Novation Agreement (A142)

What is this Novation Agreement template for?

It is for use when a company is transferring its business to another company and, as part of the sale, it is transferring its customer contracts to the buyer.

What are the main issues?

A novation agreement, as the name suggests, creates a new contract between the customer and the buyer which is essentially the same as the previous contract between the customer and the seller. As a result, all three parties – seller, buyer and customer will sign the novation agreement.

Most novation agreements, like ours, are very short and briefly state that:

• the buyer and the customer will be bound by the terms of the existing seller/customer contract
• the seller is released from its obligations by the customer and those obligations are taken on by the buyer

Sometimes there is an extra clause which confirms the financial position between seller and customer at the date of the novation.

For more information on each of these sections, see our Explanatory Notes which you will receive when you download the document from our website.

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When I download the document, can I change it and/or use it more than once?

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