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Fundamental warranties

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

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

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