ANNEX J: JOINDER AGREEMENT

Reference is hereby made to the "Multiparty Agreement for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games" dated the ____ day of _____________, 2002 among Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia, as represented by the Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services, the City of Vancouver, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee, and the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation ("Agreement").

Reference is also hereby made to the "Bid City Agreement – XXI Olympic Winter Games" dated the 1st day of December, 1998 among the Canadian Olympic Committee (formerly named the Canadian Olympic Association), the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation ("Bid Corp", formerly named the Vancouver Whistler 2010 Bid Corporation) and the City of Vancouver ("Bid City Agreement").

The Organizing Committee of the Games ("OCOG") to be formed pursuant to section 2 of the Agreement in the event that the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games ("Games") are awarded by the IOC to the COC and Vancouver hereby agrees that it constitutes the OCOG (as defined in the Agreement) for the purposes of the Agreement.

The OCOG agrees that all the terms and conditions of the Agreement relating to the Bid Corp and OCOG, and the Bid Corp's and the OCOG's rights, interests, obligations and liabilities provided for in the Agreement, shall be legally binding on the OCOG as if it were a party to the Agreement, and the OCOG hereby agrees to adhere to all such terms and conditions and to accept the assignment and assumption of all such rights, interests, obligations and liabilities provided for in the Agreement.

The OCOG further agrees that all the terms and conditions of the Bid City Agreement relating to the Bid Corp and the OCOG, and the Bid Corp's and the OCOG's rights, interests, obligations and liabilities provided for in the Bid City Agreement, shall be legally binding on the OCOG as if it were a party to the Bid City Agreement, and the OCOG hereby agrees to adhere to all such terms and conditions and to accept the assignment and assumption of all such rights, interests, obligations and liabilities provided for in the Bid City Agreement.

For the purposes of section 46 of the Agreement, notices to the OCOG shall be sent to:
[address]
[fax number]
[email address]
[name of contact person]
or such other address or addresses as the OCOG may, from time to time, notify the other Parties in writing.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, in consideration of the sum of One Dollar and other valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by [insert full name of OCOG] and each Party), the Parties and the [insert full name of OCOG] have caused this Joinder Agreement to be executed and delivered in their names and on their behalf as of the _____ day of ______________, 200____.

[insert full name of OCOG]
By: __________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: __________________________________

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