removed or discharged within 6 months of that company becoming a member of the Group; and 

  

	 	(xv)	in addition to any security subsisting pursuant to paragraphs (i) to (xiv) above any other Security, provided that the aggregate amount secured by all such Security falling within
this paragraph (xv) does not at any time exceed £30,000,000. 

  

	22.4	Disposals 

  

	(a)	No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and
whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset. 

  

	(b)	Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any sale, lease, transfer or other disposal: 

  

	 	(i)	made in the ordinary and usual course of business on arm’s length commercial terms; 

  

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	 	(ii)	of assets in exchange for or those replaced by other assets comparable or superior as to type, value and quality; 

  

	 	(iii)	a disposal made by any member of the Group to another member of the Group; 

  

	 	(iv)	of cash for a purpose not prohibited under the Finance Documents; 

  

	 	(v)	the net proceeds of which are applied in prepayment and cancellation of the Facility or reinvested in the business within 12 months of the relevant sale, lease, transfer or other
disposal; 

  

	 	(vi)	for cash of receivables under the Asset Securitisation Programme, subject to a maximum aggregate amount of $35,000,000 at any time outstanding; 

  

	 	(vii)	for cash of receivables in connection with any other debt factoring, securitisation or similar arrangement entered into by a member of the Group in the ordinary course of its
business, subject to a maximum aggregate amount of £40,000,000 at any time outstanding; 

  

	 	(viii)	of obsolete assets not required for the operation of the businesses of the Group by any member of the Group; 

  

	 	(ix)	any sale and leaseback arrangements entered into by a member of the Group subject to a maximum aggregate of £5,000,000 at any time outstanding; 

  

	 	(x)	made with the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders; and 

  

	 	(xi)	on arm’s length commercial terms by any member of the Group which disposals do not fall within paragraphs (i) to (x) above (or to the extent that any disposal which falls
within paragraphs (i) to (x) above exceeds any maximum amount set out in the relevant paragraph), provided that the consideration receivable, after deducting any reasonable fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, (when aggregated
with the consideration receivable for any other sale, lease, transfer or other disposal other than any permitted under paragraphs (i) to (x) above) does not exceed £30,000,000 in any financial year. 

  

	22.5	Merger 

  
 No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger or corporate
reconstruction other than: 
  

	 	(a)	with the consent of the Majority Lenders; 

  

	 	(b)	where (except in the case of any amalgamation, demerger, merger or corporate reconstruction of the Company): 

  

	 	(i)	such amalgamation, demerger, merger or corporate reconstruction is made on arm’s length commercial terms; and 

  

	 	(ii)	where the Consolidated Total Assets of the Group are not reduced as a result of such amalgamation, demerger, merger or corporate reconstruction; or 

  

	 	(c)	with one or more other members of the Group (other than the Company). 

  

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	22.6	Change of business 

  
 The Company shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of the Group from that carried on at the date of this
Agreement. 
  

	22.7	Acquisitions 

  

	(a)	No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) (without the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders): 

  

	 	(i)	purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any shares (or other equity securities or interest therein) in, or incorporate, any other company or agree to do any of the foregoing;
or 

  

	 	(ii)	purchase or otherwise acquire any business or any assets which when taken together, constitute a business. 

  

	(b)	Paragraph (a) does not apply to: 

  

	 	(i)	any single acquisition or series of acquisitions if the aggregate consideration paid or payable in respect thereof to the extent not falling within paragraph (ii) below does not
exceed £100,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) in any financial year; 

  

	 	(ii)	any acquisition or investment to the extent financed by the issue of equity on or within 6 months of completion of such acquisition or investment; and 

  

	 	(iii)	any purchase, subscription or acquisition of shares or businesses by a member of the Group in another member of the Group; 

  

	22.8	Subsidiary indebtedness 

  
 No member of the Group (other than the Company) shall incur or have outstanding any Financial Indebtedness other than: 
  

	 	(a)	any Financial Indebtedness outstanding from time to time, provided that the maximum aggregate amount of all such indebtedness falling within this paragraph shall not at any time
exceed £70,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies); 

  

	 	(b)	Financial Indebtedness in respect of any assets acquired or constructed after the date of this Agreement, to the extent that such Financial Indebtedness is secured by Security
falling within paragraph (ix) of paragraph (c) of Clause 22.3 (Negative Pledge); 

  

	 	(c)	Financial Indebtedness created with the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders; 

  

	 	(d)	loans made by one member of the Group to another member of the Group; 

  

	 	(e)	any Financial Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary which has acceded to this Agreement as an Additional Guarantor; and 

  

	 	(f)	any Financial Indebtedness incurred by any company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, where such Financial Indebtedness is incurred prior to the
date on which that company becomes a member of the Group, if: 

  

	 	(i)	the Financial Indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation of the acquisition of that company; 

  

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	 	(ii)	the principal amount of such Financial Indebtedness has not been increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that company; and 

  

	 	(iii)	the Financial Indebtedness is repaid and cancelled within 3 months of that company becoming a member of the Group. 

  

	22.9	Loans and guarantees 

  
 No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) make any loans, grant any credit or other financial accommodation
or give any guarantee (except as required by the Finance Documents) to or for the benefit of, or assume any liability of, any other person, other than: 
  

	 	(a)	any loans and guarantees existing at the date of this Agreement; 

  

	 	(b)	loans or credit granted in the ordinary course of trade; or 

  

	 	(c)	any loans and guarantees given by one member of the Group: 

  

	 	(i)	to or in respect of indebtedness of another member of the Group; or 

  

	 	(ii)	relating to joint venture arrangements to which any member of the Group is party, up to an aggregate maximum amount of £10,000,000 at any time. 

  

	22.10	Insurance 

  
 Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each other member of the Group will) maintain insurances on and in relation to its business and
assets with reputable underwriters or insurance companies against such risks and to such extent as, in the judgement of the Company (acting reasonably), the Group is required to maintain in order for it to carry on its business. 
  

	22.11	Environmental compliance 

  
 Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each other member of the Group will) comply in all respects with all Environmental Laws and obtain
and maintain any Environmental Permits, breach of which (or failure to obtain, maintain or take which) is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  

	22.12	Environmental claims 

  
 The Company shall inform the Agent in writing as soon as reasonably practicable upon becoming aware of the same if any Environmental Claim has been
commenced or (to the best of its knowledge and belief) is threatened against any member of the Group in any case where such claim is: 
  

	 	(i)	reasonably likely to be adversely determined against such member of the Group and 

  

	 	(ii)	if so determined, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  

	22.13	Pari Passu 

  
 Each Obligor shall ensure that its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and
unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally. 
  

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	22.14	Federal Reserve Regulation 

  
 Each Subsidiary incorporated in the United States shall and shall procure that each ERISA Affiliate shall (except as may be otherwise agreed by the
Majority Lenders) use the Facility without violating Regulations T, U and X. 
  

	22.15	Compliance with ERISA 

  
 No Obligor shall: 
  

	 	(a)	allow, or permit any of its ERISA Affiliates to allow: 

  

	 	(i)	any Employee Plan with respect to which any Subsidiary incorporated in the United States or any of its ERISA Affiliates may have any liability to terminate;

  

	 	(ii)	any Subsidiary incorporated in the United States or ERISA Affiliates to withdraw from any Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan; 

  

	 	(iii)	any ERISA Event to occur with respect to any Employee Plan; or 

  

	 	(iv)	any Accumulated Funding Deficiency (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, to exist involving any of its Employee Plans,

  
 to the extent that any of the events described
in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, singly or in the aggregate, might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 
  

	 	(b)	allow, or permit any of its ERISA Affiliates to allow: 

  

	 	(i)	the aggregate amount of Unfunded Pension Liability among all Employee Plans (taking into account only Employee Plans with positive Unfunded Pension Liability) at any time to exceed
any amount which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or 

  

	 	(ii)	the aggregate potential withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA, if the Company and its ERISA Affiliates were to completely or partially withdraw from all Multiemployer
Plans, to exceed any amount which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or 

  

	 	(c)	fail, or permit any of its ERISA Affiliates to fail, to comply in any material respect with ERISA or the related provisions of the Code, if any such non-compliance, singly or in the
aggregate, might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  

	22.16	Compliance with U.S. Regulations 

  
 No Subsidiary incorporated in the United States shall become an “investment company”, or an “affiliated person” of, or
“promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the 1940 Act. Neither the making of any Loan, nor the application of the proceeds nor repayment thereof by any Subsidiary
incorporated in the United States nor the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby will violate any provision of such act or any rule, regulation or order of the SEC thereunder. 
  

	23.	EVENTS OF DEFAULT 

  
 Each of the events or circumstances set out in Clause 23 is an Event of Default. 
  

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	23.1	Non-payment 

  
 An Obligor does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance Document at the place at and in the currency in which it is expressed to
be payable unless: 
  

	 	(a)	its failure to pay is caused by administrative or technical error; and 

  

	 	(b)	payment is made within 3 Business Days of its due date. 

  

	23.2	Financial covenants 

  
 Any requirement of Clause 21 (Financial covenants) is not satisfied. 
  

	23.3	Other obligations 

  

	(a)	An Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other than those referred to in Clause 23.1 (Non-payment) and Clause 23.2 (Financial
covenants)). 

  

	(b)	No Event of Default under paragraph (a) will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within 20 Business Days of the Agent giving notice to the Company or
the Company becoming aware of the failure to comply. 

  

	23.4	Misrepresentation 

  
 Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor in the Finance Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of any
Obligor under or in connection with any Finance Document is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made. 
  

	23.5	Cross default 

  

	(a)	Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period. 

  

	(b)	Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default
(however described). 

  

	(c)	Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any member of the Group as a result of an event of default
(however described). 

  

	(d)	Any creditor of any member of the Group becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result
of an event of default (however described). 

  

	(e)	No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 23.5 if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (a) to (d)
above is less than £7,500,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies). 

  

	23.6	Insolvency 

  

	(a)	An Obligor or any Material Subsidiary is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due, suspends making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or
anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness. 

  

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	(b)	A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of an Obligor or any Material Subsidiary. 

  

	23.7	Insolvency proceedings 

  
 Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to: 
  

	 	(a)	the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or
otherwise) of an Obligor or any Material Subsidiary other than: 

  

	 	(A)	a solvent liquidation or reorganisation of any Material Subsidiary (other than an Obligor); or 

  

	 	(B)	any frivolous or vexatious action which is discharged within 28 days; 

  

	 	(b)	by reason of financial difficulties a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of an Obligor or any Material Subsidiary; 

  

	 	(c)	the appointment of a liquidator (other than in respect of a solvent liquidation of a Material Subsidiary (other than an Obligor)), receiver, administrative receiver, administrator,
compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of an Obligor or any Material Subsidiary or any of its assets; or 

  

	 	(d)	enforcement of any Security over any assets of an Obligor or any Material Subsidiary having an aggregate value of £7,500,000 or more (or its equivalent in other currencies),

  
 or any analogous procedure or step is taken in
any jurisdiction. 
  

	23.8	Creditor’s process 

  
 Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects any asset or assets of an Obligor or any Material Subsidiary having an
aggregate value of £7,500,000 or more (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) and is not discharged within 30 Business Days. 
  

	23.9	Ownership of the Obligors 

  
 An Obligor (other than the Company) is not or ceases to be a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company (other than in the case of the imposition of a
new Holding Company of the relevant Obligor where such Holding Company is itself a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company). 
  

	23.10	Unlawfulness 

  
 It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents. 
  

	23.11	Repudiation 

  
 An Obligor repudiates a Finance Document or evidences an intention to repudiate a Finance Document. 
  

	23.12	Material adverse change 

  
 A material adverse change occurs in any of the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or properties of the Group (taken as a whole)
since the date as at which the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Group were stated to be prepared. 
  

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	23.13	Employee Plans 

  
 Any ERISA Event shall have occurred, or Clause 22.15 (Compliance with ERISA) shall be breached, and the liability of a Subsidiary incorporated in
the United States or its ERISA Affiliates, either individually or in the aggregate, related to such ERISA Event or breaches, individually or when aggregated with all other ERISA Events, and all such breaches would have or would be reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  

	23.14	Acceleration 

  
 On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing the Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by
notice to the Company: 
  

	 	(a)	cancel the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled; 

  

	 	(b)	declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable,
whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable; and/or 

  

	 	(c)	declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders.

  

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 SECTION 9 
  

CHANGES TO PARTIES 
  

	24.	CHANGES TO THE LENDERS 

  

	24.1	Assignments and transfers by the Lenders 

  
 Subject to this Clause 24, a Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may: 
  

	 	(a)	assign any of its rights; or 

  

	 	(b)	transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations, 

  
 to another bank or financial institution which is a Qualifying Lender (the “New Lender”). 
  

	24.2	Conditions of assignment or transfer 

  

	(a)	The consent of the Company is required for an assignment or transfer by an Existing Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is to another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an
Event of Default is continuing. 

  

	(b)	The consent of the Company to an assignment or transfer must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Company will be deemed to have given its consent five Business Days after
the Existing Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly refused by the Company within that time. 

  

	(c)	The proposed transfer may be of the whole or a part of an Existing Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, but, if it is of part, the transfer must be in a
minimum amount of £2,500,000 (in the case of a transfer to another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender) or £5,000,000 (in the case of any other transfer). 

  

	(d)	The consent of the Company to an assignment or transfer must not be withheld solely because the assignment or transfer may result in an increase to the Mandatory Cost.

  

	(e)	An assignment will only be effective on: 

  

	 	(i)	receipt by the Agent of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same obligations to the other
Finance Parties as it would have been under if it was an Original Lender; and 

  

	 	(ii)	performance by the Agent of all “know your customer” or other checks relating to any person that it is required to carry out in relation to such assignment to a New
Lender, the completion of which the Agent shall promptly notify to the Existing Lender and the New Lender. 

  

	(f)	A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 24.5 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with. 

  

	(g)	If: 

  

	 	(i)	a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and 

  

	 	(ii)	as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through
its new Facility Office under Clause 13 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 14 (Increased Costs), 

  

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 then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment
under those Clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred. 
  

	24.3	Assignment or transfer fee 

  
 The New Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or transfer takes effect, pay to the Agent (for its own account) a fee of £1,500.

  

	24.4	Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders 

  

	(a)	Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for: 

  

	 	(i)	the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents; 

  

	 	(ii)	the financial condition of any Obligor; 

  

	 	(iii)	the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or 

  

	 	(iv)	the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document, 

  
 and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.

  

	(b)	Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it: 

  

	 	(i)	has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection
with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and 

  

	 	(ii)	will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance
Documents or any Commitment is in force. 

  

	(c)	Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to: 

  

	 	(i)	accept a re-transfer from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 24; or 

  

	 	(ii)	support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.

  

	24.5	Procedure for transfer 

  

	(a)	Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 24.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes
an otherwise duly 

  

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 completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent
shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate. 
  

	(b)	The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary
“know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender. 

  

	(c)	On the Transfer Date: 

  

	 	(i)	to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the
Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and
Obligations”); 

  

	 	(ii)	each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and
Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender; 

  

	 	(iii)	the Agent, the Arranger, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed
had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Agent, the Arranger and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to
each other under the Finance Documents; and 

  

	 	(iv)	the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”. 

  

	24.6	Copy of Transfer Certificate to Company 

  
 The Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate, send to the Company a copy of that Transfer Certificate.

  

	24.7	Disclosure of information 

  

	(a)	Any Lender may disclose to any of its Affiliates and any other person: 

  

	 	(i)	to (or through) whom that Lender assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement;

  

	 	(ii)	with (or through) whom that Lender enters into (or may potentially enter into) any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made by
reference to, this Agreement or any Obligor; or 

  

	 	(iii)	to whom, and to the extent that, information is required to be disclosed by any applicable law or regulation, 

  

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 any information about any Obligor, the Group and the Finance Documents as that Lender shall consider
appropriate if, in relation to paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the person to whom the information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking. This Clause supersedes any previous agreement relating to the confidentiality of this
information. 
  

	(b)	The Finance Parties shall, subject to paragraph (a) above, keep any information contained in this Agreement, any information they receive pursuant to Clause 20 (Information
undertakings) and any information they receive as part of the Information Memorandum confidential, provided that the Finance Parties will be entitled to make disclosure of the same: 

  

	 	(i)	to the extent that any such information is already, or becomes, public (otherwise than as a result of a breach by any Finance Party of its obligations hereunder);

  

	 	(ii)	(to the extent necessary to be disclosed) to any of their Subsidiaries or Holding Companies, or to any Subsidiary of any such Holding Company (or, in each case, to any officers,
directors or employees of such entities) provided that any such Subsidiary, or Holding Company or Subsidiary of any Holding Company shall have given a Confidentiality Undertaking prior to such disclosure. 

  

	 	(iii)	(to the extent necessary to be disclosed) to their auditors, accountants, legal counsel and tax advisers and to any other professional advisers; 

  

	 	(iv)	to any banking or other regulatory or examining authorities (whether governmental or otherwise) or any stock exchange where such disclosure is requested by them; and

  

	 	(v)	pursuant to any law, regulation or legal process. 

  

	25.	CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS 

  

	25.1	Assignments and transfer by Obligors 

  
 No Obligor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents. 
  

	25.2	Additional Borrowers 

  

	(a)	Subject to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (c) and (d) of Clause 20.8 (“Know your customer” checks), the Company may request that any of its
Subsidiaries becomes an Additional Borrower. That Subsidiary shall become an Additional Borrower if: 

  

	 	(i)	all the Lenders approve the addition of that Subsidiary; 

  

	 	(ii)	the Company delivers to the Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Letter; 

  

	 	(iii)	the Company confirms that no Default is continuing or would occur as a result of that Subsidiary becoming an Additional Borrower; and 

  

	 	(iv)	the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in relation to that Additional Borrower, each in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent. 

  

	(b)	The Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the documents and other evidence
listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent). 

  

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	25.3	Resignation of a Borrower 

  

	(a)	The Company may request that a Borrower (other than the Company) ceases to be a Borrower by delivering to the Agent a Resignation Letter. 

  

	(b)	The Agent shall accept a Resignation Letter and notify the Company and the Lenders of its acceptance if: 

  

	 	(i)	no Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of the Resignation Letter (and the Company has confirmed this is the case); and 

  

	 	(ii)	the Borrower is under no actual or contingent obligations as a Borrower under any Finance Documents, 

  
 whereupon that company shall cease to be a Borrower and shall have no further rights or obligations under the Finance
Documents. 
  

	25.4	Additional Guarantors 

  

	(a)	Subject to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (c) and (d) of Clause 20.8 (“Know your customer” checks), the Company may request that any of its
Subsidiaries become an Additional Guarantor. That Subsidiary shall become an Additional Guarantor if: 

  

	 	(i)	the Company delivers to the Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Letter; and 

  

	 	(ii)	the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in relation to that Additional Guarantor, each in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent. 

  

	(b)	The Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the documents and other evidence
listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent). 

  

	25.5	Repetition of Representations 

  
 Delivery of an Accession Letter constitutes confirmation by the relevant Subsidiary that the Repeating Representations are true and correct in relation to
it as at the date of delivery as if made by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing. 
  

	25.6	Resignation of a Guarantor 

  

	(a)	The Company may request that a Guarantor (other than the Company) ceases to be a Guarantor by delivering to the Agent a Resignation Letter. 

  

	(b)	The Agent shall accept a Resignation Letter and notify the Company and the Lenders of its acceptance if: 

  

	 	(i)	no Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of the Resignation Letter (and the Company has confirmed that is the case); and 

  

	 	(ii)	no breach of Clause 22.8 (Subsidiary indebtedness) is continuing or would result from the acceptance of the Resignation Letter (and the Company has confirmed that is the
case). 

  

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 SECTION 10 
  
 THE FINANCE PARTIES 
  

	26.	ROLE OF THE AGENT AND THE ARRANGER 

  

	26.1	Appointment of the Agent 

  

	(a)	Each other Finance Party appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents. 

  

	(b)	Each other Finance Party authorises the Agent to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or in connection with the Finance
Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions. 

  

	26.2	Duties of the Agent 

  

	(a)	The Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent for that Party by any other Party. 

  

	(b)	Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to
another Party. 

  

	(c)	If the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the
Finance Parties. 

  

	(d)	If the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the Agent or the Arranger) under this
Agreement it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties. 

  

	(e)	The Agent’s duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature. 

  

	26.3	Role of the Arranger 

  
 Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Arranger has no obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any
Finance Document. 
  

	26.4	No fiduciary duties 

  

	(a)	Nothing in this Agreement constitutes the Agent or the Arranger as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person. 

  

	(b)	Neither the Agent nor the Arranger shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account. 

 

	26.5	Business with the Group 

  
 The Agent and the Arranger may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the
Group. 
  

	26.6	Rights and discretions of the Agent 

  

	(a)	The Agent may rely on: 

  

	 	(i)	any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; and 

  

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	 	(ii)	any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power
to verify. 

  

	(b)	The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders) that: 

  

	 	(i)	no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 23.1 (Non-payment)); 

  

	 	(ii)	any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority Lenders has not been exercised; and 

  

	 	(iii)	any notice or request made by the Company (other than a Utilisation Request) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors. 

 

	(c)	The Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts. 

  

	(d)	The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel and agents. 

  

	(e)	The Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement. 

  

	(f)	Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Agent nor the Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its
reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality. 

  

	26.7	Majority Lenders’ instructions 

  

	(a)	Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, the Agent shall (i) exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent in accordance with any
instructions given to it by the Majority Lenders (or, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent) and (ii) not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or
refrains from taking any action) in accordance with an instruction of the Majority Lenders. 

  

	(b)	Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given by the Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Finance Parties. 

  

	(c)	The Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) until it has received such security as it may require
for any cost, loss or liability (together with any associated VAT) which it may incur in complying with the instructions. 

  

	(d)	In the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders), the Agent may act (or refrain from taking action) as it considers to be in the best
interest of the Lenders. 

  

	(e)	The Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first obtaining that Lender’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance
Document. 

  

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	26.8	Responsibility for documentation 

  
 Neither the Agent nor the Arranger: 
  

	 	(a)	is responsible for the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent, the Arranger, an Obligor or any other person given
in or in connection with any Finance Document or the Information Memorandum; or 

  

	 	(b)	is responsible for the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or
executed in anticipation of or in connection with any Finance Document. 

  

	26.9	Exclusion of liability 

  

	(a)	Without limiting paragraph (b) below, the Agent will not be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross
negligence or wilful misconduct. 

  

	(b)	No Party (other than the Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Agent or in respect of
any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Agent may rely on this Clause. 

  

	(c)	The Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by the Agent if the
Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Agent for that purpose. 

  

	(d)	Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent or the Arranger to carry out any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any person on behalf of any Lender
and each Lender confirms to the Agent and the Arranger that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent or the Arranger.

  

	26.10	Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent 

  
 Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments
immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the Agent, within three Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct)
in acting as Agent under the Finance Documents (unless the Agent has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a Finance Document). 
  

	26.11	Resignation of the Agent 

  

	(a)	The Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through an office in the United Kingdom as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Company.

  

	(b)	Alternatively the Agent may resign by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Company, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the Company) may
appoint a successor Agent. 

  

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	(c)	If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above within 30 days after notice of resignation was given, the Agent (after
consultation with the Company) may appoint a successor Agent (acting through an office in the United Kingdom) following consultation with the Company. 

  

	(d)	The retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request
for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance Documents. 

  

	(e)	The Agent’s resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor. 

  

	(f)	Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit
of this Clause 26. Its successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party. 

  

	(g)	After consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above. In this event, the Agent shall
resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above. 

  

	26.12	Confidentiality 

  

	(a)	In acting as agent for the Finance Parties, the Agent shall be regarded as acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its
divisions or departments. 

  

	(b)	If information is received by another division or department of the Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Agent shall not be deemed to have
notice of it. 

  

	26.13	Relationship with the Lenders 

  

	(a)	The Agent may treat each Lender as a Lender, entitled to payments under this Agreement and acting through its Facility Office unless it has received not less than five Business Days
prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 

  

	(b)	Each Lender shall supply the Agent with any information required by the Agent in order to calculate the Mandatory Cost in accordance with Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost
formulae). 

  

	26.14	Credit appraisal by the Lenders 

  
 Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender
confirms to the Agent and the Arranger that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not
limited to: 
  

	 	(a)	the financial condition, status and nature of each member of the Group; 

  

	 	(b)	the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; 

  

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	 	(c)	whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the
transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and 

  

	 	(d)	the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the Information Memorandum and any other information provided by the Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection
with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.

  

	26.15	Reference Banks 

  
 If a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of which it is an Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Agent shall (in
consultation with the Company) appoint another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to replace that Reference Bank. 
  

	26.16	Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent 

  
 If any Party owes an amount to the Agent under the Finance Documents the Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that
amount from any payment to that Party which the Agent would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of the Finance Documents that Party
shall be regarded as having received any amount so deducted. 
  

	26.17	Meetings of Lenders 

  
 The Agent may at any time in its own discretion and, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, shall convene a meeting of the Lenders. Upon convening any
such meeting the Agent shall notify the Lenders in writing of the date, time and place of the meeting and the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting. 
  

	27.	CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES 

  
 No provision of this Agreement will: 
  

	 	(a)	interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit; 

  

	 	(b)	oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or

  

	 	(c)	oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax. 

  

	28.	SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES 

  

	28.1	Payments to Finance Parties 

  
 If a Finance Party (a “Recovering Finance Party”) receives or recovers any amount from an Obligor other than in accordance with Clause 29
(Payment mechanics) and applies that amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents then: 
  

	 	(a)	the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days, notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Agent; 

  

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	 	(b)	the Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or recovery been received or
made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with Clause 29 (Payment mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and 

  

	 	(c)	the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days of demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal to such receipt or recovery
less any amount which the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 29.5 (Partial payments). 

  

	28.2	Redistribution of payments 

  
 The Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the relevant Obligor and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the
Recovering Finance Party) in accordance with Clause 29.5 (Partial payments). 
  

	28.3	Recovering Finance Party’s rights 

  

	(a)	On a distribution by the Agent under Clause 28.2 (Redistribution of payments), the Recovering Finance Party will be subrogated to the rights of the Finance Parties which have
shared in the redistribution. 

  

	(b)	If and to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party is not able to rely on its rights under paragraph (a) above, the relevant Obligor shall be liable to the Recovering Finance
Party for a debt equal to the Sharing Payment which is immediately due and payable. 

  

	28.4	Reversal of redistribution 

  
 If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance Party becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party,
then: 
  

	 	(a)	each Finance Party which has received a share of the relevant Sharing Payment pursuant to Clause 28.2 (Redistribution of payments) shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to
the Agent for account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest
on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay); and 

  

	 	(b)	that Recovering Finance Party’s rights of subrogation in respect of any reimbursement shall be cancelled and the relevant Obligor will be liable to the reimbursing Finance
Party for the amount so reimbursed. 

  

	28.5	Exceptions 

  

	(a)	This Clause 28 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and enforceable claim
against the relevant Obligor. 

  

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	(b)	A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a result of taking legal
or arbitration proceedings, if: 

  

	 	(i)	it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and 

  

	 	(ii)	that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable having received notice and
did not take separate legal or arbitration proceedings. 

  

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 SECTION 11 
  
 ADMINISTRATION 
  

	29.	PAYMENT MECHANICS 

  

	29.1	Payments to the Agent 

  

	(a)	On each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, that Obligor or Lender shall make the same available to the Agent (unless a
contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.

  

	(b)	Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in the principal financial centre in a
Participating Member State or London) with such bank as the Agent specifies. 

  

	29.2	Distributions by the Agent 

  
 Each payment received by the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party shall, subject to Clause 29.3 (Distributions to an
Obligor) and Clause 29.4 (Clawback), be made available by the Agent as soon as practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this Agreement (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility
Office), to such account as that Party may notify to the Agent by not less than five Business Days’ notice with a bank in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in the principal financial centre
of a Participating Member State or London). 
  

	29.3	Distributions to an Obligor 

  
 The Agent may (with the consent of the Obligor or in accordance with Clause 30 (Set-off)) apply any amount received by it for that Obligor in or
towards payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from that Obligor under the Finance Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied. 
  

	29.4	Clawback 

  

	(a)	Where a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any
related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum. 

  

	(b)	If the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds
of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of
funds. 

  

	29.5	Partial payments 

  

	(a)	If the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Agent shall apply that payment
towards the obligations of that Obligor under the Finance Documents in the following order: 

  

	 	(i)	first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Agent or the Arranger under the Finance Documents; 

  

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	 	(ii)	secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement; 

  

	 	(iii)	thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; and 

  

	 	(iv)	fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents. 

  

	(b)	The Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set out in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (iv) above. 

  

	(c)	Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by an Obligor. 

  

	29.6	No set-off by Obligors 

  
 All payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for)
set-off or counterclaim. 
  

	29.7	Business Days 

  

	(a)	Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business
Day (if there is not). 

  

	(b)	During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the
original due date. 

  

	29.8	Currency of account 

  

	(a)	Subject to paragraphs (b) to (e) below, the Base Currency is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance Document.

  

	(b)	A repayment of a Loan or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum shall be made in the currency in which that Loan or Unpaid Sum is denominated on its due date.

  

	(c)	Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when that interest accrued.

  

	(d)	Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred. 

  

	(e)	Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the Base Currency shall be paid in that other currency. 

  

	29.9	Change of currency 

  

	(a)	Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that
country, then: 

  

	 	(i)	any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the
currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Agent (after consultation with the Company); and 

  

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	 	(ii)	any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or
currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Agent (acting reasonably). 

  

	(b)	If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Company) specifies to be necessary,
be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency. 

  

	30.	SET-OFF 

  
 A Finance Party may set off any matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance
Party) against any matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to that Obligor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert
either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off. 
  

	31.	NOTICES 

  

	31.1	Communications in writing 

  
 Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax
or letter. 
  

	31.2	Addresses 

  
 The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any
communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is: 
  

	 	(a)	in the case of the Company, that identified with its name below; 

  

	 	(b)	in the case of each Lender, that notified in writing to the Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party; and 

  

	 	(c)	in the case of the Agent, that identified with its name below, 

  
 or any substitute address, fax number or department or officer as the Party may notify to the Agent (or the Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a
change is made by the Agent) by not less than five Business Days’ notice. 
  

	31.3	Delivery 

  

	(a)	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective: 

  

	 	(i)	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or 

  

	 	(ii)	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that
address, and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 31.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer. 

  

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	(b)	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the
attention of the department or officer identified with the Agent’s signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent shall specify for this purpose). 

  

	(c)	All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Agent. 

  

	(d)	Any communication or document made or delivered to the Company in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors.

  

	31.4	Notification of address and fax number 

  
 Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address or fax number or change of address or fax number pursuant to Clause 31.2 (Addresses) or
changing its own address or fax number, the Agent shall notify the other Parties. 
  

	31.5	Electronic communication 

  

	(a)	Any communication to be made between the Agent and a Lender under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if the Agent
and the relevant Lender: 

  

	 	(i)	agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication; 

  

	 	(ii)	notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and

  

	 	(iii)	notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them. 

  

	(b)	Any electronic communication made between the Agent and a Lender will be effective only when actually received in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made
by a Lender to the Agent only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Agent shall specify for this purpose. 

  

	31.6	English language 

  

	(a)	Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English. 

  

	(b)	All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be: 

  

	 	(i)	in English; or 

  

	 	(ii)	if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a
constitutional, statutory or other official document. 

  

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	32.	CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES 

  

	32.1	Accounts 

  
 In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a
Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate. 
  

	32.2	Certificates and Determinations 

  
 Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive
evidence of the matters to which it relates. 
  

	32.3	Day count convention 

  
 Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed and a year of 360 days or, in any case where the practice in the Relevant Interbank Market differs, in accordance with that market practice. 
  

	33.	PARTIAL INVALIDITY 

  
 If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction,
neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired. 
  

	34.	REMEDIES AND WAIVERS 

  
 No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party, any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall operate as a
waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights or remedies provided by law. 
  

	35.	AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS 

  

	35.1	Required consents 

  

	(a)	Subject to Clause 35.2 (Exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors and any such
amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties. 

  

	(b)	The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause. 

  

	35.2	Exceptions 

  

	(a)	An amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates to: 

  

	 	(i)	the definition of “Majority Lenders” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions); 

  

	 	(ii)	an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents; 

  

	 	(iii)	a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable; 

  

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	 	(iv)	an increase in or an extension of any Commitment; 

  

	 	(v)	a change to the Borrowers or Guarantors other than in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors); 

  

	 	(vi)	any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders; or 

  

	 	(vii)	Clause 2.2 (Finance Parties’ rights and obligations), Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders), Clause 28 (Sharing among the Finance Parties) or this Clause 35,

  
 shall not be made without the prior consent of
all the Lenders. 
  

	(b)	An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent or the Arranger may not be effected without the consent of the Agent or the Arranger.

  

	36.	COUNTERPARTS 

  
 Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a
single copy of the Finance Document. 
  

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 SECTION 12 
  
 GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT 
  

	37.	GOVERNING LAW 

  
 This Agreement is governed by English law. 
  

	38.	ENFORCEMENT 

  

	38.1	Jurisdiction 

  

	(a)	The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or
termination of this Agreement) (a “Dispute”). 

  

	(b)	The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.

  

	(c)	This Clause 38.1 is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only. As a result, no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts
with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. 

  

	38.2	Service of process 

  
 Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Obligor (other than an Obligor incorporated in England and Wales):

  

	 	(a)	irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and

  

	 	(b)	agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned. 

  
 This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this
Agreement. 
  

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 SCHEDULE 1  
  
 THE ORIGINAL LENDERS 
  

			
	 Name of Original Lender

	  	 Commitment
 (£)

	 Bank of America, N.A.
	  	23,125,000
	 Barclays Bank PLC
	  	23,125,000
	 Citibank N.A.
	  	23,125,000
	 HSBC Bank plc
	  	23,125,000
	 Lloyds TSB Bank plc
	  	23,125,000
	 The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
	  	23,125,000
	 Scotiabank Europe plc
	  	23,125,000
	 Société Générale
	  	23,125,000
	 Standard Chartered Bank
	  	15,000,000
	 Total
	  	200,000,000

  

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 SCHEDULE 2 
  
 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 
  
 PART I 
  
 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL UTILISATION 
  

	1.	The Company 

  

	(a)	A copy of the constitutional documents of the Company. 

  

	(b)	A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Company: 

  

	 	(i)	approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it is a
party; 

  

	 	(ii)	authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and 

  

	 	(iii)	authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or
despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party. 

  

	(c)	A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph (b) above. 

  

	(d)	A certificate of the Company (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or
similar limit binding on it to be exceeded. 

  

	(e)	A certificate of the Group Treasurer or any other more senior financial officer of the Company certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part 1 of Schedule
2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement. 

  

	2.	Legal opinions 

  
 A legal opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, legal advisers to the Agent in England, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to
signing this Agreement. 
  

	3.	Other documents and evidence 

  

	(a)	The Original Financial Statements of the Company. 

  

	(b)	Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Company pursuant to Clause 12 (Fees) and Clause 17 (Costs and expenses) have been paid or will be paid by
the first Utilisation Date. 

  

	(c)	A certificate listing the Material Subsidiaries as at the date of the Original Financial Statements. 

  

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	(d)	Evidence that all amounts outstanding under the Existing Facility have been paid or will on the first Utilisation Date be paid in full and the Existing Facility has been irrevocably
cancelled and all related guarantees and security have been released on or before the first Utilisation of the Facility. 

  

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 PART II 
  

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT REQUIRED TO BE 
  
 DELIVERED BY AN
ADDITIONAL OBLIGOR 
  

	1.	An Accession Letter, duly executed by the Additional Obligor and the Company. 

  

	2.	A copy of the constitutional documents of the Additional Obligor. 

  

	3.	A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Additional Obligor: 

  

	 	(a)	approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Accession Letter and the Finance Documents and resolving that it execute the Accession Letter;

  

	 	(b)	authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Accession Letter on its behalf; and 

  

	 	(c)	authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all other documents and notices (including, in relation to an Additional Borrower, any Utilisation
Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents. 

  

	4.	A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 3 above. 

  

	5.	If the Additional Guarantor is incorporated in England and Wales, or if so required by the Agent, a copy of a resolution signed by all the holders of the issued shares of the
Additional Guarantor, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which the Additional Guarantor is a party. 

  

	6.	A certificate of the Additional Obligor (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing,
guaranteeing or similar limit binding on it to be exceeded. 

  

	7.	A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Additional Obligor certifying that each copy document listed in this Part II of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and
effect as at a date no earlier than the date of the Accession Letter. 

  

	8.	A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and performance of
the transactions contemplated by the Accession Letter or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document. 

  

	9.	If available, the latest audited financial statements of the Additional Obligor. 

  

	10.	A legal opinion of legal advisers to the Agent in England in relation to the Accession Letter and the obligations of the Additional Obligor under the Facility Agreement.

  

	11.	If the Additional Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales, a legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Agent in the jurisdiction in which the
Additional Obligor is incorporated. 

  

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	12.	If the proposed Additional Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales, evidence that the process agent specified in Clause 38.2 (Service of
process), if not an Obligor, has accepted its appointment in relation to the proposed Additional Obligor. 

  
  

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 SCHEDULE 3 
  
 UTILISATION REQUEST 
  

	FROM:	[NAME OF RELEVANT BORROWER] 

  

	TO:	[                    ] As Agent 

  
 DATED: 
  
 DEAR SIRS 
  
 COOKSON GROUP PLC - £200,000,000 FACILITY AGREEMENT
DATED [                    ] (THE “AGREEMENT”) 
  

	1.	We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this
Utilisation Request. 

  

	2.	We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms: 

  

			
	Proposed Utilisation Date:	  	[                    ] or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business
Day)
		
	Currency of Loan:	  	[                    ]
		
	Amount:	  	[                    ] or, if less, the Available Facility
		
	Interest Period:	  	[                    ]

  

	3.	We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request. 

  

	4.	The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account]. 

  

	5.	This Utilisation Request is irrevocable. 

  

	
	 Yours faithfully

	
	  

	 authorised signatory for

	 [name of relevant Borrower]

  

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 SCHEDULE 4 
  
 MANDATORY COST FORMULAE 
  

	1.	The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial
Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) or (b) the requirements of the European Central Bank. 

  

	2.	On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the “Additional Cost Rate”)
for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders’ Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each
Lender in the relevant Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum. 

  

	3.	The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Agent. This percentage
will be certified by that Lender in its notice to the Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that Lender’s participation in all Loans made from that Facility Office) of complying with the minimum
reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from that Facility Office. 

  

	4.	The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Agent as follows: 

  

	 	(a)	in relation to a sterling Loan: 

  

			
	 AB + C(B –D) + E x 0.01

	 	per cent. per annum
	100 – (A + C)	 

  

	 	(b)	in relation to a Loan in any currency other than sterling: 

  

			
	 E x 0.01

	 	per cent. per annum
	300	 

  
 Where: 
  

	 	A	is the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess of any stated minimum) which that Lender is from time to time required to maintain as an interest free cash
ratio deposit with the Bank of England to comply with cash ratio requirements. 

  

	 	B	is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Margin and the Mandatory Cost and, if the Loan is an Unpaid Sum, the additional rate of interest specified in paragraph (a) of
Clause 9.3 (Default interest)) payable for the relevant Interest Period on the Loan. 

  

	 	C	is the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that Lender is required from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special Deposits with the Bank of England.

  

	 	D	is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to the Agent on interest bearing Special Deposits. 

  

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	 	E	is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is calculated by the Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of charge supplied by the
Reference Banks to the Agent pursuant to paragraph 7 below and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000. 

  

	5.	For the purposes of this Schedule: 

  

	(a)	“Eligible Liabilities” and “Special Deposits” have the meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998
or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England; 

  

	(b)	“Fees Rules” means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in
respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits; 

  

	(c)	“Fee Tariffs” means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required
pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount rate); and 

  

	(d)	“Tariff Base” has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules. 

  

	6.	In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in the formulae as percentages (i.e. 5 per cent will be included in the formula as 5 and not as 0.05). A
negative result obtained by subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting figures shall be rounded to four decimal places. 

  

	7.	If requested by the Agent, each Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Agent, the rate of charge payable
by that Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by that Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee
Tariffs applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Reference Bank. 

  

	8.	Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall
supply the following information on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender: 

  

	 	(a)	the jurisdiction of its Facility Office; and 

  

	 	(b)	any other information that the Agent may reasonably require for such purpose. 

  

Each Lender shall promptly notify the Agent of any change to the information provided by it pursuant to this paragraph. 
  

	9.	The percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C above and the rates of charge of each Reference Bank for the purpose of E above shall be determined by the Agent based upon
the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies the Agent to the contrary, each Lender’s obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits are the same
as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a Facility Office in the same jurisdiction as its Facility Office. 

  

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	10.	The Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume
that the information provided by any Lender or Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects. 

  

	11.	The Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender based on the
information provided by each Lender and each Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above. 

  

	12.	Any determination by the Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties. 

  

	13.	The Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Company and the Lenders, determine and notify to all Parties any amendments which are required to be made to this
Schedule in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces
all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties. 

  

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 SCHEDULE 5 
  
 FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE 
  

	To:	[                    ] as Agent 

  

	From:	[                    ] (the “Existing Lender”) and
[                    ] (the “New Lender”) 

  
 Dated: 
  
 Cookson Group plc - £200,000,000 Facility Agreement dated [                    ]
(the “Agreement”) 
  

	1.	We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in this
Transfer Certificate. 

  

	2.	We refer to Clause 24.5 (Procedure for transfer): 

  

	 	(a)	The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation all or part of the Existing Lender’s Commitment, rights and
obligations referred to in the Schedule in accordance with Clause 24.5 (Procedure for transfer). 

  

	 	(b)	The proposed Transfer Date is [                    ].

  

	 	(c)	The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 31.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.

  

	3.	The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender’s obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 24.4 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing
Lenders).  

  

	4.	The New Lender and the Existing Lender confirm that the proposed transfer is in an amount which complies with paragraph (c) of Clause 24.2 (Conditions of assignment or
transfer). 

  

	5.	This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Transfer
Certificate. 

  

	6.	This Transfer Certificate is governed by English law. 

  

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 THE SCHEDULE 
  
 Commitment/rights and obligations to be transferred 
  
 [insert relevant details] 
  
 [Facility Office address, fax number and attention details for notices and account details for payments.] 
  

			
	[Existing Lender]	 	[New Lender ]
		
	By:	 	By:

  
 This Transfer Certificate is accepted
by the Agent and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [                    ]. 
  
 [The Agent] 
  
 By: 
  

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 SCHEDULE 6 
  
 FORM OF ACCESSION LETTER 
  

	To:	[                    ] as Agent 

  

	From:	[Subsidiary] and Cookson Group plc 

  

	Dated:	

  
 Dear Sirs 
  
 Cookson Group plc - £200,000,000
Facility Agreement dated [                    ] (the “Agreement”) 
  

	1.	We refer to the Agreement. This is an Accession Letter. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Accession Letter unless given a different meaning in this
Accession Letter. 

  

	2.	[Subsidiary] agrees to become an Additional [Borrower]/[Guarantor] and to be bound by the terms of the Agreement as an Additional [Borrower]/[Guarantor], pursuant to [Clause 25.2
(Additional Borrowers)]/[Clause 25.4 (Additional Guarantors)], of the Agreement. [Subsidiary] is a company duly incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant jurisdiction]. 

  

	3.	[Subsidiary’s] administrative details are as follows: 

  
 Address: 
  
 Fax No: 
  
 Attention: 
  

	4.	This Accession Letter is governed by English law. 

  
 [This Guarantor Accession Letter is entered into by deed.] 
  

							
	 	  	Cookson Group plc	 	[Subsidiary]	 	 
				
	 	  	By:	 	By:	 	 

  

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 SCHEDULE 7 
  
 FORM OF RESIGNATION LETTER 
  

	To:	[                    ] as Agent 

  

	From:	[resigning Obligor] and Cookson Group plc 

  

	Dated:	

  
 Dear Sirs 
  
 Cookson Group plc - £200,000,000
Facility Agreement dated [                    ] (the “Agreement”) 
  

	1.	We refer to the Agreement. This is a Resignation Letter. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Resignation Letter unless given a different meaning in this
Resignation Letter. 

  

	2.	Pursuant to [Clause 25.3 (Resignation of a Borrower)]/[Clause 25.6 (Resignation of a Guarantor)], we request that [resigning Obligor] be released from its obligations
as a [Borrower]/[Guarantor] under the Agreement. 

  

	3.	We confirm that: 

  

	 	(a)	no Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of this request[; and 

  

	 	(b)	no breach of Clause 22.8 (Subsidiary indebtedness) is continuing or would result from the acceptance of this request]. 

  

	4.	This Resignation Letter is governed by English law. 

  

							
	 	 	Cookson Group plc	 	[Subsidiary]	 	 
				
	 	 	By:	 	By:	 	 

  

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 SCHEDULE 8 
  
 FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE 
  

	To:	[                    ] as Agent 

  

	From:	Cookson Group plc 

  

	Dated:	

  
 Dear Sirs 
  
 Cookson Group plc - £200,000,000
Facility Agreement dated [                    ] (the “Agreement”) 
  
 We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Compliance
Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate. 
  

	1.	[We confirm that no Default is continuing.]* 

  

	2.	We confirm that: 

  

	 	(a)	the ratio of EBITDA to Interest Expense for the Relevant Period ended on
[                    ] was
[                    ] to 1.0; and 

  

	 	(b)	the ratio of Consolidated Net Borrowings to Proforma EBITDA for the Relevant Period ended on
[                    ] was
[                    ] to 1.0. 

  
 Signed: _________________________________ 
  
 [Group Treasurer/Senior financial officer] 
  

	*	If this statement cannot be made, the certificate should identify any Default that is continuing and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it. 

  

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 SCHEDULE 9 
  
 TIMETABLES 
  
 “D - “ refers to the number of Business Days before the relevant Utilisation Date/the first day of the relevant Interest Period. 
  

							
	 	  	 Loans in euro or
US Dollars

	  	 Loans in sterling

	  	 Loans in other
currencies

	 Request for approval as an Optional Currency, if required (Clause 4.3 (Conditions relating to Optional Currencies))
	  	—  	  	—  	  	 D - 5
 10:00 a.m.

				
	 Agent notifies the Lenders of the request (Clause 4.3 (Conditions relating to Optional Currencies))
	  	—  	  	—  	  	 D - 5
 3:00 p.m.

				
	 Responses by Lenders to the request (Clause 4.3 (Conditions relating to Optional Currencies))
	  	—  	  	—  	  	 D - 4
 1:00 p.m.

				
	 Agent notifies the Company if a currency is approved as an Optional Currency in accordance with Clause 4.3 (Conditions relating to Optional
Currencies)
	  	—  	  	—  	  	 D - 4
 5:00 p.m.

				
	 Delivery of a duly completed Utilisation Request (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request))
	  	 D - 2
 9:00 a.m.
	  	 D
 9:00
a.m.
	  	 D - 3
 10:00 a.m.

				
	 Agent determines (in relation to a Utilisation) the Base Currency Amount of the Loan, if required under Clause 5.4 (Lenders’
participation) and notifies the Lenders of the Loan in accordance with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation)
	  	 D - 2
 9:30 a.m.
	  	 D
 9:30
a.m.
	  	 D - 3
 11:00 a.m.

				
	 LIBOR or EURIBOR is fixed
	  	Quotation Day as of 11:00 a.m. (in the case of Loans in euro only, Brussels time)	  	Quotation Day as of 11:00 a.m.	  	Quotation Day as of 11:00 a.m.
				
	 Agent receives a notification from a Lender under Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of a currency)
	  	Quotation Day 3:00 p.m.	  	—  	  	Quotation Day 3:00 p.m.
				
	 Agent gives notice in accordance with Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of a currency)
	  	Quotation Day 5:00 p.m.	  	—  	  	Quotation Day 5:00 p.m.

  

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 SCHEDULE 10 
  
 EXISTING SECURITY 
  

					
	 Name of Member of the Group

	  	 Security

	  	 Total Principal Amount of
 Indebtedness
Secured

	Vesuvius India Limited	  	Sole charge over Stocks and Receivables for INR 185million	  	Banking facilities INR 185million
			
	Cookson Group plc	  	Security over deposits held with Bank of America, N.A.	  	Letter of credit facilities USD 8,346,256

  

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	The Company
	
	Cookson Group plc
		
	Address:	 	265 Strand
	 	 	London, WC2R 1DB
		
	Fax:	 	020 7061 6600
	
	Attention: Tony Harrison – Group Treasurer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Anthony Harrison

	
	The Original Borrower
	
	Cookson Group plc
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Anthony Harrison

	
	The Original Guarantor
	
	Cookson Group plc
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Anthony Harrison

	
	The Arranger
	
	Bank of America, N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ S. Lindon

	 	 	S LINDON
	
	Barclays Capital
		
	By:	 	 /s/ C Baylis

	 	 	C BAYLIS
	
	Citigroup Global Markets Limited
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Shakil Haider

	 	 	SHAKIL HAIDER
	
	HSBC Bank plc
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark Calvert

	 	 	MARK CALVERT

  
  

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	Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Capital Markets
		
	By:	 	 /s/ S D Patel

	 	 	S D PATEL
	
	The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
		
	By:	 	 /s/ P Brotherton

	 	 	P BROTHERTON
	
	Scotiabank Europe plc
		
	By:	 	 /s/ J A Flexer

	 	 	J.A.FLEXER
	
	Société Générale
		
	By:	 	 /s/ F Pannetier

	 	 	F PANNETIER
	
	The Original Lenders
	
	Bank of America, N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ S Lindon

	 	 	S LINDON
	
	Barclays Bank PLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ C Baylis

	 	 	C BAYLIS
	
	Citibank N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Shakil Haider

	 	 	SHAKIL HAIDER
	
	HSBC Bank plc
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark Calvert

	 	 	MARK CALVERT

  
  

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	Lloyds TSB Bank plc
		
	By:	 	 /s/ S A Apperley

	 	 	S A APPERLEY
	
	The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
		
	By:	 	 /s/ P Brotherton

	 	 	P BROTHERTON
	
	Scotiabank Europe plc
		
	By:	 	 /s/ J A Flexer

	 	 	J A FLEXER
	
	Société Générale
		
	By:	 	 /s/ F Pannetier

	 	 	F PANNETIER

  

					
	Standard Chartered Bank
			
	By:	 	 /s/ S M Lilley

	 	 /s/ N Sethna

	 	 	S M LILLEY	 	N SETHNA

  

			
	The Agent
	
	Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Capital Markets
		
	Address:	 	Bank House
	 	 	Wine Street
	 	 	Bristol BS1 2AN
		
	Fax:	 	0117 923 3367
		
	Attention:	 	Loans Administration Department
		
	By:	 	 /s/ S D Patel

	 	 	S D PATEL

  

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