Investors Agreement
1. Definitions, Construction and Interpretation
1.1. The definitions are shown in the Glossary in the appendix to this document save for Services which are the services provided under clause 4 of this agreement.
1.2. Words and expressions defined in the FCA Rules which are not otherwise defined in this agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning in this agreement.
1.3. Any reference to a statute, statutory instrument or to rules or regulations shall be references to such statute, statutory instrument or rules and regulations as from time to time amended, re- enacted or replaced and to any codification, consolidation, re-enactment or substitution thereof as from time to time in force.
1.4. References to the singular only shall include the plural and vice versa.
1.5. References to “you” or “your” are to the Investor.
1.6. Unless otherwise indicated, references to clauses shall be to clauses in this agreement.
1.7. Headings to clauses are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this agreement.
2. Investing in the Fund
2.1. This agreement comes into force on the date on which the Fund Manager accepts your Application Form. If so, the Fund Manager will notify you in writing that your Application Form is accepted in respect of the Fund. Participation in the Fund will normally be restricted to Investors who can be categorised as having the expertise, experience and knowledge to be capable of making their own investment decisions and understanding the risks involved in relation to the Fund.
2.2. This agreement enables you to appoint the Fund Manager as a discretionary investment manager to act on your behalf to make venture capital investments in SEIS and EIS Qualifying Companies (having regard to how
you have indicated your Contribution should be split between the EIS and SEIS and your indication as to whether you want more or less than 10 companies in your Portfolio) and to manage those investments in common on behalf of all such Investors.
2.3. You the Investor, hereby appoint the Fund Manager, on the terms set out in this agreement, to manage your Portfolio(s) in the Fund as one of a series of similar Portfolios which together constitute the Fund and to act as the administrator and custodian. The Fund Manager accepts its appointment and
obligations on the terms set out in this agreement.
2.4. You acknowledge that in relation to the Fund, Jenson has been appointed as the Fund Manager’s strategic adviser, pursuant to a strategic adviser’s agreement (the ‘STA’) the term of which is to continue until the Fund Manager’s appointment as Fund Manager of the Fund is terminated in accordance with this agreement or as otherwise terminated in accordance with the STA.
2.5. You acknowledge that the Fund Manager will arrange for the Nominee to be your nominee in respect of your Portfolio(s).
2.6. The Fund Manager is authorised and regulated by the FCA for the conduct of UK financial services business whereas Jenson is not authorised and regulated by the FCA. Should Jenson be deemed to be carrying out regulated activities, to the extent it is doing so, it will be doing so in its capacity as the appointed representative of Foresight Group LLP in accordance with Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Appointed
Representatives) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/1217).
2.7. Though for the purposes of the FCA’s COBS the Fund as a whole will be deemed to be a client of the Fund Manager, to extent you are a client of the Fund Manager, it will categorise you as a “professional client”.
3. Contributions
3.1. You:
(a) must make a Contribution to the Fund of not less than the Minimum Amount shown in your Application Form at the same time as submitting your Application Form to invest in the Fund; and
(b) may make further Contributions up to and on an Interim Closing Date; and
3.2. You may make a withdrawal from the Fund and terminate this agreement pursuant to clause 15.2 below.
3.3. Contributions received from you shall be deposited in a client account pursuant to clause 7.8 pending their investment.
4. Services
4.1. The Fund Manager will manage the Fund as from the first Interim Closing Date applicable to you as an Investor on the terms set out in this agreement. The Fund Manager will exercise all discretionary powers in relation to the selection of, or exercising rights relating to, Investments on the terms set out in this
agreement, including, in particular the negotiation and execution of agreements and ancillary documentation relating to Investments in Investee Companies.
4.2. The Fund Manager will arrange for the provision of nominee services in relation to the holding of Investee Company shares.
4.3. You hereby authorise the Fund Manager (and grant to the Fund Manager a power of attorney) to act on your behalf and in your name to negotiate, agree and do all such acts, transactions, agreements and deeds as
the Fund Manager may deem necessary or desirable for the purposes of managing your Portfolio including making, managing and disposing of Investments on your behalf and this authority (and power of attorney) shall be irrevocable and shall survive, and shall not be affected by, your subsequent death, disability,
incapacity, incompetence, termination, bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution. This authority (and power of attorney) will terminate only upon your complete withdrawal from the Fund.
4.4. The Fund Manager and Jenson shall not, unless otherwise authorised, have any authority to act on your behalf or as your agent.
5. Investment Objectives and Restrictions
5.1. In performing the services set out in clause 4 (the ‘Services’), the Fund Manager shall have regard to and shall comply with the Investment Objective and the Investment Restrictions set out in schedule 1 to this agreement.
5.2. In performing the Services, the Fund Manager shall at all times have regard to:
(a) the need for the Investments in Investee Companies within your Portfolio(s) to attract the tax advantages in accordance with the Investment Objective and Restrictions set out in schedule 1 to this agreement; and
(b) all Applicable Laws.
5.3. Surplus cash held prior to Investment in Investee Companies, and in the event of a gradual realisation of Investments prior to termination of the Fund under clause 15.1 any cash proceeds of realised Investments, may be placed by the Fund Manager on deposit in accordance with clause 7.8.
6. Terms applicable to transaction
6.1. In effecting transactions for the Fund, the Fund Manager shall act in accordance with the FCA Rules.
6.2. Where relevant, it is agreed that all transactions will be effected in accordance with the rules and regulations of any relevant market, exchange or clearing house (and the Fund Manager shall take all such steps as may be required or permitted by such rules and regulations and/or by good market practice) through which transactions are executed and to all Applicable Laws so that:
(a) if there is any conflict between the provisions of this agreement and any such rules, customs or Applicable Laws, the latter shall prevail; and
(b) action may be taken as thought fit in order to ensure compliance to any such rules, customs or Applicable Laws.
You should, however, be aware that the Investee Companies will be unquoted, small companies and your Portfolio(s) will therefore be invested in unlisted securities; there is therefore generally no relevant market or exchange or consequent rules and customs and there will be varying practices for different securities. Transactions in such securities 40 Jenson SEIS and EIS Fund will be effected on commercial terms that in the opinion of the Fund Manager are the best that can be secured.
6.3. Subject to the FCA Rules, transactions for one Investor will be aggregated with those for other Investors pursuant to clause 6.4. They may also be aggregated with transactions for other clients of the Fund Manager, and of its Connected Persons, and Associates and their Connected Persons and, if so, any Investments made pursuant to such transactions will be allocated on a fair and reasonable basis in
accordance with the FCA rules and endeavours will be made to ensure that the aggregation will work to the advantage of each of the Investors, but you should be aware that the effect of aggregation may work on some occasions to an Investor’s disadvantage.
6.4. Subject to the matters (a)-(g) below, where the Fund Manager proposes making an Investment in an Investee Company for you and on behalf of one or more other Investors, the Fund Manager will normally use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the number of shares in the relevant Investee Company to be subscribed as an Investment for you shall, as nearly as possible, be in the proportion which your Contributions bear to the total Contributions by all other such Fund Investors. This will, however, depend on matters such as:
(a) each Investor’s preferred split of their Contribution between SEIS and EIS Qualifying Companies as indicated in their respective Application Form;
(b) whether the Investor has indicated to Jenson and the Fund Manager that they wish for their Contribution to be invested in fewer than 10 Investee Companies in their Application Form;
(c) the timing and availability of Investments;
(d) variations to prevent Investors having fractions of shares; entitlements to shares will be to the nearest whole share rounded down and the aggregate of fractional entitlements may be held by the Nominee for the Fund Manager;
(e) if one or more of the Investors notifies the Fund Manager that he or she is an accountant, lawyer or other professional person who is subject to professional rules preventing him/her from making an
Investment in a particular Investee Company, then the number of shares provisionally allocated to that Investor or Investors shall not be acquired for any of his or her Portfolios in the Fund;
(f) variations to prevent Investors having small holdings in Investee Companies; where the bulk of an Investor’s subscription monies have been used to subscribe for shares in Investee Companies and the Investor has already has been invested in 10 Investee Companies, his or her remaining subscription monies may be invested in one Investee Company rather than across several; and
(g) the need for the Fund to be a Complying Fund.
The Fund Manager may depart from this basis of allocation if, in its absolute discretion, having consulted with the Strategic Adviser, it considers it appropriate to do so.
6.5. The Fund Manager will act in good faith and with due diligence in its choice and use of counterparties but, subject to this obligation, shall have no responsibility for the performance by any counterparty of its
obligations in respect of transactions effected under this agreement.
7. Custody and Administration
7.1. The Fund Manager shall be responsible for providing administrative and custodian services in relation to Investments and the safe keeping of the cash comprised in the Fund from time to time, including the settlement of transactions, collection and distribution of income arising from Investments and the
effecting of other administrative actions in relation to Investments such as voting.
7.2. Each Investee Company’s shares will be registered in the name of the Nominee. All such Investee Company shares within your Portfolio in the Fund will be beneficially owned by you at all times but the Nominee will be the legal owner of such shares.
7.3. The Nominee’s duties shall be solely of a mechanical, safeguarding and administrative nature, acting in accordance with all reasonable and lawful instructions of the Fund Manager, or received from you and where
authorised by the Fund Manager. The Nominee will hold any title documents or documents evidencing title to the Investments. Individual Investor entitlements 41 Jenson SEIS and EIS Fund are not identifiable by separate certificates or other physical documents of title or external electronic records.
7.4. Investee Company shares or title documents may not be lent by you to a third party and nor may there be any borrowing by you against the security of the Investee Company shares or such title documents.
7.5. Cash held for you may be applied, or Investee Company shares may from time to time be realised by the Fund Manager (acting reasonably) in order to raise funds, to discharge your obligations under this agreement, for example in relation to payment of outstanding fees, costs and expenses.
7.6. The following applies to matters arising with regard to shareholder rights in each Investee Company:
(a) Investee Company Meetings – the Fund Manager will arrange for you to receive details of any meetings of Investee Companies in which you are invested, and any other information issued to shareholders in such Investee Companies, if you at any time in writing request such details and information (either specifically in relation to a particular Investee Company investment or generally in respect of all Investee Company
investments). You shall be entitled, as a matter of right, on reasonable notice to require the Nominee to appoint you as its proxy in respect of the relevant Investee Company shares and to vote as you see fit at any meeting of shareholders in a Investee Company in which you hold an Investment. If you are not validly
appointed as the Nominee’s proxy for the purposes of a meeting of the shareholders of an Investee Company, the Nominee will appoint the Fund Manager as its proxy to vote at that meeting.
(b) Variation of Investee Company Share Capital – if there is any proposed variation of the share capital of an Investee Company (whether that variation is a capitalisation issue (other than a scrip dividend), rights issue, consolidation, subdivision or reduction of capital or otherwise):
(i) a bonus or capitalisation issue and no action is required to be taken, the Fund Manager will be notified and the resultant Investee Company shares will be automatically credited to your holding;
(ii) if a rights issue or other proposed variation, the Nominee will send the Fund Manager such summary of the proposal and the required action to be taken (if any) as it may receive, and if no instruction is received from the Fund Manager, the Nominee will allow the rights to lapse. Lapsed proceeds in excess of £3 will be credited to you. Sums less than this will be retained for the benefit of the Nominee. However, if nil paid rights in a secondary market are acquired for you, such rights will be taken up, unless the Fund Manager provides contrary instructions;
(iii) offers will be accepted by the Nominee only upon instructions received from the Fund Manager; and
(iv) your entitlement to new Investee Company shares will be to the nearest whole share rounded down and the
aggregate of fractional entitlements may be held by the Nominee.
(c) Partly paid shares – if partly paid shares are held for you and are the subject of a call for any due balance and no instruction is received from the Fund Manager, the Nominee may sell sufficient of your Investments as (in its reasonable opinion) is necessary to meet the call.
(d) Investee Company Liquidation – in the case of a proposal to wind up, amalgamate or take over an Investee
Company the Fund Manager will be sent a summary of the proposal and the required action to be taken (if any).
7.7. Where applicable you are responsible for complying with all requirements under the Takeover Code applicable to you in your capacity as a holder of Investee Company shares, including obligations to notify the FCA and the Takeover Panel of dealings in relevant shares during a takeover or merger.
7.8. Unless otherwise agreed as a result of facilities provided by your Financial Intermediary, cash will be held in accordance with the client money rules of the FCA. Your Contribution monies and all dividends and proceeds of sale of Investments pending their distribution will be deposited by the Fund Manager with an
42 Jenson SEIS and EIS Fund authorised and reputable banking institution in a client account in the name of TTML Client A/C Re: Jenson SEIS & EIS with client trust status together with cash balances belonging to other Investors. The mandate for operation of the account shall be held by the Fund Manager and any interest arising therefrom will be retained to cover administration costs and not paid to Investors.
Share dividends shall not be receivable under this agreement otherwise than in cash. Interest will be
payable on all credit balances on the bank account and shall be paid to the Fund Manager as a contribution towards the cost of establishing and maintaining the client account.
7.9. You confirm that in no event shall an investment counterparty dealing with the Fund Manager, Jenson or Nominee with respect to any document signed or action undertaken for or on behalf of you in accordance with this agreement be obliged to inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of you, the existence or nonexistence of any fact or facts which constitute conditions precedent to acts by you or any
act or failure to act by you or as to any other matter whatsoever involving you. You declare that a person who deals with the Nominee and the Fund Manager in good faith may accept a written statement signed by the
Nominee or the Fund Manager to the effect that their appointment as such here under has not been revoked as conclusive evidence of that fact.
8. Reports & Information
8.1. You will be provided with contract notes for each Investee Company transaction by the Fund Manager.
8.2. The Fund Manager shall send you a report relating to the Fund, complying with the FCA rules, every six months, in respect of the periods ending on or around April and October and also provide you with quarterly
updates. The Fund will be valued by the Fund Manager based on Investee Company valuations carried out by Jenson in accordance with IPEVC Valuation Guidelines from time to time prevailing.
8.3. The Fund Manager and Jenson shall supply such further information which is in its respective possession or under its control as you may reasonably request as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of such
request.
8.4. Any contract notes, statements, reports or information so provided by the Fund Manager, Jenson or the Nominee to you will state the basis of any valuations of Investments provided.
9. Fees & Expenses
Jenson shall receive fees set out in schedule 2 of this agreement. The Fund Manager’s fees shall be payable by Jenson in accordance with the STA.
10. Resources
The Fund Manager and Jenson shall each devote such time and attention and have all necessary competent personnel and equipment as may be required to enable them to provide their respective services properly and efficiently, and in compliance with the FCA rules.
11. Your Obligations
11.1. Your Portfolio(s), which is/are established by this agreement, is/are set up on the basis of the declaration made in your Application Form, which includes the following statements made in relation to your Contribution(s):
(a) the fact as to whether or not you wish to seek SEIS and EIS Relief for the Investments in Investee Companies;
(b) that you agree to notify the Fund Manager if any Investment is in any Investee Company with which you are connected within section 163 and sections 166 to 177 and within Part 5A of ITA 2007;
(c) that you agree to notify the Fund Manager if, within three years of the date of issue of shares by an Investee Company, you become connected with that Investee Company or receive value from that Investee Company;
(d) that you will provide the Fund Manager with your tax district, tax reference number and national insurance number.
11.2. You hereby confirm that the information stated in your Application Form in these (and all other) respects is true and accurate as at the date of this agreement.
11.3. You must immediately inform the Fund Manager in writing of any change of tax status, other material change in circumstance and any change in the information provided 43 Jenson SEIS and EIS Fund
in the Application Form to which clause 11.1 above refers.
11.4. In addition, you must provide the Fund Manager with any information which it reasonably requests from time to time for the purposes of managing your Portfolio(s) pursuant to the terms of this agreement.
12. Delegation and Assignment
The Fund Manager (and Jenson and the Nominee where reasonable and as may be agreed with the Fund Manager) may employ agents and subcontractors, including their Associates, to perform any administrative, custodial or ancillary services to assist the Fund Manager in performing its services, in which case it will act in good faith and with due diligence in the selection, use and monitoring of agents. Any such employment of
agents shall not affect the liability of the Fund Manager (or the Nominee where appropriate) under the terms of this agreement.
13. Potential Conflicts of Interest and Disclosure
13.1. Jenson Solutions or Associates of Jenson Group may provide accountancy, business advisory and corporate finance advisory services to some of the Investee Companies prior to and during the course of your
Investment therein through the Fund. As part of its obligations under the STA, Jenson is to source prospective Investee Companies for the Fund Manager and it may be the case that some of the prospective Investee Companies it puts forward are existing clients of Jenson Solutions or its Associates. Notwithstanding, any pre-existing relationship with prospective Investee Companies, Jenson will only put forward prospective Investee Companies which it genuinely believes meet the Investment Objective set out in schedule 1 and in any event, it shall be the Fund Manager who has and exercises exclusive and final discretion on all investments made by the Fund.
13.2. The Fund Manager and Jenson may provide similar services or any other services
whatsoever to any client and neither the Fund Manager nor Jenson shall in any circumstance be required to account to you for any profits earned in connection therewith. So far as is deemed practicable by the Fund Manager and Jenson, the Fund Manager and Jenson will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure fair treatment as between Investors and such other clients in compliance with the FCA Rules.
13.3. The Fund Manager, and any of its Associates may, subject to FCA Rules and without prior
reference to you, recommend transactions in which it or Jenson or any of their Associates has, directly or indirectly, a material interest or a relationship of any description with another party, which may involve a potential conflict with its duty to you. Neither the Fund Manager, nor Jenson nor any of their Associates shall be liable to account to you for any profit, commission or remuneration made or received from or by reason of such transactions or any connected transactions. For example, such potential conflicting
interests or duties may arise because:
(a) the Fund Manager, Jenson Group or any of their Associates may receive remuneration or other benefits by reason of acting in corporate finance or similar transactions involving companies whose securities are held for you;
(b) the Fund Manager, Jenson Group or any of their Associates may take an equity stake in an Investee Company whose securities are held for you at a price not below the issue price available to you subject to sub-clause 13.3(c);
(c) Jenson’s entitlement to the performance fees described in schedule 2 may be structured by way of subscriptions for Investee Company shares by Jenson/or their Connected Persons, or their Associates, or their Connected Persons, and/or others with whom Jenson may share such entitlement. Those Investee Company shares may be subscribed at a price below the issue price available to you and may dilute the returns to you but only to the extent of the value of the performance fees and subject to the conditions described in schedule 2;
(d) the Fund Manager or its Associate provides investment services for other clients;
(e) any of the Fund Manager or Jenson Group’s Associates or Connected Persons may be or become a director of, hold or deal in securities of, or is otherwise interested in any Investee Company whose securities are held or dealt in on your behalf;
(f) the transaction is in securities issued by an Associate of Jenson Group or the Fund Manager or the client of their Associates;
(g) the transaction is in relation to an Investment in respect of which the Fund Manager or Jenson Group or their Associates may benefit from a commission or fee payable otherwise than by you and/or the Fund Manager or Jenson Group or their Associates may also be remunerated by the counterparty to any such transaction;
(h) the Fund Manager deals on behalf of you with its Associate;
(i) the Fund Manager may act as agent for you in relation to a transaction in which it is also acting as agent for the account of other investors and their Associates;
(j) the Fund Manager may, in exceptional circumstances, deal in investments as principal in respect of a transaction for you;
(k) the Fund Manager may effect transactions involving placings and/or new issues with its Associate who may be acting as principal or receiving agent’s commission. The Fund Manager or its Associate may retain any agent’s commission or discount or other benefit (including directors’ fees) that accrues to them; and/or
(l) the transaction may be in the securities of an Investee Company for which the Fund Manager or its Associate has underwritten, managed or arranged an issue within the period of 12 months before the date of the transaction.
The Fund Manager is currently a small authorised UK AIFM and has applied to the FCA to become a full scope AIFM. When such application is determined the Fund will be required to appoint a depositary at additional cost. The depositary may be an associate of the Fund Manager.
14. Liability
14.1. Jenson Group and the Fund Manager agree that each of them will at all times act in good faith and with reasonable care and due diligence. Nothing in this clause 14 shall exclude any duty or liability owed to you
under the FCA rules.
14.2. Neither the Fund Manager nor Jenson Group shall be liable for any loss to you arising from any investment decision made in accordance with the Fund Investment Objective and the Investment Restrictions set out in schedule 1 to this agreement or for any other action in accordance with this agreement. Each of the Fund Manager and Jenson Group will only be liable to the extent that such loss is directly due to the
negligence or default or fraud of the Fund Manager or Jenson Group or any of their officers, agents or employees.
14.3. The Fund Manager accepts responsibility for holdings of Investee Company shares in the name of the Nominee and for the acts and omissions of the Nominee, provided, however, that the Fund Manager shall not be liable for any loss to you arising from any action it takes in accordance with this agreement, except
to the extent that such loss is directly due to the negligence or default or fraud of the Fund Manager or any of its officers, agents or employees.
14.4. The Fund Manager accepts responsibility for its acts and omissions in providing the administration services, provided however that the Fund Manager shall not be liable for any loss arising from any action it takes in accordance with this agreement, except to the extent that such loss is directly due to negligence or wilful default or fraud of the Fund Manager or any of its officers, agents or employees.
14.5. Subject to clauses 6.5 and 12, neither the Fund Manager nor Jenson Group shall be liable for any defaults of any counterparty, agent, banker, nominee or other person or entity which holds money, investments or documents of title for the Fund, other than such party which is their Associate.
14.6. In the event of any failure, interruption or delay in the performance of the Fund Manager or Jenson Group’s respective obligations resulting from acts, events or circumstances not reasonably within their
control (including but not limited to acts or regulations of any governmental or supranational bodies or authorities) or breakdown, failure or malfunction of any telecommunications or computer service or
systems, you acknowledge that neither the Fund Manager nor Jenson Group, as appropriate, shall be liable or have any responsibility of any kind for any loss or damage thereby incurred or suffered by you.
14.7. The Fund Manager gives no representations or warranty as to the performance of the Fund. Investments in Investee Companies are high risk investments and are not Readily Realisable Investments. There is a restricted market for such Investments and it may therefore be difficult to sell the Investments or
to obtain reliable information about their value. By entering into this agreement you confirm that you have carefully considered the suitability of the Investment Objective and Restrictions set out in schedule 1 to this agreement, have read and understood the Information Memorandum including in particular the risk warnings set out therein, and have your own independent advice. Nothing in this clause 14 shall exclude the
liability of the Fund Manager for its own fraud.
15. Termination
15.1. The Fund Manager will seek to realise Investee Company Investments within a reasonable period after the applicable three years SEIS and EIS qualifying period and to terminate the Fund in an orderly fashion thereafter. You acknowledge that there can be no guarantee as to the performance or value of Investments,
or the achievability or timing of realisations. On termination of the Fund, the Fund Manager shall
endeavour to procure that all remaining Investee Company shares in your Portfolio(s) will be sold or transferred into your name or as you may otherwise direct. Any cash within your Portfolio(s) will (net of fees and costs, including bank charges) be paid to you.
15.2. You are entitled to make withdrawals of Investee Company shares in your Portfolio(s) at any time after the end of the period of seven years beginning with the date on which the shares in question were issued. You are entitled to withdraw cash in your Portfolio(s) at any time before it has been committed to an Investee Company and subject to giving 20 days’ notice in writing. The Fund Manager will have a lien on all
assets being withdrawn or distributed from the Fund and shall be entitled to dispose of some or all of the same and apply the proceeds in discharging any liability you owe to the Fund Manager or Jenson Group. This agreement shall terminate upon the completion of the withdrawal from the Fund of all Investee Company shares and cash which you are entitled to receive under this clause 15.2. The balance of any sale proceeds and control of any remaining Investments will then be passed to you. Except at the discretion of the
Fund Manager no partial withdrawals will be permitted and therefore notice to withdraw any part of the Investee Company shares or cash in your Portfolio(s) will be deemed to be notice to withdraw all Investee Company shares and cash in your Portfolio.
15.3. If:
(a)the Fund Manager gives you not less than three months’ written notice of its intention to terminate its role as Fund Manager under this agreement;
(b)the Fund Manager ceases or believes that it is likely to cease to be appropriately authorised by the FCA, or that it will for any reason be unable to act as Fund Manager;
(c) the Fund Manager is no longer able to categorise you as having the expertise, experience and knowledge to make your own investment decisions and to understand the risks involved in relation to the Fund; or
(d) your investment in the Fund has been categorised by the Fund Manager as suitable and appropriate under the rules of the FCA in reliance upon a continuing certification by a Financial Intermediary or another FCA whose processes and systems have been approved by the Fund Manager and that Financial Intermediary ceases to act for you or advises the Fund Manager that an Investment in the Fund is no longer suitable for you; the Fund Manager shall use reasonable endeavours to make arrangements to transfer the Investments to another appropriately authorised fund manager, on the basis that that replacement fund manager shall assume the role of the Fund Manager under this agreement (changing only those things which need to be changed). If the
Fund Manager (acting reasonably) believes it is unlikely that it will find a replacement fund manager, or no such replacement fund manager has been located within a reasonable period, the Fund Manager may give you notice to terminate this agreement forthwith and, subject to clause 16, the Investments held for your account shall be transferred into your name or as you may otherwise direct.
15.4. Subject always to the Fund Manager’s discretion to determine otherwise, if the Minimum Fund Size is not reached, no Investments will be made and Investors’ monies will be returned without interest.
16. Consequences of Termination
16.1. On termination of this agreement pursuant to clause 15, the Fund Manager will use reasonable endeavours to complete all transactions in progress at termination expeditiously on the basis set out in this agreement.
16.2. Termination will not affect accrued rights, existing commitments or any contractual provision intended to survive termination and in particular the Fund Manager and Jenson will remain entitled to and you will pay fees, expenses and costs properly incurred and payable under the terms of this agreement up to and including the date of termination. Termination will be without penalty or other additional payments.
16.3. On termination, the Fund Manager may apply cash held for you, and may retain and/or realise such Investee Company Investments, as may be required to settle transactions already initiated and to pay your
outstanding liabilities, including fees, costs and expenses payable under clause 9 of this agreement, the details of which are set out in schedule 2 to this agreement.
17. Confidential Information
17.1. Neither the Fund Manager nor Jenson nor you shall disclose to third parties or take into consideration for purposes unrelated to the Fund information either:
(a)the disclosure of which by it would be or might be a breach of duty or confidence to any other person; or
(b) which comes to your notice or the notice of a Connected Person of the Fund Manager or Jenson but properly does not come to the actual notice of that party providing services under this agreement.
17.2. The Fund Manager, the Nominee and Jenson will at all times keep confidential all information acquired in consequence of the services, except that information may be disclosed:
(a)as may be necessary and appropriate in connection with the proper performance and enforcement of this agreement;
(b)to a proposed or actual direct successor in interest to one of the parties;
(c) where the information is in the public knowledge;
(d) which a party is entitled or bound to disclose under compulsion of law;
(e) to a tax or regulatory authority in compliance with any applicable legal requirements;
(f) is given to their professional advisers where reasonably necessary for the performance
of their professional services; or
(g)(g) which is authorised to be disclosed by the relevant party.
17.3. The Fund Manager or Jenson may verify your identity and assess your financial standing. In doing so, one or more credit reference agencies may be consulted which will record a search.
18. Complaints and Compensation
18.1. The Fund Manager has established procedures in accordance with the FCA rules for consideration of complaints. Details of these procedures are available from it on request. Should you have a complaint, you
should contact the Fund Manager.
18.2. The protections offered by the FCA do not apply to the Fund or the Investments and compensation under the UK investor compensation scheme may not be available in the event of the failure of the Fund.
19. Notices, Instructions and Communications
19.1. Notices of instructions to the Fund Manager, Jenson or the Nominee must be in writing and signed by you or on your behalf, except as otherwise specifically indicated in this agreement.
19.2. The Fund Manager, Jenson and the Nominee may rely and act on any instruction or communication which purports to have been given by persons authorised to give instructions by you under the Application Form or subsequently notified by you from time to time and, unless that relevant party receives written notice to the contrary, whether or not the authority of such person shall have been terminated. Without prejudice to the foregoing, in no event shall any such party dealing with your representative with respect to any document signed or action undertaken on behalf of you be obliged to inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of you, the existence or non-existence of any fact or facts which constitute conditions precedent to acts by you or any act or failure to act by you or as to any other matter whatsoever involving you.
19.3. All communications with you shall be sent (whether postal or electronic) to the latest address you have supplied in writing to the Fund Manager, Jenson or the Nominee and shall be deemed received by you on the second day after posting or on the day after dispatch in the case of electronic communication. All instructions by you shall be made in writing. Telephone conversations between you and the Fund Manager, Jenson or the Nominee, (as the case may be) may be recorded. Communications sent by you will be deemed received only if actually received by the Fund Manager, Jenson, or the Nominee (as the case may be). The Fund Manager, Jenson and the Nominee will not be liable for any delay or failure of delivery (for whatever reason) of any communication sent to you.
20. Unsolicited Real Time Financial Promotions
The Fund Manager may communicate an unsolicited real time financial promotion (i.e. interactive communications such as a telephone call or electronic mail promoting investments) to you.
21. Amendment
The Fund Manager may amend this agreement by giving you written notice with immediate effect if such is necessary in order to comply with Applicable Laws including HMRC requirements, or in order to maintain the SEIS or EIS Relief or in order to comply with the FCA rules or if it deems it necessary to do so. Any other proposed amendments will be notified to you, and if you fail or omit to give notice of your rejection of the
proposed amendment within 30 days of the date of the amendment notice, this agreement shall be deemed amended accordingly.
22. Data Protection
All data which you provide to the Fund Manager, Jenson, or the Nominee (as appropriate) will be held by the relevant party subject to the Data Protection Act 1998. You hereby agree that the Fund Manager, Jenson and the Nominee may pass your personal data to each other and to other parties insofar as is necessary in order for them to provide their services as set out in this agreement and to the FCA and any regulatory
authority which regulates them and in accordance with all other Applicable Laws.
23. Entire Agreement
This agreement, together with the Application Form and the other documents mentioned in it, comprises the entire agreement of the Fund Manager the Nominee, Jenson and their Associates with you relating to the Fund and the provision of the services.
24. Rights of Third Parties
The Nominee and Jenson and their respective Connected Persons may enforce any term of this agreement which purports to confer a benefit on that person, provided that the Fund Manager and you may amend, rescind, vary, waive, release, assign, novate or otherwise dispose of all or any of their respective rights or obligations under this agreement without the consent of any person who is not a party to this agreement. Save as provided, a person who is not a party to this agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this agreement, but this does not affect any right or remedy of such third party which exists or is available apart from that act.
25. Severability
If any term, condition or provision of this agreement shall be held to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of this agreement.
26. Governing Law
This agreement and all matters relating thereto and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non- contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Schedule 1: Investment Objective and Restrictions of the Fund
Investment Objective of the Fund
1. To offer Investors the opportunity to invest in unquoted SEIS and EIS Qualifying Companies carrying on one or more trades in a variety of industries and sectors, with the added bonus of obtaining the tax advantages associated with SEIS and EIS Qualifying Investments in accordance with the common investment
policy described in this Information Memorandum and having regard, where possible, to each Investor’s preferred split of their Contribution between SEIS and EIS Qualifying Companies as indicated in their
respective Application Form.
Investment Restrictions for the Fund
2. In carrying out its duties hereunder in respect of the Fund, the Fund Manager shall have regard to and take all reasonable steps to comply with such policies or restrictions as are required in order to attract SEIS and EIS Reliefs as may be prescribed by HMRC from time to time.
3. In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the above statements, the restrictions for the Fund are as set out in (a) to (d) below and the Fund Manager shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that:
(a) each Investee Company in which the Investments are made will, so far as the Fund Manager is aware at the time of the Investment, be a SEIS Qualifying and/or EIS Qualifying Company and the Fund Manager will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that 100 per cent of the Contribution of the Investor shall be in ordinary shares of SEIS and EIS Qualifying Companies;
(b) the Contribution of the Investor of any given Set will be invested in a minimum of ten Investee Companies (unless otherwise agreed with an Investor);
(c) no more than 25 per cent of the Contribution of the Investor will be invested in any one Investee Company (unless otherwise agreed by the Investor by ticking the relevant box on the Application Form);and
(d) the Fund is a Complying Fund.
4. Investors should be aware that the Fund’s Investments will include non-Readily Realisable Investments. There is a restricted market for such Investments and it may therefore be difficult to deal in the Investments or to obtain reliable information about their value.
5. In the event of a gradual realisation of Investments prior to termination of the Fund under clause 15.1, the cash proceeds of realised SEIS and EIS Investments may be placed on deposit or invested in fixed interest government securities or other investments of a similar risk profile. No interest shall be paid to
the client. Proceeds will be paid out on termination of the Fund or in instalments in advance of termination, as determined by the Fund Manager.
Schedule 2: Fees and Expenses in respect of the Fund
1. Investment Fee
Each Investee Company shall pay to Jenson the following fundraising fees payable out of the money used by the Fund to subscribe for Investments: an initial charge of 7.5 per cent of funds invested in that Investee Company, payable by that Investee Company on Investment in the Investee Company (plus VAT if applicable) by the Fund.
To the extent that any of this fee is not paid for whatever reason by the relevant Investee Company, Jenson reserves the right to deduct charges from Investor’s Contributions awaiting Investment.
Jenson will pay out of the fees referred to above:
• in respect of Investors who are execution only clients or are deemed by their Financial Intermediary to be a professional client under COBS 3.5.3 R (1), commission of up to 3% of the amount of Investments made on behalf of that Investor as well as all costs associated with setting up the Fund; and
• in respect of Investors deemed by their Financial Intermediaries to be retail clients within the meaning of COBS 3.4, all costs associated with setting up the Fund including such amounts required to facilitate adviser fees agreed between such Investors and their Financial Intermediaries, up to a limit of 3%.
2. Administration Fee
Jenson will charge each Investee Company an annual administration charge at the rate of £250 per calendar month plus VAT.
No trail commission fees will be facilitated.
3. Performance Fee
Jenson will receive a performance fee of 25% of all the profits which are distributed to an Investor in respect of an Investment in an Investee Company, whether by dividends, other distributions or sale proceeds, in excess of the amount of that Investment. For clarification, once the Investor has received in cash the first 100 pence per 100 pence invested (ignoring any tax relief) on an Investment by Investment basis, any additional distributable cash will be paid as to seventy five per cent to the Investor and twenty five per cent to Jenson.
4. Interest Pending Investment
Interest on Investor’s monies pending Investment will be retained by the Fund Manager to cover bank account administration costs and not paid to Investors.
5. VAT
Fees are exclusive of any applicable VAT.
6. Other Fees
No other fees and expenses will be payable by the Investor or the Fund to the Fund Manager or Jenson. The Investee Company may agree additional charges separately with Jenson concerning due diligence, directorship and other services provided by Jenson.
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