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Fundamental warranties

The warranties at the root of the deal: the seller owns the shares, has power to sell them, and the company properly exists. If they are false, the buyer did not get what it paid for. So they run longer and carry much higher caps than the business warranties. SPA definition · Chapter 11

Explained in Chapter 11, Warranties and Disclosure, of M&A Foundations.

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As defined in the training share purchase agreement
the Warranties set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3;
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