1 
 
 
AGREEMENT 
 
FOR THE SALE OF A BUSINESS 
 
 
 
 
between 
 
 
 
 
…………………………….. 
 
 
 
and 
 
 
 
 
………………………………. 
 
 
 
 
1 DEFINITIONS 
 
 In this agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and 
expressions shall have the meanings assigned to them hereunder: 
 
1.1    “effective date accounts”  shall mean the financial statements of the Seller 
for the period ending on the day immediately 
preceding the effective date; 
 
1.1    "the Act"     shall mean the Companies Act, No.61 of 1973, 
as amended; 
 
1.3    "the business"  shall mean the business conducted by the 
Seller of          at  the 
premises as constituted by the sale assets and 
the leased assets; 
 
1.4    "closing date"   shall mean the first business day after the 
fulfilment (or waiver) of the last of the conditions, 
or such other date as may be mutually agreed 
amongst all of the parties in writing; 
 
1.5    "condition"  shall mean the suspensive condition to which 
this agreement is subject as set forth in clause 2 
below; 
 
1.6    "debtors"  shall mean the claims of the Seller against the 
debtors of the business as at the effective date;