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Exhibit 10.3

FORM OF

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     This Agreement is entered into as of [DATE] (the “Effective Date”) by and between the Company
and [NAME] (“Executive”).

     1.    Duties and Scope of Employment.

            (a)    Position and Duties. As of the Effective Date, Executive will [continue to] serve
as [TITLE] of the Company, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer [or his delegate]. Executive
will render such business and professional services in the performance of his or her duties,
consistent with Executive’s position within the Company, as shall reasonably be assigned to him by
the Chief Executive Officer [and/or the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”)]. Executive’s
[title,] duties and responsibilities may be altered, modified and changed as the [Chief Executive
Officer and/or Board] deems appropriate.

            (b)    Obligations. During the Term, Executive will perform his or her duties
faithfully and to the best of his or her ability and will devote his or her full business efforts
and time to the Company. For the duration of the Term, Executive agrees not to engage in any other
employment, occupation or consulting activity for any direct or indirect remuneration without the
prior written approval of [the Board and/or the Chief Executive Officer].

            (c)    Conflicting Employment. Executive agrees that, while employed by the Company, he
or she will not engage in any other employment, occupation, consulting or other business activity
directly related to the business in which the Company is now involved or becomes involved during
the term of Executive’s employment, nor will Executive engage in any other activities that conflict
with Executive’s obligations to the Company.

     2.    Term. Executive’s employment with the Company pursuant to this Agreement (the
“Term”) will commence on the Effective Date and will continue, unless otherwise terminated earlier
as provided herein, until the date that is twenty-four (24) months1 from the Effective
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties agree that Executive’s employment with the
Company will be “at-will” employment and may be terminated at any time with or without cause by
giving the Executive a written notice. Executive understands and agrees that neither his or her
job performance nor promotions, commendations, bonuses or the like from the Company give rise to or
in any way serve as the basis for continuation, modification, amendment, or extension, by
implication or otherwise, of his or her employment with the Company. However, as described in this
Agreement, Executive may be entitled to severance benefits depending on the circumstances of
Executive’s termination of employment with the Company as expressly provided in Sections 6 and 7 of
this Agreement.

     3.    Compensation.

            (a)    Base Salary. During the Term, the Company will pay Executive as compensation for
his or her services, a base salary at the annualized rate of $[EXECUTIVE’S

 

			
	1 The term of Paul Judy’s agreement is
twenty-one (21) months.	 	 

 

 

SALARY AMOUNT] 2(the “Base Salary”). The Base Salary will be paid periodically in
accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices and is subject to lawfully required
withholdings. Annual adjustments to the Base Salary may be made in the Company’s sole discretion.

            (b) Target Incentive Plan.    Executive will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Target
Incentive Plan, and for such annual bonuses as are payable under the plan (“Incentive Bonus”).

     4.    Employee Benefits. During the Term, Executive will continue to be entitled to
participate in the employee benefit plans currently and hereafter maintained by the Company of
general applicability [to other senior executives of the Company, including, without limitation,
the Company’s group medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, vacation and
flexible-spending account plans and programs] [as identified in his letter of appointment]. The
Company reserves the right to cancel or change the benefit plans and programs it offers to its
employees at any time.

     5.    Equity. Executive may from time to time be eligible to receive a grant of stock
options and/or restricted stock, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.

     6.    Severance.

            (a)    Involuntary Termination Without Cause Prior to a Change of Control or More than 6
Months Following a Change of Control. If Executive’s employment with the Company terminates
other than voluntarily or for “Cause” prior to a “Change of Control” (both as defined herein) or
more than six months following a Change of Control, and Executive signs and does not revoke a
release of claims with the Company in the form provided by the Company, the Company shall provide
severance pay and benefits, subject to certain conditions, as follows:

       (i)    The Company shall provide monetary severance to Executive equal to [twelve (12)
months’ of Base Salary for the Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, the
Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents and the covered
Vice President] [twenty-four (24) months of Base Salary for the Chief Executive Officer].
Such severance shall be paid over a period of [twelve (12) months or twenty-four (24)
months, as applicable] following the date of termination (the “Severance Period”) through
Severance Payments made in the same installments and subject to the same deductions as
Executive’s Base Salary at the time of termination. The Severance Payments shall be subject
to offset for any amounts then owed to the Company by Executive. [In lieu of the foregoing
paragraph the following text is included in the agreement with an officer based in Malaysia:
The Company shall provide monetary severance to Executive equal to one month of Base Salary
for each year of service plus

 

			
	2	The specific salaries for the Executives who
are party to this Agreement are as follows: TH Tan, Chief Executive Officer -
$550,000; Tim Harris, Executive VP & Chief Operating Officer — $365,000;
Michael Russak, Executive VP, Chief Technical Officer — $390,000; Ray Martin,
Executive VP, Customer Sales & Service — $345,000; Peter Norris, Executive VP,
Strategic Business Development — $190,000; Kathleen Bayless, Senior VP, Chief
Financial Officer — $296,800; Tsutomu Yamashita, Senior VP, Process Development
- $290,000; William Hammack, Senior VP, Human Resources — $203,496; Kheng Huat
Oung, VP, Managing Director, Media Operations, Komag USA (Malaysia) Sdn. -
$136,084; Paul Judy, Vice President, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting
Officer — $200,000.	 

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one month of contractual bonus plus 8 (eight) weeks of pay in lieu of notice. Such
severance shall be paid in a lump sum within 30 (thirty) days of the last day of employment.
The Severance Payments shall be subject to offset for any amounts then owed to the Company
by Executive.]

       (ii)    If Executive elects to continue his/her benefits under the Company’s Employee
Benefits Plans, including life, disability and health insurance, through COBRA, the Company
shall pay the cost of COBRA continuation coverage for Executive (and, where applicable,
Executive’s dependents) during the Severance Period as if Executive were still employed by
the Company (the “COBRA Continuation Payments”). Executive will continue to pay the same
portion of the cost of such benefits as he or she currently pays as of the last day of
his/her employment with the Company. The COBRA Continuation Payments will cease, and the
Company will have no further obligations with respect to the payment of any premiums for
continuation coverage to Executive, as of the earlier of (a) Executive becoming eligible for
comparable coverage (for example, through obtaining alternative employment); (b) the
conclusion of the Severance Period; or (c) the cessation of Executive’s COBRA eligibility.
[In lieu of the foregoing paragraph the following text is included in the agreement with an
officer based in Malaysia: All insurance benefits will cease upon the termination of
employment.]

       (iii)    Any outstanding and unvested non-qualified stock options and any restricted
stock previously granted Executive shall immediately vest and become exercisable as to the
number of shares that would have otherwise vested had Executive remained employed by the
Company through the end of the Severance Period. Thereafter, any such awards will remain
subject to the terms of the applicable stock plan, grant and/or agreement.

       (iv)    If Executive is entitled to compensation and benefits arising from termination of
employment due to change of control pursuant to Section 7 below, compensation and benefits
under that change of control provision shall be in lieu of and not in addition to
compensation under this Section 6.

       (v)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s obligation to make severance payments,
pay bonus payments, provide benefits and vest stock and/or options hereunder is expressly
conditioned upon Executive’s ongoing compliance with the provisions of the Employee
Invention, Authorship, Proprietary and Confidential Information Agreement. In the event
Executive breaches the terms of such agreement, the Company’s obligations hereunder shall
automatically terminate, without any notice to Executive, and, in addition to any other
damages to which the Company may be entitled, the Company shall be entitled to recover from
Executive any payments already made to Executive hereunder.

       (vi)    Executive agrees that severance as provided herein shall be the sole consideration
to which he or she is entitled in the event of the termination of his or her employment
without Cause, and that severance will not be paid in the event of termination with Cause,
and Executive expressly waives and relinquishes any claim to other or further consideration.
[The following sentence is included only in the Executive Vice President, Chief Technical
Officer’s form: Executive agrees that a change in title alone shall not mean that a position
is not comparable.]

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       (vii)    Severance pay, bonus pay, benefits and/or stock/option vesting are expressly
conditioned upon Executive’s execution and delivery of a release of all claims Executive may
have against the Company in a form provided by the Company.

              (b)    Voluntary Termination; Termination for Cause. If Executive’s employment with the
Company terminates voluntarily by Executive or for Cause by the Company, then (i) all vesting of
any restricted stock or options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock held by Executive
will terminate immediately and all payments of compensation by the Company to Executive hereunder
will terminate immediately (except as to amounts already earned, including unused and accrued
vacation); and (ii) Executive shall not be eligible for severance or other benefits, except in
accordance with any generally applicable Company plans or policies as are then in effect. [The
provision for voluntary termination in the foregoing paragraph is not included in the agreement
with the Chief Operating Officer. In lieu thereof, the following separate paragraph is included in
that agreement: “Should Executive voluntarily terminate employment within six (6) months of the
first day of employment in of a new Chief Executive Officer, other than Executive, the Executive
will be eligible to receive six (6) months of severance pay from the date of resignation.
Severance pay is expressly conditioned upon Executive’s execution and delivery of a release of all
claims Executive may have again the Company in a form provided by the Company. Beyond the sixth
(6th) month, should Executive resign, then (i) all vesting of any restricted stock or
options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock held by Executive will terminate
immediately and all payments of compensation by the Company to Executive hereunder will terminate
immediately (except as to amounts already earned, including unused and accrued vacation); and (ii)
Executive shall not be eligible for severance or other benefits, except in accordance with any
generally applicable Company plans or policies as are then in effect.”]

     7.    Change of Control Severance Benefits. In the event of a “Change of Control” (as
defined herein) followed by Executive’s termination other than voluntarily or for “Cause” within
six (6) months following the consummation of a Change of Control, Executive shall be entitled to
receive benefits as set forth below, provided he or she signs and does not revoke a release of
claims with the Company in a form provided by the Company. For the purpose of this Section 7,
Executive shall be deemed to have been terminated other than for “Cause” if Executive is not
provided with an offer of employment with the Company or successor entity following the Change of
Control with comparable duties, position, responsibilities, pay and location relative to the
Executive’s duties, position, responsibilities, pay and location in effect immediately prior to
such Change of Control and, within thirty (30) days thereafter, Executive elects to voluntarily
terminate his or her employment with the Company. Executive agrees that (1) a change in title
alone shall not mean that a position is not comparable; (2) a change in duties and responsibilities
that is not material shall not mean that a position is not comparable; (3) for purposes of pay, a
position shall be deemed comparable if it involves a reduction of no more than ten percent (10%) of
Executive’s base compensation unless in connection with similar decreases of other similarly
situated employees of the Company; and (4) for purposes of location, a position shall be deemed
comparable if it is within fifty (50) miles from Executive’s current work location.

              (a)    A lump sum payment within thirty (30) days of such termination equal to the Severance
Payment as set forth in section 6(a)(i) above.

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              (b)    An additional lump sum payment within thirty (30) days of such termination in an amount
equal to the annual Incentive Bonus, calculated on the basis of all targets under the current
Target Incentive Plan being met.

              (c)    On the date of termination, all stock options and restricted stock previously granted to
Executive shall become immediately and fully vested and exercisable by Executive or his or her
representative. Such exercise shall be governed by and shall be in accordance with the terms of
the applicable agreement, whose terms are incorporated herein by reference.

              (d)    Executive (and, where applicable, Executive’s dependents) shall be entitled to COBRA
Continuation Payments in accordance with the provisions of section 6(a)(ii) above. 3

              (e)    In the event that the benefits provided for in this agreement (a) constitute “parachute
payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”), (b) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, and (c) the
aggregate value of such parachute payments, as determined in accordance with Section 280G of the
Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder is less than the product obtained by multiplying 3.59
by Executive’s “base amount” within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(3), then such benefits
shall be reduced to the extent necessary (but only to that extent) so that no portion of such
benefits will be subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code. In the event that the
benefits provided for in this agreement (a) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code, (b) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the
Code, and (c) the aggregate value of such parachute payments, as determined in accordance with
Section 280G of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder is equal to or greater than the
product obtained by multiplying 3.59 by Executive’s “base amount” within the meaning of Code
Section 280G(b)(3), then the Executive shall receive (i) a payment from the Company sufficient to
pay such excise tax plus any interest or penalties incurred by Executive with respect to such
excise tax, plus (ii) an additional payment from the Company sufficient to pay the excise tax and
federal and state income and employment taxes arising from the payments made by the Company to
Executive pursuant to this sentence. Unless the Company and the Executive otherwise agree in
writing, the determination of Executive’s excise tax liability and the amount required to be paid
or reduced under this Section shall be made in writing by the Company’s independent auditors who
are primarily used by the Company immediately prior to the Change of Control (the “Accountants”).
For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section, the Accountants may make
reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable,
good faith interpretations concerning the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code. The
Company and the Executive shall furnish to the Accountants such information and documents as the
Accountants may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section. The
Company shall bear all costs the Accountants may reasonably incur in connection with any
calculations contemplated by this Section.4

              (f)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Executive receives the Severance Payment pursuant to
this Section, he or she shall not be entitled to receive an additional Severance Payment pursuant
to Section 6 hereof.

 

			
	3 This paragraph is not included in the
agreement with an officer based in Malaysia.	 	 
	 
	4
This paragraph is not included in the
agreement with an officer based in Malaysia.	 	 

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            (g)    Change of control benefits under this Section 7 are expressly conditioned upon Executive’s
execution and delivery of a release of all claims Executive may have against the Company in a form
provided by the Company.

     8.    Non-Solicitation. For a period of twelve (12) months following Executive’s
termination of employment, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written
consent of the Company, solicit any employee or customer of the Company, its parent or its
subsidiaries to terminate his or her employment with or customer relationship to the Company, its
parent or its subsidiaries.

     9.    Definitions.

            (a)    Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” is defined as (i) an act of
dishonesty made by Executive in connection with Executive’s responsibilities as an employee, (ii)
Executive’s conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony or any crime
involving fraud, embezzlement or any other act of moral turpitude, (iii) Executive’s gross
misconduct, (iv) Executive’s unauthorized use or disclosure of any proprietary information or trade
secrets of the Company or any other party to whom Executive owes an obligation of nondisclosure as
a result of Executive’s relationship with the Company; (v) Executive’s willful breach of any
obligations under any written agreement or covenant with the Company; or (vi) Executive’s continued
failure to perform his or her employment duties after Executive has received a written demand of
performance from the Company with specifically sets forth the factual basis for the Company’s
belief that Executive has not substantially performed his or her duties and has failed to cure such
non-performance to the Company’s satisfaction within 30 days after receiving such notice.

            (b)    Change of Control. For purposes of this Agreement, “Change of Control” of the
Company is defined as: (1) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50%
or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities;
or (ii) the date of the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other
corporation that has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, other than a merger or
consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately
prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into
voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power
represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding
immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan
of complete liquidation of the company; or (iii) the date of the consummation of the sale or
disposition by the Company of all or substantially all the Company’s assets.

     10.    Assignment. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of (a)
the heirs, executors and legal representatives of Executive upon Executive’s death and (b) any
successor of the Company. Any such successor of the Company will be deemed substituted for the
Company under the terms of this Agreement for all purposes. For this purpose, “successor” means any
person, firm, corporation or other business entity which at any time, whether by purchase, merger
or other, directly or indirectly acquires all or substantially all of the assets or business of the
Company. None of the rights of Executive to receive any form of compensation payable pursuant to
this Agreement may be assigned or transferred except by will of the laws of

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descent and distribution. Any other attempted assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition of Executive’s right to compensation or other benefits will be null and void.

     11.    Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications called for
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (i) on the date of delivery if delivered
personally, (ii) one (1) day after being sent by a well established commercial overnight service,
or (iii) four (4) days after being mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, prepaid and addressed to the parties or their successor at the following addresses, or
at such other addresses as the parties may later designate in writing:

  If to the Company:

  Komag, Inc.

  1710 Automation Parkway

  San Jose, CA 95131

  If to Executive:

  [NAME]

  [ADDRESS]

     12.    Severability. In the event that any provision hereof becomes or is declared by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, this Agreement will continue
in full force and effect without said provision.

     13.    Arbitration:

              (a)    General. In consideration of Executive’s services to the Company and Executive’s
receipt of the compensation, pay raises and other benefits paid to Executive by the Company, at
present and in the future, the Company and Executive agree that any and all controversies, claims,
or disputes between them (including any dispute Executive may have with any employee, officer,
director, shareholder or benefit plan of the Company in their capacity as such or otherwise)
arising out of, relating to, or resulting from Executive’s service with the Company, including any
breach of this Agreement, shall be subject to binding arbitration as set forth below. [Disputes
which the Company and Executive agree to arbitrate, and thereby agree to waive any right to a trial
by jury, include any statutory claims under state or federal law, including but not limited to,
claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the American with Disabilities Act of 1990,
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act, the
California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the California Labor Code, claims of harassment,
discrimination or wrongful termination and any other statutory or common law claims.]5
Executive further understands that this Agreement to arbitrate also applies to any disputes that
the Company may have with Executive, including but not limited to claims of misappropriation,
fraud, conversion, interference with economic advantage or contract, breach of fiduciary duty,
defamation, misrepresentation, or fraud.

              (b)    Procedure. Executive agrees that any arbitration will be administered by JAMS and
that a neutral arbitrator will be selected in a manner consistent with its Employment Arbitration
Rules and Procedures. Executive agrees that any arbitration hearing pursuant to this Agreement
shall be conducted in San Jose, California. Executive agrees that the

 

			
	5 Bracketed text is not included in the
agreement with an officer based in Malaysia.	 	 

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arbitrator shall issue a written decision on the merits. Executive also agrees that the
arbitrator shall have the power to award any remedies, including attorneys’ fees and costs,
available under applicable law. Executive understands the Company will pay for any administrative
or hearing fees charged by the arbitrator or JAMS except that Executive shall pay the first $200.00
of any filing fees associated with any arbitration Executive initiates. Executive agrees that the
arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the JAMS Employment Arbitration Rules and
Procedures provided, however, that the Arbitrator shall allow the discovery authorized by
California Code of Civil Procedure section 1283.05 or any other discovery required by law in
arbitration proceedings. Also, to the extent that any of the JAMS Employment Arbitration Rules and
Procedures conflict with any arbitration procedures required by applicable law, the arbitration
procedures required by applicable law shall govern. Executive agrees that nothing in this Section
13 relieves him or her from any obligation he or she may have to exhaust certain administrative
remedies before arbitrating any claims or disputes under this Section 13.

          (c)    Remedy. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, arbitration shall be the
sole, exclusive and final remedy for any dispute between Executive and the Company. Accordingly,
except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, neither Executive nor the Company will be permitted
to pursue court action regarding claims that are subject to arbitration. Notwithstanding, the
arbitrator will not have the authority to disregard or refuse to enforce any lawful Company policy,
and that the arbitrator shall not order or require the Company to adopt a policy not otherwise
required by law which the Company has not adopted.

          (d)    Availability of Injunctive Relief. The parties agree that they shall have the
right to seek judicial relief in the form of injunctive and/or other equitable relief under the
California Arbitration Act, Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.8(b), including but not limited to
relief for threatened or actual misappropriation of trade secrets, violation of this Agreement or
the Confidentiality Agreement or any other agreement regarding trade secrets, confidential
information, nonsolicitation or Labor Code §2870. In the event either party seeks injunctive
relief, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees.

          (e)    Administrative Relief. Executive understands that this Agreement does not
prohibit Executive from pursuing an administrative claim with a local, state or federal
administrative body [such as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission or the workers’ compensation board. This Agreement, does, however, preclude
Executive from pursuing court action regarding any such claim].6

          (f)    Voluntary Nature of Agreement. Executive acknowledges and agrees that Executive
is executing this Agreement voluntarily and without any duress or undue influence by the Company or
anyone else. Executive further acknowledges and agrees that Executive has carefully read this
Agreement and that Executive has asked any questions needed for Executive to understand the terms,
consequences and binding effect of this Agreement and fully understand it, including that Executive
is waiving Executive’s right to a jury trial. Finally, Executive agrees that Executive has been
provided an opportunity to seek the advice of an attorney of Executive’s choice before singing this
Agreement.

 

			
	6 Bracketed text is not included in the
agreement with an officer based in Malaysia.	 	 

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     14.    Existing Agreements. This Agreement supersedes and replaces any prior severance
or retention plans, employment agreements and offer letters that Executive may have entered into
with the Company prior to the Effective Date.

     15.    Integration. This Agreement, Executive’s stock option and restricted stock
agreements with the Company, and the Employee Invention, Authorship, Proprietary and Confidential
Information Agreement by and between Executive and the Company represent the entire agreement and
understanding between the parties as to the subject matter herein and supersede all prior or
contemporaneous agreements whether written or oral. No waiver, alteration, or modification of any
of the provisions of this Agreement will be binding unless in writing and signed by duly authorized
representatives of the parties hereto.

     16.    Tax Withholding. All payments made pursuant to this Agreement will be subject to
withholding of applicable taxes.

     17.    409A Compliance. Because of the uncertainty of the application of Section 409A of
the Code to any severance benefits to be paid or provided to Executive under this Agreement,
Executive and the Company agree that if Treasury Regulations or other official guidance
interpreting Section 409A of the Code would subject such benefits to Section 409A and require that
such benefits be provided in a different form or manner to avoid the application of Section 409A,
they shall agree in writing to a different form or manner of payment in order to avoid such
application.7

     18.    Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of
California (with the exception of its conflict of laws provisions.)

     19.    Acknowledgment. Executive acknowledges that he or she has had the opportunity to
discuss this matter with and obtain advice from his or her private attorney, has had sufficient
time to, and has carefully read and fully understands all the provisions of this Agreement, and is
knowingly and voluntarily entering into this Agreement.

	 	 	 	 
	EXECUTIVE	 	            
KOMAG, INCORPORATED
	 

 
	 	By      	  

	[NAME]	 	 
	 
	 	Dated:	  

            Dated
                     
                       
                        
        

 

			
	7 This paragraph is not included in the
agreement with an officer based in Malaysia.	 	 

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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

Dated 10 August 2005

LONDON INDUSTRIAL LEASING LIMITED

and

DEUTSCHE BANK AG (ACTING THROUGH ITS LONDON BRANCH)

and

BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

relating to the sale and purchase of

the whole of the issued share capital of City Leasing (Creekside) Limited

Linklaters

One Silk Street

London EC2Y 8HQ

Telephone (44-20) 7456 2000

Facsimile (44-20) 7456 2222

 

 

Table of Contents

	 	 	 	 	 
	Contents	 	Page	 
	 
	1 Interpretation
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2 Agreement to Sell the Shares
	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3 Consideration
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4 Closing
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5 Warranties and Indemnities
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6 Limitation of Seller’s Liability
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7 Claims
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8 Confidentiality
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9 Other Provisions
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 1 The Company
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 2 Warranties given by the Seller under Clause 5
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 3 Cash Flow Model
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Share Purchase Agreement

This Agreement is made on 10 August 2005

between:

	(1)	 	LONDON INDUSTRIAL LEASING LIMITED a company incorporated in England (registered number
00913007) whose registered office is at 23 Great Winchester Street, London EC2P 2AX (the
“Seller”);
	 
	(2)	 	DEUTSCHE BANK AG, acting through its London Branch (registered branch number BR000005) at
Winchester House, 1 Great Winchester Street, London EC2N 2DB (“DB London”); and
	 
	(3)	 	BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC a company incorporated in England (registered number 02298887) whose
registered office is at Caswell, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8EQ (the “Purchaser”).

Whereas:

	(A)	 	City Leasing (Creekside) Limited (the “Company”) is a private company limited by shares,
short particulars of which are set out at Schedule 1, incorporated in England (registered no.
2133288) under the Companies Act 1985 and has its registered office at 23 Great Winchester
Street, London EC2P 2AX.
	 
	(B)	 	The Seller is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the entire issued share capital of the
Company.
	 
	(C)	 	The Seller has agreed to sell and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase all of the issued
share capital of the Company on the terms of this Agreement (which include the Seller giving
certain representations and warranties and covenants to the Purchaser).
	 
	(D)	 	DB London is the ultimate holding company of the Seller and has agreed to assume certain
obligations under this Agreement.

It is agreed as follows:

	1	 	Interpretation
	 
	 	 	In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions in this Clause 1
apply:
	 
	1.1	 	Definitions
	 
	 	 	“Accounts” means the Annual Accounts and the Closing Accounts;
	 
	 	 	“Administration Agreement” means the administration agreement to be entered into at Closing
by City Leasing Limited, DB London and the Company, in the Agreed Form;

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	 	 	“Agreed Form” means documents agreed by the parties or on their behalf and initialled by
them or on their behalf for identification purposes only;
	 
	 	 	“Aircraft” means the four Boeing 747-400 aircraft each, respectively, with manufacturer’s
serial numbers 23908, 24047, 24056 and 27092 and UK registration marks G-BNLA, GBNLE, G-BNLN
and G-CIVA;
	 
	 	 	“Aircraft Mortgages” means the four aircraft mortgages dated 3 December 2003 between Phoebus
and DB London, one such mortgage in respect of each Aircraft;
	 
	 	 	“Aircraft Sale and Purchase Agreements” means the four aircraft sale and purchase agreements
as defined in the respective Headleases and Subleases;
	 
	 	 	“Annual Accounts” means the draft accounts of the Company for the approximate twelve month
period ended on the Annual Accounts Date, as adjusted in the manner contemplated in the
covering email thereto, a copy of which has been initialled for the purposes of
identification only by the parties or on their behalf;
	 
	 	 	“Annual Accounts Date” means 31 December 2004;
	 
	 	 	“BA Consent Letter” means the consent letter, in the Agreed Form, from British Airways plc
	 
	 	 	“BA Deeds of Assignment” means the four deeds of assignment dated 3 December 2003 between
British Airways plc and LBI Leasing Limited, one such assignment in respect of each
Aircraft;
	 
	 	 	“BA Sales Agency Letters” means the four letters from British Airways plc to Phoebus dated 3
December 2003 relating to the sale of the Aircraft, one such letter in respect of each
Aircraft;
	 
	 	 	“BA Security Agreements” means the four security agreements dated 3 December 2003 between
LBI Leasing Limited and British Airways plc, one such security agreement in respect of each
Aircraft;
	 
	 	 	“Banking Authorities Side Letter” means the side letter in the Agreed Form from the Company
to DB London relating to the authorised signatories of the bank account of the Company with
account number 12844600, sort code 40-50-81;
	 
	 	 	“Bookham Signing Authority” means evidence, in the Agreed Form, that the Purchaser is
authorised to enter into this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Business Day” means a day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday in England;
	 
	 	 	“Cash Flow Model” means the cash flow model set out in Schedule 3 of this Agreement;

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	 	 	“Closing” means the completion of the sale of the Shares pursuant to Clauses 4.1 and 4.2 of
this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Closing Accounts” means the accounts of the Company for the period beginning on 1 January
2005 and ending on the Closing Accounts Date, a copy of which has been initialled for the
purposes of identification only by the parties or on their behalf;
	 
	 	 	“Closing Accounts Date” means 10 August 2005;
	 
	 	 	“Closing Accounts Warranty” means the Seller’s Warranty listed at paragraph 2.3 of Schedule
2;
	 
	 	 	“Closing Date” means the date on which Closing takes place;
	 
	 	 	“Confidential Group Papers” means certain papers, reports and other documents prepared by or
on behalf of the Seller or any member of the Seller’s Group or the Company prior to Closing
which fall into one or more of the following categories: (a) documentation prepared
principally for the purposes of or in connection with the credit assessment or relating to
the credit standing of any party (including the Company); (b) internal business management
papers containing confidential or sensitive information relating to the Seller’s Group; and
(c) papers relating to Tax matters which are managed on a group basis and containing
information required or desired to be retained by the Seller’s Group (including for the
purposes of Clause 7.5);
	 
	 	 	“Consideration” has the meaning given to it in Clause 3;
	 
	 	 	“Creekside Account Charges” means the account charges dated 3 December 2003 between the
Company as chargor and DB London as chargee, in respect of each of the Aircraft;
	 
	 	 	“Creekside Deeds of Assignment” means the four Creekside deeds of assignment as defined in
the respective Headleases and Subleases;
	 
	 	 	“Creekside Rental Account” means the bank account with DB London with account number
0128446-0000-GBP-000,
	 
	 	 	“Creekside Security Account Charge” means the account charge in the Agreed Form, between the
Company as chargor and Phoebus as chargee;
	 
	 	 	“DB Comfort Letter” means the comfort letter, in the Agreed Form, from DB London to the
Purchaser relating to certain proposed transfers by the Company;
	 
	 	 	“DB Signing Authority” means evidence, in the Agreed Form, that DB London and the Seller are
authorised to enter into this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Deeds of Application” means the four deeds of application of proceeds and priorities each
dated 3 December 2003 as defined in the respective Headleases;

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	 	 	“Deeds of Release” means the four deeds of release dated 3 December 2003 between British
Airways plc, LBI Leasing Limited and the Company, one deed of release in respect of each
Aircraft;
	 
	 	 	“Disclosure Letter” means the letter dated on the same date as this Agreement from the
Seller to the Purchaser in the Agreed Form:
	 
	 	 	“Donside” means City Leasing (Donside) Limited, a company incorporated in England with
registered number 2002137;
	 
	 	 	“Donside Letter” means the letter from Donside to Creekside, in the Agreed Form;
	 
	 	 	“Donside Loan” means the £18 million loan dated 12 April 2005 granted by Donside to the
Company;
	 
	 	 	“Encumbrance” means any form of encumbrance, pledge, claim, charge, mortgage, lien, option,
equity, power of sale, hypothecation, retention of title, right of pre-emption, right of
first refusal or other third party right or security interest of any kind or an agreement,
arrangement or obligation to create any of the foregoing;
	 
	 	 	“First DB London Loan” means the agreement pursuant to which DB London agrees to lend
£18,348,132.33 to the Company to be entered into immediately prior to Closing in the Agreed
Form;
	 
	 	 	“Group Relief Agreement” means the group relief agreement to be entered into on the Closing
Date between DB London, the Purchaser and the Company;
	 
	 	 	“Headleases” means four head lease agreements each dated 3 December 2003 entered into
between Phoebus and the Company (as amended from time to time) pursuant to which Phoebus
leases to the Company the Aircraft and “Headlease” means any such agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Headlease Amendment Agreements” means the four amendment agreements to the Headleases, to
be entered into on the Closing Date between the Company and Phoebus, one such agreement in
respect of each of the four Headleases;
	 
	 	 	“Losses” means all losses, liabilities, costs (including without limitation legal costs and
experts’ and consultants’ fees), charges, expenses, actions, proceedings, claims and
demands;
	 
	 	 	“Notice of Acknowledgement and Rebate Assignment” means the lessor acknowledgement of lessor
notice of assignment dated 3 December 2003 to Banca Intesa S.p.A from the Company in respect
of one Boeing 747-436 aircraft manufacturer’s serial number 27092 and registration mark
G-CIVA;
	 
	 	 	“Phoebus” means Phoebus Leasing Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands whose
registered office is at PO Box 1984GT, Elizabethan Square, George Town Grand Cayman, Cayman
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	 	 	“Phoebus Account Charges” means the four account charges dated 3 December 2003 between
Phoebus and DB London as chargee, one such agreement in respect of each of the Aircraft;
	 
	 	 	“Phoebus Letter” means the letter from Phoebus to Creekside, in the Agreed Form;
	 
	 	 	“Power of Attorney” means the power of attorney in the Agreed Form to be given by the
Company to DB London at Closing granting power to discuss and finalise its tax computations
and returns with H.M. Revenue and Customs for all periods up to the Closing Accounts Date;
	 
	 	 	“Purchaser’s Group” means the Purchaser and its subsidiary undertakings from time to time;
	 
	 	 	“Purchaser’s Lawyers” means Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dort LLP of Alder Castle, 10
Noble Street, London, EC2V 7QJ;
	 
	 	 	“Purchaser’s Wider Group” means the Purchaser’s Group and any company in respect of which
any member of the Purchaser’s Group is a subsidiary undertaking from time to time;
	 
	 	 	“Relevant Documents” means the relevant documents as defined in each of the respective
Headleases and Subleases;
	 
	 	 	“Rental Sale Agreements” means the four rental sale and purchase agreements dated 12 April
2005 and entered into between DB London and the Company, (as amended from time to time) one
such agreement in respect of each of the four Subleases;
	 
	 	 	“Rental Sale Amendment Agreements” means the four amendment agreements to the Rental Sale
Agreements, to be entered into on the Closing Date between the Company and DB London, one
such agreement in respect of each of the four Rental Sale Agreements;
	 
	 	 	“Residual Security Assignment” means the residual security agreement dated 3 December 2003
between the Company and DB London in relation to one Boeing 747-436 aircraft manufacturer’s
serial number 27092 and registration mark G-CIVA;
	 
	 	 	“Sales Agency Letters” means the BA Sales Agency Letters and the letter from Phoebus to
Banca Intesa S.p.A dated 3 December 2003 relating to one Boeing 747-436 aircraft
manufacturer’s serial number 27092 and registration mark G-CIVA
	 
	 	 	“Second DB London Loan” means the agreement pursuant to which DB London agrees to lend
£42,500,000 to the Company to be entered into immediately prior to Closing in the Agreed
Form;
	 
	 	 	“Secondary Period” means, in relation to each Headlease and Sublease, the secondary period
as defined in the respective Headlease and Sublease;

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	 	 	“Security Agreements” means the BA Security Agreements and the security agreement dated 3
December 2003 between the Company and British Airways plc, in respect of one Boeing 747-436
aircraft manufacturer’s serial number 27092 and registration mark GCIVA;
	 
	 	 	“Seller’s Group” means the Seller and its subsidiary undertakings from time to time;
	 
	 	 	“Seller’s Lawyers” means Linklaters of One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ;
	 
	 	 	“Seller’s Warranties” means the representations and warranties given by the Seller pursuant
to Clause 5 and Schedule 2 and “Seller’s Warranty” means any one of them;
	 
	 	 	“Seller’s Wider Group” means the Seller’s Group and any company in respect of which any
member of the Seller’s Group is a subsidiary undertaking from time to time;
	 
	 	 	“Shares” means all of the issued share capital of the Company;
	 
	 	 	“Sublease” means four lease agreements each respectively dated 28 March 1988, 23 March 1989,
23 March 1989 and 22 March 1993 entered into between the Company and British Airways plc (as
amended from time to time) pursuant to which the Company subleases to British Airways plc
the four aircraft which are the subject of the respective Headleases and “Sublease” means
any such agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Sublease Amendment Agreements” means the four amendment agreements to the Subleases, to be
entered into on the Closing Date between the Company, British Airways plc and DB London, one
such agreement in respect of each of the four Subleases;
	 
	 	 	“Taxation” or “Tax” means all forms of taxation of the United Kingdom or elsewhere in the
world whether direct or indirect and whether levied by reference to income, profits, gains,
net wealth, asset values, turnover, added value or other reference and statutory,
governmental, state, provincial, local governmental or municipal impositions, duties,
contributions, rates and levies (including without limitation social security contributions
and any other payroll taxes), whenever imposed (whether imposed by way of a withholding or
deduction for or on account of tax or otherwise) and in respect of any person and all
penalties, charges, costs and interest relating thereto;
	 
	 	 	“Tax Authority” means any taxing or other authority competent to impose any liability in
respect of Taxation or responsible for the administration and/or collection of Taxation or
enforcement of any law in relation to Taxation;
	 
	 	 	“Tax Claim” means a claim by the Purchaser (i) under the Tax Indemnity and/or (ii) under the
Tax Warranties and/or (iii) in respect of Taxation under the Closing Accounts Warranty;
	 
	 	 	“Tax Indemnity” means the deed of covenant against Taxation to be entered into at Closing in
the Agreed Form;
	 
	 	 	“Tax Warranties” means the Seller’s Warranties listed at paragraph 10 of Schedule 2;

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	 	 	“Third Party” means, in Clause 6.3.2, any person other than the Seller and DB London;
	 
	 	 	“VAT” means United Kingdom Value Added Tax;
	 
	 	 	“Voluntary Act” means any act whatsoever other than an act which is:

	 	(i)	 	required by any present or future law, statute, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, decree of any court or government agency, any regulatory body or any
recognised stock exchange or the rules of the NASDAQ stock market; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	taken or made in accordance with Clause 5.1.6; and

	 	 	“Voluntary Omission” means any omission in relation to any act other than an omission in
relation to an act which, if such act were undertaken, the party undertaking such act would
be in breach of any present or future law, statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment,
decree of any court or government agency, regulatory requirement or requirement of any
recognised stock exchange or the NASDAQ stock market.
	 
	1.2	 	Modification etc. of Statutes
	 
	 	 	References to a statute or statutory provision, express or implied, include:

	 	1.2.1	 	that statute or provision as from time to time modified, re-enacted or
consolidated whether before or after the date of this Agreement;
	 
	 	1.2.2	 	any past statute or statutory provision (as from time to time modified,
re-enacted or consolidated) which that statute or provision has directly or indirectly
replaced;
	 
	 	1.2.3	 	any subordinate legislation made from time to time under that statute or
statutory provision, as modified, re-enacted or consolidated as described in Clause
1.2.1 above, or under any statute or statutory provision referred to in Clause 1.2.2
above; and
	 
	 	1.2.4	 	“statute” and “statutory provision” includes any legislation in any
jurisdiction.

	1.3	 	Singular, plural, gender
	 
	 	 	References to one gender include all genders and references to the singular include the
plural and vice versa.
	 
	1.4	 	References to persons and companies
	 
	 	 	References to:

	 	1.4.1	 	a person include any company, partnership or unincorporated association
(whether or not having separate legal personality); and
	 
	 	1.4.2	 	a company shall include any company, corporation or any body corporate,
wherever incorporated.

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	1.5	 	References to subsidiaries
	 
	 	 	The word “subsidiary” shall have the same meaning in this Agreement as its definition in the
Companies Act 1985.
	 
	1.6	 	Schedules etc.
	 
	 	 	References to this Agreement shall include any Recitals and Schedules to it and references
to Clauses and Schedules are to Clauses of, and Schedules to, this Agreement. References to
paragraphs and Parts are to paragraphs and Parts of the Schedules.
	 
	1.7	 	Headings
	 
	 	 	Headings shall be ignored in interpreting this Agreement.
	 
	1.8	 	Legal Terms
	 
	 	 	References to any English legal term shall, in respect of any jurisdiction other than
England, be construed as references to the term or concept which most nearly corresponds to
it in that jurisdiction.
	 
	1.9	 	Gross up of Indemnity Payments
	 
	 	 	Where an indemnity payment is stated as being on an after tax basis”, the provisions of
Clauses 14.2 and 14.4 of the Tax Indemnity shall apply in respect of any payment due under
that indemnity.
	 
	1.10	 	Ejusdem Generis
	 
	 	 	In construing this Agreement, the so-called ejusdem generis rule does not apply and
accordingly the interpretation of general words shall not be restricted by words indicating
a particular class or particular examples.
	 
	2	 	Agreement to Sell the Shares
	 
	2.1	 	On and subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser
agrees to purchase, the Shares.
	 
	2.2	 	The Shares shall be sold by the Seller with full title guarantee free from Encumbrances and
together with all rights and advantages attaching to them as at Closing (including, without
limitation, the right to receive all dividends or distributions declared, made or paid on or
after Closing).
	 
	2.3	 	Subject to the terms of the BA Consent Letter, the Seller shall procure that on or prior to
Closing any and all rights of pre-emption or transfer or other restriction over the Shares are
waived irrevocably by the persons entitled thereto, and all necessary consents have been
received or waived in respect of any applicable transfer restrictions over the Shares.

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	2.4	 	The Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser that it has the right to sell and
transfer the full legal and beneficial interest in the Shares to the Purchaser on the terms
set out in this Agreement.
	 
	3	 	Consideration
	 
	 	 	The total consideration for the sale of the Shares under this Agreement shall be £1.00 (one
Pound Sterling), the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged.
	 
	4	 	Closing
	 
	4.1	 	Date and Place
	 
	 	 	Closing shall take place at the offices of the Seller’s Lawyers on 10 August 2005 or at such
other location or date as may be agreed between the Purchaser and the Seller.
	 
	4.2	 	Closing Events
	 
	 	 	The following events shall take place on Closing:

	 	4.2.1	 	Seller shall procure that a meeting of the directors of the Company is held on
the Closing Date at which the following business is transacted:

	 	(i)	 	the terms of, and execution and performance by the Company of,
this Agreement, the Tax Indemnity, the First DB London Loan, the Second DB
London Loan, the Power of Attorney, the Disclosure Letter and all relevant
documents as shall be required in order to give effect to the transactions
contemplated in Clause 4.2.2 shall be approved (to the extent necessary);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the situation of the registered office of the Company shall be
changed to Caswell, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8EQ;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the name of the Company shall be changed to Forthaven Limited;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the current directors of the Company shall each resign as a
director of the Company and each shall execute a letter of resignation in a
form satisfactory to the Purchaser waiving all claims whatsoever they may each
have against the Company and Stephen Abely, Giorgio Anania and Thomas Kelley
shall be appointed as directors of the Company (such resignations and
appointments to take effect at Closing);
	 
	 	(v)	 	the company secretary shall resign as secretary to the Company
and shall execute a letter of resignation in a form satisfactory to the
Purchaser waiving all claims whatsoever he may have against the Company and
Jacobin Zorin shall be appointed as secretary of the Company (such resignation
and appointment to take effect at Closing);

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	 	(vi)	 	the registration of the transfer in respect of the Shares
referred to in Clause 4.2.3 shall be approved; and
	 
	 	(vii)	 	(the accounting reference date is changed to 10 August;

	 	4.2.2	 	the Seller shall procure that on the Closing Date:

	 	(i)	 	the Company and DB London execute and deliver the First DB
London Loan;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Company and DB London execute and deliver the Second DB
London Loan;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	DB London and the Company execute and deliver the Group Relief
Agreement;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the Company and Phoebus execute and deliver the Creekside
Security Account Charge;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the Company and DB London execute and deliver the Rental Sale
Amendment Agreements;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	the Company and Phoebus execute and deliver the Headlease
Amendment Agreements;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	the Sublease Amendment Agreements are duly executed and
delivered; and
	 
	 	(viii)	 	a special resolution of the Company is passed resolving to change the name of
the Company to Forthaven Limited;

	 	4.2.3	 	the Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, on the Closing Date to the
Purchaser the following documents:

	 	(i)	 	the duly executed transfer in the name of the Purchaser in
respect of all the Shares, together with the relevant share certificate;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the certificates of incorporation, corporate seals (if any),
minute books and statutory books of the Company;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	statements relating to each bank account held by the Company
showing the balance of such accounts as at or immediately prior to the Closing
Date;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the original counterpart of the Tax Indemnity duly executed by
the Seller;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the Disclosure Letter duly signed by the Seller;

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	 	(vi)	 	the Administration Agreement duly signed by City Leasing
Limited, DB London and the Company;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	the Banking Authorities Side Letter duly signed by the
Company;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	the Power of Attorney duly executed by the Company;
	 
	 	(ix)	 	the DB Signing Authority duly signed by an authorised signatory
of Deutsche Bank AG;
	 
	 	(x)	 	the BA Consent Letter duly executed; and
	 
	 	(xi)	 	the DB Comfort Letter;

	 	4.2.4	 	upon completion of all the matters referred to in sub-clauses 4.2.1 to 4.2.3
above, the Purchaser shall:

	 	(i)	 	pay the Consideration to the Seller;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	deliver to the Seller the original counterpart of the Tax
Indemnity duly executed by the Purchaser;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	deliver to the Seller the duly signed counterpart of the
Disclosure Letter acknowledging receipt;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	deliver to the Seller the duly signed counterpart of the Group
Relief Agreement; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	deliver to the Seller the Bookham Signing Authority duly signed
by an authorised signatory of the Purchaser.

	 	4.2.5	 	upon completion of all the matters referred to in sub-clauses 4.2.1 to 4.2.4
above, the Seller shall procure that:

	 	(i)	 	the Purchaser’s name is entered in the register of members of
the Company as the holder of the Shares;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the amount due under the First DB London Loan is made available
to the Company in accordance with the terms of the First DB London Loan;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Company repays in full the Donside Loan using the proceeds
received under the First DB London Loan;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	Donside executes and delivers the Donside Letter;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the amount due under the Second DB London Loan is made
available to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Second DB London
Loan;

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	 	(vi)	 	in relation to each of the Headleases, the Company pays to
Phoebus £41,015,026.30, being all amounts outstanding except for £100,000 per
Headlease, using the proceeds received under the Second DB London Loan; and
	 
	 	(vii)	 	Phoebus executes and delivers the Phoebus Letter.

	4.3	 	Closing Events — Miscellaneous
	 
	 	 	If for any reason the provisions of sub-Clause 4.2.1 to 4.2.5 above are not fully complied
with either the Purchaser or the Seller, as the case may be, being the party not at fault,
may elect (in addition and without prejudice to all other rights or remedies available to
it) to rescind this Agreement or to agree a new date for Closing.
	 
	4.4	 	Post-Closing Events
	 
	 	 	Promptly following completion of the audit of the accounts of the Company for the period
ending on the Annual Accounts Date:

	 	4.4.1	 	the Seller shall procure that KPMG LLP sign and deliver to the Company a
letter pursuant to which KPMG LLP resign as auditors of the Company, including a
written confirmation that, in accordance with Section 394 of the Companies Act 1985,
there are no circumstances connected with the resignation which should be brought to
the attention of the members or creditors of the Company and that no fees are due to
them from the Company; and

	 	4.4.2	 	the Purchaser shall procure that a meeting of the directors of the Company is
held at which Ernst & Young LLP (or such affiliate of Ernst & Young LLP as the
Purchaser shall require) are appointed as auditors of the Company.

	5	 	Warranties and Indemnities
	 
	5.1	 	The Seller’s Warranties and the Seller’s and DB London’s Indemnity

	 	5.1.1	 	The Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser:

	 	(i)	 	subject to Clause 5.3, that the statements set out in Schedule
2 are true and accurate and not misleading as of the date of this Agreement;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	all information relating to the Company or its respective
assets or affairs which would be material to a purchaser for value of the
Shares, undertaking and assets of the Company is contained in this Agreement
and the Disclosure Letter; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	all information contained or referred to in the Disclosure
Letter is true and accurate and fairly disclose every matter to which they
relate and nothing has been omitted from the Disclosure Letter which renders
any of that information inaccurate, incomplete or misleading.

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	 	5.1.2	 	The Seller acknowledges that the Purchaser has entered into this Agreement on
the basis of, and in reliance upon the Seller’s Warranties.
	 
	 	5.1.3	 	Each of the Seller’s Warranties shall be separate and independent and shall
not be limited by reference to any other paragraph of Schedule 2 or by anything in this
Agreement or in the Tax Indemnity.
	 
	 	5.1.4	 	Save for matters fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Letter and Schedule 1 of
this Agreement, no information of which the Purchaser and/or its officers or employees
and/or its duly authorised agents and/or advisers has knowledge (actual, constructive
or imputed) or which could have been discovered (whether by investigation made by the
Purchaser or made on its behalf) shall prejudice or prevent any claim under the
Seller’s Warranties or reduce any amount recoverable thereunder.
	 
	 	5.1.5	 	The Seller and DB London each agree at all times to indemnify and keep
indemnified and hold harmless on an after-tax basis the Purchaser and the Purchaser’s
Wider Group and their respective directors, officers and employees on demand from and
against and to reimburse on a full indemnity basis all claims, demands, liabilities,
losses, damages, costs, charges and expenses whatsoever (including consequential loss,
loss of profit, loss of reputation, all reasonable legal charges and expenses together
with any applicable Value Added Tax or similar tax) raised against or incurred by the
Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Wider Group or any of their respective
directors, officers and employees arising directly or indirectly from or in connection
with:

	 	(i)	 	a breach of the Seller’s Warranties (subject to Clause 6.4);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	assisting the Seller or DB London pursuant to Clause 7.4;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Headleases or the Subleases (including, but not limited to
the early termination of the Subleases by British Airways plc, for whatever
reason, prior to the termination date set out in each Sublease);
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the Administration Agreement;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the Deeds of Application;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	the Creekside Deeds of Assignment;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	the Aircraft Sale and Purchase Agreements;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	the Rental Sale Agreements (subject to set-off provisions, including those in
the Rental Sale Agreements, the First DB London Loan and the Second DB London
Loan);
	 
	 	(ix)	 	the Phoebus Account Charges;

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	 	(x)	 	in relation to costs and expenses only, the Creekside Account
Charges and the Creekside Security Account Charge;
	 
	 	(xi)	 	to the extent that the Donside Letter is for any reason invalid
or void, the Donside Loan;
	 
	 	(xii)	 	the Security Agreements;
	 
	 	(xiii)	 	the Deeds of Release;
	 
	 	(xiv)	 	the Notice of Acknowledgement of Rebate Assignment;
	 
	 	(xv)	 	the Aircraft Mortgages;
	 
	 	(xvi)	 	the BA Deeds of Assignment;
	 
	 	(xvii)	 	the Residual Security Assignment
	 
	 	(xviii)	 	the BA Consent Letter;
	 
	 	(xix)	 	the Sales Agency Letters; and
	 
	 	(xx)	 	any claims made by any person who is a director of the Company
or the Company secretary prior to Closing;

	 	 	 	provided always that the indemnity in this Clause 5.1.5 shall not apply in respect
of:

	 	(a)	 	the aggregate of £400,000 owing by the Company
under the Headleases as at the Closing Date;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any amounts owing from time to time by the
Company under the First DB London Loan or the Second DB London Loan; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	any such claims, demands, liabilities, losses,
damages, costs, charges and expenses which have been raised against or
incurred by the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Wider Group
or any of their respective directors, officers and employees arising
directly or indirectly from or in connection with:

	 	(I)	 	any Voluntary Act of the
Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Wider Group
(including the Company) or their respective directors, officers,
employees or duly authorised agents (other than City Leasing
Limited) or successors in title, where such act has not been
expressly requested or authorised in writing by the Seller, DB
London or any member of the Seller’s Wider Group; or

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	 	(II)	 	any Voluntary Omission by the
Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Wider Group
(including the Company) or their respective directors, officers,
employees or duly authorised agents (other than City Leasing
Limited) or successors in title in relation to any act
reasonably and expressly requested in writing by the Seller or
any member of the Seller’s Wider Group in relation to and to
comply with the terms of this Agreement, the Tax Indemnity, the
documents in the Agreed Form and any of the documents referred
to in sub-Clauses 5.1.5(iii) to 5.1.5(xix) but excluding any
omissions which occur due to:

	 	(A)	 	in the
Purchaser’s opinion (acting reasonably and in good
faith) to have acted would have damaged the reputation
of the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Wider
Group; or
	 
	 	(B)	 	in the
Purchaser’s opinion (acting reasonably and in good
faith) to have acted would have required the Purchaser
or any member of the Purchaser’s Wider Group to make a
public disclosure; or

	 	(III)	 	any failure by the Purchaser or
any member of the Purchaser’s Wider Group (including the
Company) to do in a timely manner any act reasonably and
expressly requested in writing by the Seller or any member of
the Seller’s Wider Group in relation to and to comply with the
terms of this Agreement, the Tax Indemnity, the documents in the
Agreed Form and any of the documents referred to in sub-Clauses
5.1.5(iii) to 5.1.5(xix) but excluding any such failure which
occurs due to:

	 	(A)	 	in the
Purchaser’s opinion (acting reasonably and in good
faith) to have acted would have damaged the reputation
of the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Wider
Group; or
	 
	 	(B)	 	in the
Purchaser’s opinion (acting reasonably and in good
faith) to have acted would have required the Purchaser
or any member of the Purchaser’s Wider Group to make a
public disclosure.

	 	5.1.6	 	The Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Wider Group (including the
Company) or their respective directors, officers, employees or duly authorised agents
will be permitted to undertake any act required to be undertaken by them pursuant to:

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	 	(i)	 	the terms of this Agreement, the Tax Indemnity and the
documents in the Agreed Form; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any contractual obligation of the Company as at Closing
including under the terms of any of the documents listed in sub-Clauses
5.1.5(iii) to 5.1.5(xix), provided that in each case the Purchaser or any
member of the Purchaser’s Wider Group (including the Company) or their
respective directors, officers, employees or duly authorised agents or
successor in title has acted only in order to effect compliance by the Company
with the terms of any such contractual obligation where the Seller or any
member of the Seller’s Group should have acted or requested that the Company so
act or notified the Company to act pursuant to the Administration Agreement or
otherwise in order to comply with the terms of such contractual obligation but
the Seller or any member of the Seller’s Group has failed to do so.

	 	5.1.7	 	For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Seller nor DB London shall be liable
under this Agreement in respect of any Taxation (as that term is interpreted for the
purposes of the Tax Indemnity), other than for a breach of the Tax Warranties or the
Closing Accounts Warranty or as provided for by Clause 1.9 of this Agreement.
	 
	 	5.1.8	 	The indemnity in Clause 5.1.5 is without prejudice to any other rights of the
Purchaser in this Agreement in relation to the breach or circumstance.
	 
	 	5.1.9	 	The parties agree that it is the express intention of the parties that the
obligations of DB London under Clause 5.1.5 do not constitute and shall not be
construed or asserted by any party as constituting a guarantee or any other form of
credit support by DB London of the obligations of the Company or the obligations of the
Seller under this Agreement or under any of the documents referred to in this
Agreement.
	 
	 	5.1.10	 	The parties agree that any payment to be made by either the Seller or DB London to
the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Group, or by the Purchaser or any member
of the Purchaser’s Group to the Seller or DB London (as the case may be), pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement or the Tax Indemnity, may be set-off by the receiving party
(in the absolute discretion of such party) against any amounts to be paid by, as the
case may be, (i) (where the receiving party is the Seller or DB London) the Seller or
DB London to the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Group or (ii) (where the
receiving party is the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Group) the Purchaser
or any member of the Purchaser’s Group to the Seller or DB London, provided always that
the rights of set-off under this Clause 5.1.10 shall not extend to (x) amounts payable
by DB London to the Company pursuant to the terms of the Rental Sale Agreements and (y)
amounts payable by the Company to DB London pursuant to the terms of the First DB Loan
and/or the Second DB Loan.

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	 	5.1.11	 	No information of which the Purchaser and/or its agents and/or advisers has knowledge
(actual, constructive or imputed) or which could have been discovered (whether by
investigation made by the Purchaser or made on its behalf) shall prejudice or prevent
any claim under the indemnity in Clause 5.1.5 or reduce any amount recoverable
thereunder.

	5.2	 	Rescission
	 
	 	 	If, after Closing:

	 	(i)	 	any breach of paragraph 1.1.1 of Schedule 2 of this Agreement;
or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any material breach of paragraph 2.3 of Schedule 2 of this
Agreement; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any breach of Clause 5.1.5 of this Agreement

	 	 	comes to the notice of the Purchaser then, but without prejudice to any other rights or
remedies available to the Purchaser in this Agreement, the Purchaser may without any
liability to the Seller or DB London rescind this Agreement and the Tax Indemnity in
accordance with this Clause 5.2. In this Clause 5.2, a “material breach” shall mean a breach
resulting in a loss to the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s Wider Group (including the Company)
of more than £3,000,000.
	 
	5.3	 	Seller’s Disclosures
	 
	 	 	The Seller’s Warranties are subject only to the matters which are fairly disclosed in the
Disclosure Letter.
	 
	5.4	 	Purchaser’s Representations and Warranties

	 	5.4.1	 	The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Seller that:

	 	(i)	 	The Purchaser has the requisite power and authority to enter
into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and this Agreement has
been duly authorised and executed by the Purchaser.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The obligations imposed on the Purchaser under this Agreement
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Purchaser enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the
Purchaser of its obligations under this Agreement will not:

	 	(a)	 	result in a breach of any provision of the
memorandum or articles of association of the Purchaser as currently in
force;
	 
	 	(b)	 	result in a breach of, or constitute a default
under, any instrument to which the Purchaser is a party or by which the
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	 	 	 	bound other than a breach or default that has no material adverse
effect on the business of the Company; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	result in a breach of any order, judgment or
decree by any court or governmental agency to which the Purchaser is a
party or by which the Purchaser is bound.

	 	5.4.2	 	The Purchaser confirms that it has taken professional tax advice from Ernst &
Young LLP on the basis of instructions appropriate for a transaction of the nature
contemplated by this Agreement and, based on that advice, the Purchaser believes at the
Closing Date that, as regards the potential tax liability of the Company or any company
associated with the Company (within the meaning of s.767AA(8) 1CTA 1988) that may arise
after Closing and for which any member of the Seller’s Wider Group could otherwise be
secondarily liable, such tax liability should be met in full should it arise. For the
avoidance of doubt, over and above the Purchaser’s belief and the fact that the
Purchaser has taken appropriate professional advice on the basis of instructions
appropriate for a transaction of the nature contemplated by this Agreement, this
confirmation does not constitute confirmation or a representation or warranty that the
advice received from Ernst & Young LLP is accurate.

	6	 	Limitation of Seller’s Liability
	 
	6.1	 	Time Limitation for Claims

	 	6.1.1	 	Subject to Clause 6.1.2, the Seller and DB London shall not be liable under
this Agreement or the Tax Indemnity in respect of any claim unless a notice of the
claim is given by the Purchaser to the Seller or DB London (as the case may be) within
six years following Closing.
	 
	 	6.1.2	 	In respect of any claim in relation to a Sublease or a Headlease, the Seller
and DB London shall be liable under this Agreement or the Tax Indemnity for as long as
any Secondary Period (if applicable) is continuing under the terms of such Sublease or
Headlease, which may be in excess of the six years following Closing referred to in
Clause 6.1.1.
	 
	 	6.1.3	 	Any claim notified by the Purchaser to the Seller or DB London (as the case
may be) pursuant to this Clause shall specify the matters set out in Clause 7.2.

	6.2	 	Aggregate Minimum Claims

	 	6.2.1	 	The Seller and DB London shall not be liable under this Agreement or the Tax
Indemnity in respect of any claim unless the aggregate amount of all claims for which
the Seller or DB London (as the case may be) would otherwise be liable under this
Agreement and the Tax Indemnity (disregarding the provisions of this Clause 6.2)
exceeds £5,000.

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	 	6.2.2	 	Where the liability agreed or determined in respect of all claims referred to
in Clause 6.2.1 exceeds £5,000 subject as provided elsewhere in this Clause 6, the
Seller or DB London (as the case may be) shall be liable for the aggregate amount of
all claims as agreed or determined.

	6.3	 	Maximum Liability
	 
	 	 	The aggregate liability of the Seller and DB London in respect of all claims under this
Agreement and the Tax Indemnity shall not exceed:

	 	6.3.1	 	in the case of any Tax Claim, £25,000,000 (twenty five million Pounds
Sterling);
	 
	 	6.3.2	 	in the case of any claim by or liability to a Third Party (other than a Tax
Claim), £75,000,000 (seventy five million Pounds Sterling); and
	 
	 	6.3.3	 	in the case of any other claim, £10,000,000 (ten million Pounds Sterling).

	6.4	 	Matters Arising Subsequent to this Agreement
	 
	 	 	The Seller shall not be liable for breach of any Seller’s Warranty under this Agreement in
respect of any matter, act, omission or circumstance (or any combination thereof), including
the aggravation of a matter or circumstance and any Losses arising therefrom, to the extent
that the same would not have occurred but for:

	 	6.4.1	 	Agreed matters
	 
	 	 	 	any matter or thing done or omitted to be done pursuant to and in compliance with
this Agreement or otherwise at the express request in writing or with the approval
in writing of the Purchaser except any matter or thing done pursuant to and in
compliance with the Administration Agreement;
	 
	 	6.4.2	 	Acts of the Purchaser
	 
	 	 	 	any act, omission or transaction of the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s
Group or of the Company, or their respective directors, officers, employees or
agents or successors in title, after Closing done, committed or effected:

	 	(i)	 	outside the ordinary course of business of the Company or in
circumstances where such claim was reasonably foreseeable as a result of such
act, omission or transaction; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	otherwise than pursuant to a legally binding commitment to
which the Company is subject on or before Closing;

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	 	6.4.3	 	Changes in Tax legislation

	 	(i)	 	in relation to Taxation, the passing of, or any change in,
after Closing, any law, rule, regulation or administrative practice of any
government, governmental department, agency or regulatory body including
(without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any increase in the
rates of Taxation or any imposition of Taxation or any withdrawal of relief
from Taxation not actually (or prospectively) in effect at Closing; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any change after Closing of any generally accepted
interpretation or application of any legislation;

	 	6.4.4	 	Accounting and Taxation Policies
	 
	 	 	 	any change in accounting or Taxation policy, bases or practice of the Purchaser or
of the Company introduced or having effect after Closing (other than a change
required by any statement of standard accounting practice or any other generally
accepted accounting principle).

	6.5	 	Recovery from Third Parties following Recovery from the Seller or DB London
	 
	 	 	If the Seller or DB London has paid an amount in discharge of any claim under this Agreement
and the Purchaser or the Company recovers, (whether by payment, discount, credit, relief,
insurance or otherwise) from a third party a sum which indemnifies or compensates the
Purchaser or the Company (in whole or in part) in respect of the loss or liability which is
the subject matter of the claim, the Purchaser or the Company (as appropriate) shall, pay to
the Seller or DB London (as appropriate) as soon as practicable after receipt an amount
equal to (i) any sum recovered from the third party less any Taxation, costs and expenses
incurred in obtaining such recovery or if less (ii) the amount previously paid by the Seller
or DB London (as appropriate) to the Purchaser less any Taxation costs and expenses incurred
in obtaining recovery.
	 
	6.6	 	Breach of specific Seller’s Warranties and Fraud
	 
	 	 	None of the limitations contained in Clause 5 and/or this Clause 6 shall apply to any claim
which:

	 	6.6.1	 	arises as a result of a breach of the Seller’s Warranties contained in
paragraphs 1.1.1, 1.12, 1.3 and/or t 1.4 of Schedule 2; and/or
	 
	 	6.6.2	 	arises or is increased, or to the extent to which it arises or is increased,
as the consequence of, or which is delayed as a result of, fraud, dishonesty, wilful
misconduct or wilful concealment by the Seller, DB London, the Company or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees or agents.

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	6.7	 	Tax Warranties

	 	6.7.1	 	Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of
clause 3 of the Tax Indemnity shall also apply to exclude or limit the liability of the
Seller or DB London in respect of any claim by the Purchaser in respect of any Tax
Claim.
	 
	 	6.7.2	 	The provisions of clause 8 of the Tax Indemnity shall apply to govern the
recovery of any sum in respect of any Taxation (as referred to the Tax Indemnity) from
third parties.
	 
	 	6.7.3	 	The provisions of clause 6 of the Tax Indemnity shall apply to the Tax
Warranties and to the Closing Accounts Warranty.

	7	 	Claims
	 
	7.1	 	Notification of Potential Claims
	 
	 	 	If a director of the Purchaser or a director of any member of the Purchaser’s Group
(including the Company) becomes actually aware after Closing of any fact, matter or
circumstance that may give rise to a claim against the Seller or DB London under this
Agreement or under the Tax Indemnity, the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Group
(including the Company), as the case may be, shall promptly (and in any event within six
months of the Purchaser becoming so aware, failing which the claim shall be deemed to be
irrevocably withdrawn) give a notice in writing to the Seller or DB London (as the case may
be) setting out such information as is readily available (at no cost) to the Purchaser or
any member of the Purchaser’s Group (including the Company), as the case may be, as is
reasonably necessary to enable the Seller or DB London (as the case may be) to assess the
merits of the claim.
	 
	7.2	 	Notification of Claims under this Agreement
	 
	 	 	Notices of claims under this Agreement or under the Tax Indemnity shall be given by the
Purchaser to the Seller or DB London (as the case may be), at the cost of the Seller or DB
London, within the time limits specified in Clause 6.1, specifying the readily available
information to the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Group (including the Company)
in relation to the legal and factual basis of the claim and the evidence on which the
Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Group (including the Company), as the case may
be, relies and insofar as the Purchaser is reasonably able to an estimate of the amount of
Losses which are, or are to be, the subject of the claim (including any Losses which are
contingent on the occurrence of any future event).
	 
	7.3	 	Investigation by the Seller
	 
	 	 	In connection with any matter or circumstance that may give rise to a claim against the
Seller or DB London under this Agreement or under the Tax Indemnity:

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	 	7.3.1	 	the Purchaser shall allow, and shall procure that the Company allows, the
Seller or DB London (as the case may be) and their respective financial, accounting or
legal advisers to investigate the matter or circumstance alleged to give rise to a
claim and whether and to what extent any amount is payable in respect of such claim;
and
	 
	 	7.3.2	 	the Purchaser shall disclose to the Seller or DB London (as the case may be
and at their cost) all material of which the Purchaser is aware which relates to the
claim and shall, and shall procure that any other relevant members of the Purchaser’s
Group shall, give all such information and assistance, including access to premises and
personnel, and the right to examine and copy or photograph any assets, accounts,
documents and records, as the Seller or DB London (as the case may be) or their
respective financial, accounting or legal advisers may reasonably request subject to
the Seller or DB London (as the case may be) agreeing in such form as the Purchaser may
reasonably require to keep all such information confidential and to use it only for the
purpose of investigating and defending the claim in question.

	7.4	 	Assistance with Third Party Claims
	 
	 	 	If the matter or circumstance that may give rise to a claim against the Seller or DB London
or the Company under this Agreement is a result of or in connection with a claim by or
liability to a third party then the Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Company to, at the
cost of the Seller or DB London, provide all reasonable assistance and take all reasonable
steps as the Seller or DB London (as the case may be) shall reasonably request to avoid,
resist or compromise any such claim or liability or Losses arising directly or indirectly
from any such claim or liability (subject to the Company being entitled to employ its own
legal advisers) provided that the Purchaser shall not be required to take any action under
this Clause 7.4 if:

	 	(i)	 	in the Purchaser’s opinion (acting reasonably and in good
faith), the action would have the effect of damaging the reputation of the
Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Wider Group;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the action would have the effect of the Purchaser or any member
of the Purchaser’s Wider Group having to make a public disclosure; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the action required is frivolous or relates to amounts which
are de minimis.

	7.5	 	Tax affairs and dealings with H.M. Revenue and Customs
	 
	 	 	The provisions of clause 5 of the Tax Indemnity shall apply in relation to the Company’s
Taxation affairs in respect of periods ending on or before Closing and all communications
and correspondence with H.M. Revenue and Customs in respect of such periods.

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	8	 	Confidentiality
	 
	8.1	 	Announcements
	 
	 	 	The parties shall procure that no announcement or circular in connection with the existence
or the subject matter of this Agreement shall be made or issued by or on behalf of any
member of the Seller’s Wider Group or any member of the Purchaser’s Wider Group without the
prior written approval of the Seller and the Purchaser. This shall not affect any
announcement or circular required by law or any regulatory body or the rules of any
recognised stock exchange or the NASDAQ stock market on which the shares of either party are
listed but the party with an obligation to make an announcement or issue a circular shall
consult with the other party insofar as is reasonably practicable before complying with such
an obligation.
	 
	8.2	 	Confidentiality

	 	8.2.1	 	Subject to Clause 8.2.2:

	 	(i)	 	each of the Seller and the Purchaser shall treat as strictly
confidential and not disclose or use any information received or obtained as a
result of entering into this Agreement (or any agreement entered into pursuant
to this Agreement) which relates to:

	 	(a)	 	the existence and the provisions of this
Agreement and of any agreement entered into pursuant to this Agreement;
or
	 
	 	(b)	 	the negotiations relating to this Agreement
(and any such other agreements);

	 	(ii)	 	DB London and the Seller shall, and the Seller shall procure
that the Seller’s Wider Group shall, treat as strictly confidential and not
disclose or use any information relating to the Company following Closing and
any other information relating to the business, financial or other affairs
(including future plans and targets) of the Purchaser’s Wider Group;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Purchaser shall, and the Purchaser shall procure that the
Purchaser’s Wider Group shall, treat as strictly confidential and not disclose
or use any information relating to the business, financial or other affairs
(including future plans and targets) of the Seller’s Wider Group including,
prior to Closing, the Company.

	 	8.2.2	 	Clause 8.2.1 shall not prohibit disclosure or use of any information if and to
the extent:

	 	(i)	 	the disclosure or use is required by law, any regulatory body
or any recognised stock exchange or the NASDAQ stock market;

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	 	(ii)	 	the disclosure or use is required to vest the full benefit of
this Agreement in the Seller, the Purchaser or DB London;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the disclosure or use is required for the purpose of any
judicial proceedings arising out of this Agreement or any other agreement
entered into under or pursuant to this Agreement or the disclosure is made to a
Tax Authority in connection with the Tax affairs of the disclosing party;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the disclosure is made to professional advisers of the Seller
or the Purchaser on terms that such professional advisers undertake to comply
with the provisions of Clause 8.2.1 in respect of such information as if they
were a party to this Agreement;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the information is or becomes publicly available (other than by
breach of this Agreement);
	 
	 	(vi)	 	the other party has given prior written approval to the
disclosure or use; or
	 
	 	(vii)	 	the information is independently developed after Closing,

	 	 	 	provided that prior to disclosure or use of any information pursuant to Clause
8.2.2(i), (ii) or (iii), the party concerned shall promptly notify the other party
of such requirement with a view to providing that other party with the opportunity
to contest such disclosure or use or otherwise to agree the timing and content of
such disclosure or use which agreement shall be provided within 24 hours of receipt
of information regarding such timing and content and provided further that the
disclosing party shall make the final determination regarding the timing and content
of the disclosure or use of any information pursuant to Clause 8.2.2(i).

	9	 	Other Provisions
	 
	9.1	 	Cash Flow Model

	 	9.1.1	 	The parties hereby agree that the Cash Flow Model reflects:

	 	(i)	 	the payments contemplated by this transaction under the
following documents:

	 	(a)	 	the Rental Sale Agreements;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Headleases;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the First DB London Loan;
	 
	 	(d)	 	the Second DB London Loan;
	 
	 	(e)	 	the Donside Loan; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	the Group Relief Agreement;

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	 	(ii)	 	the cash balances of the Company as at the Closing Date; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	accrued interest payments to be made to the Creekside Rental
Account,

	 	 	 	provided always that there has been no default under the Creekside Security Account
Charge.

	9.2	 	Further Assurances
	 
	 	 	Each of the parties shall at their own cost from time to time, on being required to do so by
the other party, now or at any time in the future, do or procure the doing of all such acts,
share all such documents, records and information and/or execute or procure the execution of
all such documents in a form satisfactory to the party concerned as such party may
reasonably consider necessary for giving full effect to this Agreement and securing to it
the full benefit of the rights, powers and remedies conferred upon it in this Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Seller to disclose to the Purchaser, the Company
or any other party any Confidential Group Papers.
	 
	9.3	 	Whole Agreement

	 	9.3.1	 	This Agreement and the documents in the Agreed Form contain the whole
agreement between the Seller, DB London and the Purchaser relating to the subject
matter of this Agreement at the date of this Agreement to the exclusion of any terms
implied by law which may be excluded by contract and supersedes any previous written or
oral agreement between the Seller, DB London and the Purchaser in relation to the
matters dealt with in this Agreement.
	 
	 	9.3.2	 	Each of the parties acknowledges that it has not been induced to enter this
Agreement by any representation, warranty or undertaking not expressly incorporated
into it.
	 
	 	9.3.3	 	So far as is permitted by law and except in the case of fraud, each of the
Seller, DB London and the Purchaser agrees and acknowledges that its only right and
remedy in relation to any representation, warranty or undertaking made or given in
connection with this Agreement shall be for breach of the terms of this Agreement to
the exclusion of all other rights and remedies (including those in tort or arising
under statute).
	 
	 	9.3.4	 	In Clauses 9.3.1 to 9.3.3, “this Agreement” includes the Tax Indemnity, the
Disclosure Letter and all documents entered into pursuant to this Agreement.

	9.4	 	Assignment
	 
	 	 	Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, neither DB London, the Seller nor
the Purchaser may without the prior written consent of the other parties, assign, grant any
security interest over, hold on trust or otherwise transfer the benefit of the whole or any
part of this Agreement.

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	9.5	 	Third Party Rights
	 
	 	 	Except as expressly set out in this Agreement including Clause 5.1.5, a person who is not a
party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
to enforce or rely upon any term of, or enjoy any benefit under, this Agreement, provided
that this does not affect any right or remedy of the third party that exists or is available
apart from that Act. No party may declare itself as a trustee of the rights under this
Agreement for the benefit of any third party.
	 
	9.6	 	Variation
	 
	 	 	No variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by or on
behalf of each of the Seller, DB London and the Purchaser.
	 
	9.7	 	Use of Name
	 
	 	 	The Purchaser shall procure that following Closing no member of the Purchaser’s Group nor
the Company shall use the names “Deutsche Bank”, “DB”, “City Leasing”, “Creekside” or any
confusingly similar name or mark.
	 
	9.8	 	Costs
	 
	 	 	Each of the parties hereto shall pay its own legal and accountancy costs, charges and other
expenses connected with the negotiation, preparation and implementation of this Agreement
	 
	9.9	 	Notices

	 	9.9.1	 	Any notice or other communication in connection with this Agreement (each, a
“Notice”) shall be:

	 	(i)	 	in writing;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	delivered by hand, pre-paid first class post, airmail or
courier.

	 	9.9.2	 	A Notice to the Seller shall be sent to the following address, or such other
person or address as the Seller may notify to the Purchaser and DB London from time to
time:
	 
	 	 	 	Address:      23 Great Winchester Street, London EC2P 2AX
	 
	 	 	 	Attention:      Ian Faraday
	 
	 	9.9.3	 	A Notice to DB London shall be sent to the following address, or such other
person or address as DB London may notify to the Purchaser and the Seller from time to
time:

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	 	 	 	Address:      Winchester House, Great Winchester Street, London EC2N 2DB
	 
	 	 	 	Attention:       Company Secretary
	 
	 	 	 	with a copy to:
	 
	 	 	 	Address:       Linklaters, One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ
	 
	 	 	 	Attention:      Stephen Blackshaw

	 	9.9.4	 	A Notice to the Purchaser shall be sent to the following address, or such
other person or address as the Purchaser may notify to the Seller and DB London from
time to time:
	 
	 	 	 	Address:      Caswell, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8EQ
	 
	 	 	 	Attention:       Chief Executive Officer
	 
	 	 	 	with a copy to:
	 
	 	 	 	Address:      Bookham, Inc. Ottawa (Kanata) Office, 10 Brewer Hunt Way, Kanata, Ontario,
Canada, K2K 2B5
	 
	 	 	 	Attention:      Thomas Kelley
	 
	 	 	 	and
	 
	 	 	 	Address:      Bookham Technology plc, Brixham Road, Paignton, Devon TQ4 7BE
	 
	 	 	 	Attention:      Keith Border
	 
	 	 	 	and
	 
	 	 	 	Address:      Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Alder Castle, 10 Noble Street,
London EC2V 7QJ
	 
	 	 	 	Attention:      Struan Penwarden

	 	9.9.5	 	A Notice shall be effective upon receipt and shall be deemed to have been
received:

	 	(i)	 	two Business Days after posting, if delivered by pre-paid first
class post;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	five Business Days after posting, if delivered by air-mail; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	at the time of delivery, if delivered by hand or courier.

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	 	9.9.6	 	In proving service of a notice or document it shall be sufficient to prove
that delivery was made or that the envelope containing the notice or document was
properly addressed and posted as prepaid first class or prepaid airmail letter.

	9.10	 	Invalidity

	 	9.10.1	 	If any provision in this Agreement and/or the Tax Indemnity shall be held to be
illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the provision shall apply with
whatever deletion or modification is necessary so that the provision is legal, valid
and enforceable and gives effect to the commercial intention of the parties.
	 
	 	9.10.2	 	To the extent it is not possible to delete or modify the provision, in whole or in
part, under Clause 9.10.1, then such provision or part of it shall, to the extent that
it is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, be deemed not to form part of this Agreement
and/or the Tax Indemnity and the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder
of this Agreement and/or the Tax Indemnity shall, subject to any deletion or
modification made under Clause 9.9.1, not be affected.

	9.11	 	Interest on late payment
	 
	 	 	Where a sum is required to be paid under this Agreement but is not paid before or on the
date the parties agreed, the party due to pay the sum shall also pay an amount equal to
interest on that sum for the period beginning with that date and ending with the date the
sum is paid (and the period shall continue after as well as before judgment).
	 
	 	 	The rate of interest shall be 10/0 per annum above the base lending rate for the time being
of Barclays Bank plc. Interest shall accrue on a daily basis and be compounded quarterly.
	 
	 	 	This Clause 9.11 is without prejudice to any claim for interest under the law.
	 
	9.12	 	Agreement survives completion
	 
	 	 	This Agreement (other than obligations that have already been fully performed) remains in
full force after Closing.
	 
	9.13	 	General

	 	9.13.1	 	Each of the obligations and undertakings set out in this Agreement which is not fully
performed at Closing will continue in force after Closing.
	 
	 	9.13.2	 	The rights of each party under this Agreement:

	 	(i)	 	may be exercised as often as necessary; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	may be waived only in writing and specifically,

	 	 	 	and delay in exercising or non-exercise of any such right is not a waiver of such
right

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	9.14	 	Counterparts
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be entered into in any number of counterparts (including facsimile
copies), all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The
Seller, DB London and the Purchaser may enter into this Agreement by executing any such
counterpart.
	 
	9.15	 	Governing Law
	 
	 	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. The
parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to
settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement.
	 
	 	 	In witness whereof this Agreement has been duly executed by the duly authorised
representatives of the parties and is only delivered on the date set out above.

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Schedule 1

The Company

	 	 	 	 	 
	1
	 	Particulars of the Company	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Name of Company:	 	City Leasing (Creekside) Limited
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Registered number:	 	02133288
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Registered office:	 	23 Great Winchester Street,
	 
	 	 	 	London EC2P2AX
	 
	 	Date and place of incorporation:	 	20 May 1987, England
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Issued share capital:	 	£3,888,252
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Authorised share capital:	 	£3,888,252
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Registered shareholders and shares held:	 	London Industrial Leasing Limited
	 
	 	 	 	3,888,252 shares
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Directors:	 	Vaughan Williams
	 
	 	 	 	Pamela Smith
	 
	 	 	 	Nicholas Roos
	 
	 	 	 	Andrew Dewdney
	 
	 	 	 	Valerie Bradford
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Secretary:	 	Adam Rutherford
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Accounting reference date:	 	31 December
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Auditors:	 	KPMG
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Subsidiaries:	 	None

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Schedule 2

Warranties given by the Seller under Clause 5

	1	 	Corporate Information
	 
	1.1	 	The Shares and the Company

	 	1.1.1	 	The Seller:

	 	(i)	 	is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Shares;
and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	has the right to exercise all voting and other rights
over the Shares.

	 	1.1.2	 	The Shares comprise the whole of the issued and allotted share capital of the
Company, have been properly and validly issued and allotted and are each fully paid in
cash.
	 
	 	1.1.3	 	No person has the right (whether exercisable now or in the future and whether
contingent or not) to call for the allotment, conversion, issue, registration, sale or
transfer, amortisation or repayment of any share or loan capital or any other security
giving rise to a right over, or an interest in, the capital of the Company under any
option, agreement or other arrangement (including conversion rights and rights of
pre-emption) nor is there any commitment to give or create any of the foregoing, and no
person has claimed to be entitled to any of the foregoing.
	 
	 	1.1.4	 	There are no Encumbrances on the shares in the Company.
	 
	 	1.1.5	 	The Company owns no, and has not owned any, shares or other interests in any
corporate or other body.
	 
	 	1.1.6	 	The Company is not and has not agreed to become a member of any partnership or
other unincorporated association, joint venture or consortium.
	 
	 	1.1.7	 	The Company does not have outside the United Kingdom any branch or any
permanent establishment (as that expression is defined in the respective Double
Taxation Relief Orders current at the date of this agreement).
	 
	 	1.1.8	 	The particulars contained in Schedule 1 are true, accurate and not misleading.
	 
	 	1.1.9	 	The Company has not given any power of attorney or any other authority
(express, implied or ostensible) which is still outstanding or effective to any person
to enter into any contract or commitment or to do anything on its behalf, other than
for the purposes of entering into the arrangements contemplated by this Agreement.

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	1.2	 	Constitutional Documents, Corporate Registers and Minute Books

	 	1.2.1	 	The memorandum and articles of association attached to the Disclosure Letter
are true and accurate copies of the memorandum and articles of association of the
Company and complete in all material respects and there have not been and are not any
material breaches by the Company of its memorandum and articles of association.
	 
	 	1.2.2	 	The registers, statutory books, books of account and other records of
whatsoever kind of the Company:

	 	(i)	 	are up-to-date;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	are maintained in accordance with applicable law on a
proper and consistent basis; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	contain complete and accurate records of all matters
required to be dealt with in such books and records other than to the
extent that they are not material to the business of the Company;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	have attached to them copies of all such resolutions
and agreements as are required by law to be delivered to the Registrar of
Companies and all other resolutions passed by the Company or any class of
members or shareholders, other than resolutions relating to ordinary
business at any Annual General Meeting.

	 	1.2.3	 	All accounts, returns, resolutions and other documents required by law to be
delivered or made to the Registrar of Companies have been duly and correctly delivered
or made on a timely basis.

	2	 	Accounts
	 
	2.1	 	The Annual Accounts and the Closing Accounts have been prepared in accordance with applicable
law and in accordance with the accounting principles, standards and practices generally
accepted at the Annual Accounts Date (in the case of the Annual Accounts) and the Closing
Accounts Date (in the case of the Closing Accounts) in the United Kingdom.
	 
	2.2	 	The Annual Accounts give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the Company at
the Annual Accounts Date and of the profits or losses of the Company for the period concerned.
	 
	2.3	 	The Closing Accounts give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the Company at
the Closing Accounts Date and of the profits or losses of the Company for the period
concerned.
	 
	2.4	 	As at the Annual Accounts Date (in the case of the Annual Accounts) and as at the Closing
Accounts Date (in the case of the Closing Accounts), the Annual Accounts and the Closing
Accounts:

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	 	(i)	 	make proper and adequate provision for all actual
liabilities; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	make provision reasonably regarded as adequate for all
bad and doubtful debts.

	3	 	Financial Obligations
	 
	3.1	 	Financial Facilities
	 
	 	 	There are no financial facilities (including loans, derivatives and hedging arrangements)
outstanding or available to the Company. The Company does not have outstanding any loan
capital or any money borrowed or raised.
	 
	3.2	 	Guarantees
	 
	 	 	There is no outstanding guarantee, indemnity, suretyship or security (whether or not legally
binding) given by the Company or for the benefit of the Company.
	 
	3.3	 	Grants and Subsidies
	 
	 	 	The Company has not received any investment grant or other grant.
	 
	3.4	 	Loans
	 
	 	 	The Company has not lent any money that has not been repaid to it.
	 
	4	 	Assets
	 
	4.1	 	Assets

	 	4.1.1	 	The Company does not own any assets of whatever nature, nor has it ever owned
any material assets, nor does it have any liability in respect of any asset of whatever
nature.
	 
	 	4.1.2	 	None of the assets of the Company is subject to any Encumbrance (including
without limitation, any debenture, deposit by way of security, bill of sale, lease,
hire-purchase, credit sale or other agreement for payment on defined terms) or any
agreement or commitment to give or create any of the foregoing.

	4.2	 	Debts
	 
	 	 	There are no debts owing to the Company.
	 
	4.3	 	Real Property
	 
	 	 	The Company has not owned, controlled, used or occupied any real property.

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	5	 	Contracts

	5.1	 	The Company is not a party to or subject to any contract, transaction, arrangement,
understanding or obligation.
	 
	5.2	 	Each contract, transaction, arrangement, understanding or obligation disclosed in the
Disclosure Letter in relation to paragraph 5.1:

	 	(a)	 	is in the ordinary and usual course of business;
	 
	 	(b)	 	is on an arm’s length basis;
	 
	 	(c)	 	is not of a loss-making nature (that is, known to be likely to result in
material loss on completion or performance);
	 
	 	(d)	 	can readily be fulfilled or performed without undue or unusual expenditure of
money or effort; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	does not contain any obligation on the part of the Company to pay, at any time,
any amount to a third party.

	5.3	 	The Company is not currently in breach of its obligations, and has not at any time been in
breach of its material obligations, under the Relevant Documents and/or the Aircraft Sale and
Purchase Agreements and/or the Rental Sale Agreements and/or the Donside Loan.
	 
	5.4	 	The Company is not a party to any contract or arrangement in which the Seller or any person
connected with the Seller or any member of the Seller’s Group is interested, directly or
indirectly.
	 
	6	 	Employees
	 
	6.1	 	The Company has no, nor has it ever had, any employees.
	 
	6.2	 	The Company does not have any liability to any former employee of any representative of the
same or to any person or company providing consultancy services to pay compensation, damages,
a redundancy payment, a protective award, a severance payment or any other payment or award or
is under any obligation to provide or continue any benefit (including the provision of a
reference) either pursuant to, or as a consequence of failing to comply with any statute,
regulation, code of practice or agreement (including a settlement, compromise or COTS
agreement) and no such sums have been paid or benefits provided (whether pursuant to a legal
obligation or ex gratia).
	 
	7	 	Pensions and Benefits
	 
	 	 	The Company has not paid, provided or contributed towards, and is not under any obligation
or commitment (whether or not legally enforceable) to pay, provide or contribute towards,
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	 	 	or past employee (or any spouse, child or dependant of any of them) or of any predecessor in
business of the Company.

	8	 	Legal Compliance
	 
	8.1	 	Licences and Consents

	 	8.1.1	 	No licences, consents, authorisations, orders, warrants, confirmations,
permissions, certificates, approvals, registrations and authorities (“Licences”) are
necessary for the carrying on of the businesses of the Company as now carried on or to
own its assets.

	8.2	 	Compliance with Laws

	 	8.2.1	 	The Company has conducted its business and corporate affairs in accordance
with its memorandum and articles of association and in all material respects with all
applicable laws and regulations of the United Kingdom.
	 
	 	8.2.2	 	Insofar as the Seller is aware, there has been no violation by the Company or
any director of the Company of, or default with respect to, any statute, regulation,
order, decree or judgment of any court or any governmental or regulatory authority of
the United Kingdom which could have a material adverse effect upon the assets or
business of the Company or which could give rise to any fine, penalty, sanction, order,
declaration, award or other liability (whether criminal or civil) on the Company.

	8.3	 	Vulnerable antecedent transactions
	 
	 	 	The Company is not party to, nor at any time since 1 January 2004 has it been party to, any
transaction pursuant to or as a result of which an asset owned, purportedly owned or
otherwise held is liable to be transferred or retransferred to another person or which gives
or may give rise to a right of compensation or other payment in favour of another person
under the law of any relevant jurisdiction or country.
	 
	9	 	Litigation
	 
	9.1	 	The Company is not a plaintiff or defendant in or otherwise a party to any mediation,
litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are in progress or pending or so
far as the Seller is aware, threatened by or against or concerning the Company or any of its
assets. No governmental, official, administrative or regulatory body, investigation inquiry or
enforcement proceedings or process concerning the Company is in progress nor is the Seller
aware of anything which is likely to give rise to any such investigation, inquiry, proceedings
or process.
	 
	9.2	 	The Seller is not aware of anything which is likely to give rise to any mediation or any
litigation or arbitration proceedings by or against the Company.

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	10	 	Insurance
	 
	 	 	There are no insurance policies effected for the benefit of the Company.
	 
	11	 	Tax
	 
	11.1	 	Returns, Information and Clearances

	 	11.1.1	 	All returns, computations, notices and information which are or have been required to
be made or given by the Company for any Taxation purpose (i) have been made or given
within the requisite periods and on a proper basis and are up-to-date and correct in
all material respects and (ii) none of them is, or is likely to be, the subject of any
dispute with H.M. Revenue and Customs or other Taxation Authorities.
	 
	 	11.1.2	 	The Company is in possession of sufficient information or has reasonable access to
such information to enable it to compute its liability to Taxation insofar as it
depends on any Transaction occurring on or before Closing.

	11.2	 	Taxation Claims, Liabilities and Reliefs

	 	11.2.1	 	No relief (whether by way of deduction, reduction, set-off, exemption, postponement,
roll-over, hold-over, repayment or allowance or otherwise) from, against or in respect
of any Taxation has been claimed and/or given to the Company which could or might be
effectively withdrawn, postponed, restricted, clawed back or otherwise lost as a result
of any act, omission, event or circumstance arising or occurring at or at any time
after Closing.
	 
	 	11.2.2	 	All Taxation of any nature whatsoever whether of the United Kingdom or elsewhere for
which the Company is liable or for which the Company is liable to account has been duly
paid (insofar as such taxation ought to have been paid) and without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing the Company has made all such deductions and retentions as
it was obliged or entitled to make and all such payments as should have been made. To
the best of the Seller’s knowledge, information and belief, where such liability has
not arisen at the date of this Agreement (or such liability is not due to be paid at
the date of this Agreement), it has been provided for in full in the Closing Accounts,
and full provision has been made in the Closing Accounts for deferred Taxation in
accordance with generally accepted accounting practice.

	11.3	 	Close Companies
	 
	 	 	The Company is not, and has not within a period of six years before Closing been, a close
company.

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	11.4	 	Company Residence
	 
	 	 	The Company has been resident for tax purposes in the United Kingdom and nowhere else at all
times since its incorporation and will be so resident at Closing.
	 
	11.5	 	Acquisitions from Members of the Same Group
	 
	 	 	The entry into or Closing of this Agreement will not result in any profit or gain being
deemed to accrue to the Company for Taxation purposes, whether pursuant to Section 179 of
the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act. 1992 (“TOGA”), paragraphs 58 or 60(2) of Schedule 29
Finance Act 2002 or otherwise.
	 
	11.6	 	Replacement of Business Assets
	 
	 	 	No claim has been made under Section 152, 153, 154, 175, or 179B TCGA, paragraph 37, 56, 57,
65 or 67 of Schedule 29 Finance Act 2002 or any other section which would affect the amount
of any gain accruing or being treated as accruing on a disposal of an asset of the Company.
	 
	11.7	 	Base Values and Costs of Acquisition
	 
	 	 	If each of the assets (other than trading stock) or the plant and machinery taken as a whole
of the Company was disposed of for a consideration equal to the book value of that asset or,
as appropriate, plant and machinery in, or adopted for the purpose of, the Accounts, no
liability to corporation tax or balancing charge under the Capital Allowances Act 2001 not
fully provided for in the Accounts would arise; and, for the purpose of determining
corporation tax, there shall be disregarded any relief and allowances available to the
Company other than, in relation to corporation tax on chargeable gains, amounts falling to
be deducted under Section 38 TCGA.
	 
	11.8	 	Rebasing
	 
	 	 	The Company has made no disposal to which Section 35 TCGA applies.

	 
	11.9	 	PAYE and National Insurance
	 
	 	 	The Company has properly operated the PAYE and National Insurance contributions systems by
making such deductions as are required by law from all payments made or deemed to be or
treated as made by it or on its behalf, and by duly accounting to H.M. Revenue and Customs
for all sums so deducted and for all other amounts for which it is required to account under
the PAYE and National Insurance contributions systems.
	 
	11.10	 	Depreciatory Transactions and Value Shifting
	 
	 	 	No asset owned by the Company has at any time since its acquisition by the Company or any
company which has at any time been a member of a group (as defined from time to time for any
Taxation purpose) of which the Company has at any time been a member been subjected to a
reduction in value such that any allowable loss arising on its disposal

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	 	 	is likely to be reduced or eliminated or any chargeable gain arising on its disposal is
likely to be increased.
	 
	11.11	 	VAT

	 	11.11.1	 	The Company has complied in all material respects with all statutory requirements,
orders, provisions, directions or conditions relating to VAT, including (for the
avoidance of doubt) the terms of any agreement reached with H.M. Revenue and Customs.
	 
	 	11.11.2	 	There are set out in the Disclosure Letter full particulars of each item which the
Company uses in the course or furtherance of its business and for the purposes of that
business, otherwise than solely for the purpose of selling the item, being items to
which Part XV of the Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 applies and in respect of which
the period of adjustment will not have expired by Closing. Such particulars are
sufficient to enable the Company (or any group of which they will form part for the
purposes of Sections 43 to 43C of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 following Closing) to
comply with their obligations under the said Part XV.
	 
	 	11.11.3	 	There are set out in the Disclosure Letter full particulars of:

	 	(i)	 	any land in which the Company has an interest and in
relation to which an election has been made to waive exemption from VAT
pursuant to the provisions of Schedule 10 Value Added Tax Act 1994; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any buildings or civil engineering works owned by the
Company and completed for the purposes of Group 1, Schedule 9 Value Added
Tax Act 1994 within the last three years.

	11.12	 	Group Relief
	 
	 	 	No surrenders of relief under Sections 402-413 ICTA 1988 (“group relief’) to the Company or
by the Company have been made since 3 December 2003.
	 
	11.13	 	Advance Corporation Tax

	 	11.13.1	 	The Company has received all payments due to it for all surrenders or purported
surrenders of advance corporation tax made by it.

	 	11.13.2	 	The Company has no unrelieved surplus advance corporation tax. For the purposes of
this sub-paragraph “unrelieved surplus advance corporation tax” has the meaning given
to it by Section 32(6) Finance Act 1998 read in conjunction with Section 32(7) Finance
Act 1998.

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	11.14	 	Finance Leases
	 
	 	 	The Company is not, and has not since 3 December 2003 been, the lessor or the lessee under
any finance lease of an asset other than the Headleases and the Subleases. For the purposes
of this paragraph “finance lease” means any arrangements for the leasing of an asset which
fall for the purposes of the accounts of the Company to be treated in accordance with normal
accountancy practice as a finance lease or loan.
	 
	11.15	 	Payments equivalent to Taxation
	 
	 	 	The Company has not entered into any indemnity, guarantee or covenant under which it has
agreed or can be procured to meet or pay a sum equivalent to or by reference to another
person’s liability to Taxation.
	 
	11.16	 	Inheritance Tax

	 	11.16.1	 	No transfer of value (as defined by the Inheritance Tax Act 1984) or disposal by way
of gift (within the meaning of Section 102 Finance Act 1986) has at any time been made
by or to the Company, and there are no other circumstances by reason of which any
liability in respect of tax charged under Section 1 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 has
arisen or could arise on the Company.
	 
	 	11.16.2	 	No Inland Revenue Charge (as defined in Section 237 Inheritance Tax Act 1984) is
outstanding over any asset of the Company or in relation to any shares in the capital
of the Company and no circumstances exist which could lead to any such charge arising
in the future.
	 
	 	11.16.3	 	There are not in existence any circumstances whereby any such power as is mentioned
in Section 212(1) Inheritance Tax Act 1984 could be exercised in relation to any
            shares, securities or assets of the Company.

	12	 	General
	 
	12.1	 	Authority and Capacity

	 	12.1.1	 	Each of the Seller and the Company is validly existing and is a company duly
incorporated under the laws of England and Wales. DB London is validly existing and is
a duly registered branch, under the laws of England and Wales, of Deutsche Bank AG.
	 
	 	12.1.2	 	Each of the Seller and DB London has the legal right and full power and authority to
enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and any other documents to
be executed by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement.

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	 	12.1.3	 	The documents referred to in paragraph 12.1.2 will, when executed, constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations on the Seller and DB London, enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms.
	 
	 	12.1.4	 	Each of the Seller and DB London has taken all corporate action required by it to
authorise it to enter into and to perform this Agreement, and any other documents to be
executed by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement. This Agreement has
been duly authorised and executed by the Seller and DB London.
	 
	 	12.1.5	 	The entering into of this Agreement and compliance with the terms of this Agreement
does not and will not conflict with or constitute a default under any provision of any
agreement to which the Seller or the Company or DB London is party or by which the
Seller or the Company or DB London are bound or under the memorandum or articles of
association (or equivalent documents) of the Company or the Seller or DB London, or any
lien, lease, order, judgment, award, injunction, decree, ordinance or regulation or any
other restriction of any kind or character by which the Seller or the Company or DB
London is bound.

	13	 	Insolvency etc.

	13.1.1	 	The Company is not insolvent or unable to pay its debts, including its future and
prospective debts whether as defined by Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or
otherwise and has not stopped paying its debts as they fall due.
	 
	13.1.2	 	The Company has not proposed and does not intend to propose any arrangement of any
type with its creditors or any group of creditors whether by court process or otherwise
under which such creditors shall receive or be paid less than the amounts contractually
or otherwise due to them.
	 
	13.1.3	 	Neither the Company nor any director, secretary or creditor of the Company has
presented any petition, application or other proceedings for administration, creditors’
voluntary arrangement or similar relief by which the affairs, business or assets of the
company concerned are managed by a person appointed for the purpose by a Court,
governmental agency or similar body, or by any director, secretary or creditor or by
the company itself nor has any such order or relief been granted or appointment made.
	 
	13.1.4	 	No order has been made, petition or application presented, resolution passed or
meeting convened for the purpose of winding-up the Company or whereby the assets of the
Company are to be distributed to creditors or shareholders or other contributories of
the Company.
	 
	13.1.5	 	No receiver (including an administrative receiver), liquidator, trustee,
administrator, supervisor, nominee, custodian or any similar or analogous officer or
official in any jurisdiction has been appointed in respect of the whole or any part of
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	 	 	been taken for or with a view to the appointment of such a person nor has any
event taken place or is likely to take place as a consequence of which such an
appointment might be made.
	 
	13.1.6	 	No process has been initiated which could lead to the Company being dissolved and its
assets being distributed amongst creditors, shareholders or other contributors.

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Cash Flow Model

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	 	 	CASH FLOW MODEL	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Transfers	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Cum Cash	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	to/from	 	 	Net Cash	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Share	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Balance	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Creekside	 	 	Balance	 	 	Cash Balance	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	First DB	 	 	Second DB	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Group Relief	 	 	Capital	 	 	Deposit	 	 	 	Main	 	 	 	Cash	 	 	Security	 	 	Main	 	 	Creekside Security	 
	Date	 	Rental Sale	 	 	Donside Loan	 	 	London Loan	 	 	London Loan	 	 	Headleases	 	 	 	Subtotal	 	 	 	Payments	 	 	Infection	 	 	Interest	 	 	 	Account	 	 	 	Available	 	 	Account	 	 	Account	 	 	Account	 
	31-Mar-05
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	0.00	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1,878,341.84	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1,878,341.84	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	703,306.80	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	703,306.60	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	14-Apr-05
	 	 	 	 	 	 	18,000,000.00	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	-19,175,035.24	 	 	 	 	175,035.24	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10-Aug-05
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	703,306.80	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	703,306.60	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10-Aug-05
	 	 	 	 	 	 	-18,348,132.33	 	 	 	18,348,132.33	 	 	 	42,500,000,00	 	 	 	-41,015,026.30	 	 	 	 	1,484,973.70	 	 	 	 	-1,228,128.27	 	 	 	3,788,252.00	 	 	 	14,542.50	 	 	 	 	4,782,946.53	 	 	 	 	-4,200,000.00	 	 	 	-400,000.00	 	 	 	162,946.53	 	 	 	400,000.00	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	11-Aug-05
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	-40,050.41	 	 	 	 	-40,050.41	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4,722,896.12	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	40,000.00	 	 	 	162,896.13	 	 	 	360,000.00	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	14-Oct-05
	 	 	20,916,678.40	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	-18,529,150.48	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2,387,527.92	 	 	 	 	-1,240,441.52	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	5,888,982.52	 	 	 	 	-1,000,000.00	 	 	 	0.00	 	 	 	309,982.53	 	 	 	360,000.00	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	22-Mar-06
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	-47,529.37	 	 	 	 	-47,529.37	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	5,822,453.16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	45,000.00	 	 	 	307,453.18	 	 	 	315,000.00	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	18-Apr-06
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	-188,370,74	 	 	 	 	-188,370.74	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	5,634,082.42	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	180,000.00	 	 	 	299,082.42	 	 	 	135,000.00	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	14-Jul-06
	 	 	28,951,251.63	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	-23,485,430.14	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	5,465,821.50	 	 	 	 	-4,507,003.73	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	6,592,900.18	 	 	 	 	-1,000,000.00	 	 	 	0.00	 	 	 	257,900.18	 	 	 	135,000.00	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	22-Mar-07
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	-47,070.00	 	 	 	 	-47,070.00	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	6,545,830.18	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	45,000.00	 	 	 	255,830.18	 	 	 	90,000.00	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	16-Apr-07
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	-94,140.00	 	 	 	 	-94,140.00	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	6,451,690.18	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	90,000.00	 	 	 	251,890.18	 	 	 	0.00	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	16-Jul-07
	 	 	23,957,214.48	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	-22,463,613.70	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1,493,600,78	 	 	 	 	-1,314.310.49	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	8,630,980.47	 	 	 	 	-430,980.47	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	0.00	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	73,825,144.51	 	 	 	-18,348,132.33	 	 	 	-181,018.15	 	 	 	-3,449,043.84	 	 	 	-41,432,186.82	 	 	 	 	10,414,763.38	 	 	 	 	-8,289,884.01	 	 	 	3,788,252.00	 	 	 	14,542.50	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	6,630,980.47	 	 	 	0.00	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Agreed Form Documents:

Administration Agreement

First DB London Loan

Second DB London Loan

Disclosure Letter

Donside Letter

Phoebus Letter

Power of Attorney

BA Consent Letter

Tax Indemnity

Bookham Signing Authority

DB Signing Authority

Creekside Security Account Charge

Group Relief Agreement

Rental Sale Amendment Agreements

Headlease Amendment Agreements

Sublease Amendment Agreements

 

 

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	SIGNED by
	 	 
	on behalf of London Industrial

	 	/s/ illegible
	Leasing Limited:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	SIGNED by
	 	 
	on behalf of Deutsche Bank

	 	/s/ illegible
	AG acting through Its London Branch:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	SIGNED by
	 	 
	on behalf of Bookham

	 	/s/ Thomas Kelley
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