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Page 1: DATED 30 June 2016 (1) NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED (2 ... · UKMATTERS:39974683.2 UKMATTERS:39974683.6 THIS AGREEMENT is made on 30 June 2016 BETWEEN: (1) NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND

Application: MS WORD

10 Snow Hill London EC1A 2AL +44 (0)20 7295 3000 | www.traverssmith.com

UKMATTERS:39974683.2

UKMATTERS:39974683.6

DATED 30 June 2016

(1) NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED

(2) WIRELESS GROUP PLC

__________________________________

CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT

__________________________________

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

1. Interpretation ......................................................................................................................... 3

2. Publication of the Announcement and the terms of the Acquisition .................................... 7

3. Undertakings in relation to satisfaction of the Conditions .................................................... 7

4. Offer Document .................................................................................................................... 10

5. Code ...................................................................................................................................... 10

6. Termination .......................................................................................................................... 11

7. Directors' and officers' insurance ......................................................................................... 11

8. Warranties ............................................................................................................................ 12

9. Notices .................................................................................................................................. 12

10. Remedies and waivers .......................................................................................................... 14

11. Variation ............................................................................................................................... 14

12. Invalidity ............................................................................................................................... 14

13. Entire agreement .................................................................................................................. 15

14. Language............................................................................................................................... 15

15. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 ........................................................................ 15

16. Assignment ........................................................................................................................... 15

17. Costs and expenses .............................................................................................................. 15

18. Further assurance ................................................................................................................. 16

19. Counterparts ......................................................................................................................... 16

20. Governing law and jurisdiction ............................................................................................. 16

Schedule 1 Form of Announcement .................................................................................................. 19

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THIS AGREEMENT is made on 30 June 2016

BETWEEN:

(1) NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales with

company number 00081701 and whose registered office is at 1 London Bridge Street,

London, SE1 9GF United Kingdom ("News");

(2) WIRELESS GROUP PLC, a company incorporated in Northern Ireland with company

number NI065086 and whose registered office is at Ormeau Road, Belfast, Co Antrim,

BT7 1EB United Kingdom ("Wireless"),

together referred to as the "Parties" and each as a "Party" to this Agreement.

RECITALS:

(A) News proposes to announce (either itself of through a direct or indirect wholly owned

subsidiary) an intention to make a recommended offer for the entire issued and to be

issued ordinary share capital of Wireless (the "Acquisition") on the terms and subject to

the conditions set out in the Announcement.

(B) It is intended that the Acquisition will be effected by way of a contractual takeover offer

under the Code and within the meaning of Part 28 of the Act (the "Offer"). News has,

however, reserved the right, as set out in the Announcement, to elect to implement the

Acquisition by way of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement pursuant to Part 26 of

the Act (a "Scheme").

(C) The parties have agreed to take certain steps to effect the completion of the Acquisition

and wish to enter into this Agreement to record their respective obligations relating to

certain such matters.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

1. INTERPRETATION

1.1 in this Agreement each of the following words and expressions shall have the following

meanings:

"Acquisition" has the meaning given in Recital (A);

"Act" means the UK Companies Act 2006, as amended from

time to time;

"Announcement" means the announcement detailing the terms and

conditions of the Acquisition to be made pursuant to

Rule 2.7 of the Code, in substantially the form set out

in Schedule 1 (2.7 Announcement).

"Business Day" means a day, other than an English or Irish public

holiday, Saturday or Sunday, when banks are open in

London and Dublin for general banking business;

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