6-K
TNL Mediagene (TNMG)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TORULE 13a-16
OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACTOF 1934
For the month of October, 2025
Commission File Number 001-42424
TNL Mediagene
| 23-2 Maruyamacho | 4F., No. 88, Yanchang Rd. |
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| Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0044 | Xinyi District |
| Japan | Taipei City 110 |
| +81-(0)3-5784-6742 | Taiwan |
| +866-2-6638-5108 |
(Address of principal executive offices)
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 ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
TNL Mediagene will hold its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on November 25, 2025.
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| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibits |
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| 99.1 | Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement |
| 99.2 | Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials |
| 99.3 | Form of Proxy Card |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| TNL Mediagene. | |||
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| Date: October 27, 2025 | By: | /s/ Tzu-Wei Chung | |
| Name: | Tzu-Wei Chung | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 99.1
TNL MEDIAGENE
(incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands)
(NASDAQ: TNMG)
PROXY STATEMENT
General
The board of directors (the “Board”) of TNL Mediagene (the “Company” or “we”) is soliciting proxies for the annual general meeting of shareholders (the “AGM”) of the Company to be held on November 25, 2025 at 09:30 a.m., Eastern Time. The AGM will be held virtually at meetnow.global/MLQJ4GF.
On or before October 16, 2025, we mailed to our shareholders our proxy materials, including our proxy statement, the notice to shareholders of our AGM and the proxy card, along with instructions on how to vote using the proxy card provided therewith. This proxy statement can also be accessed, free of charge, on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.tnlmediagene.com/ir and on the website at www.envisionreports.com/TNMG as well as the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Record Date, Share Ownership and Quorum
Only the holders of record of the ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares”) of the Company as at the close of business on September 25, 2025, Eastern Time (the “Record Date”) are entitled to receive notice of and attend the AGM and any adjournment thereof. No person shall be entitled to vote at the AGM unless it is registered as a shareholder of the Company on the Record Date.
As of the close of business on the Record Date, 41,310,903 Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding. One or more shareholders holding not less than a majority in aggregate of the voting power of all shares in issue and entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative, constitutes a quorum of the shareholders.
Voting and Solicitation
Each Ordinary Share issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the Record Date is entitled to one vote at the AGM. The resolutions to be put to the vote at the AGM will be approved by an ordinary resolution (i.e. a simple majority of the votes cast, by or on behalf of, the shareholders attending and voting at the AGM) or a special resolution (i.e., a majority of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast, by or on behalf of, the shareholders attending and voting at the AGM), as applicable.
Voting by Holders of Common Shares
Ordinary Shares that are properly voted, for which proxy cards are properly executed and returned within the deadline set forth below, will be voted at the AGM in accordance with the directions given. If no specific instructions are given in such proxy cards, Ordinary Shares represented by the proxy card will be voted in favor of the resolution in question. The proxy holder will also vote in the discretion of such proxy holder on any other matters that may properly come before the AGM, or at any adjournment thereof. Where any holder of Ordinary Shares affirmatively abstains from voting on any particular resolution, the votes attaching to such Ordinary Shares will not be included or counted in the determination of the number of Ordinary Shares present and voting for the purposes of determining whether such resolution has been passed (but they will be counted for the purposes of determining the quorum, as described above).
Proxies submitted by registered shareholdersand street shareholders (by returning the proxy card) must be received by us no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 11, 2025to ensure your representation at our AGM.
The manner in which your shares may be voted depends on how your shares are held. If you own shares of record, meaning that your shares are represented by book entries in your name so that you appear as a shareholder on the records of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”) (i.e., you are a registered shareholder), our stock transfer agent, this proxy statement, the notice of AGM and the proxy card will be mailed to you by Computershare. You may provide voting instructions by returning a proxy card. You also may attend the AGM and vote in person. If you own Ordinary Shares of record and you do not vote by proxy or in person at the AGM, your shares will not be voted.
If you own shares in street name (i.e., you are a street shareholder), meaning that your shares are held by a bank, brokerage firm, or other nominee, you are then considered the “beneficial owner” of shares held in “street name” and, as a result, this proxy statement, the notice of AGM and the proxy card will be provided to you by your bank, brokerage firm, or other nominee holding the shares. You may provide voting instructions to them directly by returning a voting instruction form received from that institution. If you own Ordinary Shares in street name and attend the AGM, you must obtain a “legal proxy” from the bank, brokerage firm, or other nominee that holds your shares in order to vote your shares at the meeting and present your voting information card.
Revocability of Proxies
Registered shareholders may revoke their proxy or change voting instructions before shares are voted at the AGM by submitting a duly executed proxy bearing a later date (which must be received by us no later than November 11, 2025) or by attending the AGM and voting in person. A beneficial owner owning Ordinary Shares in street name may revoke or change voting instructions by contacting the bank, brokerage firm, or other nominee holding the shares or by obtaining a legal proxy from such institution and voting in person at the AGM. If you are not planning to attend in person ourAGM, to ensure your representation at our AGM, revocation of proxies submitted by registered shareholders and street shareholders (byreturning a proxy card) must be received by us no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern time, on November 11, 2025.
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PROPOSAL NO. 1 - INCREASE IN AUTHORISED SHARECAPITAL
The Company’s current authorised share capital is US$50,000, divided into 500,000,000 ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each. To provide flexibility for future capital raising and corporate purposes, the Board is proposing to increase the authorised share capital to US$500,000, divided into 5,000,000,000 ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each.
This increase is intended to balance two key priorities of the Company:
| ● | M&A Roll-Up Strategy: The Company has successfully<br>pursued a roll-up strategy in the past to acquire and integrate complementary and synergistic digital media and data-related businesses,<br>expanding its platform and accelerating growth. This strategy remains a key driver of the Company’s external growth, and the ability<br>to use equity as acquisition currency is critical to its continued execution, as it allows the Company to conserve cash and maintain<br>balance sheet flexibility while aligning acquired businesses with the Company’s long-term growth. |
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| ● | Digital Asset Treasury (“DAT”) Strategy:<br>As previously announced in September, the Company is actively pursuing DAT initiatives, which may involve equity financings to support<br>treasury allocations and related capital requirements. |
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The proposed increase in authorised share capital ensures that the Company will have the necessary flexibility to continue executing its M&A roll-up strategy and finance its DAT Strategy. The Board believes this additional headroom is in the best interests of shareholders and will strengthen the Company’s ability to respond quickly to financing and acquisition opportunities.
RESOLUTION TO BE VOTED UPON
The full text of the resolution to be proposed is as follows:
“RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION,that the authorised share capital of the Company be increased from US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001each to US$500,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each.”
VOTE REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL – ORDINARY RESOLUTION
The affirmative vote by the holders of a simple majority of the votes cast, by or on behalf of, the shareholders attending and voting at the AGM is required for this proposal. If proxies are properly submitted by signing, dating and returning a proxy card, Ordinary Shares represented thereby will be voted in the manner specified therein. If not otherwise specified, and the proxy card is signed, Ordinary Shares represented by the proxies will be voted in favor of this proposal.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDSA VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL NO. 1 – INCREASE IN AUTHORISED SHARE CAPITAL.
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PROPOSAL NO. 2 - ADOPTION OF AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
The Board is proposing to adopt an Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Amended and Restated M&A”), a copy of which is attached to this Proxy Statement as Annex A. The Amended and Restated M&A has been prepared to update and modernize the Company’s constitutional documents in line with current Cayman Islands law and prevailing market practice for Cayman-incorporated companies listed on Nasdaq.
If shareholders approve this Proposal No. 2, the Company will adopt the Amended and Restated M&A, which incorporates the following principal changes:
| ● | Increase in Authorized Share Capital |
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| – | Reflects the increase approved in Proposal No. 2, from US$50,000<br>(500,000,000 shares of US$0.0001 par value each) to US$500,000 (5,000,000,000 shares of US$0.0001 par value each). |
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| ● | Classified Board Structure (Class I and Class II) |
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| – | Directors (other than ex officio Executive Directors) are<br>divided into Class I (two-year terms) and Class II (three-year terms), with staggered elections to enhance board continuity and long-term<br>oversight. |
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| ● | Ex Officio Executive Directors |
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| – | The Chief Executive Officer and the President will each serve<br>as directors for so long as they hold such office. |
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| ● | Board Size and Vacancies |
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| – | Establishes a minimum Board size of seven directors. Vacancies<br>on the Board may only be filled by the remaining directors, not by shareholders. |
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| ● | Director Removal |
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| – | Removal of directors now requires approval by special resolution<br>(two-thirds of votes cast), replacing the prior ordinary resolution threshold. |
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| ● | Quorum for Shareholder Meetings |
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| – | A valid quorum at general meetings must include at least<br>one director (or that director’s proxy), strengthening director accountability to shareholders. |
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| ● | Shareholder-Requisitioned Meetings |
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| – | Increases the threshold for shareholders to requisition a<br>general meeting to holders of at least 50% of the voting shares (up from one-third), in line with market practice for Cayman-incorporated<br>Nasdaq issuers. |
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The Board believes that the adoption of the Amended and Restated M&A is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders for several reasons:
| ● | Alignment with Market Practice: The amendments will<br>ensure that the Company’s governing documents remain consistent with the standards and structures adopted by comparable foreign<br>private issuers. This alignment strengthens the Company’s corporate governance framework and enhances transparency and predictability<br>for investors. |
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| ● | Governance Stability: The introduction of a classified<br>board structure, ex officio Executive Directors for the CEO and the President, and a higher threshold for shareholder-requisitioned<br>meetings provide continuity and stability for the Board. This enables the Company to focus on long-term strategic initiatives without<br>disruption from short-term shareholder activism. |
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| ● | Preserving the Company’s Core Identity: As the<br>Company pursues potentially dilutive initiatives such as equity financings under the DAT Strategy, these governance changes will help<br>safeguard the Company’s character as a next-generation digital media and data group. By reinforcing director accountability and<br>continuity, the amendments ensure that shareholder value creation remains consistent with the Company’s long-term vision. |
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| ● | Capital Flexibility: The Amended and Restated M&A also reflects the increase in authorized<br>share capital proposed in Proposal No. 1, thereby providing the Company with flexibility to pursue its roll-up M&A strategy and to<br>support future financings. |
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The Board carefully considered these amendments and believes they strike the right balance between providing flexibility for growth and maintaining a robust governance structure that protects shareholders’ long-term interests.
RESOLUTION TO BE VOTED UPON
The full text of the resolution to be proposed is as follows:
“RESOLVED AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION,that the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, in the form attached to the Proxy Statement as AnnexA, be and are hereby approved and adopted in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing Memorandum and Articles of Associationof the Company, with immediate effect.”
VOTE REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL – SPECIAL RESOLUTION
The affirmative vote by the holders of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast, by or on behalf of, the shareholders attending and voting at the AGM is required for this proposal. If proxies are properly submitted by signing, dating and returning a proxy card, Ordinary Shares represented thereby will be voted in the manner specified therein. If not otherwise specified, and the proxy card is signed, Ordinary Shares represented by the proxies will be voted in favor of this proposal.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL NO. 2 – ADOPTION OF AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.
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PROPOSAL NO. 3 – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
In the Amended and Restated M&A in Proposal No. 2, the Board introduces a classified board structure (Class I and Class II). Subject to approval of Proposal No. 2, shareholders are asked to elect the following directors to Class I and Class II seats.
For transparency and improved governance, the Board is nominating for election two key leadership figures:
| ● | Marcus Brauchli who is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Board for the Class I director seat; and |
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| ● | Priscilla Han who is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Audit Committee for the Class II director seat. |
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By nominating these individuals, the Company aims to strengthen board oversight, elevate accountability, and give shareholders direct line of sight to the Company’s governance leadership. Having the Chairperson of the Board and the Audit Committee nominated and re-elected publicly underscores the Company’s commitment to transparency and good corporate governance. These nominations also align with investor expectations for independent, visible leadership roles and help ensure that the senior governance structure is stable and responsive over time.
Marcus Brauchli
Marcus Brauchli has served as a director of the Company since our listing in December 2024 and as a director of the Company’s predecessor The News Lens Co., Ltd. He is nominated for election as a Class I director and to continue serving as the Chairperson of the Board. Mr. Brauchli brings over two decades of leadership experience in media, journalism, and digital businesses. He previously served as Executive Editor of The Washington Post, where he oversaw The Washington Post’s budget, its 700-person newsroom, and made improvements in the paper’s digital operation that quadrupled its audience. Mr. Brauchli came to The Washington Post from a 24-year career at Dow Jones & Co. where he rose from an international correspondent to Vice President and editor of The Wall Street Journal, oversaw The Wall Street Journal’s budget and global operations and helped to manage the operations of a number of units including Marketwatch and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Mr. Brauchli has served as advisor to Reach Mobile Inc., a U.S. telecommunications technology company, and Capital Digital, a Mexican media group. He has been a consultant to Univision Communications Inc., the HT Media Group in India and the Economic Journal of Hong Kong, and an Innovation Fellow at the Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School. We believe Mr. Brauchli’s extensive experience leading media and global businesses and investing in digital and technology growth companies brings important and valuable skills to guide the Company’s evolution as a next-generation digital media and data group.
Priscilla Han
Priscilla Han has been a director of the Company since our listing in December 2024. She is nominated for election as a Class II director and to continue serving as the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. Ms. Han is a financial and operations executive with extensive experience in capital markets, audit, and corporate finance. Ms. Han concurrently serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Reapra Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based investment company with a portfolio that includes companies in a wide range of industries, including education, digital media, real estate, hospitality, healthcare and agriculture across Asia, where she has served since 2017. Before joining Reapra, she worked as an investment manager covering China and Southeast Asia for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, which focuses on driving Foreign Direct Investment into New Zealand. Her prior career includes an Investment Committee Member for North Base Media where she led financial analysis for the portfolio, a corporate finance manager for Deloitte & Touche from and an associate in M&A and investment for Singapore-based investment companies. We believe Ms. Han’s expertise in financial controls, compliance, and audit oversight positions her to lead the Audit Committee with rigor and integrity.
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RESOLUTION TO BE VOTED UPON
The full text of the resolution to be proposed is as follows:
“RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION,that the individuals nominated by the Board of Directors to serve as Class I and Class II directors of the Company be, and hereby are,elected to hold office until the expiration of the applicable class term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, suchelection being conditional upon the adoption of the Amended and Restated M&A in Proposal No. 2.”
VOTE REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL – ORDINARY RESOLUTION
The affirmative vote by the holders of a simple majority of the votes cast, by or on behalf of, the shareholders attending and voting at the AGM is required for this proposal. If proxies are properly submitted by signing, dating and returning a proxy card, Ordinary Shares represented thereby will be voted in the manner specified therein. If not otherwise specified, and the proxy card is signed, Ordinary Shares represented by the proxies will be voted in favor of this proposal.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”THE APPROVAL OF
PROPOSAL NO. 3 – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
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PROPOSAL NO. 4 – SHARE CONSOLIDATION
The Company’s Ordinary Shares are currently listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “TNMG.” Among other requirements, the listing maintenance standards established by Nasdaq require the Ordinary Shares to have a minimum closing bid price of at least US$1.00 per share under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Rule”). On May 7, 2025, the Company received a deficiency letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule, as the closing bid price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares has been below US$1.00 for the required period. The Company has an initial compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until November 3, 2025 to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule, and have asked for an extension of an additional 180 calendar days, or until May 1, 2026, to regain compliance.
As of October 13, 2025, the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares was US$0.37.
In order to be compliant with the Minimum Bid Price Rule, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to solicit the approval of the shareholders for the Board to decide whether and when to effect a consolidation of the Company’s authorized and issued shares at a ratio of not less than 1-for-2 and not more than 1-for-100 on such date within one (1) calendar year after the conclusion of the AGM as the Board shall determine (the “Share Consolidation”).
In the event the Ordinary Shares were no longer eligible for continued listing on Nasdaq, the Company could be forced to seek to trade its Ordinary Shares on the OTC Bulletin Board or in the “pink sheets.” These alternative markets are generally considered to be less efficient than, and not as broad as, Nasdaq, and therefore less desirable. Accordingly, the Board believes delisting of the Ordinary Shares would likely have a negative impact on the liquidity and market price of the Ordinary Shares and may increase the spread between the “bid” and “ask” prices quoted by market makers.
The Board has considered the potential harm to the Company of a delisting from Nasdaq and believes that delisting could, among other things, adversely affect (i) the trading price of the Ordinary Shares; and (ii) the liquidity and marketability of the Ordinary Shares. This could reduce the ability of holders of the Ordinary Shares to purchase or sell Ordinary Shares as quickly and as inexpensively as they have done historically. Delisting could also adversely affect the Company’s relationships with customers who may perceive the Company’s business less favorably, which would have a detrimental effect on such relationships.
Furthermore, if the Ordinary Shares were no longer listed on Nasdaq, it may reduce the Company’s access to capital and cause the Company to have less flexibility in responding to its capital requirements. Certain institutional investors may also be less interested or prohibited from investing in the Ordinary Shares, which may cause the market price of the Ordinary Shares to decline.
However, there can be no assurance that Proposal No. 4, if effected and completed, will result in the intended benefits, such as increasing the trading price of the Ordinary Shares or maintaining the continued listing of the Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq.
Registration and Trading of Ordinary Shares
The Share Consolidation will not affect the registration of the Ordinary Shares or the Company’s obligation to publicly file financial statements and other information with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. If and when the Share Consolidation is implemented, the Ordinary Shares will begin trading on a post-consolidation basis on the effective date. In connection with the Share Consolidation, the CUSIP number of the Ordinary Shares (which is an identifier used by participants in the securities industry to identify our Ordinary Shares) may change.
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Fractional Shares
No fractional Shares shall be issued in connection with the Share Consolidation and all fractional Ordinary Shares (after aggregating all fractional Ordinary Shares that would otherwise be received by a shareholder) resulting from the Share Consolidation will instead be rounded up to the whole number of Ordinary Shares.
Authorised Share Capital
At the time the Share Consolidation is effective, all shares in the Company’s authorised share capital (including issued and unissued) will be consolidated at the same ratio by a maximum factor of 100 whereas the authorised share capital of the Company will remain unchanged.
Street Name Holders of Ordinary Shares
The Company intends for the Share Consolidation to treat shareholders holding Ordinary Shares in street name through a nominee (such as a bank or broker) in the same manner as shareholders whose shares are registered in their names. Should the Board determine the effective time of the Share Consolidation, nominees will be instructed to effect the Share Consolidation for their beneficial holders. However, nominees may have different procedures. Accordingly, shareholders holding Ordinary Shares in street name should contact their nominees.
Share Certificates (if applicable)
Should the Board choose to effect the Share Consolidation, the Company’s transfer agent will adjust the record books of the Company to reflect the Share Consolidation as of the effective time.
RESOLUTION TO BE VOTED UPON
The full text of the resolution to be proposed is as follows:
“RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION, that:
| a. | conditional upon the approval of the Board in its solediscretion, with effect as of the date within one (1) calendar year after the conclusion of the AGM as the Board may determine: |
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| i. | the authorised, issued, and outstanding shares of the Company(collectively, the “Shares”) be consolidated by consolidating each 100 Shares of the Company, or such lesser wholeshare amount as the Board may determine in its sole discretion, such amount not to be less than 2, into 1 Share of the Company, withsuch consolidated Shares having the same rights and being subject to the same restrictions (save as to par value) as the existing Sharesof such class as set out in the Company’s memorandum and articles of association (the “Share Consolidation”); |
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| ii. | no fractional Shares be issued in connection with the ShareConsolidation and, in the event that a shareholder would otherwise be entitled to receive a fractional Share upon the Share Consolidation,the total number of Shares to be received by such shareholder be rounded up to the next whole Share; and |
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| iii. | any change to the Company’s authorised share capitalin connection with, and as necessary to effect, the Share Consolidation be and is hereby approved, such amendment to be determined bythe Board in its sole discretion; and |
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| b. | any one director or officer of the Company be and is herebyauthorized, for and on behalf of the Company, to do all such other acts or things necessary or desirable to implement, carry out andgive effect to the Share Consolidation, if and when deemed advisable by the Board in its sole discretion.” |
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VOTE REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL – ORDINARY RESOLUTION
The affirmative vote by the holders of a simple majority of the votes cast, by or on behalf of, the shareholders attending and voting at the AGM is required for this proposal. If proxies are properly submitted by signing, dating and returning a proxy card, Ordinary Shares represented thereby will be voted in the manner specified therein. If not otherwise specified, and the proxy card is signed, Ordinary Shares represented by the proxies will be voted in favor of this proposal.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”THE APPROVAL OF
PROPOSAL NO. 4 – SHARE CONSOLIDATION.
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PROPOSAL NO. 5 – ADOPTION OFFURTHER AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (SHARE CONSOLIDATION)
If Proposal No. 4 is approved and the Board determines to implement the Share Consolidation, the Company must adopt and file a further amended and restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to reflect the new share capital structure. This Proposal No. 5 provides shareholder approval for such filing in advance, conditional on implementation of the Share Consolidation.
The only substantive changes to be made to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association pursuant to this Proposal No. 5 is to update the authorised share capital and par value per share of the Company to reflect the Share Consolidation.
RESOLUTION TO BE VOTED UPON
The full text of the resolution to be proposed is as follows:
“RESOLVED AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION,that, subject to and immediately following the Share Consolidation being effected, the Company adopt an amended and restated Memorandumand Articles of Association in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Company’s then existing Memorandum and Articles ofAssociation, to reflect the Share Consolidation and related consequential amendments.”
VOTE REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL – SPECIAL RESOLUTION
The affirmative vote by the holders of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast, by or on behalf of, the shareholders attending and voting at the AGM is required for this proposal. If proxies are properly submitted by signing, dating and returning a proxy card, Ordinary Shares represented thereby will be voted in the manner specified therein. If not otherwise specified, and the proxy card is signed, Ordinary Shares represented by the proxies will be voted in favor of this proposal.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL NO. 5 – ADOPTION OF FURTHER AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (SHARE CONSOLIDATION).
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PROPOSAL NO. 6 – APPROVAL OF SHARE ISSUANCEAUTHORITY
Subject to the approval of the increase in authorised share capital in Proposal No. 1, the Board is seeking shareholder authorization to issue up to 500,000,000 ordinary shares over the next 12 months. This authority is being sought independent of the Share Consolidation proposed under Proposal No. 4 and therefore refers to the current share structure prior to any consolidation that the Board may later implement. If the Board subsequently effects a Share Consolidation, the maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to this authority will be automatically adjusted in proportion to the consolidation ratio so that the relative authority remains unchanged.
This authorization is a standard practice for companies of our size and stage, and is intended to provide the Company with financial flexibility to pursue its key strategic objectives and maximize shareholder value.
As a foreign private issuer that became listed on Nasdaq in December 2024, the Company is expected to become eligible in December 2025 to file a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. A shelf registration statement, once effective, will allow the Company to access capital markets more efficiently by registering a large pool of securities and subsequently issuing them through takedowns, at-the-market offerings, or prospectus supplements. In order to utilize this tool effectively, the Company must have adequate authorized share issuance authority from shareholders.
The requested authority will allow the Board to execute equity transactions in a timely manner up to the approved share amount without calling separate shareholder meetings, which may delay or jeopardize strategic opportunities. This flexibility is particularly important given the Company’s two core strategic priorities:
| ● | M&A Roll-Up Strategy: The Company has historically<br>pursued a roll-up acquisition strategy and will continue to use this as a key driver of external growth. Equity is an important acquisition<br>currency, enabling the Company to preserve cash and align acquired businesses with shareholder value creation. |
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| ● | Digital Asset Treasury (“DAT”) Strategy:<br>The Company is implementing its DAT strategy to diversify treasury management and explore new sources of value creation. Equity financings<br>may be required to support this initiative, and flexibility to issue shares is necessary to take advantage of market windows. |
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By approving this proposal, shareholders will be granting the Board the authority—conditional upon approval of Proposal No. 1—to pursue both acquisition-driven external growth and capital market financings, including under a shelf registration statement, in a manner that supports long-term value creation.
RESOLUTION TO BE VOTED UPON
The full text of the resolution to be proposed is as follows:
“RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION,that, subject to the approval of the increase in authorised share capital in Proposal No. 1, the Board be and is hereby authorized, fora period of twelve (12) months from the date of the AGM, to issue and allot up to 500,000,000 ordinary shares (calculated on a pre-consolidationbasis and proportionally adjusted in the event a Share Consolidation is effected) of the Company, including securities convertible intoor exercisable for ordinary shares, whether by way of public or private offering, rights issue, shelf registration statement or prospectussupplement under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, equity line of credit, at-the-market offering, or other equity financing or acquisitiontransaction, on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine to be in the best interests of the Company, and to enter into, execute,deliver and file all such agreements, instruments and documents, including registration statements, prospectuses, supplements and listingapplications, and to take all actions as may be necessary or desirable to effect any such equity financing or acquisition transactionsand maintain the effectiveness of any related registration statements.”
VOTE REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL – ORDINARY RESOLUTION
The affirmative vote by the holders of a simple majority of the votes cast, by or on behalf of, the shareholders attending and voting at the AGM is required for this proposal. If proxies are properly submitted by signing, dating and returning a proxy card, Ordinary Shares represented thereby will be voted in the manner specified therein. If not otherwise specified, and the proxy card is signed, Ordinary Shares represented by the proxies will be voted in favor of this proposal.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL NO. 6 – APPROVAL OF SHARE ISSUANCE AUTHORITY.
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PROPOSAL NO. 7 – ADJOURNMENT
The Company is asking shareholders to approve a proposal that, if necessary, would allow the Chairperson of the AGM to adjourn the meeting to a later date or dates or sine die. This authority could be used, for example, if the Company does not receive sufficient votes to approve Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, or if other circumstances arise that, in the judgment of the Board, make it necessary or appropriate to adjourn the meeting in order to solicit additional votes or address matters relating to the conduct of the meeting.
Approval of this proposal does not require the Company to adjourn the meeting, but rather provides flexibility to adjourn if circumstances warrant.
RESOLUTION TO BE VOTED UPON
The full text of the resolution to be proposed is as follows:
“RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION,that the Chairperson of the AGM be and is hereby authorized to adjourn the AGM, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and voteof proxies if, at the time of the AGM, there are not sufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the foregoingproposals, to such time and place as may be determined.”
VOTE REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL – ORDINARY RESOLUTION
The affirmative vote by the holders of a simple majority of the votes cast, by or on behalf of, the shareholders attending and voting at the AGM is required for this proposal. If proxies are properly submitted by signing, dating and returning a proxy card, Ordinary Shares represented thereby will be voted in the manner specified therein. If not otherwise specified, and the proxy card is signed, Ordinary Shares represented by the proxies will be voted in favor of this proposal.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”THE APPROVAL OF
PROPOSAL NO. 7 – ADJOURNMENT.
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OTHER MATTERS
The Board is not aware of any other matters to be submitted to the AGM. If any other matters properly come before the AGM, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy to vote the shares they represent as the Board may recommend.
Date: October 16, 2025
| By Order of the Board of Directors |
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| /s/ Marcus Brauchli |
| Marcus Brauchli |
| Director and Chairperson of the Board of Directors |
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ANNEX A TO PROXY STATEMENT
OF
2025 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
OF
TNL MEDIAGENE
THE COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
TNL MEDIAGENE
(ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED [DATE])
| 1. | The name of the company is TNL Mediagene (the “Company”). |
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| 2. | The registered office of the Company will be situated at the offices of Portcullis (Cayman) Ltd., The<br>Grand Pavilion Commercial Centre, Oleander Way, 802 West Bay Road, P.O. Box 32052, Grand Cayman KY1-1208, Cayman Islands or at such other<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as to prevent<br>the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary<br>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$500,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares of<br>a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each provided always that subject to the Companies Act and the Articles of Association the Company<br>shall have 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<br>all or any part of its capital whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced with or without any preference, priority, special privilege<br>or other rights or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions whatsoever and so that unless the conditions<br>of issue shall otherwise expressly provide every issue of shares whether stated to be ordinary, preference or otherwise shall be subject<br>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<br>by way of continuation in some other jurisdiction. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| CLAUSE | PAGE |
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| TABLE A | A-1 |
| INTERPRETATION | A-1 |
| PRELIMINARY | A-4 |
| SHARES | A-4 |
| MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS | A-5 |
| CERTIFICATES | A-6 |
| FRACTIONAL SHARES | A-6 |
| LIEN | A-6 |
| CALLS ON SHARES | A-7 |
| FORFEITURE OF SHARES | A-7 |
| TRANSFER OF SHARES | A-8 |
| TRANSMISSION OF SHARES | A-9 |
| ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL | A-9 |
| REDEMPTION, PURCHASE AND SURRENDER OF SHARES | A-10 |
| TREASURY SHARES | A-11 |
| GENERAL MEETINGS | A-11 |
| NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS | A-12 |
| PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS | A-12 |
| VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS | A-14 |
| CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETINGS | A-15 |
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| DIRECTORS | A-15 |
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| ALTERNATE DIRECTOR | A-16 |
| POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS | A-16 |
| BORROWING POWERS OF DIRECTORS | A-18 |
| THE SEAL | A-18 |
| DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS | A-19 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS | A-19 |
| DIVIDENDS | A-21 |
| ACCOUNTS, AUDIT AND ANNUAL RETURN AND DECLARATION | A-22 |
| CAPITALISATION OF RESERVES | A-23 |
| SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT | A-24 |
| NOTICES | A-24 |
| INDEMNITY | A-25 |
| NON-RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS | A-26 |
| WINDING UP | A-26 |
| AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION | A-27 |
| CLOSING OF REGISTER OR FIXING RECORD DATE | A-27 |
| REGISTRATION BY WAY OF CONTINUATION | A-27 |
| MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATION | A-28 |
| DISCLOSURE | A-28 |
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THE COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
TNL MEDIAGENE
(ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED [DATE])
TABLE A
The Regulations contained or incorporated in Table ‘A’ in the First Schedule of the Companies Act shall not apply to TNL Mediagene (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,<br>if not inconsistent with the subject or context: |
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“Articles” means these articles of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time.
“Board” means the board of Directors, as constituted 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.
“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 traded, including but not limited to Nasdaq Capital Market.
“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.
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“Executive Director” has the meaning given to it in Article 88.
“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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>shall be the date on which the instrument, or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed. |
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“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.
“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.
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“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 as the context may require. For the avoidance of doubt in these Articles the expression “Share” shall include a fraction of a Share.
“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.
“Share Premium Account” means the share premium account established in accordance with these Articles and the Companies Act.
“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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>so adopted shall be the date on which the instrument or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed. |
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“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: |
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| (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<br>any Person as the context may require; |
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| (c) | the word “may” shall be construed as permissive and the word “shall”<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>by any means reproducible in writing, including any form of print, lithograph, email, facsimile, photograph or telex or represented by<br>any other substitute or format for storage or transmission for writing or partly one and partly another. |
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| 3. | Subject to the preceding Articles, any words defined in the Companies Act shall,<br>if not inconsistent with the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles. |
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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<br>from time to time determine. The Company may in addition establish and maintain such other offices and places of business and agencies<br>in such places as the Directors may from time to time determine. |
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| 6. | The expenses incurred in the formation of the Company and in connection with the<br>offer for subscription and issue of Shares shall be paid by the Company. Such expenses may be amortised over such period as the Directors<br>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<br>determine. |
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| 7. | The Directors shall keep, or cause to be kept, the Register at such place or (subject<br>to compliance with the Companies Act and these Articles) places as the Directors may from time to time determine. In the absence of any<br>such determination, the Register shall be kept at the Office. The Directors may keep, or cause to be kept, one or more Branch Registers<br>as well as the Principal Register in accordance with the Companies Act, provided always that a duplicate of such Branch Register(s) shall<br>be maintained with the Principal Register in accordance with the Companies Act. |
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SHARES
| 8. | Subject to these Articles, all Shares for the time being unissued shall be under<br>the control of the Directors who may: |
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| (a) | issue, allot and dispose of the same to such Persons, in such manner, on such<br>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<br>with respect thereto; and, for such purposes, the Directors may reserve an<br>appropriate number of Shares for the time being unissued. |
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| 9. | The Directors, or the Shareholders by Ordinary Resolution, may authorise the division<br>of Shares into any number of Classes and sub-classes and the different Classes and sub-classes shall be authorised, established and designated<br>(or re-designated as the case may be) and the variations in the relative rights (including, without limitation, voting, dividend and redemption<br>rights), restrictions, preferences, privileges and payment obligations as between the different Classes (if any) may be fixed and determined<br>by the Directors or the Shareholders by Ordinary Resolution. The Directors may authorise the creation of Classes of Shares with preferred<br>rights and the Directors may issue such Shares, in each case, without the approval of the Shareholders. |
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| 10. | The Company may insofar as may be permitted by law, pay a commission to any Person<br>in consideration of their subscribing or agreeing to subscribe whether absolutely or conditionally for any Shares. Such commissions may<br>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<br>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<br>application in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason. |
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MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS
| 12. | Whenever the capital of the Company is divided into different Classes (and as otherwise<br>determined by the Directors) the rights attached to any such Class may, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>Articles relating to general meetings of the Company or to the proceedings thereat shall, mutatis mutandis, apply, except that<br>the necessary quorum shall be one or more Persons at least holding or representing by proxy one- third in nominal or par value amount<br>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,<br>those Shareholders who are present shall form a quorum) and that, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to<br>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<br>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<br>all such Classes would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration**,** but in any other case shall treat them<br>as separate Classes. The Directors may vary the rights attaching to any Class without the consent or approval of Shareholders provided<br>that the rights will not, in the determination of the Directors, be materially adversely varied or abrogated by such action. |
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| 13. | The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any Class issued with preferred<br>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<br>be materially adversely varied or abrogated by, inter alia, the creation, allotment or issue of further Shares ranking in priority<br>to, pari passu with or subsequent to them or the redemption or purchase of any Shares of any Class by the Company. |
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CERTIFICATES
| 14. | No Person shall be entitled to a certificate for any or all of their Shares, unless<br>the Directors shall determine otherwise. |
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FRACTIONAL SHARES
| 15. | The Directors may issue fractions of a Share and, if so issued, a fraction of a<br>Share shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to nominal or par value, premium,<br>contributions, calls or otherwise), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights (including, without prejudice<br>to the generality of the foregoing, voting and participation rights) and other attributes of a whole Share. If more than one fraction<br>of a Share of the same Class is issued to or acquired by the same Shareholder such fractions shall be accumulated. |
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LIEN
| 16. | The Company has a first and paramount lien on every Share (whether or not fully<br>paid) for all amounts (whether presently payable or not) payable at a fixed time or called in respect of that Share. The Company also<br>has a first and paramount lien on every Share (whether or not fully paid) registered in the name of a Person indebted or under liability<br>to the Company (whether they are the sole registered holder of a Share or one of two or more joint holders) for all amounts owing by them<br>or their estate to the Company (whether or not presently payable). The Directors may at any time declare a Share to be wholly or in part<br>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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| 17. | The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors may determine, any Share<br>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<br>until the expiration of fourteen days after a notice in writing, demanding payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the<br>lien exists as is presently payable, has been given to the registered holder for the time being of the Share, or the Persons entitled<br>thereto by reason of their death or bankruptcy. |
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| 18. | For giving effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise some Person to<br>transfer the Shares sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such<br>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<br>by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale. |
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| 19. | The proceeds of the sale after deduction of expenses, fees and commission incurred<br>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<br>as is presently payable, and the residue shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares<br>prior to the sale) be paid to the Person entitled to the Shares immediately prior to the sale. |
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CALLS ON SHARES
| 20. | The Directors may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect<br>of any moneys unpaid on their Shares, and each Shareholder shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen days’ notice specifying the time<br>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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| 21. | The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay calls in respect thereof. |
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| 22. | If a sum called in respect of a Share is not paid before or on the day appointed<br>for payment thereof, the Person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest upon the sum at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum from<br>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<br>that interest wholly or in part. |
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| 23. | The provisions of these Articles as to the liability of joint holders and as to<br>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<br>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<br>made and notified. |
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| 24. | The Directors may make arrangements on the issue of partly paid Shares for a difference<br>between the Shareholders, or the particular Shares, in the amount of calls to be paid and in the times of payment. |
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| 25. | The Directors may, if they think fit, receive from any Shareholder willing to<br>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<br>moneys so advanced may (until the same would, but for such advance, become presently payable) pay interest at such rate (not exceeding<br>without the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution, eight percent (8%) per annum) as may be agreed upon between the Shareholder paying the<br>sum in advance and the Directors. |
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FORFEITURE OF SHARES
| 26. | If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or instalment of a call in respect of any<br>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<br>remains unpaid, serve a notice on them requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest<br>which may have accrued. |
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| 27. | The notice shall name a further day (not earlier than the expiration of fourteen<br>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<br>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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| 28. | If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, any<br>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<br>forfeited by a resolution of the Directors to that effect. |
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| 29. | A forfeited Share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such<br>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<br>think fit. |
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| 30. | A Person whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Shareholder in respect<br>of the forfeited Shares, but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were<br>payable by them to the Company in respect of the Shares forfeited, but their liability shall cease if and when the Company receives payment<br>in full of the amount unpaid on the Shares forfeited. |
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| 31. | A statutory declaration in writing that the declarant is a Director, and that<br>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<br>all Persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. |
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| 32. | The Company may receive the consideration, if any, given for a Share on any sale<br>or disposition thereof pursuant to the provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture and may execute a transfer of the Share in favour<br>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<br>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<br>invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the disposition or sale. |
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| 33. | The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment<br>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<br>premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. |
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TRANSFER OF SHARES
| 34. | Subject to these Articles and the rules or regulations of the Designated Stock<br>Exchange or any relevant securities laws, any Shareholder may transfer all or any Shares by an instrument of transfer in a usual or common<br>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,<br>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<br>of execution as the Directors may approve from time to time. |
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| 35. | Subject to the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange on which the Shares in question<br>may be listed and to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, the Directors shall not unreasonably decline<br>to register any transfer of Shares and shall, upon making any decision to decline to register any transfer of Shares, assign an appropriate<br>reason therefor. If the Directors refuse to register a transfer of any Share the Company shall, within two (2) months after the date on<br>which the transfer request was lodged with the Company, send to the transferor and transferee notice of the refusal, including<br>the relevant reason for such refusal. For the avoidance of doubt, it shall not be unreasonable for the Directors to decline to register<br>any transfer of a Share if such transfer would breach or cause a breach of: (i) the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange on which the<br>Shares may be listed; or (ii) applicable law or regulation. |
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| 36. | The transferor shall be deemed to remain a Shareholder until the name of the transferee<br>is entered in the Register in respect of the relevant Shares. |
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| 37. | Subject to the rules of any Designated Stock Exchange on which the Shares in question<br>may be listed, the registration of transfers may be suspended at such times and for such periods as the Directors may from time to time<br>determine. |
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| 38. | All instruments of transfer that are registered shall be retained by the Company,<br>but any instrument of transfer that the Directors decline to register shall (except in any case of fraud) be returned to the Person depositing<br>the same. |
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TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
| 39. | The legal personal representative of a deceased sole holder of a Share shall be<br>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<br>holders, the survivors or survivor, or the legal personal representatives of the deceased holder of the Share, shall be the only Person<br>recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share. |
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| 40. | Any Person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy<br>of a Shareholder shall upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Directors, have the right either<br>to be registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share or, instead of being registered themself, to make such transfer of the Share<br>as the deceased or bankrupt Person could have made; but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend<br>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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| 41. | A Person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of<br>a Shareholder shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which they would be entitled if they were the registered<br>Shareholder, except that they shall not, before being registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share, be entitled in respect of it<br>to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company. |
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ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL
| 42. | The Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution increase the share capital<br>by such sum, to be divided into Shares of such Classes and amount, as the resolution shall prescribe. |
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| 43. | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution: |
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| (a) | consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of a larger<br>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<br>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<br>that in the subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced Share shall be the same<br>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<br>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. |
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| 44. | The Company may by Special Resolution reduce its share capital and any capital<br>redemption reserve in any manner authorised by law. |
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REDEMPTION, PURCHASE AND SURRENDER OF SHARES
| 45. | Subject to the Companies Act, the Company may: |
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| (a) | issue Shares on terms that they are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>redeemable Share) on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine. |
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| 46. | Any Share in respect of which notice of redemption has been given shall not be<br>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<br>notice of redemption. |
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| 47. | The redemption, purchase or surrender of any Share shall not be deemed to give<br>rise to the redemption, purchase or surrender of any other Share. |
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| 48. | The Directors may when making payments in respect of redemption or purchase of<br>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,<br>make such payment either in cash or in specie including, without limitation, interests in a special purpose vehicle holding<br>assets of the Company or holding entitlement to the proceeds of assets held by the Company or in a liquidating structure. |
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TREASURY SHARES
| 49. | Shares that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires (by way of surrender or<br>otherwise) may, at the option of the Company, be cancelled immediately or held as Treasury Shares in accordance with the Companies Act.<br>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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| 50. | No dividend may be declared or paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash<br>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<br>of a Treasury Share. |
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| 51. | The Company shall be entered in the Register as the holder of the Treasury Shares provided that: |
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| (a) | the Company shall not be treated as a member for any purpose and shall not exercise<br>any right in respect of the Treasury Shares, and any purported exercise of such a right shall be void; |
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| (b) | a Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting of<br>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<br>Articles or the Companies Act, save that an allotment of Shares as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a Treasury Share is permitted<br>and Shares allotted as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a treasury share shall be treated as Treasury Shares. |
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| 52. | Treasury Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and conditions<br>as determined by the Directors. |
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GENERAL MEETINGS
| 53. | The Directors may, whenever they think fit, convene a general meeting of the Company.<br>The Company may hold an annual general meeting and if an annual general meeting is held, the Company shall specify the meeting as such<br>in the notices calling it. The annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Directors shall determine. |
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| 54. | The Directors may cancel or postpone any duly convened general meeting at any<br>time prior to such meeting, except for general meetings requisitioned by the Shareholders in accordance with these Articles, for any reason<br>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<br>meeting. The Directors shall give Shareholders notice in writing of any cancellation or postponement. A postponement may be for a stated<br>period of any length or indefinitely as the Directors may determine. |
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| 55. | General meetings shall also be convened on the requisition in writing of any Shareholder<br>or Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company holding at least fifty percent (50%) of the paid up voting<br>share capital of the Company deposited at the Office specifying the objects of the meeting by notice given no later than 21 days from<br>the date of deposit of the requisition signed by the requisitionists, and if the Directors do not convene such meeting for a date not<br>later than 45 days after the date of such deposit, the requisitionists themselves may convene the general meeting in the same manner,<br>as nearly as possible, as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors, and all reasonable expenses incurred by the<br>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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| 56. | If at any time there are no Directors, any two Shareholders (or if there is only<br>one Shareholder then that Shareholder) entitled to vote at general meetings of the Company may convene a general meeting in the same manner<br>as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors. |
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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
| 57. | At least seven clear days’ notice in writing counting from the date service is<br>deemed to take place as provided in these Articles specifying the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of<br>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<br>Ordinary Resolution to such Persons as are, under these Articles, entitled to receive such notices from the Company, but with the consent<br>of all the Shareholders entitled to receive notice of some particular meeting and attend and vote thereat, that meeting may be convened<br>by such shorter notice or without notice and in such manner as those Shareholders may think fit. |
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| 58. | The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to or the non-receipt of a<br>notice of a meeting by any Shareholder shall not invalidate the proceedings at any meeting. |
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PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
| 59. | All business carried out at a general meeting shall be deemed special with the<br>exception of sanctioning a dividend, the consideration of the accounts, balance sheets, any report of the Directors or of the Company’s<br>auditors, and the fixing of the remuneration of the Company’s auditors. No special business shall be transacted at any general meeting<br>without the consent of all Shareholders entitled to receive notice of that meeting unless notice of such special business has been given<br>in the notice convening that meeting. |
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| 60. | No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Shareholders<br>is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Save as otherwise provided by these Articles, one or more Shareholders holding<br>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<br>shall form a quorum, provided that such quorum must include at least one Director present in person or represented by proxy. |
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| 61. | If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not<br>present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of Shareholders, shall be dissolved. In any other case it shall stand adjourned<br>to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour<br>from the time appointed for the meeting the Shareholder or Shareholders present and entitled to vote shall form a quorum. |
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| 62. | If the Directors wish to make this facility available for a specific general meeting<br>or all general meetings of the Company, participation in any general meeting of the Company may be by means of a telephone or similar<br>communication equipment by way of which all Persons participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation<br>shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting. |
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| 63. | The chair, if any, of the Directors shall preside as chair at every general meeting of the Company. |
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| 64. | If there is no such chair, or if at any general meeting they are not present within<br>fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act as chair, any Director or Person nominated by<br>the Directors shall preside as chair, failing which the Shareholders present in person or by proxy shall choose any Person present to<br>be chair of that meeting. |
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| 65. | The chair may adjourn a meeting from time to time and from place to place either: |
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| (a) | with the consent of any general meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if<br>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<br>to do so to: |
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| (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 /<br>or vote at such meeting, the ability to do so, |
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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 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.
| 66. | At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll. |
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| 67. | A poll be taken in such manner as the chair directs, and the result of the poll<br>shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. |
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| 68. | In the case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting shall be entitled<br>to a second or casting vote. |
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| 69. | A poll demanded on the election of a chair of the meeting or on a question of adjournment<br>shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time as the chair of the meeting directs. |
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VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
| 70. | Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share,<br>on a poll, each Share shall be entitled to one (1) vote on all matters subject to a vote of the Shareholders. |
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| 71. | Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share,<br>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<br>Person represented by proxy is the holder. |
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| 72. | In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote whether<br>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<br>be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register. |
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| 73. | A Shareholder of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by<br>any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote in respect of Shares carrying the right to vote held by them, by their committee, or<br>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<br>Shares by proxy. |
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| 74. | No Shareholder shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Company<br>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<br>paid. |
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| 75. | On a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy. |
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| 76. | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor<br>or of their attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under Seal or under the hand of an Officer<br>or attorney duly authorised. A proxy need not be a Shareholder. |
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| 77. | An instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form or such other<br>form as the Directors may approve. |
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| 78. | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited at the Office or at such other<br>place 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<br>is adjourned, the time for holding such adjourned meeting. |
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| 79. | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand<br>or join in demanding a poll. |
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| 80. | A resolution in writing signed by all the Shareholders for the time being<br> 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<br>as if the same had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held. |
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CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETINGS
| 81. | Any corporation which is a Shareholder or a Director may by resolution of its<br>directors or other governing body authorise such Person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or<br>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<br>to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which they represent as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual<br>Shareholder or Director. |
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DIRECTORS
| 82. | The name(s) of the first Director(s) shall either be determined in writing by<br>a majority (or in the case of a sole subscriber that subscriber) of, or elected at a meeting of, the subscribers of the Memorandum of<br>Association. |
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| 83. | Subject to these Articles, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution appoint any Person<br>to be a Director. The Company may by Special Resolution remove a Director from office. For the avoidance of doubt, Executive Directors<br>appointed pursuant to Articles shall not be subject to removal by Shareholders pursuant to this Article, and shall be removed only upon<br>ceasing to serve as Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company, as applicable. |
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| 84. | Subject to these Articles, a Director shall hold office until such time as they<br>are removed from office by Ordinary Resolution. |
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| 85. | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution from time to time fix the maximum and minimum<br>number of Directors to be appointed but unless such numbers are fixed as aforesaid the minimum number of Directors shall be seven (7)<br>and the maximum number of Directors shall be unlimited. |
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| 86. | The remuneration of the Directors may be determined by the Directors or by Ordinary<br>Resolution. |
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| 87. | There shall be no shareholding qualification for Directors unless determined otherwise<br>by Ordinary Resolution. |
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| 88. | The person serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the person<br>serving as the President of the Company shall each be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these Articles as a Director (each,<br>an “Executive Director”). Executive Directors shall hold office for so long as they hold such executive office and shall<br>not be subject to election, re-election or removal by the Shareholders. Upon ceasing to hold such executive office, such individual shall<br>automatically be removed as an Executive Director. |
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| 89. | The Directors other than Executive Directors shall be divided into two<br> classes, designated Class I and Class II, with each such directorship being designated by the Directors as a Class I directorship or Class II directorship. Each<br>Class I directorship shall have a term expiring at the conclusion of the second annual general meeting of the Company held after the election<br>of a Director to such directorship. Each Class II directorship shall have a term expiring at the conclusion of the third annual general<br>meeting of the Company held after the election of a Director to such directorship. Upon the expiration of the term of a Class I directorship,<br>the Shareholders shall appoint a Director to such Class I directorship for a new term expiring at the conclusion of the second succeeding<br>annual general meeting. Upon the expiration of the term of a Class II directorship, the Shareholders shall appoint a Director to such<br>Class II directorship for a new term expiring at the conclusion of the third succeeding annual general meeting. Any Director appointed<br>to fill a vacancy in a Class I or Class II directorship (howsoever arising) shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the directorship<br>in which the vacancy occurred, and shall thereafter be eligible for appointment to a new full term for the class of such directorship.<br>The Board shall by resolution allocate the number of directorships among Class I and Class II so that the classes are as nearly equal<br>in number as practicable. No decrease in the number of Directors or reallocation of directorships among classes shall shorten the term<br>of any incumbent Director. |
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| 90. | The Directors shall have power at any time and from time to time to appoint any<br>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<br>by Ordinary Resolution. Vacancies on the Board, however arising, may only be filled by the remaining Directors, who shall have the power<br>to appoint a replacement Director to fill such vacancy until the expiration of the term applicable to the class of such vacated directorship. |
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ALTERNATE DIRECTOR
| 91. | Any Director may in writing appoint another Person to be their alternate and, save<br>to the extent provided otherwise in the form of appointment, such alternate shall have authority to sign written resolutions on behalf<br>of the appointing Director, but shall not be authorised to sign such written resolutions where they have been signed by the appointing<br>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<br>at meetings of the Directors as the alternate of the Director appointing them and where they are Director to have a separate vote in addition<br>to their own vote. A Director may at any time in writing revoke the appointment of an alternate appointed by them. Such alternate shall<br>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<br>a Director. The remuneration of such alternate shall be payable out of the remuneration of the Director appointing them and the proportion<br>thereof shall be agreed between them. |
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POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
| 92. | Subject to the Companies Act, these Articles and to any resolutions passed in<br>a general meeting, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may pay all expenses incurred in setting up and<br>registering the Company and may exercise all powers of the Company. No resolution passed by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate<br>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<br>to hold such office in the Company as the Directors may think necessary for the administration of the Company, including but not limited<br>to, the office of president, one or more vice-presidents, treasurer, assistant treasurer, manager or controller, and for such term and<br>at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another),<br>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<br>or by the Company by Ordinary Resolution provided that the Chief Executive Officer and the President shall not be subject to removal by<br>Ordinary Resolution of the Shareholders and shall be removed from office only upon ceasing to serve in such executive office or as otherwise<br>determined by the Directors. The Directors may also appoint one or more of their number to the office of managing director upon like terms,<br>but any such appointment shall ipso facto terminate if any managing director ceases from any cause to be a Director, or if the Company<br>by Ordinary Resolution resolves that their tenure of office be terminated. |
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| 94. | The Directors may appoint any Person to be a Secretary (and if need be an assistant<br>Secretary or assistant Secretaries) who shall hold office for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions and with such powers<br>as they think fit. Any Secretary or assistant Secretary so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors or by the Company<br>by Ordinary Resolution. |
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| 95. | The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such<br>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<br>any regulations that may be imposed on it by the Directors. |
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| 96. | The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney (whether<br>under Seal or under hand) or otherwise appoint any company, firm or Person or body of Persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly<br>by the Directors, to be the attorney or attorneys or authorised signatory (any such person being an “Attorney” or “AuthorisedSignatory”, respectively) of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those<br>vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit,<br>and any such power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of Persons dealing<br>with any such Attorney or Authorised Signatory as the Directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such Attorney or Authorised<br>Signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in them. |
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| 97. | The Directors may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of<br>the Company in such manner as they shall think fit and the provisions contained in the three next following Articles shall not limit the<br>general powers conferred by this Article. |
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| 98. | The Directors from time to time and at any time may establish any committees,<br>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<br>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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| 99. | The Directors from time to time and at any time may delegate to any such committee,<br>local board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in the Directors and may authorise<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>all or any of the powers, authorities, and discretion for the time being vested in them. |
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| 101. | The Directors may agree with a Shareholder to waive or modify the terms applicable<br>to such Shareholder’s subscription for Shares without obtaining the consent of any other Shareholder; provided that such waiver or modification<br>does not amount to a variation or abrogation of the rights attaching to the Shares of such other Shareholders. |
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| 102. | The Directors shall have the authority to present a winding up petition on behalf<br>of the Company without the sanction of a resolution passed by the Company in general meeting. |
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BORROWING POWERS OF DIRECTORS
| 103. | The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to<br>mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof, or to otherwise provide for a security interest<br>to be taken in such undertaking, property or uncalled capital, and to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever<br>money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party. |
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THE SEAL
| 104. | The Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the Seal is so affixed in their presence. |
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| 105. | The Company may maintain a facsimile of the Seal in such countries or places as<br>the Directors may appoint and such facsimile Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the<br>Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of such facsimile Seal and if given after may<br>be in general form confirming a number of affixings of such facsimile Seal. The facsimile Seal shall be affixed in the presence of such<br>Person or Persons as the Directors shall for this purpose appoint and such Person or Persons as aforesaid shall sign every instrument<br>to which the facsimile Seal is so affixed in their presence and such affixing of the facsimile Seal and signing as aforesaid shall have<br>the same meaning and effect as if the Seal had been affixed in<br>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<br>Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose. |
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| 106. | Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Secretary or any assistant Secretary shall have<br>the authority to affix the Seal, or the facsimile Seal, to any instrument for the purposes of attesting authenticity of the matter contained<br>therein but which does not create any obligation binding on the Company. |
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DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
| 107. | The office of Director shall be vacated, if the Director: |
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| (a) | becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with their creditors; |
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| (b) | dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; |
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| (c) | resigns their office by notice in writing to the Company; |
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| (d) | is removed from office by Special Resolution; |
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| (e) | is removed from office by notice addressed to them at their last known address and<br>signed by all of their co-Directors (not being less than two in number); or |
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| (f) | is removed from office pursuant to any other provision of these Articles. |
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PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
| 108. | The Directors may meet together (either within or outside the Cayman Islands) for<br>the despatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting<br>shall be decided by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes the chair shall have a second or casting vote. A Director may,<br>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<br>appointed by the Directors of which such Director is a member, by means of telephone or similar communication equipment by way of which<br>all Persons participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence<br>in person at the meeting. |
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| 110. | The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be<br>fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed, if there be two or more Directors the quorum shall be two, and if there be one Director the<br>quorum shall be one. A Director represented by an alternate Director at any meeting shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of<br>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<br>contract or proposed contract with the Company shall declare the nature of their interest at a meeting of the Directors. A general notice<br>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<br>may thereafter be made with that company or firm shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of interest in regard to any contract so made.<br>A Director may vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement notwithstanding that they may be interested therein<br>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<br>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<br>than the office of auditor) in conjunction with their office of Director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise)<br>as the Directors may determine and no Director or intending Director shall be disqualified by their office from contracting with the Company<br>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<br>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,<br>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<br>or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A Director, notwithstanding<br>their interest, may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting of the Directors whereat such Director or any other Director is appointed<br>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<br>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<br>the Company, and they or their firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if they were not a Director; provided<br>that nothing herein contained shall authorise a Director or their firm to act as auditor to the Company. |
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| 114. | The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books or loose-leaf folders provided<br>for the purpose of recording: |
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| (a) | all appointments of Officers made by the Directors; |
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| (b) | the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee<br>of the Directors; and |
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| (c) | all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Company, and of the Directors<br>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<br>the same shall be deemed to have been duly held notwithstanding that all the Directors have not actually come together or that there may<br>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<br>of Directors entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Directors or committee of Directors, as the case may be (an alternate Director,<br>subject as provided otherwise in the terms of appointment of the alternate Director, being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf<br>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<br>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<br>Directors or their duly appointed alternate. |
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| 117. | The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body but<br>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,<br>the continuing Directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no<br>other purpose. |
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| 118. | The Directors may elect a chair of their meetings and determine the period for<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the committee members present may choose one of their number to be chair<br>of the meeting. |
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| 120. | A committee appointed by the Directors may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper.<br>Subject to any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes<br>of the committee members present and in case of an equality of votes the chair shall 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<br>by any Person acting as a Director, shall notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment<br>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<br>had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director. |
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DIVIDENDS
| 122. | Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares,<br>or as otherwise provided for in the Companies Act and these Articles, the Directors may from time to time declare dividends (including<br>interim dividends) and other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully<br>available therefor. |
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| 123. | Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares,<br>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<br>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<br>for meeting contingencies, or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose to which those funds may be properly applied and pending<br>such application may, at the determination of the Directors, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such<br>investments as the Directors may from time to time think fit. |
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| 125. | Any dividend may be paid in any manner as the Directors may determine. If paid<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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,<br>may direct. |
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| 126. | The Directors when paying dividends to the Shareholders in accordance with the<br>foregoing provisions of these Articles may make such payment either in cash or in specie and may determine the extent to which amounts<br>may be withheld therefrom (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees, expenses or other liabilities for which a Shareholder (or the<br>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,<br>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<br>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<br>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. |
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ACCOUNTS, AUDIT AND ANNUAL RETURN AND DECLARATION
| 130. | The books of account relating to the Company’s affairs shall be kept in such manner<br>as may be determined from time to time by the Directors. |
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| 131. | The books of account shall be kept at the Office, or at such other place or places<br>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<br>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<br>inspection of Shareholders not being Directors, and no Shareholder (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account<br>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. | Subject to the requirements of applicable law and the listing rules of the Designated<br>Stock Exchange, the accounts relating to the Company’s affairs shall only be audited if the Directors so determine and/or if required<br>by any applicable law, rule, regulation or regulatory authority, in which case the accounting principles will be determined by the Directors.<br>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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| 134. | The Directors in each year shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual return<br>and declaration setting forth the particulars required by the Companies Act and deliver a copy thereof to the Registrar of Companies in<br>the Cayman Islands. |
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CAPITALISATION OF RESERVES
| 135. | Subject to the Companies Act and these Articles, the Directors may: |
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| (a) | resolve to capitalise an amount standing to the credit of reserves (including a<br>Share Premium Account, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account), whether or not available for distribution; |
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| (b) | appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the Shareholders in proportion<br>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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| (i) | paying up the amounts (if any) for the time being unpaid on Shares held by them respectively,<br>or |
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| (ii) | paying up in full unissued Shares or debentures of a nominal amount equal to that<br>sum, |
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and 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;
| (c) | make any arrangements they think fit to resolve a difficulty arising in the distribution<br>of a capitalised reserve and in particular, without limitation, where Shares or debentures become distributable in fractions the Directors<br>may deal with the fractions as they think fit; |
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| (d) | authorise a Person to enter (on behalf of all the Shareholders concerned) into<br>an agreement with the Company providing for either: |
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| (i) | the allotment to the Shareholders respectively, credited as fully paid, of Shares<br>or debentures to which they may be entitled on the capitalisation, or |
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| (ii) | the payment by the Company on behalf of the Shareholders (by the application of<br>their respective proportions of the reserves resolved to be capitalised) of the amounts or part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their<br>existing Shares, |
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and any such agreement made under this authority being effective and binding on all those Shareholders; and
| (e) | generally do all acts and things required to give effect to any of the actions<br>contemplated by this Article. |
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SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT
| 136. | The Directors shall in accordance with the Companies Act establish a Share Premium<br>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<br>issue of any Share. |
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| 137. | There shall be debited to any Share Premium Account on the redemption or purchase<br>of a Share the difference between the nominal value of such Share and the redemption or purchase price provided always that at the determination<br>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. |
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NOTICES
| 138. | Any notice or document may be served by the Company or by the Person entitled<br>to give notice to any Shareholder either personally, or by posting it airmail or air courier service in a prepaid letter addressed to<br>such Shareholder at their address as appearing in the Register, or by electronic mail to any electronic mail address such Shareholder<br>may have specified in writing for the purpose of such service of notices, or by facsimile should the Directors deem it appropriate. In<br>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<br>in respect of the joint holding, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders. |
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| 139. | Any Shareholder present, either personally or by proxy, at any meeting of the<br>Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have received due notice of such meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which such<br>meeting was convened. |
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| 140. | Any notice or other document, if served by: |
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| (a) | post, shall be deemed to have been served five clear days after the time when<br>the letter containing the same is posted; |
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| (b) | facsimile, shall be deemed to have been served upon production by the transmitting<br>facsimile machine of a report confirming transmission of the facsimile in full to the facsimile number of the recipient; |
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| (c) | recognised courier service, shall be deemed to have been served 48 hours after<br>the time when the letter containing the same is delivered to the courier service; or |
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| (d) | electronic mail, shall be deemed to have been served immediately upon the time<br>of the transmission by electronic mail. |
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In 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.
| 141. | Any notice or document delivered or sent in accordance with the terms of these<br>Articles shall notwithstanding that such Shareholder be then dead or bankrupt, and whether or not the Company has notice of their death<br>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<br>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<br>of the Share, and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on all Persons interested<br>(whether jointly with or as claiming through or under them) in the Share. |
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| 142. | Notice of every general meeting of the Company shall be given to: |
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| (a) | all Shareholders holding Shares with the right to receive notice and who have<br>supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notices to them; and |
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| (b) | every Person entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a<br>Shareholder, who but for their death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting. |
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No other Person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.
INDEMNITY
| 143. | Every Director (including<br> for the purposes of this Article any alternate Director appointed pursuant to the provisions<br> of these Articles), Secretary, assistant Secretary, or other Officer (but not including the<br> 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<br> of the Company against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages<br> or liabilities incurred or sustained by such Indemnified Person, other than by reason of<br> such Indemnified Person’s own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud as determined by<br> a court of competent jurisdiction, in or about the conduct of the Company’s business<br> or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge<br> of their duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality<br> of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified<br> Person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning<br> the Company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. |
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| 144. | No Indemnified Person shall be liable: |
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| (a) | for the acts, receipts, neglects, defaults or omissions of any other Director or<br>Officer or agent of the Company; or |
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| (b) | for any loss on account of defect of title to any property of the Company; or |
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| (c) | on account of the insufficiency of any security in or upon which any money of<br>the Company shall be invested; or |
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| (d) | for any loss incurred through any bank, broker or other similar Person; or |
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| (e) | for any loss occasioned by any negligence, default, breach of duty, breach of trust,<br>error of judgement or oversight on such Indemnified Person’s part; or |
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| (f) | for any loss, damage or misfortune whatsoever which may happen in or arise from<br>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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unless 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<br>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<br>(even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share or (except only as otherwise provided<br>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<br>in each Shareholder registered in the Register, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be entitled to recognise<br>any such interests as shall be determined by the Directors. |
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WINDING UP
| 146. | If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator shall apply the assets of the<br>Company in such manner and order as they think fit in satisfaction of creditors’ claims. |
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| 147. | If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of an<br>Ordinary Resolution divide amongst the Shareholders in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they<br>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<br>divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or different Classes. The liquidator<br>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<br>as the liquidator, with the like sanction shall think fit, but so that no Shareholder shall be compelled to accept any assets whereon<br>there is any liability. |
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AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
| 148. | Subject to the Companies Act and the rights attaching to the various Classes, the<br>Company may at any time and from time to time by Special Resolution alter or amend these Articles in whole or in part. |
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CLOSING OF REGISTER OR FIXING RECORD DATE
| 149. | For the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive<br>notice of, attend or vote at any meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or those Shareholders that are entitled to receive<br>payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination as to who is a Shareholder for any other purpose, the Directors may provide<br>that the Register shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not exceed in any case 40 days. If the Register shall<br>be so closed for the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of<br>Shareholders the Register shall be so closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting and the record date for such determination<br>shall be the date of the closure of the Register. |
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| 150. | In lieu of or apart from closing the Register, the Directors may fix in advance<br>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<br>meeting of the Shareholders and for the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend<br>the Directors may, at or within 90 days prior to the date of declaration of such dividend, fix a subsequent date as the record date for<br>such determination. |
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| 151. | If the Register is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination<br>of those Shareholders entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders or those Shareholders that are entitled<br>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<br>declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Shareholders. When a determination<br>of those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders has been made as provided in<br>this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof. |
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REGISTRATION BY WAY OF CONTINUATION
| 152. | The Company may by Special Resolution resolve to be registered by way of continuation<br>in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or<br>existing. In furtherance of a resolution adopted pursuant to this Article, the Directors may cause an application to be made to the Registrar<br>of Companies to deregister the Company in the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated,<br>registered or existing and may cause all such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way of<br>continuation of the Company. |
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MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATION
| 153. | The Company may merge or consolidate in accordance with the Companies Act. |
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| 154. | To the extent required by the Companies Act, the Company may by Special Resolution<br>resolve to merge or consolidate the Company. |
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DISCLOSURE
| 155. | The Directors, or any authorised service providers (including the Officers, the<br>Secretary and the registered office agent of the Company), shall be entitled to disclose to any regulatory or judicial authority, or to<br>any stock exchange on which the Shares may from time to time be listed, any information regarding the affairs of the Company including,<br>without limitation, information contained in the Register and books of the Company. |
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EXCLUSIVE FORUM
| 156. | Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum,<br>to the fullest extent permitted by relevant law, the federal district courts of the United States shall be the exclusive forum for the<br>resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the United States Securities Act of 1933, regardless of whether<br>such legal suit, action, or proceeding also involves parties other than the Company. |
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| 157. | Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum,<br>the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear, settle and/or determine any dispute, controversy or claim<br>(including any non-contractual dispute, controversy or claim) whether arising out of or in connection with these Articles or otherwise,<br>including any questions regarding their existence, validity, formation or termination. For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting<br>the jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands to hear, settle and/or determine disputes related to the Company, the courts of the<br>Cayman Islands shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii)<br>any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any Director, officer or other employee of the Company to the Company<br>or the Company’s Shareholders, (iii) any action or petition asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Law or these<br>Articles including but not limited to any purchase or acquisition of Shares, securities or guarantee provided in consideration thereof,<br>or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Company concerning its internal affairs. This Article shall not apply to claims or causes<br>of action brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the United States Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of<br>1934, as amended, or any other claim based on securities laws for which claim the federal district courts of the United States have exclusive<br>jurisdiction. |
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| 158. | Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any Share or other securities<br>in the Company, or purchasing or otherwise acquiring depositary shares representing the Company’s shares issued pursuant to relevant<br>deposit agreements, whether such acquisition be by transfer, sale, operation of law or otherwise, shall be deemed to have notice of, irrevocably<br>agreed and consented<br>to the provisions of this Article and Articles 154 and 155 above. Without prejudice<br>to the foregoing, if any part of this Article, Articles 154 or 155 are held to<br>be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the legality, validity or enforceability of the rest of these Articles shall<br>not be affected nor be impaired and this Article, Articles 154 and/or 155 shall<br>be interpreted and construed to the maximum extent possible to apply in the relevant jurisdiction with whatever modification or deletion<br>as may be necessary so as best to give effect to the intention of the Company. |
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Exhibit 99.3

