EXHIBIT 2.4(c)

                                                                  CONFORMED COPY

                            DATED 21st December 1995


                        AUTOMATED SECURITY (HOLDINGS) PLC

                                     - and -

                                 LLOYDS BANK Plc
                               as Security Trustee

                                     - and -

                                 LLOYDS BANK Plc
                                    as Agent

                                     - and -

                                    THE BANKS

                                     - and -

                                MIDLAND BANK plc
                             as Working Capital Bank

                                     - and -

                            THE US LOAN NOTE HOLDERS



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                            INTER-CREDITOR AGREEMENT

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THIS INTER-CREDITOR AGREEMENT is dated 21st December 1995 and made

BETWEEN:

(1)  AUTOMATED SECURITY (HOLDINGS) PLC, a company incorporated under the laws of
     England and Wales with registered number 321639, whose registered office is
     at The Clock House, The Campus, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 7TL
     (the "Company");

(2)  LLOYDS BANK Plc of P.O. Box 560, Regent House, St. John's Row, Bedminster,
     Bristol, BS99 1PQ as the Security Trustee (as such term is more
     particularly defined below);

(3)  LLOYDS BANK Plc of P.O. Box 560, Regent House, St. John's Row, Bedminster,
     Bristol, BS99 1PQ as the Agent;

(4)  THE BANKS as defined below;

(5)  MIDLAND BANK plc of Magnus House, 3 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6HA as
     the Working Capital Bank; and

(6)  THE US LOAN NOTE HOLDERS as defined below being at the date hereof THE
     PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA.


NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

1.   DEFINITIONS

1.1  In this Agreement the following expressions shall have the following
     meanings (except where the context otherwise requires):

     "Adjusted Bank Principal Liabilities" means the Bank Liabilities in so far
     as they relate to principal amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement
     adjusted so that all amounts of success fees paid after the date hereof are
     deemed to have been applied against such principal amounts;

     "Adjusted Note Principal Liabilities" means the Note Holder Liabilities in
     so far as they relate to amounts of principal of the US Loan Notes adjusted
     so that all amounts of success fees and yield maintenance premiums paid
     after the date hereof are deemed to have been applied against the principal
     amount of the US Loan Notes;

     "Bank Liabilities" means all present and future sums, liabilities and
     obligations (whether actual, contingent, present and/or future) payable or
     owing by the Company to the Banks under the Credit Agreement and the
     Security Documents;


     "Banks" means all and each of the Agent, the Banks and the Working Capital
     Banks (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement);

     "Credit Agreement" means a credit agreement of even date and made between
     (1) Automated Security (Holdings) PLC, (2) certain Subsidiaries of
     Automated Security (Holdings) PLC, (3) the Banks (as defined therein), (4)
     Lloyds Bank Plc as agent and (5) Midland Bank plc as Working Capital Bank;

     "Creditors" means all and each of the Banks and the US Loan Note Holders;

     "Default" means a Default or an Event of Default as defined in any of the
     Financing Agreements and any other event whatsoever which would (whether
     with the giving of notice or otherwise) have the effect of causing any of
     the Liabilities to become immediately due and payable;

     "Fees Letter" means a letter addressed by the Security Trustee to the
     Company and described on its face as the Fees Letter;

     "Financing Agreements" means all and each of the Credit Agreement, the US
     Loan Notes and the US Loan Notes Instrument;

     "Liabilities" means the aggregate of the Bank Liabilities and the Note
     Holder Liabilities; and

     "Majority Creditors" means those Creditors (on the basis that an
     institution can be counted only once) being a majority in number and who
     are owed not less than 51 per cent of the Liabilities;

     "Note Holder Liabilities" means all present and future sums, liabilities
     and obligations (whether actual, contingent, present or future) payable or
     owing by the Company in respect of the US Loan Notes to any of the US Loan
     Note Holders under the US Loan Note Instrument or the US Loan Notes;

     "Required Holder(s)" has the meaning attributed thereto in the US Loan Note
     Instrument;

     "Security Documents" means the Security Documents as defined in the Credit
     Agreement and the US Loan Note Instrument;

     "Security Trustee" means Lloyds Bank Plc in its capacity as security agent
     and security trustee for all and each of the Banks, the Agent and the US
     Loan Note Holders and each successor security Trustee appointed under
     Clause 3.1;

     "Sharing Proportions" means, in relation to the Banks as a whole and the US
     Loan Note Holders as a whole, those proportions as determined and as
     adjusted from time to time pursuant to Clause 6, and "Sharing Proportion"
     shall be construed accordingly;


     "US Loan Notes" means the Company's $60,721,638, 8.28 per cent senior notes
     due 1998;

     "US Loan Note Holders" means the holders for the time being of the US Loan
     Notes; and

     "US Loan Notes Instrument" means the Note Agreement dated as of May 27,
     1994 between the Company and The Prudential Insurance Company of America as
     amended by a First Amendment dated on or about the date hereof made between
     the same parties.

1.2  Terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meanings in this
     Agreement except as otherwise defined herein.

1.3  Unless the context or the express provisions of this Agreement otherwise
     requires:

     (a)  words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;

     (b)  the term "assets" includes properties and revenues;

     (c)  all references to documents include all variations and replacements
          thereof and supplements thereto but with prejudice to any restrictions
          on the same;

     (d)  all references to a party include references to its permitted assigns
          and transferees and its successors in title and (where applicable) to
          any replacement or additional trustee or agent; and

     (e)  headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the
          construction hereof.

2.   UNDERTAKINGS OF THE COMPANY AND THE CREDITORS

2.1  From and after the date hereof and so long as any of the Liabilities are or
     may be outstanding, except with the prior consent of the Majority Creditors
     (subject to Clause 7.1.3), the Company and each other member of the Group
     will not secure all or any part of the Liabilities otherwise than by the
     Security Document.

2.2  Each Creditor undertakes that, without the prior consent of the Majority
     Creditors (subject to Clause 7.1.3), it shall not take, accept or receive
     the benefit of any security interest from the Company or any other member
     of the Group unless first or at the same time there is conferred on the
     other Creditors the benefit of such security interest.


3.   SECURITY TRUSTEE

3.1  Each Creditor hereby irrevocably appoints the Security Trustee to act as
     its agent and trustee in connection with the Security Documents and this
     Agreement and, subject to the other terms hereof, for such purposes
     irrevocably authorises the Security Trustee to take such action and to
     exercise and carry out all the discretions, authorities, rights, powers and
     duties as are specifically delegated to the Security Trustee in each of
     this Agreement and the Security Documents together with such powers and
     discretions as are incidental thereto. The Security Trustee shall have no
     duties or responsibilities except those expressly set out in this Agreement
     and the Security Documents.

3.2  The Security Trustee shall, subject to the other terms hereof, act
     hereunder and under the Security Documents in accordance with the
     instructions of the Majority Creditors and any such instructions given
     pursuant to this sub-Clause 3.2 and any action taken by the Security
     Trustee in connection therewith shall be binding upon all the Creditors.

3.3  The Security Trustee shall not be obliged to take any steps to ascertain
     whether any Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement or the US Loan
     Notes Instrument) has happened or exists and, until the Security Trustee
     shall have received express notice to the contrary from a Creditor, the
     Security Trustee shall be entitled to assume that no Default (as so
     defined) has happened or exists.

3.4  The Security Trustee will be entitled to rely on any communication or
     document believe by it to be genuine and correct and to have been
     communicated or signed by the person by whom it purports to be communicated
     or signed and shall not be liable to any of the parties to this Agreement
     for any of the consequences of such reliance.

3.5  The Security Trustee shall not be obliged to take or commence any legal
     action or proceeding against any person, body or corporation arising out of
     or in connection with this Agreement or the Security Documents until it
     shall have been indemnified or secured to its satisfaction against any and
     all costs, claims and expenses (including, but not limited to, legal fees
     and expenses which it may expend or incur in such legal action or
     proceeding).

3.6  Neither the Security Trustee nor any of its directors, employees or agents
     shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or any of
     them under or in connection with this Agreement or the Security Documents
     unless caused by its or their negligence or wilful misconduct. The Security
     Trustee shall not be responsible for any statements, representations or
     warranties in this Agreement or the Security Documents or for any
     information supplied or provided or hereafter to be supplied or provided to
     the Creditors, in respect of any matter relating to this Agreement, the
     Security Documents or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness,
     validity, enforceability or sufficiency of such documents or any of the
     other documents referred to herein or therein or for the recoverability of
     any of the Bank Liabilities or the Note Holder Liabilities or any of the
     other sums to become due and payable pursuant hereto.


3.7  Each Creditor acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance
     on the security Trustee and based on such documents and information as is
     deemed appropriate, made its own analysis of the transactions contemplated
     by the Financing Agreements, reached its own decision to enter into the
     relevant Financing Agreements and made its own investigation of the
     financial condition and affairs of each member of the Group and its own
     appraisal of the credit worthiness of each member of the Group. Save as
     specifically provided herein the Security Trustee shall not be under any
     duty or obligation, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide
     any Creditor with any credit information or other information with respect
     to the financial condition of any member of the Group. Each Creditor
     further acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance on
     the Security Trustee and based on such documents and information as it
     shall deem appropriate at the time, make its own decisions in taking or not
     taking action under this Agreement and the Security Documents.

3.8  The Security Trustee shall be entitled to obtain and rely on the advice of
     any professional advisers selected by it given in connection with this
     Agreement and the Security Documents or any of the matters contemplated
     hereby or thereby, and shall not be liable to the Creditors or any of them
     for any of the consequences of such reliance.

3.9  With respect to its own participations in any of the Bank Liabilities or
     the Note Holder Liabilities, the Security Trustee shall have the same
     rights and powers under and in respect of this Agreement and the Security
     Documents as though it was not also acting as agent and trustee for the
     Creditors. The Security Trustee may, without liability to account, accept
     deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or
     trust business with or for the Company as if it was not the agent and
     trustee for the Creditors.

3.10 The Creditors agree to indemnify the Security Trustee (to the extent not
     reimbursed by members of the Group) rateably according to that part of the
     aggregate of the Bank Liabilities and the Note Holder Liabilities owed to
     each Creditor from and against any and all liabilities, obligations,
     losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and
     disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on,
     incurred by or asserted against the Security Trustee in its capacity as
     agent and trustee for the Creditors or in any way relating to or arising
     out of this Agreement and the Security Documents or any action taken or
     omitted by the Security Trustee in enforcing or preserving the rights of
     the Creditors under this Agreement and the Security Documents provided that
     no damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
     disbursements resulting from the Security Trustee's negligence or wilful
     misconduct PROVIDED THAT no Creditor shall be liable in the aggregate to
     the Security Trustee for an amount in excess of the Principal Bank
     Liabilities or the Principal Note Holder Liabilities owed to such Creditor.

3.11 Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Security Trustee
     as provided below, the Security Trustee may resign at any time by giving to
     the Agent 


     and the US Loan Note Holder not less than thirty (30) days' notice of its
     intention to do so. Upon receipt of such notice or resignation the
     Creditors shall appoint as successor Security Trustee any bank or financial
     institution selected by the Majority Creditors which is willing and able to
     act as such agent for the Creditors. If no such successor Security Trustee
     is selected within thirty (30) days after such Security Trustee's giving of
     notice of resignation then the Security Trustee shall have the right to
     appoint such a successor Security Trustee. Any such appointment shall take
     effect upon notice thereof being given to the Agent and the US Loan Note
     Holder. Thereafter, the resigning Security Trustee shall be discharged from
     any further obligation under this Agreement and the Security Documents and
     its successor and each of the other parties hereto and thereto shall have
     the same rights and obligations inter se as they would have had if such
     successor had been a party to this Agreement and the Security Documents in
     place of the resigning Security Trustee. The resigning Security Trustee
     shall make over to its successor all such records as its successor requires
     to carry out its duties.

3.12 The Security Trustee may from time to time in its sole discretion by
     written notice to the Agent and the US Loan Note Holder designate a
     different office in the United Kingdom from which its duties as the
     Security Trustee will thereafter be performed.

3.13 The Security Trustee shall accept without investigation, requisition or
     objection such title as any person may have to the undertaking, property
     and assets the subject of the Security Documents and shall not be bound or
     concerned to examine or enquire into nor be liable for any defect or
     failure in the title of any person whether such effect or failure was known
     to the Security Trustee or might have been discovered upon examination or
     enquiry and whether capable of remedy or not nor for any failure on the
     part of the Security Trustee to give notice to any third party of the
     Security Documents or otherwise perfect or register the security thereby
     created.

3.14 Each of the Creditors hereby confirms and agrees that it does not wish to
     be registered in accordance with Rule 146 of the Land Registration Rules
     1925 as the joint proprietor of any mortgage or charge created pursuant to
     any Security Documents and accordingly authorises the Security Trustee to
     hold such mortgage or charge in its sole name as Trustee for the Creditors
     and hereby requests HM Land Registry to register the Security Trustee as
     the sole proprietor of any such mortgage or charge.

3.15 The Security Trustee may:

     (a)  act as agent or trustee or in a fiduciary or other capacity on behalf
          of any other group of banks or financial institutions providing
          facilities to any member of the Group or any associated company of a
          member of the Group or any associated company of a member of the Group
          without regard to the effect of exercising or omitting to exercise its
          discretions, authorities, rights, powers and duties in such capacity
          in the interests of the Creditors and may act or omit to act in such
          capacity as freely in all 


          respects as if the Security Trustee had not been appointed to act as
          agent for the creditors; and

     (b)  subscribe for, hold or be or become beneficially entitled to, or
          dispose of, shares or securities, or options or other rights to and
          interests in shares or securities in any member of the group or any
          associated company of a member of the Group (and, in each case, may do
          so without liability to account).

3.16 For so long as Lloyds Bank Plc is the Security Trustee, the Capital Markets
     Group of Lloyds Bank Plc shall be treated as a separate entity from any
     other of the divisions of the Security Trustee or its Subsidiaries and,
     notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any of
     the Security Trustee's divisions (including its Capital Markets Group) or
     similar units or Subsidiaries should act of any member of the Group in any
     capacity (whether as bankers or otherwise) in relation to any other matter,
     any information given by any member of the Group to such divisions, similar
     units or Subsidiaries shall be treated as confidential and the Security
     Trustee shall, as between itself and the Creditors, not be obliged to
     disclose the same to any Creditor or any other person.

3.17 For the purposes of this Agreement, the Security Trustee shall be deemed
     not to have any actual knowledge or actual notice of the contents of any
     information obtained by it or supplied to it by or on behalf of any member
     of the Group other than the contents of information obtained by or supplied
     to it as Security Trustee for the Creditors pursuant to or in connection
     with this Agreement.

4.   ENFORCEMENT

     At any time after the Liabilities have become immediately due and payable
     pursuant to Clause 15.2 of the Credit Agreement and paragraph 7A of the US
     Loan Notes Instrument, the Security Trustee shall enforce the Security
     Documents as directed by the Majority Creditors.

5.   DISTRIBUTION OF ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDS

5.1  On the enforcement (whether successful or not) of any or all of the
     Security Documents, the Security Trustee shall be entitled to deduct from
     the proceeds of each enforcement (which expression shall include all
     amounts realized or recovered by the Security Trustee on or after such
     enforcement) its costs, charges and expenses incurred in connection with
     such enforcement.

5.2  Each Creditor and the Security Trustee hereby agrees that any credit
     balance held with a Bank which is taken into account by such Bank when
     providing an overdraft under the terms of the Credit Agreement up to a net
     limit may be set-off and applied against any debit balance on the relevant
     overdraft at any time after such debit balance becomes immediately due and
     payable and the Creditors (other than 


     such Bank) and the Security Trustee shall have no claim to, or interest in,
     any credit balance so applied.

5.3  After making any deductions allowed by Clause 5.1, all proceeds of
     enforcement of the Security Documents shall be applied:

     (i)  first, by distributing such proceeds to the Agent for the account of
          itself and the Banks up to an aggregate amount not exceeding the
          amount in Sterling by which the aggregate principal amount outstanding
          under the Credit Agreement (as at the date the Agent serves notice
          under Clause 15.2.1 of the Credit Agreement) exceeds (pound)81,641,000
          (and for these purposes amounts denominated in currencies other than
          Sterling will be taken into account on the basis of the Sterling
          Equivalent thereof as at such date) PROVIDED THAT the proceeds
          distributed under this sub-Clause (i) shall not exceed
          (pound)5,000,000 and FURTHER PROVIDED THAT this Clause (i) shall be of
          no further force or effect following the reduction of the Facilities
          contemplated by sub-Clauses (a) and (b) of Clause 10.2.1 of the Credit
          Agreement;

     (ii) secondly, after the application referred to in (i) above, by
          distributing such proceeds to the Agent for the account of the Banks
          for application against the Bank Liabilities and to the US Loan Note
          Holders for application against the Note Holder Liabilities pro rata
          to the Adjusted Bank Principal Liabilities and the Adjusted Note
          Principal Liabilities (calculated in Sterling using the relevant spot
          rate of exchange at the time of distribution) PROVIDED THAT after the
          first of either the Bank Liabilities or the Note Holder Liabilities
          having been discharged in full then all proceeds shall go solely to
          the payment of whichever of the Bank Liabilities or the Note Holder
          Liabilities which remains undischarged; and

     (iii)thirdly, after the discharge in full of the Liabilities, by
          distributing the remaining proceeds of enforcement to the person or
          persons next entitled to them.

5.4  The Security Trustee shall notify the Creditors of any proposed
     distribution and the proposed date of distribution.

5.5  If any future and/or contingent liability included in any calculation of
     the Liabilities finally matures or is settled for less than the future
     and/or contingent amount provided for in the relevant calculation, the
     relevant Creditor shall notify the Security Trustee of that fact and such
     adjustment shall be made by payment by such Creditor to the Security
     Trustee for distribution amongst the other Creditors as may be necessary to
     put the Creditors into the position they would have been in (but taking no
     account of the time cost of money) had the original distribution been made
     on the basis of the actual as opposed to the future and/or contingent
     liability.

5.6  The Security Trustee may, at its discretion, accumulate proceeds of
     enforcement and/or disposals on an interest bearing account in its own name
     until there is a minimum of (pound)1,000,000 to distribute under Clause
     5.3.


6.    SHARING PROPORTIONS ADJUSTMENTS

6.1   At the time of any relevant distribution, the Sharing Proportions shall be
      determined as follows:

      (i)  the Sharing Proportion of the Banks (rounded to four decimal places)
           shall be calculated as follows:

                       Maximum principal available amount
                   of the Facilities immediately prior to the
                                  distribution
                  --------------------------------------------- x100
                    The principal amount of the US Loan Notes
                   and the maximum principal available amount
                   of the Facilities immediately prior to the
                                  distribution

      (ii) The Sharing Proportion of the US Loan Note Holders (rounded to four
           decimal places) shall be calculated as follows:

                        Principal amount of US Loan Notes
                      immediately prior to the distribution
                  --------------------------------------------- x100
                       The principal amount of the US Loan
                    Notes and the maximum principal available
                      amount of the Facilities immediately
                            prior to the distribution

6.2   For the avoidance of doubt, in calculating for the purposes of Clause 6.1
      the principal amount of the US Loan Notes, no account shall be taken of
      any yield maintenance premium payable in respect of the US Loan Notes.

6.3   In determining the proportions in Clauses (i) and (ii) of Clause 6.1, with
      respect to any principal amount in US Dollars, the Sterling Equivalent
      thereof calculated as at the date of the relevant distribution shall be
      used.

7.    DECISIONS IF THE MAJORITY CREDITORS

7.1.1 In relation to any matter that requires the consent or approval or waiver
      or any other type of decision (the "Consent") of the Majority Creditors,
      the Company shall inform the Banks (through the Agent) and the US Loan
      Note Holders of the Consent that is required. Once they have considered
      the relevant matter, each Bank (through the Agent) and each US Loan Note
      Holder will inform the Security Trustee whether or not they are prepared
      to give the relevant Consent. As soon as practicable, the


      Security Trustee will inform the Company, the Agent and the US Loan Note
      Holders whether or not the Majority Creditors have given the relevant
      Consent.

7.1.2 If the Creditors are requested to amend the financial covenants in the
      Credit Agreement and the US Loan Notes Instrument the Security Trustee
      will convene such meetings as are necessary for the purpose of considering
      the proposed amendments and will inform the Company of the decision of the
      Majority Creditors as and when such decision is made. In the event that
      amended financial covenants are agreed by the Majority Creditors each of
      the parties hereto agrees to amend the Credit Agreement and the US Loan
      Notes Instrument accordingly.

7.1.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, without the consent
      of the Required Holder(s), the Majority Creditors shall not consent to the
      securing by any member of the Group of any part of the Liabilities unless
      the Note Holder Liabilities are secured on a pro rata basis.

8.    AMENDMENTS TO THE FINANCING AGREEMENTS

8.1   The US Loan Note Holders hereby undertake with the Banks that, while the
      Bank Liabilities are outstanding, they shall not consent to any amendment
      or variation of the maturity or interest rate of the US Loan Notes or
      paragraphs 4A, 4B, 4F, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11C and 11E and so far as it relates to
      any of the same, paragraph 10 of the Loan Note Instrument without the
      prior consent of the Majority Banks.

8.2   The Banks hereby undertake with the US Loan Note Holders that while the
      Note Holder Liabilities are outstanding, they shall not consent to any
      amendment or variation of Clauses 8, 9, 13, 14 and 15 and, in so far as it
      relates to any of the same, Clause 1 of the Credit Agreement without the
      prior consent of the Required Holders.

9.    REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENTS

      For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby agreed that all repayment and
      prepayment provisions contained in the Financing Documents may not be
      waived by the Majority Creditors.

10.   RELEASES

      The Security Trustee is hereby authorized to release assets from the
      Security Documents which are or are to be the subject of a Disposal in
      circumstances where such Disposal is permitted pursuant to the terms of
      the Credit Agreement and the US Loan Notes Instrument.

11.   MISCELLANEOUS

11.1  The Company enters into this Agreement for the purpose of acknowledging
      and agreeing to the arrangements set out herein and none of the
      undertakings given by 


      the Banks and the US Loan Note Holders is given to the Company or shall be
      enforceable by the Company.

11.2  If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited or unenforceable in any
      jurisdiction in relation to any party hereto, such prohibition or
      unenforceability shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof or
      affect the validity of enforceability of such provision in any other
      jurisdiction or in relation to any of the other parties hereto.

11.3  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of
      such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the
      same instrument.

11.4  All notices or other communications under this Agreement shall be made by
      letter, telex or facsimile and shall be deemed to be duly given or made
      when delivered (in the case of a letter) or when received (in the case of
      telex or facsimile) by the relevant party at its address, telex number or
      facsimile number as may be notified by the relevant party to the other
      parties for the purpose of this Clause 16.4 and in the case of notices to
      and from the Agent and the Security Trustee specifying their respective
      capacities.

11.5  This Agreement overrides anything in the terms of the Credit Agreement and
      the US Loan Note Instrument to the contrary.

11.6  The Company agrees to pay the Security Trustee a fee in accordance with
      the terms of the Fees Letter.

12.   ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER

12.1  So long as any of the Liabilities are or may be outstanding, each US Loan
      Note Holder may assign or transfer to any person the whole or any part of
      its rights and obligations in respect of the Note Holder Liabilities or
      any interest therein in accordance with its ability to do so under the
      relevant Financing Agreement if, and only if, the assignee or transferee
      previously or simultaneously agrees with the then parties hereto to be
      bound by the provisions of this Agreement as a US Loan Note Holder by
      executing an Agreement of Accession attached as Exhibit J to the US Loan
      Note Instrument.

12.2  The parties hereto confirm that any person becoming a Bank under and as
      such term is defined in the Credit Agreement (by the execution of transfer
      certificates or otherwise) shall thereupon become a party hereto. Each
      party hereto makes an irrevocable offer in such terms to each such person
      which may be accepted by such person by becoming a Bank or a Bank, without
      the need for any further action. In addition each party hereto (including
      parties subsequently becoming bound by this Agreement) irrevocably
      authorizes the Agent to agree on its behalf with any other person intended
      to become a party hereto by the execution of a Transfer Certificate (as
      defined in the Credit Agreement) so as to bind such person to the terms of
      this Agreement as a Bank. The parties hereto agree that this authorisation
      is given to 


      secure the interests of the parties under this Agreement and is
      accordingly irrevocable.

13.   TRUSTS

      The perpetuity period for each trust created by this Agreement shall be
      eighty (80) years.

14.   GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

14.1  This Agreement is governed by the laws of England.

14.2  All the parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England are to have
      exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in
      connection with this Agreement and that accordingly any suit, action or
      proceeding (together in this Clause referred to as "Proceedings") arising
      out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought in such
      courts.

14.3  Each party to this Agreement consents generally in respect of any
      Proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement to the
      giving of any relief or the issue of any process in connection with such
      Proceedings including, without limitation, the making, enforcement or
      execution against any property or assets whatsoever of any order or
      judgment which may be made or given in such Proceedings.

IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto
the day and year first above written.





The Company

SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           PETER BERTRAM
AUTOMATED SECURITY                          )
(HOLDINGS) PLC                              )



The Security Trustee

SIGNED by and for and on behalf of          )           LESLEY TINSLEY
LLOYDS BANK Plc                             )



The Agent

SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           LESLEY TINSLEY
LLOYDS BANK Plc                             )



The Banks

SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           N ROBINSON
LLOYDS BANK Plc                             )



SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           P F HODGSON
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.                          )



SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           PAUL THOMPSON
MIDLAND BANK plc                            )


SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           STEVEN CHARLES HEARN
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER                        )
BANK Plc                                    )



SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           DAVID MOSS
THE BANK OF TOKYO, LTD                      )



SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           R PETTITTE
THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED                      )



SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           MICHAEL DUTFIELD
BHF-BANK AG                                 )



SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           W K SCOTT
BANCO CENTRAL                               )           R G SOPER
HISPANOAMERICANO S.A.                       )



SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           JOSE ANTONIO LOPEZ RUIZ
BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA, S.A.                  )           JUAN PEREZ CALOT


SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           A ALDERSON
BARCLAYS BANK PLC                           )



The Working Capital Bank

SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           PAUL THOMPSON
MIDLAND BANK plc                            )



The US Loan Note Holders

SIGNED for and on behalf of                 )           ANTHONY F TORRE
THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE                    )
COMPANY OF AMERICA                          )