Exhibit 10.57
DATED [], [], 2004
General Electric Company
General Electric Capital Corporation
IGE USA Investments
Consolidated Insurance Holdings Limited
Financial Assurance Company Limited
Financial Insurance Group Services Limited
GE Capital SAS
GEFA International Holdings Inc.
UK Group Holding Company Limited
Genworth Financial Inc.
and
GEFA UK Holdings Limited
EUROPEAN TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT
Slaughter and
May
One Bunhill Row
London EC1Y 8YY
(SME/MCL)
(TX033420033)
Table of Contents
DRAFT 01.04.04 -
This Tax Matters Agreement is made the [] day of [], 2004
BETWEEN:-
1. General
Electric Company, a company incorporated under the laws of the State of New
York, USA, whose registered office is at 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, CT
06828, USA (GE);
2. General
Electric Capital Corporation, a company incorporated under the laws of the
State of Delaware, USA, whose registered office is at 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, County of Newcastle, Delaware 19801, USA (GECC);
3. IGE
USA Investments, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales
whose registered office is at 3rd floor, 1 Trevelyan Square, Boar
Lane, Leeds, LS1 6HP, England (IGE);
4. Consolidated
Insurance Holdings Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England
and Wales whose registered office is at The Priory, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5
2DW, England (CIHL);
5. Financial
Assurance Company Limited a company incorporated under the laws of England and
Wales whose registered office is at Vantage West, Great West Road, Brentford,
Middlesex, TW8 9AG (FACL);
6. Financial
Insurance Group Services Limited a company incorporated under the laws of
England and Wales whose registered office is at Vantage West, Great West Road,
Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9AG (FIGSL);
7. GE
Capital SAS a company incorporated under the laws of France whose registered
office is at Tour Europlaza, La Defense 4, 20, Avenue Andre-Prothin,92063 Paris
La Defense Cedex ( GEC SAS);
7. GEFA
International Holdings Inc. a company incorporated under the laws of the State
of Delaware, USA whose registered office is at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite
400, City of Wilmington, County of Newcastle, Delaware 19808, USA (GEFA);
8. UK
Group Holding Company Limited a company incorporated under the laws of England
and Wales whose registered office is at Vantage West, Great West Road,
Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9AG (UKGHCL);
9. Genworth
Financial Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware,
USA whose registered office is at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of
Wilmington, County of Newcastle. Delaware 19808, USA (Genworth);
10. GEFA
UK Holdings Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales
whose registered office is at Vantage West, Great West Road, Brentford,
Middlesex, TW8 9AG (UK Holdings).
WHEREAS:-
(A) Pursuant
to the Master Agreement dated [], [] 2004 between,
inter alia, GE and Genworth (the Master Agreement), Genworth has agreed to
acquire the outstanding shares and/or stock of certain subsidiaries of GE and
the business and assets of FACL (the Acquisition). It is expected that the business and assets of FACL will be
transferred to Financial New Life Company Limited (FINCL) pursuant to a scheme
under section 105 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 200 (the 105 Scheme). If for whatever reason the 105 Scheme does
not take place it is anticipated that the entire issued share capital of FACL
will be transferred to UK Holdings.
(B) Pursuant
to the US Tax Management Agreement dated [], [] 2004 between,
inter alia, GE and Genworth, (the US TMA), GE and Genworth have entered into
an arrangement governing the US Tax affairs of the subsidiaries acquired under
the Acquisition.
(C) Pursuant
to the Global Transition Services Agreement dated [], [] 2004 between,
inter alia, GE and Genworth, GE and its subsidiaries will provide or cause to
be provided certain administrative and support services and other assistance to
Genworth and its subsidiaries on a transitional basis and Genworth and its
subsidiaries will provide or cause to be provided certain administrative and
support services and other assistance to GE and its subsidiaries (the Global TSA).
(D) Further
to and in connection with the Global TSA, FIGSL and GE Life Services Limited
entered into a Transitional Services Agreement (the UK TSA) pursuant to which
each party is to provide transitional administrative and support services to
the other and its group companies on a reciprocal basis on the terms and
conditions therein.
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(E) The
purpose of this Agreement is to record the parties agreement with regard to
the European Tax affairs of certain subsidiaries acquired under the Acquisition
(the European
Subsidiaries a full list of which is set out in Schedule 1 hereto).
In this Agreement and in the Schedules:-
(i) capitalised
terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in the US TMA.
However, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:-
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Accounts
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in relation to any company means the accounts for
the last full accounting period of that company prior to Completion;
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Agreed Rate
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Means LIBOR + 200 bps compounded on an annual basis;
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Business Day
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Means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on
which banks are open for business in London and New York;
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Completion
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Means the Closing Date under the Master Agreement;
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European Subsidiary
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Means those companies acquired by Genworth pursuant
to the Acquisition which are Tax resident in a European country a full list
of which is set out in Schedule 1 hereto;
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Exit Date
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in respect of a European Subsidiary member of the UK
VAT Group, means such date as the Commissioners of HM Customs & Excise
specify by notice to the European Subsidiary or GE Capital Bank Limited as
being the date from which they shall terminate the treatment of that European
Subsidiary as a member of the UK VAT Group;
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Group Relief
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Means any loss, allowance or other amount eligible
for surrender by way of group relief in accordance with the provisions
contained in sections 402 to 413 ICTA and shall also include the
amount of any loss utilised as a result of an election under section 171A of
the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992;
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ICTA
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Means the Income and Corporation Taxes
Act 1988;
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Notional VAT Credit or Notional
VAT Liability
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in respect of a European Subsidiary member of the UK
VAT Group for a Relevant VAT Period, means (in the case of a Notional VAT
Liability) the amount of VAT for which the European Subsidiary would have
been liable to account to H.M. Customs & Excise for the Relevant VAT
Period or (in the case of a Notional VAT Credit) the amount of VAT which the
European Subsidiary would have been entitled to reclaim from H.M. Customs
& Excise for the Relevant VAT Period if (in either such case) the
European Subsidiary had been separately registered for VAT purposes
throughout the Relevant VAT Period but there were disregarded any supply made
to or by the European Subsidiary by or to any member of the UK VAT Group;
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Proceedings
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Means any proceeding, suit or action arising out of
or in connection with this agreement;
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Relevant VAT Period
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in respect of a European Subsidiary member of the UK
VAT Group, means the period (if any) from Completion to the Exit Date, which shall,
for the purposes of this Agreement, be assumed to constitute a prescribed
accounting period (as defined in VATA 1994);
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Relief
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Means any relief, allowance or credit in respect of
any Tax or any deduction in computing Income, Profits or Gains for the
purposes of any Tax;
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Remaining Supergroup Member
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Means any member of the UK Supergroup other than any
European Subsidiary;
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Service Document
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Means a writ, summons, order, judgment or other
document relating to or in connection with any Proceedings;
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Tax Authority
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Means any Taxing or other authority (whether within
or outside the United Kingdom) competent to impose or collect any Tax;
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Tax
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Means all taxes, levies, duties, imposts, charges
and withholdings of any nature whatsoever and wherever imposed except (other
than for the purposes of clause 8 (Payments), any such taxes, levies, duties,
imposts, charges or withholdings imposed in or by the United States of
America, including (without limitation) corporation tax, advance corporation
tax, income tax (including income tax required to be deducted or withheld
from or accounted for in respect of any payment), capital gains tax,
inheritance tax, VAT, national insurance contributions, stamp duty reserve
tax, stamp duty land tax, duties of customs and excise and any other taxes,
levies, duties, charges, imposts or withholdings corresponding to, similar
to, replaced by or replacing any of them and all other taxes on gross or net
Income, Profits or Gains and taxes on receipts, sales, use, occupation,
franchise, value added, and personal property, but excluding stamp duty,
together with all penalties, charges and interest relating to any of them or
to any late or incorrect return in respect of any of them;
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UK Subsidiary
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means any European Subsidiary which has at any time
been a member of the UK Supergroup;
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UK Supergroup
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means, in respect of any time on or before 30
October 2003, IGE USA Holdings (IGEH) and any company which was at that
time a member of the same group as IGEH within the meaning of section 402(2)
ICTA and, in respect of any time thereafter, IGE and any company which was at
that time a member of the same group as IGE within the meaning of section
402(2) ICTA;
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UK VAT Group
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means the group of companies of which GE Capital
Bank Limited is the representative member for the purposes of VAT;
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UK VAT Group Member
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means any European Subsidiary which is a member of
the UK VAT Group;
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VAT
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means value added tax; and
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VATA 1994
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means the Value Added Tax Act 1994.
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1.2 Any
reference to Income, Profits or Gains shall include any income, profits or
gains which are deemed to be earned, accrued or received for the purpose of any
Tax;
2.1 Genworth
shall procure that FIGSL, or the appropriate Genworth affiliate in the case of
a non-UK European subsidiary, shall, at its cost and expense, prepare all
documentation and deal with all matters (including correspondence) relating to
the Tax returns of the European Subsidiaries for all accounting periods ending
on or prior to 31 December, 2004.
2.2 Genworth
shall procure that the European Subsidiaries shall cause the returns mentioned
in clause 2.1 above to be authorised, signed and submitted to the appropriate
authority. If requested reasonably in
advance of the relevant due date for filing in writing by GE, FIGSL shall
promptly provide to GE and its accounting advisers draft copies of such returns
mentioned in clause 2.1 above as GE may specify. Genworth will give reasonable consideration to the reasonable
comments of GE and its accounting adviser thereon provided that such comments
are received reasonably in advance of the due date for the filing of the
relevant return. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Genworth shall not file any tax return in a manner that would
materially adversely effect GE or any GE affiliate without the consent of GE,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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2.3 Clauses
2.2 and 2.6 notwithstanding, Genworth shall not be obliged to procure that any
of the European Subsidiaries authorise, sign or submit any Tax return that is
not true and accurate in all material respects.
2.4 Genworth
or its duly authorised agent shall have sole conduct of all tax affairs of the
European Subsidiaries relating to accounting periods ending after 31 December,
2004 (save that Genworth shall have sole conduct of all tax affairs of FINCL
from the time of its incorporation and that GE shall have sole conduct of all
tax affairs of FACL in respect of those periods of account in which that
company is no longer trading as an insurance company). The parties shall grant each other or their
agents all such assistance as may reasonably be required in the conduct of all
such Tax affairs.
2.5 In
addition to the foregoing, GE agrees to provide, and to procure that any of its
subsidiaries from time to time will provide, all such assistance as Genworth
may reasonably require for the purposes of preparing any returns, audits or
filings for itself and/or any of its subsidiaries from time to time and
Genworth agrees to provide, and to procure that any of its subsidiaries from
time to time will provide, all such assistance as GE may reasonably require for
the purposes of preparing any returns, audits or filings for itself and/or any
of its subsidiaries from time to time.
The recipient of any such assistance shall make such payment for that
assistance as the UK TSA may specify (if any).
2.6 In the
event of a dispute arising in relation to clause 2.2, an application shall be
made to the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales for the time being for him or her to appoint a suitably qualified and
independent firm of accountants to resolve such dispute (the Appointed
Firm).The purpose of the reference of the dispute to the Appointed
Firm shall be to determine whether or not FIGSL has given reasonable
consideration to any reasonable comments of GE or whether GE unreasonably
withheld any consent provided in accordance with clause 2.2 purposes, the
Appointed Firm shall be deemed to act as an expert and not as an arbitrator, and
accordingly the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1979 shall not apply. The decision of the Appointed Firm as to the
matter referred to it shall, except in the case of manifest error, be
conclusive and binding on the parties.
The Appointed Firms costs shall be borne by the parties on a just and
reasonable basis as decided by the Appointed Firm bearing in mind its
conclusions.
3.1 Genworth
shall procure that each UK Subsidiary shall, and GE shall procure that each
Remaining Supergroup Member shall, make or claim, as appropriate, all such
surrenders of Group Relief as are specified in Schedule 2 hereto as can be
validly made or claimed (to the extent that such claims or surrenders have not
already been validly made and accepted by the Inland Revenue.)
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Each such Group Relief surrender shall be
made for full value and in consideration for (a) each other Group Relief
surrender to be made pursuant to this clause 3.1; (b) such payment, if any, as
is made pursuant to clause 3.9, and (c)
the Initial Payment, in each case as appropriate, except that where Genworth
and GE agree, GE may waive payment by any UK subsidiary in respect of any Group
Relief surrender. The Initial Payment is a payment to be made on
Completion, and to be funded by a GE subsidiary, as follows:
(i) from
GEFA to GECC, in the event that the full tax value of the aggregate losses
surrendered by the Remaining Supergroup Members to the UK Subsidiaries exceeds
the full tax value of the aggregate losses surrendered by the UK Subsidiaries
to the Remaining Supergroup Members, and of an amount equal to the difference
in value between the two; or
(ii) from
GECC to GEFA, in the event that the full tax value of the aggregate losses
surrendered by the UK Subsidiaries to the Remaining Supergroup Members exceeds
the full tax value of the aggregate losses surrendered by the Remaining
Supergroup Members to the UK Subsidiaries, and of an amount equal to the
difference in value between the two; or
(iii) no
payment in the event that the full tax value of the aggregate losses
surrendered by the UK Subsidiaries to the Remaining Supergroup Members equals
the full tax value of the aggregate losses surrendered by the Remaining
Supergroup Members to the UK Subsidiaries.
3.2 In the
event that any loss specified in Schedule 2 to be surrendered exceeds £40m and
such loss has not yet been agreed with the Inland Revenue, the value of that
loss to be taken into account for the purposes of the Initial Payment
calculation in clause 3.1 shall be a value equal to one half of the full tax
value of such loss with the remainder to be taken into account in calculating
any relevant Adjustment Payment to be made in accordance with clause 3.5 below
if and when such loss is agreed with the Inland Revenue.
3.3 Prior
to 31 March each year, (commencing with 31 March, 2005 and continuing until all
Tax returns for each of the UK Subsidiaries and the Remaining Supergroup
Members for all accounting periods commencing before Completion are agreed with
the Inland Revenue), GE shall deliver to Genworth a statement showing the
extent to which the losses of the Remaining Supergroup Members for any time
before Completion have been agreed with the Inland Revenue to be either greater
than or less than the amount assumed to be available in Schedule 2 and the
changes, if any, agreed with the Inland Revenue in the amount of profits of the
Remaining Supergroup Members for any time before Completion and Genworth shall
deliver to GE a statement showing the extent to which any losses of any UK
Subsidiary shown in Schedule 2 has
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been agreed with the Inland Revenue to be
either greater than or less than the amount shown in Schedule 2 and the
changes, if any, agreed with the Inland Revenue in the amount of profits of any
European Subsidiary for any time before Completion (together that years Adjustment
Statement).
3.4 Genworth
shall procure that each UK Subsidiary shall, and GE shall procure that each
Remaining Supergroup Member shall, make such adjustments to existing surrenders
of Group Relief or make or claim, as appropriate, all such new surrenders of
Group Relief as are necessary to make the appropriate changes indicated by the
Adjustment Statements in that year. Each
such adjustment to an existing surrender of Group Relief or new surrender of
Group Relief shall be made for full value in consideration for a) each other
adjustment to an existing surrender of Group Relief or new surrender of Group
Relief to be made under this clause 3.4; (b) such payment, if any, as is made
pursuant to clause 3.9, and (c) the
Adjustment Payment, in each case as appropriate.
3.5 On 31
March each year, a net payment (an Adjustment Payment) shall be made from
Genworth (or its designated affiliate) to GECC or from GECC to Genworth (or its
designated affiliate), as appropriate, to reflect the following:
(i) payment
by Genworth (or its designated affiliate) to GECC to reflect the full tax value
of any additional losses surrendered by any Remaining Supergroup Member to any
UK Subsidiary pursuant to clause 3.4 and to the extent that payment has not
already been made for that loss pursuant to this clause 3;
(ii) payment
by GECC to Genworth (or its designated affiliate) to reflect the full tax value of any additional losses
surrendered by any UK Subsidiary to any Remaining Supergroup Member pursuant to
clause 3.4 and to the extent that payment has not already been made for that
loss pursuant to this clause 3;
(iii) payment
by GECC to Genworth (or its designated affiliate) to reflect a rebate for the
full tax value of any loss of any Remaining Supergroup Member for which payment
has been made pursuant to this clause 3 to the extent that the surrender of
such loss is withdrawn pursuant to clause 3.4;
and
(iv) payment
by Genworth (or its designated affiliate) to GECC to reflect a rebate for the
full tax value of any loss of any UK Subsidiary for which payment has been made
pursuant to this clause 3 to the extent that the surrender of such loss is
withdrawn pursuant to pursuant to clause 3.4.
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3.6 Genworth
hereby undertakes that it shall, and shall procure that each UK Subsidiary
shall, and GE hereby undertakes that it shall, and shall procure that each
Remaining Supergroup Member shall, use all reasonable endeavours to procure
that full effect is given to the surrenders to be made pursuant to this clause
3 and that such surrenders are allowed in full by the Inland Revenue and that
each relevant company shall sign and submit to the Inland Revenue all such
notices of consent to surrender (including provisional protective notices of
consent in cases where any relevant Tax computation has not yet been agreed)
and all such other documents and returns as may be necessary to secure that
full effect is given to this clause 3.
3.7 The
foregoing provisions of this clause 3 notwithstanding, no UK Subsidiary shall
be obliged to accept any surrender of any loss of any Remaining Supergroup
Member, nor shall any Remaining Supergroup Member be obliged to accept any
surrender of any loss of any UK Subsidiary to the extent that:
(i) such
loss, as shown in an Adjusted Statement, exceeds the corresponding loss
reflected in Schedule 2; and
(ii) Genworth,
in the case of a surrender to a UK Subsidiary, or GE, in the case of a
surrender to a Remaining Supergroup Member, notifies GE or Genworth as
appropriate that in its opinion, acting reasonably, accepting such an increased
surrender would be prejudicial to the relevant member(s) of its group.
3.8 Both
GE and Genworth agree to act in good faith both in preparing any Adjustment
Statements pursuant to clause 3.3 above and in determining whether the
surrender of an increased loss would be prejudicial to the relevant member(s)
of its group pursuant to 3.7 above.
3.9 In the
event that the aggregate amount of UK corporation tax saved by the Remaining
Supergroup Members as a result of any losses surrendered to any of them by a UK
Subsidiary pursuant to this clause 3 exceeds the amount of UK corporation tax
saved by that UK Subsidiary as a result of any losses surrendered to it by any
Remaining Supergroup Members, Genworth shall pay to that UK Subsidiary an
amount equal to that excess.
3.10 In the
event of any dispute arising under this clause 3 either as to the amount of
losses that any company has or is able to validly surrender to another or as to
whether the surrender of a particular loss would be prejudicial for the
purposes of clause 3.7, an application shall be made to the president of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales for the time being for
him or her to appoint a suitably qualified and independent firm of accountants
to resolve such dispute (the Appointed Firm). The purpose of the reference of the dispute to the Appointed Firm
shall be to determine the amount of losses that the particular company (or
companies) has or is able to validly surrender to another or as to whether the
surrender of a particular loss would
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be prejudicial for the purposes of clause
3.7 above as appropriate. For these
purposes, the Appointed Firm shall be deemed to act as an expert and not as an
arbitrator, and accordingly the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1979 shall
not apply. The decision of the
Appointed Firm as to the matter referred to it shall, except in the case of
manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the parties. The Appointed Firms costs shall be borne by
the parties on a just and reasonable basis as decided by the Appointed Firm
bearing in mind its conclusions.
4.1 Upon
the Trigger Date GE shall procure that GE Capital Bank Limited promptly apply
to Customs & Excise under section 43C of VATA 1994 to remove such of
the European Subsidiaries as are members of the VAT Group from the VAT Group
and will procure that Genworth is kept informed of the progress of the
application and is provided with copies of all correspondence.
4.2 GE
shall, within thirty days of receiving notice of the Exit Date, procure the
deliverance to Genworth of a statement, together with reasonable explanatory
details, workings and calculations (the VAT Statement) certifying whether the UK
Subsidiaries have, in aggregate, a Notional VAT Liability or a Notional VAT
Credit for the Relevant VAT Period and, if so, the amount of such aggregate
Notional VAT Liability or Notional VAT Credit.
4.3 Genworth
shall procure that the European Subsidiaries provide such information and
assistance as GE or its duly authorised agent may reasonably require for the
purposes of preparing the VAT Statement.
GE shall procure that GE Capital Bank Limited act in good faith and
shall use reasonable skill and care in preparing the VAT Statement and the VAT
Statement shall, in the absence of manifest error, be binding on the parties.
4.4 If the
VAT Statement shows that the UK Subsidiaries have in aggregate a Notional VAT
Credit, GE shall pay to Genworth an amount equal to such Notional VAT Credit
within fourteen days of delivery of the VAT Statement to Genworth under
clause 4.3.
4.5 If the
VAT Statement shows that the UK Subsidiaries have in aggregate a Notional VAT
Liability, Genworth shall pay to GE an amount equal to such Notional VAT
Liability within fourteen days of delivery of the VAT Statement to the Genworth
under clause 4.3.
5.1 On
Completion, GE will pay to Genworth an amount equal to any amount set out in
Schedule 3 hereto as being an overpayment on account of tax by any European
Subsidiary.
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5.2 In the
event that the aggregate amounts paid by the European Subsidiaries to GE
Capital Corporation Limited for or on account of any Tax liability properly
attributable to any period ending on or before 31 December, 2003 less any
amounts paid by GE to Genworth pursuant to clause 5.1 or otherwise refunded to
the European Subsidiaries exceed the actual Tax liability of the European
Subsidiaries for such periods, GE shall pay to Genworth an amount equal to the
amount of such excess.
5.3 In the
event that the aggregate amounts paid by the European Subsidiaries to GE
Capital Corporation Limited for or on account of any Tax liability properly
attributable to any period ending on or before 31 December, 2003 less any
amounts paid by GE to Genworth pursuant to clause 5.1 or otherwise refunded to
the European Subsidiaries are less than the actual Tax liability of the
European Subsidiaries for such periods, Genworth shall pay to GE an amount
equal to the amount of such deficiency.
5.4 GE
shall procure that GE Capital Corporation Limited give notice to Genworth
promptly upon determining, in good faith, that a payment under either clause
5.2 or clause 5.3, as appropriate, is required and, provided that Genworth
agrees the amount, payment shall be made to or by Genworth within 10 Business
Days of receipt of such notice by Genworth.
6.1 GE
hereby covenants to pay to Genworth an amount equal to any liability or
increased liability to Tax of any of the European Subsidiaries which arises as
a consequence of or by reference to any Relevant Company, after Completion,
failing to pay the whole of the Tax charged by any Tax assessment made in
respect of that Relevant Company within six months of the date of that Tax
assessment. For the purposes of this
clause 6.1, the term Relevant Company shall mean GE and any company, other
than Genworth, any European Subsidiary or any other company acquired by
Genworth pursuant to the Acquisition, which is or has at any time been a member
of the UK Supergroup, the UK VAT Group or otherwise treated for the purposes of
any Tax as being a member of the same group of companies as GE or any of its
subsidiaries for the purposes of any Tax.
6.2 Genworth
hereby covenants to pay to GE an amount equal to any liability or increased
liability to Tax of GE or any of its subsidiaries which arises as a consequence
of or by reference to any European Subsidiary, after Completion, failing to pay
the whole of the Tax charged by any Tax assessment made in respect of that
European Subsidiary within six months of the date of that Tax assessment.
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7.1 Pursuant
to Sections 2 and 19 of the US TMA all Transaction and Transfer taxes,
including stamp duty, arising in connection with the Acquisition are for the
account of GE and are to be dealt with in accordance with those Sections unless
otherwise agreed between the parties to this Agreement.
7.2 Notwithstanding section 7.1 above, in respect
of any UK corporation tax arising on the transfer of the shares of Consolidated
Insurance Group Limited from FACL to Financial New Life Company Limited
pursuant to the 105 Scheme, there shall be for the account of GE under section 7.1
only the amount of such corporation tax that is attributable to the amount by
which the value of those shares at Completion exceeds the original cost to FACL
of the acquisition of those shares.
8.1 All
sums payable by one party hereto (the Payer) to any other (the Recipient)
under this Agreement shall be paid to the Recipient or as the Recipient may
from time to time direct in full, without set-off, counterclaim, restriction,
condition, deduction or withholding (except any deduction or withholding for or
on account of Tax required by law), on the due date therefor, upon demand by
the Recipient and if not so paid shall carry interest on the balance for the
time being outstanding at the Agreed Rate.
8.2 If the
Payer is required by law to make any deduction or withholding from any payment
due under this Agreement, the amount of such payment shall be increased by such
amount as to ensure that the payment actually received is equal to the amount
which would have been payable had no withholding or deduction been
required. If the Recipient obtains any
credit for any such deduction or withholding then it shall rebate to the Payer
such amount of such credit as will leave it in the same net after tax position
that it would have been in had no such deduction or withholding been required.
8.3 If
payment (excluding any amount of default or other interest payable in respect
thereof) payable under this Agreement is liable to Tax the hands of the
Recipient (including in circumstances where any Relief is available in respect
of such liability), the amount payable shall be increased by such amount as
will leave the Recipient in the same net after tax position as that it would
have been in had the payment not been so liable to Tax (and ignoring the
availability of such Relief other than any such Relief to which the payment has
given rise).
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9.1 This
agreement shall terminate on 31 December, 2011 unless there is an earlier
Change of Control in which event this agreement shall terminate with immediate
effect upon such Change of Control.
9.2 In the
event that this agreement terminates early upon a Change of Control, the
parties hereto shall in good faith and in writing agree what further payments,
if any, are more likely than not to be required to be made pursuant to any of
clauses 3.5, 5.2 and 5.3 and such payments shall be made by the appropriate
party within 10 Business Days of such agreement being reached.
9.3 In the
event of any dispute arising under this clause 9 as to the amount of further
payments required to be made pursuant to clause 9.2 an application shall be
made to the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales for the time being for him or her to appoint a suitably qualified and
independent firm of accountants to resolve such dispute (the Appointed
Firm). The purpose of the
reference of the dispute to the Appointed Firm shall be to determine the amount
of further payments that each of the parties is more likely or not to make
pursuant to any of clauses 3.5, 5.2 and 5.3, For these purposes, the Appointed
Firm shall be deemed to act as an expert and not as an arbitrator, and
accordingly the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1979 shall not apply. The decision of the Appointed Firm as to the
matter referred to it shall, except in the case of manifest error, be
conclusive and binding on the parties.
The Appointed Firms costs shall be borne by the parties on a just and
reasonable basis as decided by the Appointed Firm bearing in mind its
conclusions.
10.1 No delay
or omission on the part of any party to this agreement in exercising any right,
power or remedy provided by law under this agreement shall:-
(i) impair
such right, power or remedy; or
(ii) operate
as a waiver thereof.
10.2 The
single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy provided by law or
under this agreement shall not preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.
10.3 The
rights, powers and remedies provided in this agreement are cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights, powers and remedies provided by law.
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11.1 This
agreement shall not be assigned or transferred by any party hereto, whether in
whole or in part, without the prior written consent of both GE and Genworth.
12.1 Each of
the parties to this agreement shall from time to time, on being required to do
so by any other party to this agreement now or at any time in the future, do
or, so far as it is able to, procure the doing of all such acts and/or execute
or, so far as it is able to, procure the execution of all such documents in a
form satisfactory to the party concerned as that party may reasonably consider
necessary for giving full effect to this agreement and securing to that party
the full benefit of the rights, powers and remedies conferred upon it in this
agreement.
13.1 Any
notice or other communication given or made under or in connection with the
matters contemplated by this deed shall be in writing (other than writing on
the screen of a visual display unit or other similar device which shall not be
treated as writing for the purposes of this clause).
13.2 Any such
notice or other communication shall be addressed as provided in clause 13.3
below and, if so addressed, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made as
follows:-
(i) if
sent by personal delivery, upon delivery at the address of the relevant party;
(ii) if
sent by first class post, two Business Days after the date of posting;
(iii) if sent
by facsimile, when despatched;
PROVIDED THAT
if, in accordance with the above provisions, any such notice or other
communication would otherwise be deemed to be given or made outside
Working Hours, such notice or other communication shall be deemed to be
given or made at the start of Working Hours on the next Business Day.
13.3 The
relevant addressee, address, telephone number and facsimile number of each
party for the purposes of this agreement, subject to 13.4, are:-
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Name of party
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Address
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Telephone No.
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Facsimile No.
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For any notice to be given to Genworth or any
European Subsidiary:
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Vantage West, Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex,
TW8 9AG
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0208 380 3661
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0208 380 3008
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Financial Insurance Group Services Limited
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For the attention of:
Helen Maxwell
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For any other notice to be given hereunder:
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Clarges House, 6-12 Clarges Street, London W1J
8DH
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0207 302 6284
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0207 302 6284
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GE Capital Europe Limited
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For the attention of:
Roy Clark
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13.4 A party
may notify the other parties to this agreement of a change to its name,
relevant addressee, address, telephone number or facsimile number for the
purposes of this clause 13 PROVIDED THAT such notification shall only be
effective on:-
(i) the
date specified in the notification as the date on which the change is to take
place; or
(ii) if no
date is specified or the date specified is less than five Business Days after
the date on which notice is given, the date falling five Business Days after
notice of any such change has been given.
13.5 For the
avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the provisions of this clause shall
not apply in relation to the service of Service Documents (as defined in Clause
19 below).
14.1 This
agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on
separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each party has executed
at least one counterpart.
14.2 Each
counterpart shall constitute the original of this agreement, but all the
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
15.1 Save as
otherwise expressly provided, time is of the essence of this agreement.
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16.1 If at
any time any provision of this agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, that shall not
affect or impair:-
(i) the
legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other
provision of this agreement; or
(ii) the
legality, validity or enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of
that or any other provision of this agreement.
17.1 This
agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
18.1 The
parties to this agreement 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 and that accordingly any Proceedings must be
brought in such courts.
19.1 Each of
GE, GECC and IGE irrevocably agrees that any Service Document may be
sufficiently and effectively served on it in connection with Proceedings in
England and Wales by service on its agent Slaughter and May, if no replacement
agent has been appointed and notified to Genworth pursuant to clause 13, or on
the replacement agent if one has been appointed and so notified.
19.2 Both
Genworth and GEFA irrevocably agree that any Service Document may be
sufficiently and effectively served on it in connection with Proceedings in
England and Wales by service on its agent, UK Group Holding Company Limited, if
no replacement agent has been appointed and notified to GE pursuant to clause
13, or on the replacement agent if one has been appointed and so notified.
19.3 Any
Service Document served pursuant to clause 19.1 shall be marked for the
attention of:-
(i) Trusec
Limited at One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY or such other address within
England or Wales as may be notified to Genworth pursuant to clause 13; or
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(ii) such
other person as is appointed as agent for service pursuant to clause 19.1 at
the address notified pursuant to clause 13.
19.4 Any
Service Document served pursuant to clause 19.2 shall be marked for the
attention of:-
(i) James
Rember at Vantage West, Great West Road, Middlesex TW8 9AG or such other
address within England or Wales as may be notified to GE pursuant to clause 13;
or
(ii) such
other person as is appointed as agent for service pursuant to clause 19.2 at
the address notified pursuant to clause 13.
19.5 Any
document addressed in accordance with clause 19.3 or 19.4 shall be deemed to
have been duly served if:-
(i) left
at the specified address, when it is left; or
(ii) sent
by first class post, two Business Days after the date of posting.
19.6 If
either of the agents referred to in clauses 19.1 and 19.2 (or any validly
appointed replacement agent) at any time ceases for any reason to act as such,
GE (acting also on behalf of GECC and IGE), or Genworth (acting also on behalf
of GEFA), as appropriate, shall appoint a replacement agent to accept service
having an address for service in England or Wales and shall notify Genworth or
GE, as appropriate, of the name and address of the replacement agent; failing
such appointment and notification, Genworth or GE, as appropriate, shall be
entitled by notice to the other to appoint such a replacement agent to act on
the others behalf.
19.7 IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed on the day and year
first above written.
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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
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By:
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By:
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Name:
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Name:
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Title:
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Title:
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IGE USA INVESTMENTS
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CONSOLIDATED
INSURANCE HOLDINGS
LIMITED
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By:
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By:
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|
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Name:
|
Name:
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Title:
|
Title:
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FINANCIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
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FINANCIAL
INSURANCE GROUP SERVICES
LIMITED
|
|
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|
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By:
|
|
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By:
|
|
|
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Name:
|
Name:
|
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Title:
|
Title
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GE CAPITAL SAS
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GEFA INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC
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|
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By:
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By:
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Name:
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Name:
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Title:
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Title:
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UK GROUP HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED
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GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC
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By:
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By:
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Name:
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Name:
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Title:
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Title:
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GEFA UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Schedule 1
The European
Subsidiaries
Assocred S.A.;
CFI Administrators
Limited;
CFI Pension Trustees
Limited;
Consolidated Insurance
Group Limited;
Ennington Properties
Limited
FIG Ireland Limited;
Financial Assurance
Company Limited;
Financial Insurance
Company Limited;
Financial Insurance
Group Services Limited;
Financial Insurance
Guernsey PCC Limited;
Financial New Life
Company Limited;
GE Financial Assurance,
Compania de Seguros y Reaseguros de Vida S.A;
GE Financial Insurance,
Compania de Seguros y Reaseguros S.A.;
GE Mortgage Insurance
Limited;
GE Mortgage Insurance
(Guernsey) Limited;
GE Mortgage Services
Limited;
GE Mortgage Solutions
Limited;
GEFA UK Finance Limited;
GEFA UK Holdings
Limited;
RD Plus S.A.;
UK Group Holding Company
Limited; and
World Cover Direct
Limited.
Schedule 2
GENWORTH Group
Relief amount
(profits)/losses
|
|
|
|
GROSS
|
|
@ 30%
|
|
|
|
|
|
£
|
|
£
|
|
£
|
|
£
|
|
|
FICL
|
1988-1998
|
|
(5,780,683
|
)
|
|
|
(1,734,205
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
1999
|
|
(16,222,538
|
)
|
|
|
(4,866,761
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
2000
|
|
(47,683,362
|
)
|
|
|
(14,305,009
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
2001
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003
|
|
(18,500,000
|
)
|
|
|
(5,550,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(88,186,583
|
)
|
|
|
(26,455,975
|
)
|
|
FACL
|
1988-1998
|
|
(19,233,983
|
)
|
|
|
(5,770,195
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
1999
|
|
(2,584,018
|
)
|
|
|
(775,205
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
2000
|
|
(14,793,851
|
)
|
|
|
(4,438,155
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
2001
|
|
1,888,071
|
|
|
|
566,421
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
FACL
|
2002
|
171A
|
3,956,394
|
|
|
|
1,186,918
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003
|
|
76,000,000
|
|
|
|
22,800,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45,232,613
|
|
|
|
13,569,784
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clause 3.2
|
|
Adjustment
|
|
|
(38,000,000
|
)
|
|
|
(11,400,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FIGSL
|
1988-1998
|
|
(1,841,367
|
)
|
|
|
(552,410
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
1999
|
|
(4,432,839
|
)
|
|
|
(1,329,852
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
2000
|
|
(1,495,006
|
)
|
|
|
(448,502
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
2001
|
|
(3,405,339
|
)
|
|
|
(1,021,602
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
(3,587,637
|
)
|
|
|
(1,076,291
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
2003
|
|
(8,500,000
|
)
|
|
|
(2,550,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(23,262,188
|
)
|
|
|
(6,978,656
|
)
|
|
CIGL
|
1988-1998
|
|
(208,680
|
)
|
|
|
(62,604
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
1999
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003
|
|
(100,000
|
)
|
|
|
(30,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(308,680
|
)
|
|
|
(92,604
|
)
|
|
GEMI
|
1988-1998
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
1999
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000
|
|
(6,387,608
|
)
|
|
|
(1,916,282
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
2001
|
|
(1,555,633
|
)
|
|
|
(466,690
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
(6,219,354
|
)
|
|
|
(1,865,806
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
2003
|
|
(6,000,000
|
)
|
|
|
(1,800,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(20,162,595
|
)
|
|
|
(6,048,779
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(124,687,433
|
)
|
|
|
(37,406,230
|
)
|
Schedule 3
Overpayments
on account of tax as at 31/12/03
|
GENWORTH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounting
period ended 31/12/1999
|
FICL
|
|
£
|
926,965
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FACL
|
|
£
|
1,006,518
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FIGSL
|
|
£
|
151,019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounting
period ended 31/12/2001
|
FICL
|
|
£
|
5,817
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
£
|
2,090,319
|
|