UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the month of November 2024
Commission
file number: 001-41884
SRIVARU
Holding Limited
3rd
Floor, Genesis House, Unit 18
Genesis
Close, George Town
P.O.
Box 10655
Grand
Cayman, KY1-1006
Cayman
Islands
+1
(888) 227-8066
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
In
connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of SRIVARU Holding Limited, an exempted
company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), the Company hereby
furnishes the notice and proxy statement of the Meeting and the form of proxy card as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively. The Company
also hereby furnishes the form of VStock Notice and Intermediary Notice of the Meeting as Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4, respectively.
Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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SRIVARU
Holding Limited |
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Date:
November 18, 2024 |
By: |
/s/
Mohanraj Ramasamy |
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Mohanraj
Ramasamy |
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director |
Exhibit
99.1
SRIVARU
Holding Limited
(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Nasdaq: SVMH)
NOTICE
OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the extraordinary general meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders of SRIVARU Holding
Limited (the “Company”) will be held by Conference Call (link shared by VStock) on December 4, 2024, at 8:30
a.m., Eastern Time.
The
Meeting and any or all adjournments or postponements thereof will be held for shareholders to consider and, if thought fit, pass the
following resolutions:
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“RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the Company effect a reverse share split to the Company’s authorised, issued and outstanding
ordinary shares by way of a consolidation at an exchange ratio of up to one-for-one hundred (1:100) (the “Further
Revised RS Ratio”) such that the number of authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary shares is decreased by
the Further Revised RS Ratio and the par value of each authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary share is increased by the
Further Revised RS Ratio (collectively, the “Further Revised Reverse Share Split”), with
such Further Revised Reverse Share Split to be effected at such time and date, if at all, and at a precise Further Revised
RS Ratio up to a maximum of one-for-one hundred (1:100), in each case, as determined by the Board of Directors in its discretion
within 12 months of obtaining the requisite shareholder approval for the Further Revised Reverse Share Split (the “Further
Revised Effective Time”);” |
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“RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the authorised share capital of the Company, subject to the approval and implementation of the Further
Revised Reverse Share Split and adjustment pending the Board of Directors’ determination of the precise Further Revised
RS Ratio, be altered from US$10,000,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value
of US$0.01 each to US$10,000,000 divided into as low as 10,000,000 ordinary shares (for a Further Revised
RS Ratio of 1:100) of a par value of US$1.00 each with effect from the Further Revised Effective Time (the “Further
Revised Share Consolidation”);” |
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“RESOLVED,
as a special resolution, that subject to the approval of the Further Revised Reverse Share Split and Further Revised
Share Consolidation, the Company adopt, with effect from the Further Revised Effective Time, the third amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association (a copy of which is attached to the accompanying proxy statement as Annex A, subject to adjustment
solely in respect of the final number of ordinary shares and ordinary share par value amount determined pursuant
to the Further Revised Reverse Share Split and Further Revised Share Consolidation) in substitution for, and to the
exclusion of, the Company’s existing second amended memorandum and articles of association, to reflect the Further Revised
Reverse Share Split and Further Revised Share Consolidation (the “Third Amended M&As”);” |
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4. |
“RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the Company’s entry into the Underwriting Agreement with Maxim Group LLC dated October 30,
2024 (“UA”), entry into the warrant agent agreement with VStock Transfer, LLC as the warrant agent dated
October 31, 2024 (“WAA”) and the issuance of warrants by the Company pursuant to the UA, the WAA
and the related form of Warrant, are all approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects (the “Warrant Approval”).” |
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5. |
“RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the adjournment of the Meeting to a later date or dates (A) to the extent necessary or convenient
to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the proxy statement is provided to shareholders or (B) in order to solicit
additional proxies from shareholders in favour of one or more of the proposals at the Meeting be approved (the “Adjournment
Proposal”).” |
The
Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on October 31, 2024 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for
determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Only
holders of the ordinary shares of the Company on the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting or any
adjournment or postponement thereof.
Shareholders
may obtain a copy of the proxy materials from the Company’s website at svmh.ai.
Management
is soliciting proxies. Shareholders who are entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting or any adjournment or
postponement thereof are entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote on that shareholder’s
behalf. Registered shareholders who wish to appoint a proxy are requested to complete, date, and sign the enclosed
form of proxy in accordance with the instructions set out in the form of proxy and in the proxy statement accompanying
this Notice and (i) vote it online at https://ts.vstocktransfer.com/pxlogin, (ii) vote it by email at vote@vstocktransfer.com,
or (iii) mail it or deposit it to VStock Transfer, LLC, 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, New York 11598. Beneficial
holders of shares held in street name are entitled to vote those shares in accordance with the instructions
provided by their broker. To ensure that their shares are voted at the upcoming meeting of shareholders, they
must follow the instructions provided by their broker.
For
the proxy to be valid, the duly completed and signed form of proxy must be received before the time appointed for holding the Meeting
or any adjournment or postponement of the Meeting. A shareholder may appoint as his, her, or its proxy a person other than those named
in the enclosed form of proxy. A proxy needs not be a shareholder of the Company.
By
Order of the Board of Directors, |
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/s/
Mohanraj Ramasamy |
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Mohanraj
Ramasamy |
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director |
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November
18, 2024
SRIVARU
HOLDING LIMITED
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
December 4, 2024
8:30 a.m., Eastern Time
PROXY
STATEMENT
GENERAL
The
board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) of SRIVARU Holding Limited (the “Company”) is soliciting
proxies for the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) of the Company to be held on December
4, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Time by Conference Call (link shared by VStock) or at any adjournment or postponement thereof.
RECORD DATE, SHARE OWNERSHIP AND QUORUM
Registered
shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders will be able to attend, participate, and vote at the Meeting. Beneficial shareholders who
hold their ordinary shares through a broker, investment dealer, bank, trust corporation, custodian, nominee, or other intermediary who
have not duly appointed themselves as proxyholders will be able to attend as guest, but will not be able to participate in or vote at
the Meeting.
Holders
of ordinary shares of the Company of record at the close of business on October 31, 2024 (the “Record Date”), are
entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof. One or more shareholders holding at least a
majority of the paid up voting share capital of the Company present in person or by proxy or (in the case of a shareholder being a corporate
entity) by its duly authorized representative representing and entitled to vote at the meeting shall form a quorum.
Any
shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on such shareholder’s
behalf. A proxy needs not be a shareholder of the Company. Each holder of the Company’s ordinary shares shall be entitled to
one vote in respect of each ordinary share held by such holder on the Record Date.
PROPOSALS
TO BE VOTED ON
At
the Meeting, the resolutions will be proposed as follows:
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1. |
RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the Company effect a reverse share split to the Company’s authorised, issued and outstanding
ordinary shares by way of a consolidation at an exchange ratio of up to one-for-one hundred (1:100) (the “Further
Revised RS Ratio”) such that the number of authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary shares is decreased by the Further
Revised RS Ratio and the par value of each authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary share is increased by the Further Revised
RS Ratio (collectively, the “Further Revised Reverse Share Split”), with such Further Revised Reverse Share Split
to be effected at such time and date, if at all, and at a precise Further Revised RS Ratio up to a maximum of one-for-one hundred
(1:100), in each case, as determined by the Board of Directors in its discretion within 12 months of obtaining the requisite shareholder
approval for the Further Revised Reverse Share Split (the “Further Revised Effective Time”); |
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2. |
RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the authorised share capital of the Company, subject to the approval and implementation of the Further
Revised Reverse Share Split and adjustment pending the Board of Directors’ determination of the precise Further Revised RS
Ratio, be altered from US$10,000,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.01 each to
US$10,000,000 divided into as low as 10,000,000 ordinary shares (for a Further Revised RS Ratio of 1:100) of a par value
of US$1.00 each with effect from the Further Revised Effective Time (the “Further Revised Share Consolidation”); |
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RESOLVED,
as a special resolution, that subject to the approval of the Further Revised Reverse Share Split and Further Revised Share Consolidation,
the Company adopt, with effect from the Further Revised Effective Time, the third amended and restated memorandum and articles of
association (a copy of which is attached to the accompanying proxy statement as Annex A, subject to adjustment solely in respect
of the final number of ordinary shares and ordinary share par value amount determined pursuant to the Further Revised Reverse Share
Split and Further Revised Share Consolidation) in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Company’s existing second
amended memorandum and articles of association, to reflect the Further Revised Reverse Share Split and Further Revised Share Consolidation
(the “Third Amended M&As”); |
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4. |
RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the Company’s entry into the Underwriting Agreement with Maxim Group LLC dated October 30,
2024 (“UA”), entry into the warrant agent agreement with VStock Transfer, LLC as the warrant agent dated October
31, 2024 (“WAA”) and the issuance of warrants by the Company pursuant to the UA, the WAA, and the related form
of Warrant, are all approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects (the “Warrant Approval”); and |
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5. |
RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the adjournment of the Meeting to a later date or dates (A) to the extent necessary or convenient
to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the proxy statement is provided to shareholders or (B) in order to solicit
additional proxies from shareholders in favour of one or more of the proposals at the Meeting be approved (the “Adjournment
Proposal”). |
The
Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” each of the Proposals No. 1 to No. 5.
VOTING
PROCEDURE FOR HOLDERS OF ORDINARY SHARES
Shareholders
entitled to vote at the Meeting may do so at the Meeting. Shareholders who are entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting or any adjournment
or postponement thereof are also entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote on that shareholder’s behalf. Registered
shareholders who wish to appoint a proxy are requested to complete, date, and sign the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the
instructions set out in the form of proxy and in the proxy statement accompanying this Notice and (i) vote it online at https://ts.vstocktransfer.com/pxlogin,
(ii) vote it by email at vote@vstocktransfer.com, or (iii) mail it or deposit it to VStock Transfer, LLC, 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere,
New York 11598. Beneficial holders of shares held in street name are entitled to vote those shares in accordance with the instructions
provided by their broker. To ensure that their shares are voted at the upcoming meeting of shareholders, they must follow the instructions
provided by their broker.
ANNUAL
REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS
Pursuant
to the Marketplace Rules of Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), which permit companies to make available their annual
report to shareholders on or through the company’s website, the Company posts its annual reports on the Company’s website.
The Company adopted this practice to avoid the considerable expense associated with mailing physical copies of such report to record
holders.
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
The
following questions and answers are intended to address briefly some commonly asked questions regarding the Meeting. These questions
and answers may not address all of the questions that may be important to you as a shareholder. To better understand these matters, you
should carefully read this entire proxy statement.
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Why
am I receiving this proxy statement? |
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The
Company is holding an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to approve the Further Revised Reverse Share Split, the
Further Revised Share Consolidation, the Third Amended M&As, the Warrant Approval and the Adjournment Proposal. |
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The
Company has included in this proxy statement important information about the Meeting. You should read this information carefully
and in its entirety. The enclosed voting materials allow you to vote your shares without attending the Meeting. Your vote is very
important and the Company encourages you to submit your proxy as soon as possible. |
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What
proposals are the shareholders being asked to consider? |
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The
Board of Directors, on behalf of the Company are seeking an affirmative vote from shareholders on the following five proposals: |
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as
an ordinary resolution, that the Company effect a reverse share split to the Company’s authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary
shares by way of a consolidation at an exchange ratio of up to one-for-one hundred (1:100) (the “Further Revised
RS Ratio”) such that the number of authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary shares is decreased by the Further
Revised RS Ratio and the par value of each authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary share is increased by the Further Revised
RS Ratio (collectively, the “Further Revised Reverse Share Split”), with such Further Revised
Reverse Share Split to be effected at such time and date, if at all, and at a precise Further Revised RS Ratio up to a
maximum of one-for-one hundred (1:100), in each case, as determined by the Board of Directors in its discretion within 12 months
of obtaining the requisite shareholder approval for the Further Revised Reverse Share Split (the “Further Revised
Effective Time”); |
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as
an ordinary resolution, that the authorised share capital of the Company, subject to the approval and implementation of the Further
Revised Reverse Share Split and adjustment pending the Board of Directors’ determination of the precise Further Revised
RS Ratio, be altered from US$10,000,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value
of US$0.01 each to US$10,000,000 divided into as low as 10,000,000 ordinary shares (for a Further Revised
RS Ratio of 1:100) of a par value of US$1.00 each with effect from the Further Revised Effective Time (the “Further
Revised Share Consolidation”); |
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as
a special resolution, that subject to the approval of the Further Revised Reverse
Share Split and Further Revised Share Consolidation, the Company adopt, with effect
from the Further Revised Effective Time, the third amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association (a copy of which is attached to the accompanying proxy statement
as Annex A, subject to adjustment solely in respect of the final number of ordinary shares
and ordinary share par value amount determined pursuant to the Further
Revised Reverse Share Split and Further Revised Share Consolidation) in substitution
for, and to the exclusion of, the Company’s existing second amended memorandum and
articles of association, to reflect the Further Revised Reverse Share Split and
Further Revised Share Consolidation (the “Third Amended M&As”); |
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as
an ordinary resolution, that the Company’s entry into the Underwriting Agreement with Maxim Group LLC dated October 30, 2024
(“UA”), entry into the warrant agent agreement with VStock Transfer, LLC as the warrant agent dated October
31, 2024 (“WAA”) and the issuance of warrants by the Company pursuant to the UA, the WAA, and the related
form of Warrant, are all approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects (the “Warrant Approval”); and |
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as
an ordinary resolution, that the adjournment of the Meeting to a later date or dates (A) to the extent necessary or convenient to
ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the proxy statement is provided to shareholders or (B) in order to solicit additional
proxies from shareholders in favour of one or more of the proposals at the Meeting be approved (the “Adjournment Proposal”). |
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What
are the recommendations of the Board of Directors? |
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THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS DETERMINED THAT THE FURTHER REVISED REVERSE SHARE SPLIT, THE FURTHER REVISED SHARE CONSOLIDATION,
THE THIRD AMENDED M&AS, THE WARRANT APPROVAL AND THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL ARE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMPANY AND
ITS SHAREHOLDERS AND HAS APPROVED THE PROPOSALS DESCRIBED HEREIN. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR”
THE PROPOSALS. |
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When
and where will the Meeting be held? |
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The
Meeting will be held on December 4, 2024 at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Time by Conference Call (link shared by VStock). |
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Who
is entitled to vote at the Meeting? |
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The
Record Date for the Meeting is October 31, 2024. Holders of ordinary shares of the Company as of the close of business on the Record
Date are entitled to both notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. As of the Record Date,
there were 548,151,509 ordinary shares outstanding. Each holder of the Company’s ordinary shares shall be entitled
to one vote in respect of each ordinary share held by such holder on the Record Date. |
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What
constitutes a quorum for the Meeting? |
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At
the Meeting, one or more shareholders holding at least a majority of the paid up voting share capital of the Company present in person
or by proxy or (in the case of a shareholder being a corporate entity) by its duly authorized representative and entitled to vote
at the meeting shall form a quorum. |
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How
many votes are required to approve the proposals? |
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The
approval of Proposal No. 1 through Proposal No. 2 and Proposal No. 4 through Proposal No. 5 requires the affirmative
vote of a simple majority of votes cast by all shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, by proxy, in the case
of a shareholder being a corporation, by its duly authorized representative, at the Meeting. |
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The
approval of Proposal No. 3 requires a majority of not less than two-thirds of all shareholders as, being entitled to do so,
vote in person or, by proxy, in the case of a shareholder being a corporation, by its duly authorized representative, at the Meeting. |
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A
properly executed proxy card marked “Abstain” with respect to the proposals will not be voted. |
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How
do the shareholders vote? |
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The
registered shareholders have three voting options. You may vote using one of the following methods: |
(1) |
By
Internet, which the Company encourages if you have Internet access, at: https://ts.vstocktransfer.com/pxlogin; |
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(2) |
By
email at vote@vstocktransfer.com; or |
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By
mail or deposit to VStock Transfer, LLC, 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, New York 11598. |
Beneficial
holders of shares held in street name are entitled to vote those shares in accordance with the instructions provided by their broker.
To ensure that their shares are voted at the upcoming meeting of shareholders, they must follow the instructions provided by their broker.
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How
can I attend the Meeting? |
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The
Meeting is open to all holders of the Company’s ordinary shares as of the Record Date, all duly appointed proxyholders, any
person entitled to an ordinary share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member, directors of the Company and the Company’s
auditors. You may attend the Meeting by the link provided by VStock. |
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May
shareholders ask questions at the Meeting? |
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Yes.
Representatives of the Company will answer questions related to the proposals at the end of the Meeting. |
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If
my shares are held in “street name” by a broker or other nominee, will my broker or nominee vote my shares for me? |
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Your
broker or other nominee does not have authority to vote on non-routine matters. All of the proposals presented at the Meeting are
considered non-routine matters. Your broker or other nominee will vote your shares held by it in “street name” with respect
to these matters only if you provide instructions to it on how to vote. |
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What
if I do not vote on the matters relating to the proposals? |
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If
you fail to vote or fail to instruct your broker or other nominee how to vote on the proposals, it will have no effect on such proposals.
It will be treated as a “non-vote.” |
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May
I change my vote after I have delivered my proxy or voting instruction card? |
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Yes.
You may change your vote at any time before your proxy is voted at the Meeting. You may do this in one of three ways: |
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by
sending a completed proxy card bearing a later date than your original proxy card and mailing it so that it is received prior to
the Meeting; or |
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by
logging on to the Internet website specified on your proxy card in the same manner you would submit your proxy electronically or
by calling the telephone number specified on your proxy card, in each case if you are eligible to do so and following the instructions
on the proxy card. |
If
your shares are held in an account at a broker or other nominee, you should contact your broker or other nominee to change your vote.
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Do
I have appraisal rights? |
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Shareholders
do not have appraisal rights with respect to the matters to be voted upon at the Meeting. |
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Whom
should I call if I have questions about the proxy materials or voting procedures? |
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If
you have questions about the proposals, or if you need assistance in submitting your proxy or voting your shares or need additional
copies of this proxy statement or the enclosed proxy card, you should contact the Company by mail at 3rd Floor, Genesis
House, Unit 18, Genesis Close, George Town, PO BOX 10655, Grand Cayman KY1-1006, Cayman Islands, or call +1(888) 227-8066. If
your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you should contact your broker, bank, or other nominee
for additional information. |
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Q: |
What
do I need to do now? |
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After
carefully reading and considering the information contained in this proxy statement, please vote your shares as soon as possible,
so that your shares will be represented at the Meeting. Please follow the instructions set forth on the proxy card or on the voting
instruction form provided by the record holder if your shares are held in the name of your broker or other nominee. |
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Q: |
Who
is paying for the expenses involved in preparing and mailing this proxy statement? |
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All
of the expenses involved in preparing, assembling, and mailing these proxy materials and all costs of soliciting proxies will be
paid for by the Company. In addition to the solicitation by mail, proxies may be solicited by the Company’s officers and other
employees by telephone or in person. Such persons will receive no compensation for their services other than their regular salaries.
Arrangements will also be made with brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward solicitation materials
to the beneficial owners of the shares held of record by such persons, and the Company may reimburse such persons for reasonable
out of pocket expenses incurred by them in so doing. |
PROPOSAL
NO. 1
FURTHER REVISED REVERSE SHARE SPLIT
General
The
Company held its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) on 29 August 2024 at which the Company obtained, among other things,
the following approvals from its shareholders:
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for the Company to effect a reverse share split to the Company’s authorised, issued
and outstanding ordinary shares by way of a consolidation at an exchange ratio of up to one-for-fifteen
(1:15) (the “Revised RS Ratio”) such that the number of authorised, issued
and outstanding ordinary shares is decreased by the Revised RS Ratio and the par value of
each authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary share is increased by the Revised RS Ratio
(collectively, the “Revised Reverse Share Split”), with such Revised Reverse
Share Split to be effected at such time and date, if at all, and at a precise Revised RS
Ratio up to a maximum of one-for-fifteen (1:15), in each case, as determined by the Directors
in their discretion within 12 months of obtaining the requisite shareholder approval for
the Revised Reverse Share Split (the “Revised Effective Time”); |
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order to effect the Revised Reverse Share Split, and subject to adjustment pending the Directors’
determination of the precise Revised RS Ratio, approval for the Company to change the authorised
share capital of the Company from US$10,000,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 ordinary
shares of a par value of US$0.01 each to US$10,000,000 divided into as low as 66,666,667
ordinary shares (for a Revised RS Ratio of 1:15) of a par value of US$0.15 each with effect
from the Revised Effective Time (the “Revised Share Consolidation”); and |
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to the approval and implementation of the Revised Reverse Share Split and Revised Share Consolidation,
the Company’s adoption of, with effect from the Revised Effective Time, the third amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association in substitution for, and to the exclusion
of, the Company’s existing second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association,
to reflect the Revised Reverse Share Split and Revised Share Consolidation, if implemented. |
These
matters were subject to the Directors exercising certain discretions and making certain determinations and have not been implemented
as at the date of this Proxy Statement.
Accordingly,
the Company is seeking further shareholder approval
to effect a reverse share split to the Company’s authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary shares by way of a consolidation at
an exchange ratio of up to one-for-one hundred (1:100) (the “Further Revised RS Ratio”) such
that the number of authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary shares is decreased by the Further Revised RS Ratio and the par
value of each authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary share is increased by the Further Revised RS Ratio (collectively, the
“Further Revised Reverse Share Split”), with such Further Revised Reverse Share Split to be effected
at such time and date, if at all, and at a precise Further Revised RS Ratio up to a maximum of one-for-one hundred (1:100), in
each case, as determined by the Board of Directors in its discretion within 12 months of obtaining the requisite shareholder approval
for the Further Revised Reverse Share Split (the “Further Revised Effective Time”).
Vote
Required to Approve Proposal No. 1
Proposal
No. 1 will be approved if it receives the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present in person
or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting, assuming a quorum is attained.
Resolution
The
Board of Directors proposes to solicit shareholder approval of Proposal No. 1.
The
full text of the resolution to be put to the shareholders to consider and to vote upon at the Meeting in relation to the Further Revised
Reverse Share Split is:
“RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the Company effect a reverse share split to the Company’s authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary
shares by way of a consolidation at an exchange ratio of up to one-for-one hundred (1:100) (the “Further Revised
RS Ratio”) such that the number of authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary shares is decreased by the Further Revised
RS Ratio and the par value of each authorised, issued and outstanding ordinary share is increased by the Further Revised RS
Ratio (collectively, the “Further Revised Reverse Share Split”), with such Further Revised Reverse
Share Split to be effected at such time and date, if at all, and at a precise Further Revised RS Ratio up to a maximum of one-for-one
hundred (1:100), in each case, as determined by the Board of Directors in its discretion within 12 months of obtaining the requisite
shareholder approval for the Further Revised Reverse Share Split (the “Further Revised Effective Time”).”
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
THE FURTHER REVISED REVERSE SHARE SPLIT
PROPOSAL
NO. 2
FURTHER REVISED SHARE CONSOLIDATION
General
In
order to effect the Further Revised Reverse Share Split, and subject to adjustment pending the Board of Directors’ determination
of the precise Further Revised RS Ratio, the Company is proposing to alter the authorised share capital of the Company from
US$10,000,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.01 each to US$10,000,000
divided into as low as 10,000,000 ordinary shares (for a Further Revised RS Ratio of 1:100) of a par value of
US$1.00 each with effect from the Further Revised Effective Time (the “Further Revised Share Consolidation”).
Vote
Required to Approve Proposal No. 2
Proposal
No. 2 will be approved if it receives the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present in person
or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting, assuming a quorum is attained.
Resolution
The
Board of Directors proposes to solicit shareholder approval of Proposal No. 2.
The
full text of the resolution to be put to the shareholders
to consider and to vote upon at the Meeting in relation to the Further Revised Share Consolidation is:
“RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the authorised share capital of the Company, subject to the approval and implementation of the Further
Revised Reverse Share Split and adjustment pending the Board of Directors’ determination of the precise Further Revised
RS Ratio, be altered from US$10,000,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.01
each to US$10,000,000 divided into as low as 10,000,000 ordinary shares (for a Further Revised RS
Ratio of 1:100) of a par value of US$1.00 each with effect from the Further Revised Effective Time (the “Further
Revised Share Consolidation”).”
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
THE FURTHER REVISED SHARE CONSOLIDATION
PROPOSAL
NO. 3
AMENDMENT OF THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
The Company is proposing that shareholders consider
and approve, subject to the approval of the Further Revised Reverse Share Split and the Further Revised Share Consolidation,
the Company’s adoption, with effect from the Further Revised Effective Time, of the third amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association (a copy of which is attached to this proxy statement as Annex A, subject to adjustment solely in respect
of the final number of ordinary shares and ordinary share par value amount determined pursuant to the Further
Revised Reverse Share Split and Further Revised Share Consolidation) in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Company’s
existing second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, to reflect the Further Revised Reverse Share Split
and the Further Revised Share Consolidation (together, the “Third Amended M&As”).
The
substantive changes to be made to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association pursuant to this Proposal
No. 3 is to update paragraph 7 of the second amended and restated memorandum of association to reflect the changes made
as a result of the approval of the Further Revised Reverse Share Split and Further Revised Share Consolidation (if implemented
and subject to adjustment solely in respect of the final number of ordinary shares and ordinary share par value amount
determined pursuant to the Revised Reverse Share Split and Revised Share Consolidation). Paragraph 2 of the second amended
and restated memorandum of association will also be amended to reflect the change of address of the Company’s registered office.
A
draft of the Third Amended M&As, showing the changes to be made to the Company’s existing second amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association (assuming that shareholders approve Proposals No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 at this Meeting),
is attached as Annex A of this proxy statement (if the Further Revised Reverse Share Split and Further Revised Share
Consolidation is implemented at a final Further Revised RS Ratio of 1:100).
The
form of the Third Amended M&As attached as Annex A is not definitive. Any proposed amendments to the Company’s
existing memorandum and articles of association to reflect Proposals No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 respectively will not be made
to the extent such proposals are not approved by shareholders.
Vote
Required to Approve Proposal No. 3
Proposal
No. 3 will be approved only if it receives the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of not less than two-thirds of all shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, by proxy
or, in the case of a shareholder being a corporation, by its duly authorized representative, assuming a quorum is attained.
Resolution
The
Board of Directors proposes to solicit shareholder approval of Proposal No. 3.
The
full text of the resolution to be put to the shareholders to consider and to vote upon at the Meeting in relation to the
Company’s proposed adoption of the third amended and restated memorandum and articles of association is:
“RESOLVED, as a special
resolution, that subject to the approval of the Further Revised Reverse Share Split and Further Revised Share Consolidation,
the Company adopt, with effect from the Further Revised Effective Time, the third amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association (a copy of which is attached to this as Annex A, subject to adjustment solely in respect of the final number
of ordinary shares and ordinary share par value amount determined pursuant to the Revised Reverse Share Split and
Revised Share Consolidation) in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Company’s existing second amended memorandum
and articles of association, to reflect the Further Revised Reverse Share Split and Further Revised Share Consolidation
(the “Third Amended M&As”).”
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
THE THIRD AMENDED M&AS
PROPOSAL
NO. 4
WARRANT APPROVAL
General
In
order to seek further capital for the operation of the Company, the Company entered into the Underwriting Agreement with Maxim Group
LLC dated October 30, 2024 (“UA”), the warrant agent agreement with VStock Transfer, LLC as the warrant agent
dated October 31, 2024 (“WAA”), and agreed to the related form of Warrant for issuance of warrants by the Company
pursuant to the UA and the WAA.
Vote
Required to Approve Proposal No. 4
Proposal
No. 4 will be approved if it receives the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present in person
or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting, assuming a quorum is attained.
Resolution
The
Board of Directors proposes to solicit shareholder approval of Proposal No. 4.
The
full text of the resolution to be put to the shareholders to consider and to vote upon at the Meeting in relation to the Warrant Approval
is:
“RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the Company’s entry into the Underwriting Agreement with Maxim Group LLC dated October 30, 2024
(“UA”), entry into the warrant agent agreement with VStock Transfer, LLC as the warrant agent dated October
31, 2024 (“WAA”), and the issuance of warrants by the Company pursuant to the UA, the WAA, and the related form
of Warrant, are all approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects (the “Warrant Approval”).”
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
THE WARRANT APPROVAL
PROPOSAL
NO. 5
THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL
General
The
Adjournment Proposal asks shareholders to approve the adjournment of the Meeting to a later date or dates (A) to the extent necessary
or convenient to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the proxy statement is provided to shareholders or (B) in order
to solicit additional proxies from shareholders in favour of one or more of the proposals at the Meeting be approved.
The
Adjournment Proposal will only be put forth for a vote if there are not sufficient votes to approve the other proposals at the Meeting.
If
the Adjournment Proposal is not approved by shareholders, the Board of Directors may not be able to adjourn the Meeting to a later date
in the event there are insufficient votes to approve the other proposals at the Meeting.
Vote
Required to Approve Proposal No. 5
Proposal
No. 5 will be approved if it receives the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present in person
or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting, assuming a quorum is attained.
Resolution
The
Board of Directors proposes to solicit shareholder approval of Proposal No. 5.
The
full text of the resolution to be put to the shareholders to consider and to vote upon at the Meeting in relation to the
Adjournment Proposal is:
“RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the adjournment of the Meeting to a later date or dates (A) to the extent necessary or convenient to
ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the proxy statement is provided to shareholders or (B) in order to solicit additional
proxies from shareholders in favour of one or more of the proposals at the Meeting be approved (the “Adjournment Proposal”).”
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL
OTHER
MATTERS
The
Board of Directors is not aware of any other matters to be submitted to the Meeting. If any other matters properly come before the Meeting,
it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy to vote the shares they represent as the Board of Directors may
recommend.
|
By
order of the Board of Directors |
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Date:
November 18, 2024 |
/s/
Mohanraj Ramasamy |
|
Mohanraj
Ramasamy |
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director |
ANNEX
A
THE
COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY
LIMITED BY SHARES
THIRD
amended AND restated
MEMORANDUM
of ASSOCIATION
OF
SRIVARU
Holding Limited
(adopted
by special resolution dated [ _ ] 2024 AND EFFECTIVE ON [ _ ] 2024)
THE
COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY
LIMITED BY SHARES
THIRD
amended AND restated
MEMORANDUM
of ASSOCIATION
OF
SRIVARU
Holding Limited
(adopted
by special resolution dated [ _ ] 2024 AND EFFECTIVE ON [ _ ] 2024)
1. | The
name of the company is SRIVARU Holding Limited (the “Company”). |
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2. | The
registered office of the Company will be situated at the offices of Amicorp Cayman Fiduciary
Limited, 3rd Floor, Genesis House, Unit 18, Genesis Close, George Town, P.O. Box 10655, Grand
Cayman KY1-1006, Cayman Islands or at such other location as the Directors may from time
to time determine. |
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3. | The
objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have
full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by any law as provided by
Section 7(4) of the Companies Act (as amended) of the Cayman Islands (the “Companies
Act”). |
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4. | The
Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of
full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit as provided by Section 27(2)
of the Companies Act. |
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5. | The
Company will not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except
in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided
that nothing in this section shall be construed as to prevent the Company effecting and concluding
contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary
for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands. |
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6. | The
liability of the shareholders of the Company is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on
the shares respectively held by them. |
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7. | The
authorised share capital of the Company is US$10,000,000
divided into [10,000,000] shares with a nominal or par value of US$[1.00]
provided always that subject to the Companies Act and the Articles of Association, the Company
shall have the power to redeem or purchase any of its shares and to sub-divide or consolidate
the said shares or any of them and to issue all or any part of its capital whether original,
redeemed, increased or reduced with or without any preference, priority, special privilege
or other rights or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions
whatsoever and so that unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly provide every
issue of shares whether stated to be ordinary, preference or otherwise shall be subject to
the powers on the part of the Company hereinbefore provided. |
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8. | The
Company may exercise the power contained in Section 206 of the Companies Act to deregister
in the Cayman Islands and be registered by way of continuation in some other jurisdiction. |
THE COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
THIRD amended AND restated
Articles OF association
of
SRIVARU Holding Limited
(ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION
DATED [ _ ] 2024 AND EFFECTIVE ON [ _ ] 2024)
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
CLAUSE |
PAGE |
TABLE
A |
5 |
Interpretation |
5 |
Preliminary |
8 |
Shares |
9 |
Modification
Of Rights |
9 |
Certificates |
10 |
Fractional
Shares |
10 |
Lien |
10 |
Calls
On Shares |
11 |
Forfeiture
Of Shares |
12 |
Transfer
Of Shares |
13 |
Transmission
Of Shares |
14 |
Alteration
Of SHARE Capital |
14 |
Redemption,
Purchase and Surrender Of Shares |
15 |
Treasury
Shares |
15 |
General
Meetings |
16 |
Notice
Of General Meetings |
17 |
Proceedings
At General Meetings |
17 |
Votes
Of shareholders |
19 |
Corporations
Acting By Representatives At Meetings |
20 |
CLEARING
HOUSES |
20 |
Directors |
20 |
Alternate
Director |
22 |
Powers
And Duties Of Directors |
22 |
Borrowing
Powers Of Directors |
23 |
The
Seal |
24 |
Disqualification
Of Directors |
24 |
Proceedings
Of Directors |
25 |
Dividends |
27 |
Accounts,
Audit and annual return and declaration |
28 |
Capitalisation
Of reserves |
28 |
Share
Premium Account |
29 |
Notices |
29 |
Indemnity |
30 |
Non-Recognition
Of Trusts |
31 |
Winding
Up |
31 |
Amendment
Of Articles Of Association |
31 |
Closing
of register or fixing record date |
31 |
Registration
By Way Of Continuation |
32 |
Mergers
and Consolidation |
32 |
disclosure |
32 |
COMPANIES
ACT (AS AMENDED)
Company
Limited by Shares
THIRD
amended AND restated
ARTICLES
OF ASSOCIATION
OF
SRIVARU
Holding Limited
(ADOPTED
BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED [ _ ] 2024 AND EFFECTIVE ON [ _ ] 2024)
TABLE
A
The
Regulations contained or incorporated in Table ‘A’ in the First Schedule of the Companies Act shall not apply to SRIVARU
Holding Limited (the “Company”) and the following Articles shall comprise
the Articles of Association of the Company.
Interpretation
1. | In
these Articles the following defined terms will have the meanings ascribed to them, if not
inconsistent with the subject or context: |
“Articles”
means these articles of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time.
“Branch
Register” means any branch Register of such category or categories of Members as the Company may from time to time determine.
“Class”
or “Classes” means any class or classes of Shares as may from time to time
be issued by the Company.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America or any other federal agency for the time being administering
the Securities Act.
“Companies
Act” means the Companies Act (as amended) of the Cayman Islands.
“Designated
Stock Exchange” means any national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Company’s securities
are then traded, including but not limited to the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.
“Directors”
means the directors of the Company for the time being, or as the case may be, the directors assembled as a board or as a committee thereof.
“Electronic
Facility” means without limitation, website addresses and conference call systems, and any device, system, procedure, method
or other facility whatsoever providing an electronic means of venue for a general meeting of the Company.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the United States of America, as amended, or any similar federal statute
of the United States of America and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the
time.
“Memorandum
of Association” means the memorandum of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time.
“Office”
means the registered office of the Company as required by the Companies Act.
“Officers”
means the officers for the time being and from time to time of the Company.
“Ordinary
Resolution” means a resolution:
| (a) | passed
by a simple majority of such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or,
where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company and where a poll
is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each
Shareholder is entitled; or |
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| (b) | approved
in writing by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company
in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Shareholders and the effective
date of the resolution so adopted shall be the date on which the instrument, or the last
of such instruments, if more than one, is executed. |
“paid
up” means paid up as to the par value in respect of the issue of any Shares and includes credited as paid up.
“Person”
means any natural person, firm, company, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association or other entity (whether or not having
a separate legal personality) or any of them as the context so requires, other than in respect of a Director or Officer in which circumstances
Person shall mean any person or entity permitted to act as such in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands.
“Principal
Register”, where the Company has established one or more Branch Registers pursuant to the Companies Act and these Articles,
means the Register maintained by the Company pursuant to the Companies Act and these Articles that is not designated by the Directors
as a Branch Register.
“Register”
means the register of Members of the Company required to be kept pursuant to the Companies Act and includes any Branch Register(s) established
by the Company in accordance with the Companies Act or any listed shares register (as defined in the Companies Act).
“Seal”
means the common seal of the Company (if adopted) including any facsimile thereof.
“Secretary”
means any Person appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of the secretary of the Company.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States of America, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“Share”
means a share in the capital of the Company. All references to “Shares” herein shall be deemed to be Shares of any or all
Classes or sub-classes as the context may require. For the avoidance of doubt, in these Articles the expression “Share” shall
include a fraction of a Share.
“Share
Premium Account” means the share premium account established in accordance with these Articles and the Companies Act.
“Shareholder”
or “Member” means a Person who is registered as the holder of Shares in
the Register and includes each subscriber to the Memorandum of Association pending entry in the Register of such subscriber.
“signed”
means bearing a signature or representation of a signature affixed by mechanical means.
“Special
Resolution” means a special resolution of the Company passed in accordance with the Companies Act, being a resolution:
| (a) | passed
by a majority of not less than two-thirds of such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so,
vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company
of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution
has been duly given and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority
to the number of votes to which each Shareholder is entitled; or |
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| (b) | approved
in writing by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company
in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Shareholders and the effective
date of the special resolution so adopted shall be the date on which the instrument or the
last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed. |
“Treasury
Shares” means Shares that were previously issued but were purchased, redeemed, surrendered or otherwise acquired by
the Company and not cancelled.
2. | In
these Articles, save where the context requires otherwise: |
| (a) | words
importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa; |
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| (b) | words
importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender and any Person as the
context may require; |
| (c) | the
word “may” shall be construed as permissive and the word “shall”
shall be construed as imperative; |
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| (d) | reference
to a dollar or dollars or USD (or $) and to a cent or cents is reference to dollars and cents
of the United States of America; |
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| (e) | reference
to a statutory enactment shall include reference to any amendment or re-enactment thereof
for the time being in force; |
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| (f) | reference
to any determination by the Directors shall be construed as a determination by the Directors
in their sole and absolute discretion and shall be applicable either generally or in any
particular case; and |
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| (g) | reference
to “in writing” shall be construed as written or represented by any means reproducible
in writing, including any form of print, lithograph, email, facsimile, photograph or telex
or represented by any other substitute or format for storage or transmission for writing
or partly one and partly another. |
3. | Subject
to the preceding Articles, any words defined in the Companies Act shall, if not inconsistent
with the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles. |
Preliminary
4. | The
business of the Company may be commenced at any time after incorporation. |
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5. | The
Office shall be at such address in the Cayman Islands as the Directors may from time to time
determine. The Company may in addition establish and maintain such other offices and places
of business and agencies in such places as the Directors may from time to time determine. |
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6. | The
expenses incurred in connection with the formation of the Company and in connection with
the offer for subscription and issue of Shares shall be paid by the Company. Such expenses
may be amortised over such period as the Directors may determine and the amount so paid shall
be charged against income and/or capital in the accounts of the Company as the Directors
shall determine. |
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7. | The
Directors shall keep, or cause to be kept, the Register at such place or (subject to compliance
with the Companies Act and these Articles) places as the Directors may from time to time
determine. In the absence of any such determination, the Register shall be kept at the Office.
The Directors may keep, or cause to be kept, one or more Branch Registers as well as the
Principal Register in accordance with the Companies Act, provided always that a duplicate
of such Branch Register(s) shall be maintained with the Principal Register in accordance
with the Companies Act and the rules or requirements of any Designated Stock Exchange. Notwithstanding
anything set out in these Articles and pursuant to section 40B of the Companies Act, the
Company is authorised to evidence and transfer title to listed shares (as defined in the
Companies Act) of the Company in accordance with the laws applicable to and the rules and
regulations of any Designated Stock Exchange. |
Shares
8. | Subject
to these Articles and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and/or
any competent regulatory authority, all Shares for the time being unissued shall be under
the control of the Directors who may: |
| (a) | issue,
allot and dispose of the same to such Persons, in such manner, on such terms and having such
rights and being subject to such restrictions as they may from time to time determine; and |
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| (b) | grant
options with respect to such Shares and issue warrants or similar instruments with respect
thereto; |
and,
for such purposes, the Directors may reserve an appropriate number of Shares for the time being unissued.
9. | The
Directors, or the Shareholders by Ordinary Resolution, may authorise the division of Shares
into any number of Classes and sub-classes and the different Classes and sub-classes shall
be authorised, established and designated (or re-designated as the case may be) and the variations
in the relative rights (including, without limitation, voting, dividend and redemption rights),
restrictions, preferences, privileges and payment obligations as between the different Classes
(if any) may be fixed and determined by the Directors or the Shareholders by Ordinary Resolution. |
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10. | The
Company may insofar as may be permitted by law, pay a commission to any Person in consideration
of their subscribing or agreeing to subscribe whether absolutely or conditionally for any
Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash or the lodgement of fully
or partly paid-up Shares or partly in one way and partly in the other. The Company may also
pay such brokerage as may be lawful on any issue of Shares. |
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11. | The
Directors may refuse to accept any application for Shares, and may accept any application
in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason. |
Modification
Of Rights
12. | Whenever
the capital of the Company is divided into different Classes (and as otherwise determined
by the Directors) the rights attached to any such Class may, subject to any rights or restrictions
for the time being attached to any Class only be materially adversely varied or abrogated
with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the issued Shares
of the relevant Class, or with the sanction of a resolution passed at a separate meeting
of the holders of the Shares of such Class by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast
at such a meeting. To every such separate meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating
to general meetings of the Company or to the proceedings thereat shall, mutatis
mutandis, apply, except that the necessary quorum shall be one or more Persons
at least holding or representing by proxy one-third in nominal or par value amount of the
issued Shares of the relevant Class (but so that if at any adjourned meeting of such holders
a quorum as above defined is not present, those Shareholders who are present shall form a
quorum) and that, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to the
Shares of that Class, every Shareholder of the Class shall on a poll have one vote for each
Share of the Class held by them. For the purposes of this Article the Directors may treat
all the Classes or any two or more Classes as forming one Class if they consider that all
such Classes would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration,
but in any other case shall treat them as separate Classes. The Directors may
vary the rights attaching to any Class without the consent or approval of Shareholders provided
that the rights will not, in the determination of the Directors, be materially adversely
varied or abrogated by such action. |
13. | The
rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any Class issued with preferred or other
rights shall not, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to the
Shares of that Class, be deemed to be materially adversely varied or abrogated by, inter
alia, the creation, allotment or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu
therewith or Shares issued with preferred or other rights. |
Certificates
14. | No
Person shall be entitled to a certificate for any or all of their Shares, unless the Directors
shall determine otherwise. |
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15. | Every
share certificate of the Company shall bear any legends required under applicable laws, including
the Securities Act. If any share certificate is lost, destroyed or stolen, the Directors
may require the holder or holders of the relevant Share to provide an indemnity in a form
acceptable to the Directors. Upon such indemnity being provided, a new share certificate
may be issued to the holder or holders entitled to such lost, destroyed or stolen share certificate,
unless the Directors determine otherwise. |
Fractional
Shares
16. | The
Directors may issue fractions of a Share and, if so issued, a fraction of a Share shall be
subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to nominal
or par value, premium, contributions, calls or otherwise), limitations, preferences, privileges,
qualifications, restrictions, rights (including, without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing, voting and participation rights) and other attributes of a whole Share. If more
than one fraction of a Share of the same Class is issued to or acquired by the same Shareholder
such fractions shall be accumulated. |
Lien
17. | The
Company has a first and paramount lien on every Share (not being a share which is fully paid
as to its par value and share premium) for all amounts (whether presently payable or not)
payable at a fixed time or called in respect of that Share (including any premium payable).
The Directors may at any time declare a Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions
of this Article. The Company’s lien on a Share extends to any amount payable in respect
of it. |
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18. | The
Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors may determine, any Share on which the Company
has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless an amount in respect of which the lien exists
is presently payable nor until the expiration of fourteen (14) days after a notice in writing,
demanding payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently
payable, has been given to the registered holder for the time being of the Share, or the
Persons entitled thereto by reason of their death or bankruptcy. |
19. | For
giving effect to any such sale, the Directors may authorise some Person to transfer the Shares
sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the Shares
comprised in any such transfer and they shall not be bound to see to the application of the
purchase money, nor shall their title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity
in the proceedings in reference to the sale. |
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20. | The
proceeds of the sale after deduction of expenses, fees and commission incurred by the Company
shall be received by the Company and applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect
of which the lien exists as is presently payable, and the residue shall (subject to a like
lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares prior to the sale) be paid
to the Person entitled to the Shares immediately prior to the sale. |
Calls
On Shares
21. | Subject
to the terms of allotment, the Directors may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders
in respect of any moneys unpaid on their Shares, and each Shareholder shall (subject to receiving
at least fourteen (14) days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to
the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on such Shares. |
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22. | The
joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay calls in respect thereof. |
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23. | If
a sum called in respect of a Share is not paid before or on the day appointed for payment
thereof, the Person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest upon the sum at the rate
of eight per cent. (8%) per annum from the day appointed for the payment thereof to the time
of the actual payment, but the Directors shall be at liberty to waive payment of that interest
wholly or in part. |
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24. | The
provisions of these Articles as to the liability of joint holders and as to payment of interest
shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share,
becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the amount of the Share, or by way
of premium, as if the same had become payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. |
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25. | The
Directors may make arrangements on the issue of partly paid Shares for a difference between
the Shareholders, or the particular Shares, in the amount of calls to be paid and in the
times of payment. |
26. | The
Directors may, if they think fit, receive from any Shareholder willing to advance the same
all or any part of the moneys uncalled and unpaid upon any partly paid Shares held by them,
and upon all or any of the moneys so advanced may (until the same would, but for such advance,
become presently payable) pay interest at such rate (not exceeding without the sanction of
an Ordinary Resolution, eight per cent. (8%) per annum) as may be agreed upon between the
Shareholder paying the sum in advance and the Directors. |
Forfeiture
Of Shares
27. | If
a Shareholder fails to pay any call or instalment of a call in respect of any Shares on the
day appointed for payment, the Directors may, at any time thereafter during such time as
any part of such call or instalment remains unpaid, serve a notice on them requiring payment
of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have
accrued. |
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28. | The
notice shall name a further day (not earlier than the expiration of fourteen (14) days from
the date of the notice) on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made,
and shall state that in the event of non-payment at or before the time appointed the Shares
in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited. |
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29. | If
the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, any Share in respect
of which the notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before the payment required
by notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors to that effect. |
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30. | A
forfeited Share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as
the Directors think fit, and at any time before a sale or disposition the forfeiture may
be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. |
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31. | A
Person whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Shareholder in respect of the
forfeited Shares, but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all moneys
which at the date of forfeiture were payable by them to the Company in respect of the Shares
forfeited, but their liability shall cease if and when the Company receives payment in full
of the amount unpaid on the Shares forfeited. |
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32. | A
statutory declaration in writing that the declarant is a Director, and that a Share has been
duly forfeited on a date stated in the declaration, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts
in the declaration as against all Persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. |
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33. | The
Company may receive the consideration, if any, given for a Share on any sale or disposition
thereof pursuant to the provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture and may execute a transfer
of the Share in favour of the Person to whom the Share is sold or disposed of and that Person
shall be registered as the holder of the Share, and shall not be bound to see to the application
of the purchase money, if any, nor shall their title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity
or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the disposition or sale. |
34. | The
provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any
sum which by the terms of issue of a Share becomes due and payable, whether on account of
the amount of the Share, or by way of premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue
of a call duly made and notified. |
Transfer
Of Shares
35. | Subject
to these Articles and the rules or regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange or any relevant
rules of the Commission or securities laws (including, but not limited to the Exchange Act),
a Shareholder may transfer all or any of their Shares by an instrument of transfer in the
usual or common form or in a form prescribed by the Designated Stock Exchange or in any other
form approved by the Directors and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee
is a clearing house or its nominee(s), by hand or by machine imprinted signature or by such
other manner of execution as the Directors may approve from time to time. |
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36. | The
instrument of transfer of any Share shall be (i) in any usual or common form; (ii) such form
as is prescribed by the Designated Stock Exchange; or (iii) in any other form the Directors
may determine and shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (or otherwise as prescribed
by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange) and if in respect of a nil
or partly paid up Share, or if so required by the Directors, shall also be executed on behalf
of the transferee and shall be accompanied by the certificate (if any) of the Shares to which
it relates and such other evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show the right
of the transferor to make the transfer. The transferor shall be deemed to remain a Shareholder
until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect of the relevant Shares. |
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37. | Subject
to the terms of issue thereof and the rules or regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange
or any relevant rules of the SEC or securities laws (including, but not limited to the Exchange
Act), the Directors may determine to decline to register any transfer of Shares without assigning
any reason therefor. |
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38. | Subject
to the terms of issue thereof and the rules or regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange
or any relevant rules of the SEC or securities laws (including, but not limited to the Exchange
Act), the registration of transfers may be suspended and the Register closed at such times
and for such periods as the Directors may from time to time determine. |
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39. | All
instruments of transfer that are registered shall be retained by the Company, but any instrument
of transfer that the Directors decline to register shall (except in any case of fraud) be
returned to the Person depositing the same. |
Transmission
Of Shares
40. | The
legal personal representative of a deceased sole holder of a Share shall be the only Person
recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share. In the case of a Share registered
in the name of two or more holders, the survivors or survivor, or the legal personal representatives
of the deceased holder of the Share, shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as
having any title to the Share. |
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41. | Any
Person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder
shall upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Directors,
have the right either to be registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share or, instead
of being registered themself, to make such transfer of the Share as the deceased or bankrupt
Person could have made; but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline
or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by
the deceased or bankrupt Person before the death or bankruptcy. |
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42. | A
Person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder
shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which they would be entitled
if they were the registered Shareholder, except that they shall not, before being registered
as a Shareholder in respect of the Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right
conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company. |
Alteration
Of SHARE Capital
43. | The
Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution increase the share capital by such sum,
to be divided into Shares of such Classes and amount, as the resolution shall prescribe. |
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44. | The
Company may by Ordinary Resolution: |
| (a) | consolidate
and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of a larger amount than its existing
Shares; |
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| (b) | convert
all or any of its paid up Shares into stock and reconvert that stock into paid up Shares
of any denomination; |
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| (c) | subdivide
its existing Shares, or any of them into Shares of a smaller amount provided that in the
subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each
reduced Share shall be the same as it was in case of the Share from which the reduced Share
is derived; and |
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| (d) | cancel
any Shares that, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed
to be taken by any Person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the
Shares so cancelled. |
45. | The
Company may by Special Resolution reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve
in any manner authorised by law. |
Redemption,
Purchase and Surrender Of Shares
46. | Subject
to the Companies Act and the rules of the Designates Stock Exchange, the Company may: |
| (a) | issue
Shares on terms that they are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of
the Company or the Shareholder on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine; |
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| (b) | purchase
its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) on such terms and in such manner as the
Directors may determine and agree with the Shareholder; |
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| (c) | make
a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner authorised
by the Companies Act, including out of its capital; and |
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| (d) | accept
the surrender for no consideration of any paid up Share (including any redeemable Share)
on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine. |
47. | Any
Share in respect of which notice of redemption has been given shall not be entitled to participate
in the profits of the Company in respect of the period after the date specified as the date
of redemption in the notice of redemption. |
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48. | The
redemption, purchase or surrender of any Share shall not be deemed to give rise to the redemption,
purchase or surrender of any other Share. |
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49. | The
Directors may when making payments in respect of redemption or purchase of Shares, if authorised
by the terms of issue of the Shares being redeemed or purchased or with the agreement of
the holder of such Shares, make such payment either in cash or in specie including, without
limitation, interests in a special purpose vehicle holding assets of the Company or holding
entitlement to the proceeds of assets held by the Company or in a liquidating structure. |
Treasury
Shares
50. | Shares
that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires (by way of surrender or otherwise) may, at
the option of the Company, be cancelled immediately or held as Treasury Shares in accordance
with the Companies Act. In the event that the Directors do not specify that the relevant
Shares are to be held as Treasury Shares, such Shares shall be cancelled. |
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51. | No
dividend may be declared or paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash or otherwise)
of the Company’s assets (including any distribution of assets to members on a winding
up) may be declared or paid in respect of a Treasury Share. |
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52. | The
Company shall be entered in the Register as the holder of the Treasury Shares provided that: |
| (a) | the
Company shall not be treated as a member for any purpose and shall not exercise any right
in respect of the Treasury Shares, and any purported exercise of such a right shall be void;
and |
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| (b) | a
Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting of the Company
and shall not be counted in determining the total number of issued shares at any given time,
whether for the purposes of these Articles or the Companies Act, save that an allotment of
Shares as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a Treasury Share is permitted and Shares
allotted as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a treasury share shall be treated as Treasury
Shares. |
53. | Treasury
Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and conditions as determined by the
Directors. |
General
Meetings
54. | The
Directors may, whenever they think fit, convene a general meeting of the Company. |
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55. | For
so long as the Company’s Shares are traded on a Designated Stock Exchange, the Company
shall in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting at such time and
place (including any Electronic Facility) as may be determined by the Directors in accordance
with the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, unless such Designated Stock Exchange does
not require the holding of an annual general meeting. |
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56. | The
Directors may cancel or postpone any duly convened general meeting at any time prior to such
meeting, except for general meetings requisitioned by the Shareholders in accordance with
these Articles, for any reason or for no reason at any time prior to the time for holding
such meeting or, if the meeting is adjourned, the time for holding such adjourned meeting.
The Directors shall give Shareholders notice in writing of any cancellation or postponement.
A postponement may be for a stated period of any length or indefinitely as the Directors
may determine. |
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57. | General
meetings shall also be convened on the requisition in writing of any Shareholder or Shareholders
entitled to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company and to exercise at least a
majority of the votes permitted to be exercised at any such meeting deposited at the Office
specifying the objects of the meeting by notice given no later than 21 days from the date
of deposit of the requisition signed by the requisitionists, and if the Directors do not
convene such meeting for a date not later than 45 days after the date of such deposit, the
requisitionists themselves may convene the general meeting in the same manner, as nearly
as possible, as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors, and all
reasonable expenses incurred by the requisitionists as a result of the failure of the Directors
to convene the general meeting shall be reimbursed to them by the Company. |
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58. | If
at any time there are no Directors, any two Shareholders (or if there is only one Shareholder
then that Shareholder) entitled to vote at general meetings of the Company may convene a
general meeting in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings
may be convened by the Directors. |
Notice
Of General Meetings
59. | At
least fourteen (14) clear days’ notice of a general meeting in writing counting from
the date service is deemed to take place as provided in these Articles specifying the place,
including by means of Electronic Facility, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general
nature of the business, shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided or in such other
manner (if any) as may be prescribed by the Company by Ordinary Resolution to such Persons
as are, under these Articles, entitled to receive such notices from the Company, but with
the consent of all the Shareholders entitled to receive notice of some particular meeting
and attend and vote thereat, that meeting may be convened by such shorter notice or without
notice and in such manner as those Shareholders may think fit. |
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60. | The
accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to or the non-receipt of a notice of a meeting
by any Shareholder shall not invalidate the proceedings at any meeting. |
Proceedings
At General Meetings
61. | All
business carried out at a general meeting shall be deemed special with the exception of sanctioning
a dividend, the consideration of the accounts, balance sheets, any report of the Directors
or of the Company’s auditors, and the fixing of the remuneration of the Company’s
auditors. No special business shall be transacted at any general meeting without the consent
of all Shareholders entitled to receive notice of that meeting unless notice of such special
business has been given in the notice convening that meeting. In addition, no business may
be transacted at any general meeting, other than business that is either specified in the
notice of the meeting given by or at the direction of the Directors (or any duly authorised
committee thereof) (including on the requisition of Shareholders in accordance with these
Articles) or otherwise properly brought before an annual general meeting by or at the direction
of the Directors (or any duly authorised committee thereof). |
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62. | No
business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Shareholders is present
at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Save as otherwise provided by these Articles,
one or more Shareholders holding at least a majority of the paid up voting share capital
of the Company present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at that meeting shall form
a quorum. |
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63. | If
within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the
meeting, if convened upon the requisition of Shareholders, shall be dissolved. In any other
case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place,
or to such other day, time and/or place (including any Electronic Facility) as the Directors
may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour
from the time appointed for the meeting the Shareholder or Shareholders present and entitled
to vote shall form a quorum. |
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64. | If
the Directors wish to make this facility available for a specific general meeting or all
general meetings of the Company, participation in any general meeting of the Company may
be by means of a telephone or similar communication equipment (including by means of Electronic
Facility) by way of which all Persons participating in such meeting can communicate with
each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the
meeting. |
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65. | The
chair, if any, of the board of Directors shall preside as chair at every general meeting
of the Company. |
66. | If
there is no such chair, or if at any general meeting they are not present within fifteen
minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act as chair,
any Director or Person nominated by the Directors shall preside as chair, failing which the
Shareholders present in person or by proxy shall choose any Person present to be chair of
that meeting. |
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67. | The
chair of the general meeting may adjourn a meeting from time to time and from place to place
(including any Electronic Facility) either: |
| (a) | with
the consent of any general meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed
by the meeting); or |
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| (b) | without
the consent of such meeting if, in their sole opinion, they consider it necessary to do so
to: |
| (i) | secure
the orderly conduct or proceedings of the meeting; or |
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| (ii) | give
all persons present in person or by proxy and having the right to speak and / or vote at
such meeting, the ability to do so, |
but
no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment
took place. When a meeting, or adjourned meeting, is adjourned for fourteen (14) days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall
be given in the manner provided for the original meeting. Save as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment
or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.
68. | At
any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show
of hands, unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands)
demanded by the chair or one or more Shareholders present in person or by proxy entitled
to vote, and unless a poll is so demanded, a declaration by the chair that a resolution has,
on a show of hands, been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or
lost, and an entry to that effect in the book of the proceedings of the Company, shall be
conclusive evidence of the fact, without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded
in favour of, or against, that resolution. |
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69. | At
any annual general meeting where a resolution for the election of directors is proposed in
accordance with these Articles, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect
a Director. |
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70. | If
a poll is duly demanded it shall be taken in such manner as the chair directs, and the result
of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. |
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71. | In
the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chair of the
meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded, shall not
be entitled to a second or casting vote. |
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72. | A
poll demanded on the election of a chair of the meeting or on a question of adjournment shall
be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time as
the chair of the meeting directs. |
Votes
Of shareholders
73. |
Subject
to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, on a show of hands every Shareholder present in person and
every Person representing a Shareholder by proxy shall, at a general meeting of the Company, each have one vote and on a poll every
Shareholder and every Person representing a Shareholder by proxy shall have one vote for each Share of which they or the Person represented
by proxy is the holder. |
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74. |
In
the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote whether in person or by proxy shall be accepted to the exclusion
of the votes of the other joint holders and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand
in the Register. |
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75. |
A
Shareholder of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote in
respect of Shares carrying the right to vote held by them, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by their committee, or other
Person in the nature of a committee appointed by that court, and any such committee or other Person, may vote in respect of such
Shares by proxy. |
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76. |
No
Shareholder shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Company unless all calls, if any, or other sums presently payable
by them in respect of Shares carrying the right to vote held by them have been paid. |
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77. |
On
a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy. |
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78. |
An
instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed by or on behalf of the appointor. Such instrument appointing
a proxy may be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve (including an appointment of proxy made
by way of electronic communication). A proxy need not be a Shareholder. |
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79. |
The
instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited at the Office or at such other place or in such other manner as is specified for
that purpose in the notice convening the meeting no later than the time for holding the meeting or, if the meeting is adjourned,
the time for holding such adjourned meeting. |
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80. |
The
instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll. |
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81. |
A
resolution in writing signed by all the Shareholders for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general
meetings of the Company (or being corporations by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the
same had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held. |
Corporations
Acting By Representatives At Meetings
82. |
Any
corporation which is a Shareholder or a Director may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such Person
as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any meeting of holders of a Class or of the Directors
or of a committee of Directors, and the Person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation
which they represent as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Shareholder or Director. |
CLEARING
HOUSES
83. |
If
a clearing house (or its nominee) is a Member of the Company it may, by resolution of its directors or other governing body or by
power of attorney, authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative or representatives at any general
meeting of the Company or at any general meeting of any class of Members of the Company provided that, if more than one person is
so authorised, the authorisation shall specify the number and Class of Shares in respect of which each such person is so authorised.
A person so authorised pursuant to this Article shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the clearing house (or
its nominee) which they represent as that clearing house (or its nominee) could exercise if it were an individual Member holding
the number and Class of Shares specified in such authorisation. |
Directors
84. |
The
board of Directors may from time to time fix the maximum and minimum number of Directors to be appointed but unless such numbers
are fixed as aforesaid the minimum number of Directors shall be one (1) and the maximum number of Directors shall be unlimited. |
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85. |
The
Directors shall be divided into three (3) classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Directors shall be
assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the board of Directors. At the first annual general
meeting of Members following adoption of these Articles, the term of office of the Class I Directors shall expire and Class I Directors
shall be elected for a full term of two (2) years. At the second annual general meeting of Members following adoption of these Articles,
the term of office of the Class II Directors shall expire and Class II Directors shall be elected for a full term of two (2) years.
At the third annual general meeting of Members following adoption of these Articles, the term of office of the Class III Directors
shall expire and Class III Directors shall be elected for a full term of two (2) years. At each succeeding annual general meeting
of Members, Directors shall be elected for a full term of two (2) years to succeed the Directors of the class whose terms expire
at such annual general meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, each Director shall hold office until the
expiration of his or her term and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier
death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the board of Directors shall shorten the term
of any incumbent Director. |
86. |
The
board of Directors shall in each case prior to an annual general meeting determine the maximum number of Directors to be appointed
at each annual general meeting. At any annual general meeting where a resolution for the election of directors is proposed in accordance
with these Articles, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect a Director. |
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87. |
For
a nomination for election of a Director to be made by a Member of the Company at an annual general meeting, (A) such Member must
be a Member of record on both (x) the date of the giving of the notice by such Member provided for in this Article and (y) the record
date for the determination of Members entitled to vote at such annual general meeting, and on each such date beneficially own more
than ten per cent. (10%) of the issued Shares, (B) such Member must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the
Secretary of the Company and (C) the appointment of such Director (if approved by the Member’s at the annual general meeting)
must not result in the maximum numbers of directors (if any) established in accordance with these Articles being exceeded. To be
timely for the purposes of this Article, the Member’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary
of the Company not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the meeting; provided, however,
that in the event less than one hundred (100) days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or
made to Members, notice by the Member to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day
following the earlier of the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. To
be in proper written form for purposes of this Article, a Member’s notice to the Secretary must include details of the person
whom the Member proposes to nominate for election as a director including all information relating to such person that is required
to be disclosed pursuant to any applicable law and rules of the Designated Stock Exchange. Such notice must be accompanied by a written
consent of the proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a Director if elected. |
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88. |
The
remuneration of the Directors may be determined by the Directors. |
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89. |
There
shall be no shareholding qualification for Directors. |
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90. |
The
Directors shall have power at any time and from time to time to appoint any Person to be a Director, either as a result of a casual
vacancy or as an additional Director, subject to the maximum number (if any) imposed and assign such Director to such class as they
may determine. Any Director appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term
of the class of Directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such Director’s successor
shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation, death or removal. When the number of Directors
is increased or decreased, the board of Directors shall, subject to Article 85 above, determine the class or classes to which the
increased or decreased number of Directors shall be apportioned; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of Directors shall
shorten the term of any incumbent Director. |
Alternate
Director
91. |
Any
Director may in writing appoint any other Director or any other Person approved by the board of Directors (in accordance with these
Articles) to be their alternate and, save to the extent provided otherwise in the form of appointment, such alternate shall have
authority to sign written resolutions on behalf of the appointing Director, but shall not be authorised to sign such written resolutions
where they have been signed by the appointing Director, and to act in such Director’s place at any meeting of the Directors.
Every such alternate shall be entitled to attend and vote at meetings of the Directors as the alternate of the Director appointing
them and where they are a Director to have a separate vote in addition to their own vote. A Director may at any time in writing revoke
the appointment of an alternate appointed by them. Such alternate shall not be an Officer solely as a result of their appointment
as an alternate other than in respect of such times as the alternate acts as a Director. The remuneration of such alternate shall
be payable out of the remuneration of the Director appointing them and the proportion thereof shall be agreed between them. |
Powers
And Duties Of Directors
92. |
Subject
to the Companies Act, these Articles and to any resolutions passed in a general meeting, the business of the Company shall be managed
by the Directors, who may pay all expenses incurred in setting up and registering the Company and may exercise all powers of the
Company. No resolution passed by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors that would have been
valid if that resolution had not been passed. |
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93. |
The
Directors may from time to time appoint any Person, whether or not a Director to hold such office in the Company as the Directors
may think necessary for the administration of the Company, including but not limited to, the office of president, one or more vice-presidents,
treasurer, assistant treasurer, manager or controller, and for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission
or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another), and with such powers and duties as the Directors may think
fit. Any Person so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors or by the Company by Ordinary Resolution. The Directors
may also appoint one or more of their number to the office of managing director upon like terms, but any such appointment shall ipso
facto terminate if any managing director ceases from any cause to be a Director, or if the Company by Ordinary Resolution resolves
that his tenure of office be terminated. |
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The
Directors may appoint any Person to be a Secretary (and if need be an assistant Secretary or assistant Secretaries) who shall hold
office for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions and with such powers as they think fit. Any Secretary or assistant
Secretary so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors or by the Company by Ordinary Resolution. |
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The
Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit; any
committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the
Directors. |
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The
Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney (whether under Seal or under hand) or otherwise appoint any
company, firm or Person or body of Persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or attorneys
or authorised signatory (any such person being an “Attorney”
or “Authorised Signatory”, respectively) of the
Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors
under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such power of attorney or
other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of Persons dealing with any such Attorney or Authorised
Signatory as the Directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such Attorney or Authorised Signatory to delegate all or any
of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in them. |
97. |
The
Directors may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of the Company in such manner as they shall think fit and
the provisions contained in the three next following Articles shall not limit the general powers conferred by this Article. |
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The
Directors from time to time and at any time may establish any committees, local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs
of the Company and may appoint any Person to be a member of such committees or local boards and may appoint any managers or agents
of the Company and may fix the remuneration of any such Person. |
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The
Directors from time to time and at any time may delegate to any such committee, local board, manager or agent any of the powers,
authorities and discretions for the time being vested in the Directors and may authorise the members for the time being of any such
local board, or any of them to fill any vacancies therein and to act notwithstanding vacancies and any such appointment or delegation
may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Directors may think fit and the Directors may at any time remove
any Person so appointed and may annul or vary any such delegation, but no Person dealing in good faith and without notice of any
such annulment or variation shall be affected thereby. |
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100. |
Any
such delegates as aforesaid may be authorised by the Directors to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities, and discretion
for the time being vested in them. |
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The
Directors may agree with a Shareholder to waive or modify the terms applicable to such Shareholder’s subscription for Shares
without obtaining the consent of any other Shareholder; provided that such waiver or modification does not amount to a variation
or abrogation of the rights attaching to the Shares of such other Shareholders. |
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Subject
to the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and/or any competent regulatory authority, the Directors shall have the authority to
present a winding up petition on behalf of the Company on the grounds that the Company is unable to pay its debts within the meaning
of section 93 of the Companies Act or where a winding up petition has been presented, apply on behalf of the Company, for the appointment
of a provisional liquidator without the sanction of a resolution passed by the Company at a general meeting. |
Borrowing
Powers Of Directors
103. |
The
Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled
capital or any part thereof, or to otherwise provide for a security interest to be taken in such undertaking, property or uncalled
capital, and to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability
or obligation of the Company or of any third party. |
The
Seal
104. |
The
Seal (if any) shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that
such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of the Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number
of affixings of the Seal. The Seal shall be affixed in the presence of a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in
the presence of any one or more Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose and every Person as aforesaid shall sign every
instrument to which the Seal is so affixed in their presence. |
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The
Company may maintain a facsimile of the Seal in such countries or places as the Directors may appoint and such facsimile Seal shall
not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that such authority may
be given prior to or after the affixing of such facsimile Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings
of such facsimile Seal. The facsimile Seal shall be affixed in the presence of such Person or Persons as the Directors shall for
this purpose appoint and such Person or Persons as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the facsimile Seal is so affixed
in their presence and such affixing of the facsimile Seal and signing as aforesaid shall have the same meaning and effect as if the
Seal had been affixed in the presence of and the instrument signed by a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in
the presence of any one or more Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose. |
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Secretary or any assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix the Seal, or the facsimile Seal, to any instrument
for the purposes of attesting authenticity of the matter contained therein but which does not create any obligation binding on the
Company. |
Disqualification
Of Directors
107. |
The
office of Director shall be vacated, if the Director: |
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bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with their creditors; |
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dies
or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; |
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resigns
their office by notice in writing to the Company; |
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is
removed from office by Ordinary Resolution; |
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is
removed from office by notice addressed to them at their last known address and signed by all of their co-Directors (not being less
than two in number); or |
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is
removed from office pursuant to any other provision of these Articles. |
Proceedings
Of Directors
108. |
The
Directors may meet together (either within or outside the Cayman Islands) for the despatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate
their meetings and proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In
case of an equality of votes the chair shall not have a second or casting vote. A Director may, and a Secretary or assistant Secretary
on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Directors. |
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109. |
A
Director may participate in any meeting of the Directors, or of any committee appointed by the Directors of which such Director is
a member, by means of telephone or similar communication equipment by way of which all Persons participating in such meeting can
communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting. |
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110. |
The
quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be a majority of the Directors in office from time to
time. A Director represented by an alternate Director at any meeting shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of determining
whether or not a quorum is present. |
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111. |
A
Director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or proposed contract with the Company shall
declare the nature of their interest at a meeting of the Directors. A general notice given to the Directors by any Director to the
effect that they are to be regarded as interested in any contract or other arrangement which may thereafter be made with that company
or firm shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of interest in regard to any contract so made. A Director may vote in respect of
any contract or proposed contract or arrangement notwithstanding that they may be interested therein and if they do so their vote
shall be counted and they may be counted in the quorum at any meeting of the Directors at which any such contract or proposed contract
or arrangement shall come before the meeting for consideration. |
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112. |
A
Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of auditor) in conjunction with their
office of Director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as the Directors may determine and no Director
or intending Director shall be disqualified by their office from contracting with the Company either with regard to their tenure
of any such other office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or arrangement entered
into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director is in any way interested, be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director
so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or arrangement
by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A Director, notwithstanding their
interest, may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting of the Directors whereat they are or any other Director is appointed
to hold any such office or place of profit under the Company or whereat the terms of any such appointment are arranged and they may
vote on any such appointment or arrangement. |
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113. |
Any
Director may act by themselves or their firm in a professional capacity for the Company, and they or their firm shall be entitled
to remuneration for professional services as if they were not a Director; provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise
a Director or their firm to act as auditor to the Company. |
114. |
The
Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books or loose-leaf folders provided for the purpose of recording: |
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all
appointments of Officers made by the Directors; |
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the
names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors; and |
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all
resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Company, and of the Directors and of committees of Directors. |
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115. |
When
the chair of a meeting of the Directors signs the minutes of such meeting the same shall be deemed to have been duly held notwithstanding
that all the Directors have not actually come together or that there may have been a technical defect in the proceedings. |
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116. |
A
resolution in writing signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of Directors entitled to receive notice of a
meeting of Directors or committee of Directors, as the case may be (an alternate Director, subject as provided otherwise in the terms
of appointment of the alternate Director, being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf of their appointer), shall be as valid
and effectual as if it had been passed at a duly called and constituted meeting of Directors or committee of Directors, as the case
may be. When signed a resolution may consist of several documents each signed by one or more of the Directors or their duly appointed
alternate. |
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117. |
The
continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body but if and for so long as their number is reduced below the
number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing Directors may act for the purpose
of increasing the number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose. |
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118. |
The
Directors may elect a chair of their meetings and determine the period for which they are to hold office but if no such chair is
elected, or if at any meeting the chair is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the
Directors present may choose one of their number to be chair of the meeting. |
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119. |
Subject
to any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, a committee appointed by the Directors may elect a chair of its meetings. If no
such chair is elected, or if at any meeting the chair is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding
the meeting, the committee members present may choose one of their number to be chair of the meeting. |
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120. |
A
committee appointed by the Directors may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Subject to any regulations imposed on it by the Directors,
questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the committee members present and in case of an equality
of votes the chair shall not have a second or casting vote. |
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121. |
All
acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, or by any Person acting as a Director, shall notwithstanding
that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such Director or Person acting as aforesaid,
or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such Person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be
a Director. |
Dividends
122. |
Subject
to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, or as otherwise provided for in the Companies Act and these
Articles, the Directors may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends) and other distributions on Shares in
issue and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. |
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123. |
Subject
to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, the Company by Ordinary Resolution may declare dividends,
but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the Directors. |
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124. |
The
Directors may determine, before recommending or declaring any dividend, to set aside out of the funds legally available for distribution
such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall be applicable for meeting contingencies, or for equalising dividends
or for any other purpose to which those funds may be properly applied and pending such application may, at the determination of the
Directors, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the Directors may from time to
time think fit. |
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Any
dividend may be paid in any manner as the Directors may determine. If paid by cheque it will be sent through the post to the registered
address of the Shareholder or Person entitled thereto, or in the case of joint holders, to any one of such joint holders at their
registered address or to such Person and such address as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may
be, may direct. Every such cheque shall be made payable to the order of the Person to whom it is sent or to the order of such other
Person as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct. |
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126. |
The
Directors when paying dividends to the Shareholders in accordance with the foregoing provisions of these Articles may make such payment
either in cash or in specie and may determine the extent to which amounts may be withheld therefrom (including, without limitation,
any taxes, fees, expenses or other liabilities for which a Shareholder (or the Company, as a result of any action or inaction of
the Shareholder) is liable). |
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127. |
Subject
to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the
amounts paid up on the Shares, but if and for so long as nothing is paid up on any of the Shares dividends may be declared and paid
according to the par value of the Shares. |
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128. |
If
several Persons are registered as joint holders of any Share, any of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend or other moneys
payable on or in respect of the Share. |
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129. |
No
dividend shall bear interest against the Company. |
Accounts,
Audit and annual return and declaration
130. |
The
books of account relating to the Company’s affairs shall be kept in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the
Directors. |
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The
books of account shall be kept at the Office, or at such other place or places as the Directors think fit, and shall always be open
to the inspection of the Directors. |
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132. |
The
Directors may from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations
the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Shareholders not being Directors, and no
Shareholder (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred
by law or authorised by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution. |
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133. |
The
accounts relating to the Company’s affairs shall only be audited if the Directors so determine, in which case the financial
year end and the accounting principles will be determined by the Directors. The financial year of the Company shall end on 31 December
of each year or such other date as the Directors may determine. |
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The
Directors in each year shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual return and declaration setting forth the particulars required
by the Companies Act and deliver a copy thereof to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands. |
Capitalisation
Of reserves
135. |
Subject
to the Companies Act and these Articles, the Directors may: |
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resolve
to capitalise an amount standing to the credit of reserves (including a Share Premium Account, capital redemption reserve and profit
and loss account), whether or not available for distribution; |
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appropriate
the sum resolved to be capitalised to the Shareholders in proportion to the nominal amount of Shares (whether or not fully paid)
held by them respectively and apply that sum on their behalf in or towards: |
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paying
up the amounts (if any) for the time being unpaid on Shares held by them respectively, or |
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paying
up in full unissued Shares or debentures of a nominal amount equal to that sum, |
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allot the Shares or debentures, credited as fully paid, to the Shareholders (or as they may
direct) in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other, but the Share
Premium Account, the capital redemption reserve and profits which are not available for distribution
may, for the purposes of this Article, only be applied in paying up unissued Shares to be
allotted to Shareholders credited as fully paid; |
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make
any arrangements they think fit to resolve a difficulty arising in the distribution of a capitalised reserve and in particular, without
limitation, where Shares or debentures become distributable in fractions the Directors may deal with the fractions as they think
fit; |
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authorise
a Person to enter (on behalf of all the Shareholders concerned) into an agreement with the Company providing for either: |
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the
allotment to the Shareholders respectively, credited as fully paid, of Shares or debentures to which they may be entitled on the
capitalisation, or |
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the
payment by the Company on behalf of the Shareholders (by the application of their respective proportions of the reserves resolved
to be capitalised) of the amounts or part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their existing Shares, |
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any such agreement made under this authority being effective and binding on all those Shareholders; and |
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generally
do all acts and things required to give effect to any of the actions contemplated by this Article. |
Share
Premium Account
136. |
The
Directors shall in accordance with the Companies Act establish a Share Premium Account and shall carry to the credit of such account
from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any Share. |
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There
shall be debited to any Share Premium Account on the redemption or purchase of a Share the difference between the nominal value of
such Share and the redemption or purchase price provided always that at the determination of the Directors such sum may be paid out
of the profits of the Company or, if permitted by the Companies Act, out of capital. |
Notices
138. |
Any
notice or document may be served by the Company or by the Person entitled to give notice to any Shareholder either personally, or
by posting it airmail or air courier service in a prepaid letter addressed to such Shareholder at their address as appearing in the
Register, or by electronic mail to an electronic mail address provided by such Shareholder, or by facsimile should the Directors
deem it appropriate. Notice may also be served by electronic communication in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Designated
Stock Exchange, the Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or by placing it on the Company’s website. In
the case of joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the
Register in respect of the joint holding, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders. |
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Any
Shareholder present, either personally or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have received
due notice of such meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which such meeting was convened. |
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Any
notice or other document, if served by: |
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post,
shall be deemed to have been served five (5) clear days after the time when the letter containing the same is posted; |
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facsimile,
shall be deemed to have been served upon production by the transmitting facsimile machine of a report confirming transmission of
the facsimile in full to the facsimile number of the recipient; |
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recognised
courier service, shall be deemed to have been served 48 hours after the time when the letter containing the same is delivered to
the courier service; |
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electronic
mail or other electronic communication (such as transmission to any number, address or internet website (including the website of
the Commission) or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise decided and approved by the Directors), shall be deemed to have
been served immediately upon the time of the transmission by electronic mail or approved electronic communication, and it shall not
be necessary for the receipt of the e-mail to be acknowledged by the recipient; or |
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placing
it on the Company’s website; service of the notice shall be deemed to have been effected one hour after the notice or document
was placed on the Company’s website. |
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proving service by post or courier service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice or documents was
properly addressed and duly posted or delivered to the courier service. |
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141. |
Any
notice or document delivered or sent in accordance with the terms of these Articles shall notwithstanding that such Shareholder be
then dead or bankrupt, and whether or not the Company has notice of their death or bankruptcy, be deemed to have been duly served
in respect of any Share registered in the name of such Shareholder as sole or joint holder, unless their name shall at the time of
the service of the notice or document, have been removed from the Register as the holder of the Share, and such service shall for
all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on all Persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming
through or under him) in the Share. |
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Notice
of every general meeting of the Company shall be given to: |
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all
Shareholders holding Shares with the right to receive notice and who have supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notices
to them; and |
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every
Person entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder, who but for their death or bankruptcy would
be entitled to receive notice of the meeting. |
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other Person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings. |
Indemnity
143. |
Every
Director (including for the purposes of this Article any alternate Director appointed pursuant to the provisions of these Articles),
Secretary, assistant Secretary, or other Officer (but not including the Company’s auditors) and the personal representatives
of the same (each an “Indemnified Person”) shall
be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets and funds of the Company against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges,
expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such Indemnified Person, other than by reason of such Indemnified
Person’s own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, in or about the conduct
of the Company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of
their duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses,
losses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings
concerning the Company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. |
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No
Indemnified Person shall be liable: |
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for
the acts, receipts, neglects, defaults or omissions of any other Director or Officer or agent of the Company; or |
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for
any loss on account of defect of title to any property of the Company; or |
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on
account of the insufficiency of any security in or upon which any money of the Company shall be invested; or |
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for
any loss incurred through any bank, broker or other similar Person; or |
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for
any loss occasioned by any negligence, default, breach of duty, breach of trust, error of judgement or oversight on such Indemnified
Person’s part; or |
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for
any loss, damage or misfortune whatsoever which may happen in or arise from the execution or discharge of the duties, powers, authorities,
or discretions of such Indemnified Person’s office or in relation thereto; |
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the same shall happen through such Indemnified Person’s own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction. |
Non-Recognition
Of Trusts
145. |
Subject
to the proviso hereto, no Person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any Share upon any trust and the Company shall not,
unless required by law, be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent,
future or partial interest in any Share or (except only as otherwise provided by these Articles or as the Companies Act requires)
any other right in respect of any Share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in each Shareholder registered in the Register,
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be entitled to recognise any such interests as shall be determined
by the Directors. |
Winding
Up
146. |
If
the Company shall be wound up the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in such manner and order as they think fit in
satisfaction of creditors’ claims. |
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If
the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution divide amongst the Shareholders in
specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not)
and may, for such purpose set such value as they deem fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such
division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or different Classes. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest
the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Shareholders as the liquidator, with the
like sanction shall think fit, but so that no Shareholder shall be compelled to accept any assets whereon there is any liability. |
Amendment
Of Articles Of Association
148. |
Subject
to the Companies Act and the rights attaching to the various Classes, the Company may at any time and from time to time by Special
Resolution alter or amend these Articles in whole or in part. |
Closing
of register or fixing record date
149. |
For
the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at any meeting of Shareholders
or any adjournment thereof, or those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination
as to who is a Shareholder for any other purpose, the Directors may, by any means in accordance with the requirements of any Designated
Stock Exchange, provide that the Register shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not exceed in any case forty
(40) days. If the Register shall be so closed for the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice
of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders the Register shall be so closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding
such meeting and the record date for such determination shall be the date of the closure of the Register. |
150. |
In
lieu of or apart from closing the Register, the Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination
of those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of the Shareholders and for the purpose
of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend the Directors may, at or within ninety (90)
days prior to the date of declaration of such dividend, fix a subsequent date as the record date for such determination. |
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If
the Register is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of those Shareholders entitled to receive notice
of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders or those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date
on which notice of the meeting is posted or the date on which the resolution of the Directors declaring such dividend is adopted,
as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Shareholders. When a determination of those Shareholders that
are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders has been made as provided in this Article, such determination
shall apply to any adjournment thereof. |
Registration
By Way Of Continuation
152. |
The
Company may by Special Resolution resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands or
such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing. In furtherance of a resolution adopted
pursuant to this Article, the Directors may cause an application to be made to the Registrar of Companies to deregister the Company
in the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing and may cause
all such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way of continuation of the Company. |
Mergers
and Consolidation
153. |
The
Company may merge or consolidate in accordance with the Companies Act. |
|
|
154. |
To
the extent required by the Companies Act, the Company may by Special Resolution resolve to merge or consolidate the Company. |
disclosure
155. |
The
Directors, or any authorised service providers (including the Officers, the Secretary and the registered office agent of the Company),
shall be entitled to disclose to any regulatory or judicial authority, or to any stock exchange on which the Shares may from time
to time be listed, any information regarding the affairs of the Company including, without limitation, information contained in the
Register and books of the Company. |
Exhibit 99.2
Exhibit 99.3
Exhibit 99.4
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