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Hire Agreement - Minimum TermAgreement no: Company Reg No (if applicable) Date of Birth (if applicable) Hire Agreement Nature of Business Hirer (‘you’, ‘your’) Telephone number E-mail address Full name Description Model/Serial No. Trading as (if applicable) Years in Business Full address Postcode The Goods QuantitySupplier of Goods: Location of Goods: As AboveHire PeriodMinimum Period of Hire months from the date of delivery of the GoodsThis Agreement commences on the date we sign it and will last for the Minimum Period as set out below unless you or we end it early in accordance withCondition 10.Hire Payments Rental Amount VAT Amount Total RentalFirst Rental payable on the date the Goods are delivered £ ££followed by further Rentals of £ ££The Payment Period is monthly quarterly half-yearly yearly calculated from the date of delivery and we will advise you in writing of subsequentpayment dates after the First Rental.If any of these Rentals is due on a day which is not a Business Day, it will instead be due on the next Business Day.A ‘Business Day’ is any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday in London.You must also pay us:· a Documentation Fee of £150.00 (plus VAT) at the same time as and in addition to the First Rental; and· an Annual Service Charge of £40.00 (plus VAT) on the first anniversary of the date when the First Rental ispayable and on each such anniversary after that while this Agreement continues in force.With Maintenance ServicePlease tick to confirm you want the Suppliers maintenance serviceBy ticking the box you will require to enter into a Maintenance Contract with the Supplier (acting on its own account and NOT as our agent)This is a completely separate contract from the terms of this Agreement.Where you have ticked the box above:(i) a Maintenance Payment of £ plus VAT is payable to the Supplier on the same dates as each Rental you are due to pay us under thusAgreement; and (ii) you agree to pay each Maintenance Payment to us on the due date so that we can forward it to the Supplier on your behalf.Lessor (‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’)(The Lessor will be a finance company which is entirely separate from the Supplier.Details of the Lessor will be inserted below and notified to you when this Agreement is accepted.)Lessor’s NameAddressInitial Please initial each page to confirm you have read and understood. 1 of 5

CHECKLIST FOR HIRERSCustomers who are introduced to hire agreements by office equipment suppliers are recommended to take the following steps:1. Make it clear within your own organisation who can sign such agreements. 7. Make sure you understand and agree with all terms and conditions of the business finance agreement and, if you are unsure, seek advice.2. Ensure that the supplier of any office equipment involved is reputable and an accredited supplier of the equipment involved. 8. Make sure you understand the costs involved and whether the business finance agreement allows for any automatic increases in charges.3. Check the name of the leasing company, and where relevant its parent company, on the page of the lease agreement which you sign and whether this company is 9. Check the period of hire and any notice period required for its termination and a member of the FLA. Members are required to ensure that their contracts are the settlement terms to be applied on early termination. clear and unambiguous. 10. Ensure that the length of the business finance agreement is not longer than the4. Ensure with the supplier that the office equipment is new, or if not that you are expected working life of the equipment involved. content that used or refurbished office equipment is suitable. 11. Check whether the business finance agreement includes the supply of service(s)5. Always ensure that the completed contract corresponds with any verbal or written and whether this will continue after any minimum or initial period of hire. If you quotation and, for multifunctional devices and copiers, key information required are entering into a separate contract for the provision of service you should check to be given by FLA's Code has been given to you in writing before an agreement its terms carefully. was made. 12. If any amendments are made to your contract or a further contract is required to6. Read your business finance agreement carefully before signing it and ensure it replace an existing agreement - do not sign until you have made the same is correct, particularly in respect of the rental amount and the period of hire. Never checks as you did for the original agreement. sign a business finance agreement which is not fully completed.Your application and declarationsYou apply to us to hire the Goods for the Minimum Period of Hire and any additional Declaration for exemption relating to businesses (articles 60C andperiod as explained in the hire payments section on the basis that, on acceptance of your 60O of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulatedapplication by us, you will be bound by the terms set out on the front pages and the Activities) Order 2001) I am/We are* entering this agreement wholly orattached Terms and Conditions. predominantly for the purposes of a business carried on by me/us or intended to be carried on by me/us. I/We* understand that I/We* will not have the benefit ofBy your signature to this Agreement you also confirm that: the protection and remedies that would be available to me/us* under the Financial• you have read the attached Terms and Conditions; Services and Markets Act 2000 or under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 if this• in particular, you understand the restrictions on our liability for the Goods set agreement were a regulated agreement under those Acts. I am/We are aware that, if I am/we are in any doubts as to the consequences of the agreement not out in Condition 4 of the terms and conditions and our reasons for them; being regulated by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or the Consumer• you have made sure you have all the warranties you need from the Supplier who Credit Act 1974, then I/we* should seek independent legal advice. * Delete as appropriate. supplied the Goods to us and you;• all the information you have provided is correct;• the Goods will be used in the course of a business carried on by you.Rental variations:The Rentals may change if there is a change to the tax system or the rates of corporation tax or capital allowances or if you change your method of payment. Thisis explained in Condition 8 of the Terms and Conditions. The payments set out across will vary if there is a change in the applicable VAT rate.USE OF INFORMATIONIt is important you read this notice in conjunction with the USE OF INFORMATION NOTICE attached.BY SIGNING THIS agreement you agree that the information about you in this document may be passed to one or more finance companies or their funders orassignees, or any member of that finance company’s group of companies, the equipment supplier, the service providers, the broker you are using and creditreference agencies, fraud prevention agencies, insurers and guarantors. The Information you have provided will be used to help make credit decisions about you,for fraud prevention and to administer the finance agreement and the services provided.The finance company may transfer information about you and your agreement and payment history to any country.If no satisfactory data protection laws exist in the country to which your personal data is transferred, the finance company will put in place equivalent contractualsafeguards to those contained in the Data Protection Act 1998. Unless you tell us otherwise the information may also be used to provide you with details ofother products and services provided by the finance company or any member of that finance company’s group of companies or manufacturers, resellers, agents,subcontractors or other companies carefully chosen by the finance company.If you do not want to receive marketing information you may write to the finance company at any time to tell the finance company not to send or permit anyother person to send any more.Your Signature(s) Print Name(s)Signatureof Hirer(s) Position DirectorDateUnder this Agreement the Goods do not become (Note: by signing the person(s) signing warrants that heyour property and you must not sell them. or she has authority to bind you to this Agreement).Our Acceptance DateSigned for and on behalf of the Lessor:Authorised officialInitial Please initial each page to confirm you have read and understood. 2 of 5

TERMS AND CONDITIONS 4.6 We are not a dealer or expert in the Goods and have not inspected them. Other than as provided in Condition 4.4, we do not make any representation or warranty (express or implied) about the Goods,1 USE OF SPECIAL WORDS AND PHRASES their quality, their fitness for any purpose, their matching any sample or specification, their description or their age, performance or condition. We exclude liability for any implied terms relating to the Goods. To make this Agreement easier to read, certain words and phrases in it will have a fixed meaning whenever they are used. Their first letter is in capitals. You will find the meaning of them set out in the front pages of this 4.7 If the Goods include software, you acknowledge that software maintenance is not a condition of this Agreement. An ‘Associated Company’ in relation to you or us means a subsidiary or holding company of you or Agreement and Rentals will continue to be payable whether or not the Supplier or licensor provides us or a subsidiary of any such holding company. software maintenance and whether or not the software operates to your satisfaction or at all. Please note that references to the Goods, while being references to the Goods described on the front page of 4.8 We have no liability to you for any loss or damage you suffer because the Goods cannot be used for any this Agreement also include all accessories, additions and modifications to the Goods. reason or for any loss or damage caused by the Goods directly or indirectly. In no circumstances will our liability to you exceed the total of the Rentals paid by you at the time the liability arises.2 THIS AGREEMENT AND ITS DURATION 4.9 You agree that it is your responsibility and not ours to make and pay for any alterations to the Goods which2.1 You are bound by this Agreement from the date we sign it and we then agree to let and you agree to hire the may be required in order to ensure they are compliant with any law, change in the law or changes in coinage Goods from the date they are delivered to you for at least the Minimum Period of Hire until it is ended by you or the introduction of a different currency. in accordance with Condition 2.4 or us in accordance with Condition 10. 5 OWNERSHIP OF THE GOODS AND RIGHTS AFFECTING THE GOODS2.2 We will write to you before the end of the Minimum Period of Hire to inform you of your right to end the Agreement at the end of the Minimum Period of Hire. To end the Agreement at the end of the Minimum Period 5.1 The Goods remain our sole property at all times. You will have no right to the Goods except as hirer of them. of Hire or at any time after that you must give us at least 90 days’ notice in writing. Notice to cancel the Agreement can end the Agreement on or after the last day of the Minimum Period of Hire but not before that 5.2 You may not claim any capital allowances in respect of the Goods. date. If you do not give us notice to end the Agreement you will continue to hire the Goods until you do so cancel this Agreement and the Rentals will continue to be payable at the same rate and intervals as during the 5.3 You will keep the Goods free from any legal process by which any landlord or creditor of yours might Minimum Period of Hire. try to attach or claim the Goods, but if you fail in this for any reason then you will advise us immediately. You will not pledge our credit or permit any lien to arise over the Goods.2.3 These Terms and Conditions and those on the front pages make up the whole agreement between you and us. No other terms apply to this Agreement unless you and we agree them in writing on or after the date of this Agreement. 5.4 If we ask you to, you will affix name plates to the Goods showing that we are the owners. You will make sure these name plates are left undisturbed and unobscured.2.4 You may end this Agreement at any time before the expiry of the Minimum Period of Hire by giving us 90 days written notice that you wish to do so and by paying us a termination sum calculated in accordance with 5.5 You will pay all rates, taxes, rent and other payments payable in respect of any premises where the Condition 11.1. We will tell you the amount you have to pay. If you decide to end the hiring early you must Goods are kept. return the Goods in accordance with Condition 12. Once you have paid the termination sum, returned the goods, and we are satisfied that no further sums are owed by you to us we shall cancel this Agreement. 5.6 You will not sell, deal with or create any security or mortgage over the Goods or any interest in them.3 RENTALS 5.7 If you rent the premises where the Goods are kept, you will tell the landlord that the Goods are our property and only on hire to you. We may ask you to provide us with evidence that you have done so.3.1 You shall:- You will obtain from the landlord any formal consent or waiver which we require in the form we require it.• pay us the Rentals and Maintenance Payments shown on the front pages on the due dates; 5.8 As between you and us the Goods will always be moveable or personal property, even if they otherwise• pay us the Documentation Fee at the same time as and in addition to the First Rental; become fixtures. You will not allow the Goods to become fixtures without first having obtained to our• pay us the Annual Service Charge on the due dates shown on the front pages. satisfaction such waiver or other documentation as we may require from any landlord of the premises to which the Goods may be affixed, or from the holder of any charge secured over those premises. You will pay VAT on any sums due under this Agreement where VAT is payable. 5.9 You will not create any charge over any premises where the Goods may be kept from time to time3.2 You must pay us the Rentals and Maintenance Payments by Direct Debit (unless we agree otherwise without first telling us that you propose to do so and then obtaining from the grantee such waiver or in writing). If you do not pay the Rentals and Maintenance Payments by Direct Debit, we will increase them by other documentation as we may require. 3% to cover the extra cost of collection we have. 6 CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOODS3.3 You must pay all Rentals, Maintenance Payments and other sums due to us under this Agreement on the due dates without deduction, set off or counterclaim. If you do not, this will be a serious breach of this Agreement by 6.1 If you have indicated on the front pages that you wish us to collect the Maintenance Payments, then you will you. Any payment shall only be treated as received by us when we have received it in cleared funds. You will enter into the Maintenance Contract with the Supplier (on terms agreed between you and the Supplier). pay us interest on sums you fail to pay by their due dates. That interest will be charged at the rate of 4% per The Supplier will then provide you with its maintenance service without further cost to you (depending on the annum above Finance House Base Rate on a daily basis from the date the relevant sum was due till the date terms of the Maintenance Contract). You understand that, except for us agreeing to collect Maintenance you pay that sum. Interest will be charged for periods of non-payment both before and after any court issuing a Payments and pass them to the Supplier, we are not the Supplier’s agent and have no responsibility for judgment or decree against you for money due to us. performance by the Supplier of its obligations under the Maintenance Contract.3.4 If any Direct Debit, cheque or other form of payment by you is dishonoured or returned unpaid, you will be 6.2 If you do not enter into the Maintenance Contract with the Supplier or if the Maintenance Contract charged an administration charge of £35 each time. If we have to write to or telephone you because of any is terminated for any reason you must still enter into another maintenance contract with another default by you under this Agreement, you will pay us an administration charge of £15 for each letter we send maintenance provider approved by the manufacturer of the Goods. and £10 for each telephone call we make. These charges do not include VAT and may be varied by us from time to time when we review generally our scales of administration charges. 6.3 The fact that you have entered into a Maintenance Contract has no effect (except as undernoted) on the extent of your obligations to us in respect of the care, maintenance and condition of the Goods under this3.5 If you have any other agreement with us or any of our Associated Companies and any sums are due by us agreement. Accordingly you agree and undertake to us that you will:- to you under this Agreement, we can set-off those sums against any monies due by you under any of those other agreements. 6.3.1 perform on time your obligations under the Maintenance Contract;3.6 You must continue to pay Rentals and Maintenance Payments in full even if the Goods cannot be used for 6.3.2 be responsible for the maintenance of and all repairs to the Goods of any nature at your expense; any reason. 6.3.3 take proper care of the Goods and keep them in good and serviceable condition and maintain them in4 OUR AND YOUR LIABILITY FOR THE GOODS accordance with the manufacturer’s and Supplier’s servicing recommendations, handbooks and manuals and ensure they have a full service history;4.1 You agree that you selected the type and Supplier of the Goods and did not rely on our skill or judgement in acquiring them. You therefore agree that the provisions of this Condition 4 are fair and reasonable. 6.3.4 use the Goods properly and in accordance with all applicable laws and any instructions which may be issued relating to their use;4.2 You are responsible for ensuring delivery of the Goods. We are not responsible if they are delivered late. 6.3.5 allow us to enter any premises under your control at any time so that we can have access to the Goods and4.3 On delivery of the Goods to you, you will sign an Acceptance Certificate. This will be conclusive evidence that you are allow us access to the Goods whenever we ask; if we point out any necessary repairs or maintenance that satisfied that the Goods are in all respects in good working order, repair and condition and meet your requirements. may be required, you will ensure these are carried out as soon as possible;4.4 We shall be responsible for - 6.3.6 pay all license and other duties and registration and other fees, fines, congestion charges, taxes, outgoings and impositions payable in respect of the use, keeping or existence of the Goods;• any liability we may have where, due to our own negligence, death or personal injury is caused to any person by the Goods; 6.3.7 not alter, add to or improve the Goods without our consent (except where necessary under condition 6.3.2) but in any event any alterations, additions or improvements which are made will be our property;• any warranty or representation made in relation to the Goods by us or our agents if it is made in writing and authorised and signed by our duly authorised representative. Only one of our employees can be such an 6.3.8 keep the Goods at the location specified on the front pages. If no location is specified there, if we ask, you authorised representative, unless we tell you otherwise in writing. must inform us of this location. However, if the Goods are by their nature mobile then you will keep records as to the whereabouts of the Goods, will let us see the records whenever we ask to and will not take the4.5 As made clear in your declaration under your signature box on the front pages, you must get from the Supplier Goods out of the United Kingdom without our prior written consent; all warranties and guarantees and any maintenance services for the Goods that you need. However, we shall do what we reasonably can to transfer to you the benefit of any warranty or guarantee for the Goods, which we get 6.3.9 if the Goods are a vehicle, not let anyone drive it who does not hold a valid, current driving license in the from the Supplier or manufacturer, provided you are not in default under this Agreement and you pay us the appropriate classes or is not covered by the insurance referred to in Condition 9, nor let it be used for racing, costs of the transfer. pace making, rallying, any form of motor sport, driving tuition or for the carriage of persons or property for hire or reward, unless we have given you our prior written consent; 6.3.10if the Goods include software, comply with the terms of any software license provided to you by the Supplier or other licensor. It is up to you to ensure you have the appropriate software license, unless we have expressly granted you one ourselves in which case the terms of any license given to you by the Supplier or other licensor will not apply.Initial Please initial each page to confirm you have read and understood. 3 of 5

6.4 If in our sole opinion you are not performing any of your undertakings under Condition 6.3 properly in relation • you (being a company) cannot meet your debts as they fall due or any person takes any action or any legal to the Goods, you will permit us or our agents to take possession of the Goods for the purpose of carrying out procedure is commenced or other steps taken (including the presentation of a petition or the filing or service of repairs to them and will repay to us on demand all and any expenses incurred by us in effecting any repairs. a notice) with a view to the appointment of an administrator, administrative receiver, receiver or liquidator or a like officer, or such person is appointed, over all or any of your assets or you arrange or attempt to arrange a7 YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO US composition or scheme with your creditors or a meeting of creditors is called or any steps are taken against you for your winding up or dissolution;7.1 To the extent we do not receive insurance monies under Condition 9, you will indemnify and keep us indemnified against any losses, costs, expenses, claims or liabilities we may suffer or incur at any time because:- • you or any holding company which controls you is subject to a change in voting control or a material part of your assets is transferred to another party;• any information you have provided to us is inaccurate;• we have to ascertain the whereabouts of you or the Goods; • You cease to carry on business;• any injury, death, damage or loss to any person or property is caused by or attributable to the Goods • there is, in our opinion, a material adverse change in your financial position; • you suffer circumstances equivalent to any of the foregoing in any relevant jurisdiction. (except where Condition 4.4 applies);• of any alleged breach of any law or regulation of any kind, which arises from the existence, situation, use or 10.2 Condition 10.1 will also apply if - possession of the Goods or of anything made or manufactured by the Goods or of anything transported by the • any of the events listed in condition 10.1 happens in relation to any guarantor or, where you are a partnership, Goods; or to any of your partners; or• the Goods are lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged for any reason (other than where Condition 4.4 applies). • any such guarantor withdraws or terminates any guarantee or that guarantee turns out for any reason to be invalid.7.2 If we will have to pay tax on any payment received by us from you under Conditions 5, 6 or 7 of this 11 WHAT YOU MUST PAY IF YOU STOP HIRING THE GOODS Agreement but we do not get a tax deduction for the loss which meant you had to make that payment to us in the first place, then you must increase the payment you make by such amount as we tell you is 11.1 If we end your right to hire the Goods under Condition 10 or if you end your right to hire under Condition 2.4 necessary to yield us true recompense for the original loss. or if you settle the Agreement under Condition 9, you must pay us the following which will not affect our rights to claim damages and the amount you pay will be equal to the loss we have suffered as a result of you7.3 This Condition 7 shall continue in full force and effect after the ending of this Agreement however that comes about. breaking the conditions of the Agreement. The loss will be the total of:8 TAXATION (i) any amounts which you already owed us when the hiring of the Equipment under this Agreement ended; and (ii) by way of compensation the rest of the Rentals which you would have paid over the remainder of the Minimum In calculating the Rentals payable under this Agreement we have assumed that during the period of this Agreement tax law or practice and the standard rates of corporation tax and capital allowances will remain the Period of Hire less a 3% yearly compounded discount for each Rental; and same as the rates which apply when we sign this Agreement. If there are any changes to tax law or practice or (iii) any costs and expenses in taking back the Goods, storing them, making any repairs necessary to restore them to the standard rates of corporation tax or capital allowances or if any writing down allowances we expected to obtain are disallowed or reduced, we may, at our discretion, increase the Rentals to preserve our after tax return to good condition (allowing for fair wear and tear), insuring and disposing of them and in enforcing our rights provided we give you 7 days’ prior written notice of the change in Rentals. under this Agreement; and (iv) interest on the above sums to the date we are fully paid.9 INSURANCE 11.2 On the ending of the hiring under Condition 10 and when the Goods are re-delivered to us we will use reasonable9.1 You will, at your cost keep the Goods insured under a fully comprehensive policy of insurance with reputable endeavours to sell the Goods and will apply the net sale proceeds (if any) after deducting any selling costs insurers from the date the Goods are delivered to you or, if earlier, from the date the Supplier stops having risk against any sums which you owe us under this Condition 11. In case there may be any doubt, this condition in the Goods. The amount insured must be the greater of their full replacement value and the amount still due does not apply where you end this Agreement under Condition 2.4. to us under this Agreement. The insurance cover taken out must also include cover for all risks, including public and third party liabilities. We have the right but not an obligation to take out our own insurance to protect the 12 RETURN OF GOODS Products and charge you a protection fee by increasing the Rentals payable under this Agreement. We will give you notice before charging you any protection fee. You must notify us as soon as possible of any damage to or loss of 12.1 On the ending of this Agreement or of the hiring of the Goods under this Agreement for whatever cause, the Products and provide our insurer with a true, complete and accurate statement of loss and any other you shall at your own expense and risk deliver the Goods (together with any keys needed to use them and all information that our insurer reasonably requires in support of our claim. In the event that we make a claim, you manuals, handbooks, service records and certificates of registration) to an address specified by us. On their must make every reasonable effort to protect the Products from further loss. return the Goods shall be in good repair and condition and in a state which shows you have complied in all respects with your obligations to maintain them under this Agreement. 12.2 If the Goods are returned or recovered in an unsatisfactory condition, allowing for fair wear and tear, then you will pay us the cost of repairing any damage or replacing any missing or damaged part, all as invoiced by us.9.2 You will advise the insurers that the Goods are our property and the policy of insurance must name us as 12.3 If you fail to return the Goods upon the ending of this Agreement or of the hiring under this Agreement within loss payee in respect of all claims other than third party claims. You will:- such time limit as we shall require, you will continue to be responsible for the safe custody, supervision and storage of the Goods. Furthermore, we or our agents shall be entitled to retake possession of the Goods and to• exhibit the policy of such insurance and all premium receipts evidencing the payment of premiums for such enter any premises where the Goods are being kept and remove them. You shall pay to us all costs incurred by insurance to us on demand; and us in so doing and you will be responsible for any reasonable damage caused by us or our agents in so doing.• notify us promptly of any loss of or damage to the Goods and hold any insurance monies received by you in 13 MISCELLANEOUS trust for us.9.3 You irrevocably authorise us to negotiate with the insurers to settle any insurance claim and to receive the 13.1 Where you consist of two or more persons each of you will be responsible for the whole obligations of this insurance monies. You will accept any settlement we agree with the insurers. Agreement as if this Agreement had been entered into separately between us and each of you. Any notice given by us to any one of you will suffice as being good notice given by us to all of you.9.4 If you fail to pay any insurance premium we may pay it and/or take out an insurance policy ourselves to cover the same or similar risks, but we shall not be obliged to do so, and you will reimburse us the costs we incur 13.2 We can transfer any of our rights under this Agreement. We can also transfer our obligations, but only with on demand. your consent unless the transfer does not prejudice you. You may not transfer your rights or obligations under this Agreement.9.5 We shall apply the insurance monies in our sole discretion in making good any loss or damage, or in discharging your liabilities under this Agreement, or in replacing the Goods by goods of a similar kind, to 13.3 If you are a company,you will send us copies of all financial statements sent to your shareholders at the same which goods the terms of this Agreement shall apply. time. If you are not a company, you will send us copies of your annual accounts as soon as they are signed. In either case, you will send us such further financial information as we request as soon as reasonably practicable9.6 Any loss of or damage to the Goods shall not affect the continuance of this Agreement. after we ask for it.9.7 On a total loss of the Goods, you will pay to us on our demand any shortfall between the amount of the 13.4 By signing this Agreement you agree that the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 will not apply.insurance monies received by us and any amounts payable under this Agreement. The amount of this payment 13.5 You will immediately notify us of a change in your address.shall be calculated in the same way as if the hiring had ended on the date of the total loss and Condition 11 13.6 Any notices under this Agreement may be delivered or sent by post or facsimile addressed to you orapplied. Once you have paid that sum, the hiring of the Goods under the Agreement shall end. us at your or our address stated in this Agreement or your or our last known address or facsimile number.10 EARLY TERMINATION BY US Notices sent by first class post shall be deemed to have been received 48 hours after posting and notices10.1 We may end your right to hire the Goods or, if we want, end this Agreement if any of the following sent by facsimile on despatch. Any document or notice we give you under or in connection with this events occurs:- Agreement will also be validly given if sent by e-mail to the e-mail address specified overleaf or such other e-mail address as you may notify to us from time to time. Such document or notice shall be deemed to have• any Rental or other sum payable under this Agreement (or any other agreement between you and us) is not been received by you on the working day following the day on which the e-mail was sent.paid within 3 days of our demanding payment; 13.7 If we do not enforce all of our rights under this Agreement or if we delay in doing so, we do not give up• you fail to comply with any of the other terms of this Agreement for 10 days after we have told you to remedy those rights or the rights we have if you are in default again, nor shall any waiver by us of any breach ofthe breach; this Agreement operate as a waiver of any subsequent or continuing breach.• any agreement between you and us or between you or any of your Associated Companies and us or any of our 13.8 This Agreement is governed by English law. Associated Companies (or the hiring of any goods under it) is ended because of your or your Associated 13.9 This Agreement may be signed by you and us by way of electronic signature, as defined in section 7(2) of the Company’s default; Electronic Communications Act 2000.• we become aware that any information supplied by you when entering into this Agreement was incorrect in any USE OF INFORMATION material respect; Information you provide about yourself in this application may be passed to one or more finance companies for the purpose of organising finance on your behalf or to their funders or assignees. This information may be used• you (being an individual) die, cannot meet your debts as they fall due or are sequestrated or grant a trust deed to search your records at one or more credit reference agencies, who will add to your record details of that for or enter into a composition contract or voluntary arrangement with creditors, or you become bankrupt, suffer search and your application. The records held by credit reference agencies may be shared with other organisations and used to make decisions about credit, insurance and other services you apply for in the future. Credit scoring an interim order to be made against you or you present or suffer a bankruptcy petition to be presented against you; and other automated decision making systems may be used in assessing your application. If you wish to know which finance companies have been supplied with your details, you should contact the equipment supplier whose• you (being a partnership) cannot meet your debts as they fall due or are dissolved or proceedings for your details appear on the front pages. Your finance agreement is with the finance company whose name and dissolution are commenced or you suffer the appointment of a judicial factor or administrator or you are subject to change of control or of your constitution or any one or more of the partners enters into a voluntary arrangement with the creditors of the partnership, or you enter into a voluntary arrangement with your creditors; address will be inserted near the top of the front page. If you would like details of the information the finance company holds about you (a small fee may apply), write to the finance company. The finance company may addInitial Please initial each page to confirm you have read and understood. to your record with credit reference agencies details of this agreement and your payment history. 4 of 5

THE DIRECT DEBIT GUARANTEEThis Guarantee is offered by all Banks and Building Societies that take part in the Direct Debit Scheme. The efficiency and security of the scheme ismonitored and protected by your own Bank and Building Society.If the amounts to be paid or the payment dates change we will notify you 14 days in advance of your account being debited or as otherwise agreed.If an error is made by us or your Bank or Building Society, you are guaranteed a full and immediate refund from your branch of the amount paid.So you can cancel a Direct Debit at any time by writing to your Bank or Building Society. Please also send a copy of the letter to us. Hirer to retain after signatureTo: The Lessor named in the Agreement as defined across Agreement No.CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCETo be signed by the Hirer only after taking delivery of the Goods set out in the Agreement (the ‘Goods’).In accordance with Clause 4.3 of the Agreement the Hirer hereby acknowledges having taken delivery of the Goods and that they are in good order andcondition and in conformity with the Hirer’s specifications and requirements. The Hirer hereby authorises the Lessor to pay the Supplier.The Goods are located at (the ‘Location’)Name of HirerSignature of (or on behalf of) Hirer Name of SignatoryDateTHE HIRER ACCEPTS THE GOODS FOR THE FIXED PERIOD OF HIRE AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE IS NO TRIAL PERIODINSTRUCTION TO YOUR BANK ORBUILDING SOCIETY TO PAY BY DIRECT DEBITPlease fill in the whole form using ball point pen and mail it to the originator:Name and full postal address of your Bank or Building Society Branch Orginators identification NumberTo the Manager Bank/Building Society Address Postcode FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYName(S) of Account Holder(S) This is not part of the instruction to your bank or building society.Bank/Building Society account number Instruction to your Bank or Building Society Please pay THE ORIGINATOR Direct Debits from the account detailed in this instruction subject toBranch Sort Code the safeguard assured by the Direct Debit Guarantee. I understand that this instruction may remain with THE ORIGINATOR and if so details will be passed electronically Signature(S)Reference Number DateInitial Please initial each page to confirm you have read and understood. 5 of 5