UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the month of March 2025
Commission
File Number 001-41774
Fitell
Corporation
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
23-25
Mangrove Lane
Taren
Point, NSW 2229
Australia
(Address
of principal executive office)
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 ☐
On
March 24, 2025, Fitell Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability (the “Company”), distributed
a notice of an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Company (“EGM”), in accordance with applicable provisions
of the Cayman Islands laws, which includes a form of proxy and the materials to be considered for approval by the shareholders of the
Company at the EGM. The EGM will be held on April 9, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. local time at Level 17, Tower 2, Lumia International Building,
No.181 YanjiangXi Rd, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China. The EGM Notice is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form
6-K.
The
information contained in this Report on Form 6-K and Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K shall not be deemed “filed”
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, unless expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
EXHIBIT
LIST
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.
Date: March 24, 2025 |
FITELL CORPORATION |
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/s/ Yinying
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Yinying Lu |
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Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 99.1
Fitell
Corporation
Registered
Company No 389499
Notice
of Extraordinary General Meeting
Notice
is hereby given that the extraordinary general meeting
(the Meeting) of Fitell Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability (the Company) will be held
at Level 17, Tower 2, Lumia International Building, No.181 YanjiangXi Rd, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China on April 9, 2025
at 10:00 a.m. (local time).
You
are cordially invited to attend the Meeting for the purpose of considering and voting upon, and if thought fit, passing and approving
the following resolutions of the Company:
PROPOSAL
1 – SHARE CAPITAL REORGANISATION PROPOSAL
“RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution that, the Company amend and reclassify its authorised share capital with effect from April 15th,
2025 by undertaking the following steps:
(a) | 493,560,000
of the authorised ordinary shares of par value of US$0.0001 each (including all of the existing
issued ordinary shares) in the Company will be re-designated and re-classified as 493,560,000
class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each (the Class A Ordinary Shares),
where the rights of the existing ordinary shares shall be the same as the Class A Ordinary
Shares; and |
(b) | 6,440,000
authorised but unissued ordinary shares of par value of US$0.0001 each in the Company will
be cancelled and a new class of shares comprising of 6,440,000 class B ordinary shares of
par value US$0.0001 each (the Class B Ordinary Shares), which will be entitled to
thirty (30) votes per share, will be created, |
such
that the authorised share capital of the Company shall become US$50,000 divided into (a) 493,560,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of a par
value of US$0.0001 each and (b) 6,440,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each (the Share Capital Reorganisation).”
PROPOSAL
2 – CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSAL
“RESOLVED,
as a special resolution that, the Company adopts the second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company,
the form of which is attached to this notice as Appendix 1 (the Second
Restated MAA) in its entirety and in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing memorandum
and articles of association of the Company with effect from the date the Share Capital Reorganisation takes effect.”
PROPOSAL
3 – SHARE REPURCHASE AND ISSUANCE PROPOSAL
“RESOLVED,
as a special resolution that, after the Second Restated MAA takes effect,
(a) | upon
the Company’s receipt of the consent to repurchase and application for shares as duly
executed by SKMA Capital and Investment Ltd (SKMA), the Company shall repurchase 6,440,000
Class A Ordinary Shares held by SKMA, all of which are fully paid shares, in consideration
of and out of the proceeds of the Company’s new issuance of 6,440,000 Class B Ordinary
Shares to SKMA; and |
(b) | such
issuance of 6,440,000 Class B Ordinary Shares to SKMA, made for the purposes of such share
repurchase, be and is hereby approved and confirmed, |
such
that, as a result of the repurchase of Class A Ordinary Shares from, and issuance of Class B Ordinary Shares to, SKMA, SKMA would control
93.03% of voting rights of the Company.”
PROPOSAL
4 – SHARE CONSOLIDATION PROPOSAL
“RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution that, after the Second Restated MAA takes effect and with effect from the effective date to be determined by
the board of directors of the Company by a Resolution of Directors (if at all),
(a) | every
sixteen (16) issued and unissued existing Class A Ordinary Shares of US$0.0001 par value
each be consolidated into one (1) class A ordinary share of US$0.0016 par value each (the
Consolidated Class A Ordinary Shares), where such Consolidated Class A Ordinary Shares
shall rank pari passu in all respect with each other and have the same rights and are subject
to the same restrictions (save as to nominal value) as the existing Class A Ordinary Shares
of US$0.0001 par value each of the Company as set out in the existing Memorandum and Articles, |
(b) | every
sixteen (16) issued and unissued existing Class B Ordinary Shares of US$0.0001 par value
each be consolidated into one (1) class B ordinary share of US$0.0016 par value each (the
Consolidated Class B Ordinary Shares), where such Consolidated Class B Ordinary Shares
shall rank pari passu in all respect with each other and have the same rights and are subject
to the same restrictions (save as to nominal value) as the existing Class B Ordinary Shares
of US$0.0001 par value each of the Company as set out in the existing Memorandum and Articles, |
so
that following the Share Consolidation, the authorised share capital of the Company shall become US$50,000 divided into (a) 30,847,500
class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0016 each; and (b) 402,500 class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0016 each; and
(c) | all
fractional entitlements to the issued Consolidated Class A Ordinary Shares and Consolidated
Class B Ordinary Shares resulting from the Share Consolidation will not be issued to the
Shareholders and instead, any fractional shares that would have resulted from the Share Consolidation
will be rounded up to the next whole number.” |
PROPOSAL
5 – SHARE CONSOLIDATOIN MEMORANDUM AMENDMENT PROPOSAL
“RESOLVED,
as a special resolution that, upon the Share Consolidation taking effect (if at all), Clause 8 of the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum
of Association of the Company be deleted and replaced with the following new clause 8:
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share capital of the Company is US$50,000 divided into (a) 30,847,500 class A ordinary shares
of a par value of US$0.0016 each; and (b) 402,500 class B ordinary shares of a par value
of US$0.0016 each. Subject to the Companies Act (Revised) and the Company’s articles
of association, the Company has power to do any one or more of the following: |
| (a) | to
redeem or repurchase any of its shares; |
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increase or reduce its capital; |
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issue any part of its capital (whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced): |
| (i) | with
or without any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;
or |
| (ii) | subject
to any limitations or restrictions |
and
unless the condition of issue expressly declares otherwise, every issue of shares (whether declared to be ordinary, preference or otherwise)
is subject to this power; or
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alter any of those rights, privileges, conditions, limitations or restrictions.” |
All
registered shareholders of the Company at the close of business on March 12, 2025 (the Record Date) are entitled to receive notice
of, attend and vote on the matters to be acted on at the Meeting and any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof.
This
Notice of Meeting is dated March 24, 2025 and is being mailed to shareholders on or about the same date.
By
order of the Board of Directors of the Company,
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/s/ Jieting Zhao |
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Jieting Zhao |
Director |
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Proxies
A
member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting may appoint a proxy.
A
blank proxy form is attached. Please consider carefully the conditions attaching to appointment of a proxy.
A
proxy form in hard copy must be delivered to 23-25 Mangrove Lane, Taren Point NSW 2229, Australia; Attention: Jamarson Kong.
A
proxy form in electronic copy must be delivered to proxy@gymdirect.com.au.
Please
see the conditions attaching to the appointment of a proxy for the time of such delivery.
Proxy
instructions
What
happens if you do not follow these instructions?
1 | If
you do not follow these instructions, any instrument you make appointing a proxy will be
invalid. |
Eligible
members
2 | If
you are a member entitled to attend and vote at this meeting of the Company, you may appoint
a proxy to vote on your behalf. Only registered shareholders whose names are on the register
of members of the Company as at the close of business on 12 March 2025, being the Record
Date, are entitled to attend and vote at the meeting of the Company. |
3 | A
proxy need not be a member of the Company. |
4 | A
proxy shall have the same voting rights at a meeting or adjourned meeting as the Member would
have had except to the extent that the instrument appointing him limits those rights. |
If
you complete a proxy form, can you still attend and vote at the meeting?
5 | Completion
of the proxy form does not preclude a member from subsequently attending and voting at the
meeting in person if he or she so wishes. If a Member votes on any resolution a vote by his
proxy on the same resolution, unless in respect of different Shares, shall be invalid. |
Multiple
proxies
6 | If
you are a member entitled to cast two or more votes at the meeting, you may appoint two proxies
and may specify the proportion of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If no proportion
or number is specified, each proxy is deemed to exercise half of your votes. |
Joint
shareholders
7 | In
the case of jointly held shares, if more than one joint holder purports to appoint a proxy,
only the appointment submitted by the most senior holder will be accepted. For this purpose,
seniority will be determined by the order in which the names of the joint holders appear
in the register of members (the first-named being the most senior). |
How
to appoint a proxy
8 | If
you are an eligible member and a natural person, the appointment of your proxy must be in
writing and signed by you or your authorised attorney. |
9 | If
you are an eligible member and a corporation, the appointment of your proxy must be in writing
and executed in any of the following ways: (i) under the corporation’s common seal
or (ii) signed by an authorised officer, secretary or attorney of the corporate member in
accordance with its constitutional documents. |
Delivery
of proxy form to Company
10 | For
an appointment of a proxy to be effective, the following documents must be received by the
Company before the time for the holding of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the
proxy proposes to vote: |
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the proxy form is executed by a corporation otherwise than under its common seal - an extract
of its articles that evidences that it may be duly executed in that way; and |
| (c) | If
the proxy form is signed by your attorney — the authority under which it was signed
or a certified copy of the authority. |
11 | Those
documents may be delivered in either of the following ways: |
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the case of hard-copy documents - they must be left at or sent by post to the Company’s
registered office or the other place, if any, specified by the Company for the purpose of
the meeting. |
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the case of documents comprised in an electronic record - they must be sent to the electronic
mail address specified by the Company for the purpose of receiving electronic records. |
12 | If
a poll is to take place within 24 hours after it has been demanded then, in addition to the
ways specified in the preceding paragraph, the documents may be delivered to the chairperson
or to the Company secretary or to any director at the meeting at which the poll was demanded. |
Fitell
Corporation
Registered
Company No 389499
(the
Company)
Proxy
Form
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a member/members of the Company and the holder/holders of
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(number and class of shares)
appoint
as my/our proxy Yinying Lu, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Director 2
c/o
Fitell Corporation, 23-25 Mangrove Lane, Taren Point 2229
New
South Wales, Australia……………………………
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at
the extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be held at Level 17, Tower 2, Lumia International Building, No.181 YanjiangXi Rd,
Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China on April 9, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (local time).
* Please
indicate with a tick mark in the spaces opposite to the resolution how you wish the proxy to vote on your behalf. In the absence of
any such indication, the proxy may vote for or against the resolutions or may abstain at his/her discretion.
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PROPOSAL
1: RESOLVED, that, effective as of April 15, 2025, |
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493,560,000
of the Company’s authorised ordinary shares of par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Ordinary Shares”) will be re-designated
and re-classified as 493,560,000 class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each (the Class A Ordinary Shares), having
the rights of the existing Ordinary Shares; and |
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6,440,000
of the Company’s authorised but unissued Ordinary Shares will be cancelled and a new class of shares comprising of 6,440,000
class B ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each (the Class B Ordinary Shares), entitled to thirty (30) votes per share,
will be created |
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such
that the authorised share capital of the Company shall become US$50,000 divided into (a) 493,560,000 Class A Ordinary and (b) 6,440,000
Class B Ordinary Shares (the Share Capital Reorganisation). |
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PROPOSAL
2: RESOLVED, that effective on April 15, 2025, the Company shall adopt the second amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association of the Company, in a form attached as Appendix 1 (the Second Restated MAA), the existing memorandum and articles
of association of the Company (the “Memorandum and Articles”). |
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PROPOSAL
3: RESOLVED, that upon effectiveness of the Second Restated MAA and the Company’s receipt of the consent to
repurchase and application for shares from SKMA Capital and Investment Ltd (SKMA), the Company shall repurchase 6,440,000
Class A Ordinary Shares held by SKMA. in consideration of and out of the proceeds of the Company’s new issuance of 6,440,000
Class B Ordinary Shares to SKMA, such as that SKMA will control 93.03% of voting rights of the Company. |
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PROPOSAL
4: RESOLVED, that, upon effectiveness of the Second Restated MAA and, effective on the date to be determined by the
board of directors of the Company (if at all) |
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(a) |
every
sixteen (16) issued and unissued existing Class A Ordinary Shares of US$0.0001 par value be consolidated into one (1) class A Ordinary
Share of US$0.0016 par value (the Consolidated Class A Ordinary Shares), ranking pari passu with each other and having the
same rights and are subject to the same restrictions as the existing Class A Ordinary Shares |
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(b) |
every
sixteen (16) issued and unissued existing Class B Ordinary Shares of US$0.0001 par value be consolidated into one (1) class B ordinary
share of US$0.0016 par value (the Consolidated Class B Ordinary Shares), ranking pari passu with each other and having the
same rights an, d are subject to the same restrictions as the existing Class B Ordinary Shares, |
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resulting
in the authorised share capital of the Company of US$50,000 divided into (a) 30,847,500 class A ordinary shares of US$0.0016 par
value; and (b) 402,500 class B ordinary shares of US$0.0016 par value; and that (c) fractional shares that would have resulted from
the Share Consolidation will be rounded up to the next whole number. |
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PROPOSAL
5: RESOLVED, that, upon effectiveness of the Share Consolidation Clause 8 of the Second Restated MAA be deleted and replaced
as follows: |
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The
share capital of the Company is US$50,000 divided into (a) 30,847,500 class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0016 each; and
(b) 402,500 class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0016 each. Subject to the Companies Act (Revised) and the Company’s
articles of association, the Company has power to do any one or more of the following: |
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(a) to
redeem or repurchase any of its shares;
(b) to
increase or reduce its capital;
(c) to
issue any part of its capital (whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced):
(i)
with or without any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or
conditions; or
(ii) subject
to any limitations or restrictions
and
unless the condition of issue expressly declares otherwise, every issue of shares (whether declared to be ordinary, preference or
otherwise) is subject to this power; or
(d) to
alter any of those rights, privileges, conditions, limitations or restrictions.
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Dated
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Executed
by:
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Signature
of shareholder
Name
of Authorized Officer/Attorney: ________________________3
* The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of the extraordinary
general meeting. Shareholders are encouraged to read the full text of the resolutions before voting.
1
Full name(s) and address(es) to be inserted in block letters.
2
Insert name and address of the desired proxy in the spaces provided. If you wish to appoint the chairperson, write “The chairperson”
without inserting an address.
3
To be completed if the shareholder is a corporation – please insert name of authorised officer/attorney signing on behalf
of the corporate shareholder.
Appendix
1
Second
Restated M&A
Companies
Act (Revised)
Company
Limited by Shares
Fitell
Corporation
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second
AMENDED AND RESTATED
memorandum
AND ARTICLES of association
(adopted
by special resolutions passed on [date]) |
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Companies
Act (Revised)
Company
Limited by Shares
Fitell
Corporation
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second
AMENDED AND RESTATED
memorandum
of association
(adopted
by special resolutions passed on [date])
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Companies
Act (Revised)
Company
Limited by Shares
Second
Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association
of
Fitell
Corporation
(adopted
by special resolutions passed on [date])
1 | The
name of the Company is Fitell Corporation. |
2 | The
Company’s registered office will be situated at the office of Ogier Global (Cayman)
Limited, 89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, KY1-9009, Cayman Islands or at such other
place in the Cayman Islands as the directors may at any time decide. |
3 | The
Company’s objects are unrestricted. As provided by section 7(4) of the Companies Act
(Revised), the Company has full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited
by any law of the Cayman Islands. |
4 | The
Company has unrestricted corporate capacity. Without limitation to the foregoing, as provided
by section 27 (2) of the Companies Act (Revised), the Company has and is capable of exercising
all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate
benefit. |
5 | Nothing
in any of the preceding paragraphs permits the Company to carry on any of the following businesses
without being duly licensed, namely: |
| (a) | the
business of a bank or trust company without being licensed in that behalf under the Banks
and Trust Companies Act (Revised); or |
| (b) | insurance
business from within the Cayman Islands or the business of an insurance manager, agent, sub-agent
or broker without being licensed in that behalf under the Insurance Act (Revised);or |
| (c) | the
business of company management without being licensed in that behalf under the Companies
Management Act (Revised). |
6 | Unless
licensed to do so, the Company will not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm
or corporation except in furtherance of its business carried on outside the Cayman Islands.
Despite this, the Company may effect and conclude contracts in the Cayman Islands and exercise
in the Cayman Islands any of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside
the Cayman Islands. |
7 | The
Company is a company limited by shares and accordingly the liability of each member is limited
to the amount (if any) unpaid on that member’s shares. |
8 | The
share capital of the Company is USD50,000 divided into (i) 495,600,000 Class A Ordinary Shares
of par value USD0.0001 each and (ii) 4,400,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of par value USD0.0001
each. Subject to the Companies Act (Revised) and the Company’s articles of association,
the Company has power to do any one or more of the following: |
| (a) | to
redeem or repurchase any of its shares; |
| (b) | to
increase or reduce its capital; |
| (c) | to
issue any part of its capital (whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced): |
| (i) | with
or without any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;
or |
| (ii) | subject
to any limitations or restrictions |
and
unless the condition of issue expressly declares otherwise, every issue of shares (whether declared to be ordinary, preference or otherwise)
is subject to this power; or
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alter any of those rights, privileges, conditions, limitations or restrictions. |
9 | The
Company has power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate limited by shares
under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the
Cayman Islands. |
Companies
Act (Revised)
Company
Limited by Shares
Fitell
Corporation
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SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES
of association
(adopted
by special resolutions passed on [date])
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CONTENTS
1 |
Definitions,
interpretation and exclusion of Table A |
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Definitions |
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Interpretation |
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Exclusion
of Table A Articles |
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Shares |
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Power
to issue Shares and options, with or without special rights |
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Power
to issue fractions of a Share |
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Power
to pay commissions and brokerage fees |
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Security
interests |
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Trusts
not recognised |
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Rights
of Shares |
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Power
to vary class rights |
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Effect
of new Share issue on existing class rights |
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Capital
contributions without issue of further Shares |
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No
bearer Shares or warrants |
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Treasury
Shares |
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Rights
attaching to Treasury Shares and related matters |
6 |
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Register
of Members |
6 |
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Annual
Return |
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Share
certificates |
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Issue
of share certificates |
7 |
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Renewal
of lost or damaged share certificates |
7 |
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Lien
on Shares |
7 |
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Nature
and scope of lien |
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Company
may sell Shares to satisfy lien |
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Authority
to execute instrument of transfer |
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Consequences
of sale of Shares to satisfy lien |
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Application
of proceeds of sale |
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Calls
on Shares and forfeiture |
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Power
to make calls and effect of calls |
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Time
when call made |
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Liability
of joint holders |
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Interest
on unpaid calls |
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Deemed
calls |
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Power
to accept early payment |
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Power
to make different arrangements at time of issue of Shares |
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Notice
of default |
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Forfeiture
or surrender of Shares |
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Disposal
of forfeited or surrendered Share and power to cancel forfeiture or surrender |
10 |
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Effect
of forfeiture or surrender on former Member |
10 |
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Evidence
of forfeiture or surrender |
10 |
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Sale
of forfeited or surrendered Shares |
10 |
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Transfer
of Shares |
11 |
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Form
of transfer |
11 |
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Power
to refuse registration for Shares not listed on a Designated Stock Exchange |
11 |
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Suspension
of transfers |
11 |
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Company
may retain instrument of transfer |
11 |
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Notice
of refusal to register |
11 |
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Transmission
of Shares |
12 |
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Persons
entitled on death of a Member |
12 |
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Registration
of transfer of a Share following death or bankruptcy |
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Indemnity |
12 |
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Rights
of person entitled to a Share following death or bankruptcy |
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Alteration
of capital |
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Increasing,
consolidating, converting, dividing and cancelling share capital |
12 |
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Dealing
with fractions resulting from consolidation of Shares |
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Reducing
share capital |
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Redemption
and purchase of own Shares |
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Power
to issue redeemable Shares and to purchase own Shares |
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Power
to pay for redemption or purchase in cash or in specie |
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Effect
of redemption or purchase of a Share |
14 |
|
|
|
10 |
Meetings
of Members |
14 |
|
Annual
and extraordinary general meetings |
14 |
|
Power
to call meetings |
14 |
|
Content
of notice |
15 |
|
Period
of notice |
15 |
|
Persons
entitled to receive notice |
15 |
|
Publication
of notice on a website |
16 |
|
Time
a website notice is deemed to be given |
16 |
|
Required
duration of publication on a website |
16 |
|
Accidental
omission to give notice or non-receipt of notice |
16 |
|
|
|
11 |
Proceedings
at meetings of Members |
16 |
|
Quorum |
16 |
|
Lack
of quorum |
17 |
|
Chairman |
17 |
|
Right
of a director to attend and speak |
17 |
|
Accommodation
of Members at Virtual Meeting |
17 |
|
Security |
17 |
|
Adjournment,
postponement and cancellation |
18 |
|
Method
of voting |
18 |
|
Taking
of a poll |
18 |
|
Chairman’s
casting vote |
18 |
|
Amendments
to resolutions |
18 |
|
Written
resolutions |
19 |
|
Sole-member
company |
20 |
|
|
|
12 |
Voting
rights of Members |
20 |
|
Right
to vote |
20 |
|
Rights
of joint holders |
20 |
|
Representation
of corporate Members |
20 |
|
Member
with mental disorder |
20 |
|
Objections
to admissibility of votes |
21 |
|
Form
of proxy |
21 |
|
How
and when proxy is to be delivered |
21 |
|
Voting
by proxy |
22 |
|
|
|
13 |
Number
of directors |
22 |
14 |
Appointment,
disqualification and removal of directors |
22 |
|
First
directors |
22 |
|
No
age limit |
22 |
|
Corporate
directors |
22 |
|
No
shareholding qualification |
23 |
|
Appointment
of directors |
23 |
|
Removal
of directors |
23 |
|
Resignation
of directors |
23 |
|
Termination
of the office of director |
23 |
|
|
|
15 |
Alternate
directors |
24 |
|
Appointment
and removal |
24 |
|
Notices |
25 |
|
Rights
of alternate director |
25 |
|
Appointment
ceases when the appointor ceases to be a director |
25 |
|
Status
of alternate director |
25 |
|
Status
of the director making the appointment |
25 |
|
|
|
16 |
Powers
of directors |
25 |
|
Powers
of directors |
25 |
|
Appointments
to office |
25 |
|
Remuneration |
26 |
|
Disclosure
of information |
26 |
|
|
|
17 |
Delegation
of powers |
27 |
|
Power
to delegate any of the directors’ powers to a committee |
27 |
|
Power
to appoint an agent of the Company |
27 |
|
Power
to appoint an attorney or authorised signatory of the Company |
27 |
|
Power
to appoint a proxy |
27 |
|
|
|
18 |
Meetings
of directors |
28 |
|
Regulation
of directors’ meetings |
28 |
|
Calling
meetings |
28 |
|
Notice
of meetings |
28 |
|
Period
of notice |
28 |
|
Use
of technology |
28 |
|
Place
of meetings |
28 |
|
Quorum |
28 |
|
Voting |
28 |
|
Validity |
28 |
|
Recording
of dissent |
28 |
|
Written
resolutions |
29 |
|
Sole
director’s minute |
29 |
|
|
|
19 |
Permissible
directors’ interests and disclosure |
29 |
|
Permissible
interests subject to disclosure |
29 |
|
Notification
of interests |
29 |
|
Voting
where a director is interested in a matter |
30 |
|
|
|
20 |
Minutes |
30 |
|
|
|
21 |
Accounts
and audit |
30 |
|
Accounting
and other records |
30 |
|
No
automatic right of inspection |
30 |
|
Sending
of accounts and reports |
30 |
|
Time
of receipt if documents are published on a website |
31 |
|
Validity
despite accidental error in publication on website |
31 |
|
When
accounts are to be audited |
31 |
22 |
Financial
year |
31 |
|
|
|
23 |
Record
dates |
31 |
|
|
|
24 |
Dividends |
31 |
|
Declaration
of dividends by Members |
31 |
|
Payment
of interim dividends and declaration of final dividends by directors |
31 |
|
Apportionment
of dividends |
32 |
|
Right
of set off |
32 |
|
Power
to pay other than in cash |
32 |
|
How
payments may be made |
32 |
|
Dividends
or other moneys not to bear interest in absence of special rights |
33 |
|
Dividends
unable to be paid or unclaimed |
33 |
|
|
|
25 |
Capitalisation
of profits |
33 |
|
Capitalisation
of profits or of any share premium account or capital redemption reserve |
33 |
|
Applying
an amount for the benefit of members |
34 |
|
|
|
26 |
Share
premium account |
34 |
|
Directors
to maintain share premium account |
34 |
|
Debits
to share premium account |
34 |
|
|
|
27 |
Seal |
34 |
|
Company
seal |
34 |
|
Duplicate
seal |
34 |
|
When
and how seal is to be used |
34 |
|
If
no seal is adopted or used |
34 |
|
Power
to allow non-manual signatures and facsimile printing of seal |
35 |
|
Validity
of execution |
35 |
|
|
|
28 |
Indemnity |
35 |
|
Indemnity |
35 |
|
Release |
35 |
|
Insurance |
36 |
|
|
|
29 |
Notices |
36 |
|
Form
of notices |
36 |
|
Electronic
communications |
36 |
|
Persons
authorised to give notices |
36 |
|
Delivery
of written notices |
36 |
|
Joint
holders |
37 |
|
Signatures |
37 |
|
Evidence
of transmission |
37 |
|
Giving
notice to a deceased or bankrupt Member |
37 |
|
Date
of giving notices |
37 |
|
Saving
provision |
37 |
|
|
|
30 |
Authentication
of Electronic Records |
38 |
|
Application
of Articles |
38 |
|
Authentication
of documents sent by Members by Electronic means |
38 |
|
Authentication
of document sent by the Secretary or Officers of the Company by Electronic means |
38 |
|
Manner
of signing |
38 |
|
Saving
provision |
38 |
|
|
|
31 |
Transfer
by way of continuation |
39 |
|
|
|
32 |
Winding
up |
39 |
|
Distribution
of assets in specie |
39 |
|
No
obligation to accept liability |
39 |
|
The
directors are authorised to present a winding up petition |
39 |
|
|
|
33 |
Amendment
of Memorandum and Articles |
39 |
|
Power
to change name or amend Memorandum |
39 |
|
Power
to amend these Articles |
39 |
Companies
Act (Revised)
Company
Limited by Shares
Second
Amended and Restated Articles of Association
of
Fitell
Corporation
(adopted
by special resolutions dated [date])
1 | Definitions,
interpretation and exclusion of Table A |
Definitions
1.1 | In
these Articles, the following definitions apply: |
Act
means the Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, including any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time
being in force.
Articles
means, as appropriate:
| (a) | these
articles of association as amended from time to time: or |
| (b) | two
or more particular articles of these Articles; |
and
Article refers to a particular article of these Articles.
Board
means the board of directors of the Company from time to time;
Business
Day means a day other than a public holiday in the place where the Company’s registered office is located, a Saturday or a
Sunday.
Class
A Ordinary Shares means the class A ordinary shares of the Company, which have the rights set forth in these Articles.
Class
B Ordinary Shares means the class B ordinary shares of the Company, which have the rights set forth in these Articles.
Clear
Days, in relation to a period of notice, means that period excluding:
| (a) | the
day when the notice is given or deemed to be given; and |
| (b) | the
day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect. |
Company
means the above-named company.
Default
Rate means 10% (ten per cent) per annum.
Designated
Stock Exchanges means the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC in the United States of America for so long as the Shares are there listed and
any other stock exchange on which the Shares are listed for trading;
Designated
Stock Exchange Rules means the relevant code, rules and regulations, as amended, from time to time, applicable as a result of the
original and continued listing of any Shares on the Designated Stock Exchanges.
Electronic
has the meaning given to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands.
Electronic
Communication Facilities means video, video-conferencing, internet or online conferencing applications, telephone or tele-conferencing
and/or any other video-communications, internet or online conferencing application or telecommunications facilities by means of which
all persons participating in a meeting are capable of hearing and being heard by each other.
Electronic
Record has the meaning given to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands.
Electronic
Signature has the meaning given to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands.
Fully
Paid and Paid Up:
| (a) | in
relation to a Share with par value, means that the par value for that Share and any premium
payable in respect of the issue of that Share, has been fully paid or credited as paid in
money or money’s worth; |
| (b) | in
relation to a Share without par value, means that the agreed issue price for that Share has
been fully paid or credited as paid in money or money’s worth. |
Member
means any person or persons entered on the register of members from time to time as the holder of a Share.
Memorandum
means the memorandum of association of the Company as amended from time to time.
Officer
means a person appointed to hold an office in the Company; and the expression includes a director, alternate director or liquidator,
but does not include the Secretary.
Ordinary
Resolution means a resolution of a duly constituted general meeting of the Company passed by a simple majority of the votes cast
by, or on behalf of, the Members entitled to vote. The expression also includes a written resolution passed by the requisite majority
in accordance with Article 11.16.
Secretary
means a person appointed to perform the duties of the secretary of the Company, including a joint, assistant or deputy secretary.
Share
means a share in the share capital of the Company; and the expression:
| (a) | includes
stock (except where a distinction between shares and stock is expressed or implied); and |
| (b) | where
the context permits, also includes a fraction of a share. |
Special
Resolution has the meaning given to that term in the Act; and the expression includes a unanimous written resolution.
Treasury
Shares means Shares of the Company held in treasury pursuant to the Act and Article 2.14.
Virtual
Meeting means any general meeting of the Members at which the Members (and any other permitted participants of such meeting, including
without limitation the chairman of the meeting and any Directors) are permitted to attend and participate solely by means of Electronic
Communication Facilities.
Interpretation
1.2 | In
the interpretation of these Articles, the following provisions apply unless the context otherwise
requires: |
| (a) | A
reference in these Articles to a statute is a reference to a statute of the Cayman Islands
as known by its short title, and includes: |
| (i) | any
statutory modification, amendment or re-enactment; and |
| (ii) | any
subordinate legislation or regulations issued under that statute. |
Without
limitation to the preceding sentence, a reference to a revised Act of the Cayman Islands is taken to be a reference to the revision of
that Act in force from time to time as amended from time to time.
| (b) | Headings
are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of these Articles,
unless there is ambiguity. |
| (c) | If
a day on which any act, matter or thing is to be done under these Articles is not a Business
Day, the act, matter or thing must be done on the next Business Day. |
| (d) | A
word which denotes the singular also denotes the plural, a word which denotes the plural
also denotes the singular, and a reference to any gender also denotes the other genders. |
| (e) | A
reference to a person includes, as appropriate, a company, trust, partnership, joint
venture, association, body corporate or government agency. |
| (f) | Where
a word or phrase is given a defined meaning another part of speech or grammatical form in
respect to that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning. |
| (g) | All
references to time are to be calculated by reference to time in the place where the Company’s
registered office is located. |
| (h) | The
words written and in writing include all modes of representing or reproducing
words in a visible form, but do not include an Electronic Record where the distinction between
a document in writing and an Electronic Record is expressed or implied. |
| (i) | The
words including, include and in particular or any similar expression
are to be construed without limitation. |
| (j) | The
term “present” means, in respect of any person attending a meeting, such
person’s presence at a general meeting of Members (or any meeting of the holders of
any class of Shares), which may be satisfied by means of such person or, if a corporation
or other non-natural person, its duly authorized representative (or, in the case of any Member,
a proxy which has been validly appointed by such Member in accordance with these Articles),
being: (a) physically present at the meeting; or (b) in the case of any meeting at which
Electronic Communication Facilities are permitted in accordance with these Articles, including
any Virtual Meeting, connected by means of the use of such Electronic Communication Facilities. |
Exclusion
of Table A Articles
1.3 | The
regulations contained in Table A in the First Schedule of the Act and any other regulations
contained in any statute or subordinate legislation are expressly excluded and do not apply
to the Company. |
Power
to issue Shares and options, with or without special rights
2.1 | Subject
to the provisions of the Act and these Articles about the redemption and purchase of the
Company’s own Shares, the directors have general and unconditional authority to allot
(with or without confirming rights of renunciation), grant options over or otherwise deal
with any unissued Shares of the Company to such persons, at such times and on such terms
and conditions as they may decide. No Share may be issued at a discount except in accordance
with the provisions of the Act. |
2.2 | Without
limitation to the preceding Article, the directors may so deal with the unissued Shares of
the Company: |
| (a) | either
at a premium or at par; or |
| (b) | with
or without preferred, deferred or other special rights or restrictions whether in regard
to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise. |
2.3 | Without
limitation to the two preceding Articles, |
| (a) | the
Company may issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar
nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive
any class of Shares or other securities in the Company at such times and on such terms and
conditions as the directors may decide; and |
| (b) | the
directors may refuse to accept any application for Shares, and may accept any application
in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason. |
Power
to issue fractions of a Share
2.4 | Subject
to the Act, the Company may issue fractions of a Share of any class. A fraction of a Share
shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect
to calls or otherwise), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions,
rights and other attributes of a Share of that class of Shares. |
Power
to pay commissions and brokerage fees
2.5 | The
Company may pay a commission to any person in consideration of that person: |
| (a) | subscribing
or agreeing to subscribe, whether absolutely or conditionally; or |
| (b) | procuring
or agreeing to procure subscriptions, whether absolute or conditional |
for
any Shares in the Company. That commission may be satisfied by the payment of cash or the allotment of Fully Paid or partly-paid Shares
or partly in one way and partly in another.
2.6 | The
Company may employ a broker in the issue of its capital and pay him any proper commission
or brokerage. |
Security
interests
2.7 | Notwithstanding
the preceding Article, the Company may (but shall not be obliged to) recognise a security
interest of which it has actual notice over shares. The Company shall not be treated as having
recognised any such security interest unless it has so agreed in writing with the secured
party. |
Trusts
not recognised
2.8 | Except
as required by law: |
| (a) | no
person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any Share on any trust; and |
| (b) | no
person other than the Member shall be recognised by the Company as having any right in a
Share. |
Rights
of Shares
2.9 | Subject
to Article 2.1, the Memorandum and any Special Resolution to the contrary and without prejudice
to any special rights conferred thereby on the holders of any other Shares or class of Shares,
Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares shall carry equal rights and rank pari
passu with one another in all respects other than as set out below: |
| (i) | Holders
of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares have the right to receive notice of,
attend, speak and vote at general meetings of the Company. Holders of shares of Class A Ordinary
Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares shall, at all times, vote together as a single class on
all matters submitted to a vote for Members’ consent. |
| (ii) | Each
Class A Ordinary Share shall be entitled to one (1) vote on all matters subject to the vote
at general meetings of the Company; whereas, each Class B Ordinary Share shall be entitled
to thirty (30) votes on all matters subject to the vote at general meetings of the Company. |
| (i) | A
holder of Class B Ordinary Shares may not be converted into Class A Ordinary Shares under
any circumstances. |
| (ii) | A
holder of Class A Ordinary Shares may not be converted into Class B Ordinary Shares under
any circumstances. |
Power
to vary class rights
2.10 | If
the share capital is divided into different classes of Shares then, unless the terms on which
a class of Shares was issued state otherwise, the rights attaching to a class of Shares may
only be varied if one of the following applies: |
| (a) | the
Members holding not less than two thirds of the issued Shares of that class consent in writing
to the variation; or |
| (b) | the
variation is made with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate general
meeting of the Members holding the issued Shares of that class. |
2.11 | For
the purpose of paragraph (b) of the preceding Article, all the provisions of these Articles
relating to general meetings apply, mutatis mutandis, to every such separate meeting except
that the necessary quorum shall be one or more persons holding, or representing by proxy,
not less than one third of the issued Shares of the class. |
2.12 | For
the purposes of a separate class meeting, the directors may treat two or more or all the
classes of Shares as forming one class of Shares if the directors consider that such classes
of Shares would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration, but in
any other case shall treat them as separate classes of Shares. |
Effect
of new Share issue on existing class rights
2.13 | Unless
the terms on which a class of Shares was issued state otherwise, the rights conferred on
the Member holding Shares of any class shall not be deemed to be varied by the creation or
issue of further Shares ranking pari passu with the existing Shares of that class. |
Capital
contributions without issue of further Shares
2.14 | With
the consent of a Member, the directors may accept a voluntary contribution to the capital
of the Company from that Member without issuing Shares in consideration for that contribution.
In that event, the contribution shall be dealt with in the following manner: |
| (a) | It
shall be treated as if it were a share premium. |
| (b) | Unless
the Member agrees otherwise: |
| (i) | if
the Member holds Shares in a single class of Shares - it shall be credited to the share premium
account for that class of Shares; |
| (ii) | if
the Member holds Shares of more than one class - it shall be credited rateably to the share
premium accounts for those classes of Shares (in the proportion that the sum of the issue
prices for each class of Shares that the Member holds bears to the total issue prices for
all classes of Shares that the Member holds). |
| (c) | It
shall be subject to the provisions of the Act and these Articles applicable to share premiums. |
No
bearer Shares or warrants
2.15 | The
Company shall not issue Shares or warrants to bearers. |
Treasury
Shares
2.16 | Shares
that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires by way of surrender in accordance with the
Act shall be held as Treasury Shares and not treated as cancelled if: |
| (a) | the
directors so determine prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of those shares; and |
| (b) | the
relevant provisions of the Memorandum and Articles and the Act are otherwise complied with. |
Rights
attaching to Treasury Shares and related matters
2.17 | No
dividend may be declared or paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash or otherwise)
of the Company’s assets (including any distribution of assets to Members on a winding
up) may be made to the Company in respect of a Treasury Share. |
2.18 | The
Company shall be entered in the Register as the holder of the Treasury Shares. However: |
| (a) | the
Company shall not be treated as a Member for any purpose and shall not exercise any right
in respect of the Treasury Shares, and any purported exercise of such a right shall be void;
and |
| (b) | a
Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting of the Company
and shall not be counted in determining the total number of issued shares at any given time,
whether for the purposes of these Articles or the Act. |
2.19 | Nothing
in the preceding Article prevents an allotment of Shares as fully paid bonus shares in respect
of a Treasury Share and Shares allotted as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a Treasury
Share shall be treated as Treasury Shares. |
2.20 | Treasury
Shares may be disposed of by the Company in accordance with the Act and otherwise on such
terms and conditions as the directors determine. |
Register
of Members
2.21 | The
Directors shall keep or cause to be kept a register of Members as required by the Act and
may cause the Company to maintain one or more branch registers as contemplated by the Act,
provided that where the Company is maintaining one or more branch registers, the Directors
shall ensure that a duplicate of each branch register is kept with the Company’s principal
register of Members and updated within such number of days of any amendment having been made
to such branch register as may be required by the Act. |
2.22 | The
title to Shares listed on a Designated Stock Exchange may be evidenced and transferred in
accordance with the laws applicable to the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock
Exchange and, for these purposes, the register of Members may be maintained in accordance
with section 40B of the Act. |
Annual
Return
2.23 | The
Directors in each calendar year shall prepare or cause to be prepared an annual return and
declaration setting forth the particulars required by the Act and shall deliver a copy thereof
to the registrar of companies for the Cayman Islands. |
Issue
of share certificates
3.1 | A
Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the directors resolve that share
certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in
such form as the directors may determine. If the directors resolve that share certificates
shall be issued, upon being entered in the register of Members as the holder of a Share,
the directors may issue to any Member: |
| (a) | without
payment, one certificate for all the Shares of each class held by that Member (and, upon
transferring a part of the Member’s holding of Shares of any class, to a certificate
for the balance of that holding); and |
| (b) | upon
payment of such reasonable sum as the directors may determine for every certificate after
the first, several certificates each for one or more of that Member’s Shares. |
3.2 | Every
certificate shall specify the number, class and distinguishing numbers (if any) of the Shares
to which it relates and whether they are Fully Paid or partly paid up. A certificate may
be executed under seal or executed in such other manner as the directors determine. |
3.3 | The
Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by
several persons and delivery of a certificate for a Share to one joint holder shall be a
sufficient delivery to all of them. |
Renewal
of lost or damaged share certificates
3.4 | If
a share certificate is defaced, worn-out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms
(if any) as to: |
| (c) | payment
of the expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating the evidence; and |
| (d) | payment
of a reasonable fee, if any, for issuing a replacement share certificate |
as
the directors may determine, and (in the case of defacement or wearing-out) on delivery to the Company of the old certificate.
Nature
and scope of lien
4.1 | The
Company has a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether Fully Paid or not) registered
in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others). The lien is for all moneys
payable to the Company by the Member or the Member’s estate: |
| (a) | either
alone or jointly with any other person, whether or not that other person is a Member; and |
| (b) | whether
or not those moneys are presently payable. |
4.2 | At
any time the directors may declare any Share to be wholly or partly exempt from the provisions
of this Article. |
Company
may sell Shares to satisfy lien
4.3 | The
Company may sell any Shares over which it has a lien if all of the following conditions are
met: |
| (a) | the
sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable; |
| (b) | the
Company gives notice to the Member holding the Share (or to the person entitled to it in
consequence of the death or bankruptcy of that Member) demanding payment and stating that
if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold; and |
| (c) | that
sum is not paid within 14 Clear Days after that notice is deemed to be given under these
Articles. |
and
Shares to which this Article 4.3 applies shall be referred to as Lien Default Shares.
4.4 | The
Lien Default Shares may be sold in such manner as the directors determine. |
4.5 | To
the maximum extent permitted by law, the directors shall incur no personal liability to the
Member concerned in respect of the sale. |
Authority
to execute instrument of transfer
4.6 | To
give effect to a sale, the directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of
transfer of the Lien Default Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the
purchaser. The title of the transferee of the Lien Default Shares shall not be affected by
any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in respect of the sale. |
Consequences
of sale of Shares to satisfy lien
4.7 | On
sale pursuant to the preceding Articles: |
| (a) | the
name of the Member concerned shall be removed from the register of members as the holder
of those Lien Default Shares; and |
| (b) | that
person shall deliver to the Company for cancellation the certificate for those Lien Default
Shares. |
Despite
this, that person shall remain liable to the Company for all monies which, at the date of sale, were presently payable by him to the
Company in respect of those Lien Default Shares. That person shall also be liable to pay interest on those monies from the date of sale
until payment at the rate at which interest was payable before that sale or, failing that, at the Default Rate. The directors may waive
payment wholly or in part or enforce payment without any allowance for the value of the Lien Default Shares at the time of sale or for
any consideration received on their disposal.
Application
of proceeds of sale
4.8 | The
net proceeds of the sale, after payment of the costs, shall be applied in payment of so much
of the sum for which the lien exists as is presently payable. Any residue shall be paid to
the person whose Lien Default Shares have been sold: |
| (a) | if
no certificate for the Lien Default Shares was issued, at the date of the sale; or |
| (b) | if
a certificate for the Lien Default Shares was issued, upon surrender to the Company of that
certificate for cancellation |
but,
in either case, subject to the Company retaining a like lien for all sums not presently payable as existed on the Lien Default Shares
before the sale.
5 | Calls
on Shares and forfeiture |
Power
to make calls and effect of calls
5.1 | Subject
to the terms of allotment, the directors may make calls on the Members in respect of any
moneys unpaid on their Shares including any premium. The call may provide for payment to
be by instalments. Subject to receiving at least 14 Clear Days’ notice specifying when
and where payment is to be made, each Member shall pay to the Company the amount called on
his Shares as required by the notice. |
5.2 | Before
receipt by the Company of any sum due under a call, that call may be revoked in whole or
in part and payment of a call may be postponed in whole or in part. Where a call is to be
paid in instalments, the Company may revoke the call in respect of all or any remaining instalments
in whole or in part and may postpone payment of all or any of the remaining instalments in
whole or in part. |
5.3 | A
Member on whom a call is made shall remain liable for that call notwithstanding the subsequent
transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made. He shall not be liable for
calls made after he is no longer registered as Member in respect of those Shares. |
Time
when call made
5.4 | A
call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the directors authorising
the call was passed. |
Liability
of joint holders
5.5 | Members
registered as the joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all
calls in respect of the Share. |
Interest
on unpaid calls
5.6 | If
a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the person from whom it is due
and payable shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable
until it is paid: |
| (a) | at
the rate fixed by the terms of allotment of the Share or in the notice of the call; or |
| (b) | if
no rate is fixed, at the Default Rate. |
The
directors may waive payment of the interest wholly or in part.
Deemed
calls
5.7 | Any
amount payable in respect of a Share, whether on allotment or on a fixed date or otherwise,
shall be deemed to be payable as a call. If the amount is not paid when due the provisions
of these Articles shall apply as if the amount had become due and payable by virtue of a
call. |
Power
to accept early payment
5.8 | The
Company may accept from a Member the whole or a part of the amount remaining unpaid on Shares
held by him although no part of that amount has been called up. |
Power
to make different arrangements at time of issue of Shares
5.9 | Subject
to the terms of allotment, the directors may make arrangements on the issue of Shares to
distinguish between Members in the amounts and times of payment of calls on their Shares. |
Notice
of default
5.10 | If
a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the directors may give to the person
from whom it is due not less than 14 Clear Days’ notice requiring payment of: |
| (b) | any
interest which may have accrued; and |
| (c) | any
expenses which have been incurred by the Company due to that person’s default. |
5.11 | The
notice shall state the following: |
| (a) | the
place where payment is to be made; and |
| (b) | a
warning that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call is
made will be liable to be forfeited. |
Forfeiture
or surrender of Shares
5.12 | If
the notice under the preceding Article is not complied with, the directors may, before the
payment required by the notice has been received, resolve that any Share the subject of that
notice be forfeited. The forfeiture shall include all dividends or other moneys payable in
respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture. Despite the foregoing,
the directors may determine that any Share the subject of that notice be accepted by the
Company as surrendered by the Member holding that Share in lieu of forfeiture. |
Disposal
of forfeited or surrendered Share and power to cancel forfeiture or surrender
5.13 | A
forfeited or surrendered Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such
terms and in such manner as the directors determine either to the former Member who held
that Share or to any other person. The forfeiture or surrender may be cancelled on such terms
as the directors think fit at any time before a sale, re-allotment or other disposition.
Where, for the purposes of its disposal, a forfeited or surrendered Share is to be transferred
to any person, the directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer
of the Share to the transferee. The directors may accept the surrender for no consideration
of any Share in accordance with the Act. |
Effect
of forfeiture or surrender on former Member
5.14 | On
forfeiture or surrender: |
| (a) | the
name of the Member concerned shall be removed from the register of members as the holder
of those Shares and that person shall cease to be a Member in respect of those Shares; and |
| (b) | that
person shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate (if any) for the forfeited
or surrendered Shares. |
5.15 | Despite
the forfeiture or surrender of his Shares, that person shall remain liable to the Company
for all moneys which at the date of forfeiture or surrender were presently payable by him
to the Company in respect of those Shares together with: |
| (b) | interest
from the date of forfeiture or surrender until payment: |
| (i) | at
the rate of which interest was payable on those moneys before forfeiture; or |
| (ii) | if
no interest was so payable, at the Default Rate. |
The
directors, however, may waive payment wholly or in part.
Evidence
of forfeiture or surrender
5.16 | A
declaration, whether statutory or under oath, made by a director or the Secretary shall be
conclusive evidence of the following matters stated in it as against all persons claiming
to be entitled to forfeited Shares: |
| (a) | that
the person making the declaration is a director or Secretary of the Company, and |
| (b) | that
the particular Shares have been forfeited or surrendered on a particular date. |
Subject
to the execution of an instrument of transfer, if necessary, the declaration shall constitute good title to the Shares.
Sale
of forfeited or surrendered Shares
5.17 | Any
person to whom the forfeited or surrendered Shares are disposed of shall not be bound to
see to the application of the consideration, if any, of those Shares nor shall his title
to the Shares be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of the proceedings in respect
of, the forfeiture, surrender or disposal of those Shares. |
Form
of transfer
6.1 | Subject
to the following Articles about the transfer of Shares, and provided that such transfer complies
with applicable rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, a Member may transfer Shares to another
person by completing an instrument of transfer, in a common form or in a form prescribed
by the Designated Stock Exchange (if such Shares are listed on the Designated Stock Exchange)
or in any other form approved by the directors, executed: |
| (a) | where
the Shares are Fully Paid, by or on behalf of that Member; and |
| (b) | where
the Shares are partly paid, by or on behalf of that Member and the transferee. |
6.2 | The
transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee
is entered into the register of Members. |
Power
to refuse registration for Shares not listed on a Designated Stock Exchange
6.3 | Where
the Shares of any class in question are not listed on or subject to the rules of any Designated
Stock Exchange, the directors may in their absolute discretion decline to register any transfer
of such Shares which are not Fully Paid Up or on which the Company has a lien. The directors
may also, but are not required to, decline to register any transfer of any such Share unless: |
| (a) | the
instrument of transfer is lodged with the Company, accompanied by the certificate (if any)
for the Shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require
to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer; |
| (b) | the
instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of Shares; |
| (c) | the
instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required; |
| (d) | in
the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the Share is
to be transferred does not exceed four; |
| (e) | the
Shares transferred are Fully Paid Up and free of any lien in favour of the Company; and |
| (f) | any
applicable fee of such maximum sum as the Designated Stock Exchanges may determine to be
payable, or such lesser sum as the Board may from time to time require, related to the transfer
is paid to the Company. |
Suspension
of transfers
6.4 | The
registration of transfers may, on 14 days’ notice being given by advertisement in such
one or more newspapers or by Electronic means, be suspended and the register of Members closed
at such times and for such periods as the directors may, in their absolute discretion, from
time to time determine, provided always that such registration of transfer shall not be suspended
nor the register of Members closed for more than 30 days in any year. |
Company
may retain instrument of transfer
6.5 | All
instruments of transfer that are registered shall be retained by the Company. |
Notice
of refusal to register
6.6 | If
the directors refuse to register a transfer of any Shares of any class not listed on a Designated
Stock Exchange, they shall within one month after the date on which the instrument of transfer
was lodged with the Company send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of the
refusal. |
Persons
entitled on death of a Member
7.1 | If
a Member dies, the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to the deceased
Members’ interest are the following: |
| (a) | where
the deceased Member was a joint holder, the survivor or survivors; and |
| (b) | where
the deceased Member was a sole holder, that Member’s personal representative or representatives. |
7.2 | Nothing
in these Articles shall release the deceased Member’s estate from any liability in
respect of any Share, whether the deceased was a sole holder or a joint holder. |
Registration
of transfer of a Share following death or bankruptcy
7.3 | A
person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member
may elect to do either of the following: |
| (a) | to
become the holder of the Share; or |
| (b) | to
transfer the Share to another person. |
7.4 | That
person must produce such evidence of his entitlement as the directors may properly require. |
7.5 | If
the person elects to become the holder of the Share, he must give notice to the Company to
that effect. For the purposes of these Articles, that notice shall be treated as though it
were an executed instrument of transfer. |
7.6 | If
the person elects to transfer the Share to another person then: |
| (a) | if
the Share is Fully Paid, the transferor must execute an instrument of transfer; and |
| (b) | if
the Share is partly paid, the transferor and the transferee must execute an instrument of
transfer. |
7.7 | All
the Articles relating to the transfer of Shares shall apply to the notice or, as appropriate,
the instrument of transfer. |
Indemnity
7.8 | A
person registered as a Member by reason of the death or bankruptcy of another Member shall
indemnify the Company and the directors against any loss or damage suffered by the Company
or the directors as a result of that registration. |
Rights
of person entitled to a Share following death or bankruptcy
7.9 | A
person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Member shall
have the rights to which he would be entitled if he were registered as the holder of the
Share. But, until he is registered as Member in respect of the Share, he shall not be entitled
to attend or vote at any meeting of the Company or at any separate meeting of the holders
of that class of Shares in the Company. |
Increasing,
consolidating, converting, dividing and cancelling share capital
8.1 | To
the fullest extent permitted by the Act, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution do any of
the following and amend its Memorandum for that purpose: |
| (a) | increase
its share capital by new Shares of the amount fixed by that Ordinary Resolution and with
the attached rights, priorities and privileges set out in that Ordinary Resolution; |
| (b) | consolidate
and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing
Shares; |
| (c) | convert
all or any of its Paid Up Shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into Paid Up Shares
of any denomination; |
| (d) | sub-divide
its Shares or any of them into Shares of an amount smaller than that fixed by the Memorandum,
so, however, that in the sub-division, the proportion between the amount paid and the amount,
if any, unpaid on each reduced Share shall be the same as it was in case of the Share from
which the reduced Share is derived; and |
| (e) | cancel
Shares which, at the date of the passing of that Ordinary Resolution, have not been taken
or agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its share capital by the
amount of the Shares so cancelled or, in the case of Shares without nominal par value, diminish
the number of Shares into which its capital is divided. |
Dealing
with fractions resulting from consolidation of Shares
8.2 | Whenever,
as a result of a consolidation of Shares, any Members would become entitled to fractions
of a Share the directors may on behalf of those Members deal with the fractions as it thinks
fit, including (without limitation): |
| (a) | either
round up or down the fraction to the nearest whole number, such rounding to be determined
by the directors acting in their sole discretion; |
| (b) | sell
the Shares representing the fractions for the best price reasonably obtainable to any person
(including, subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company); or |
| (c) | distribute
the net proceeds in due proportion among those Members. |
For
that purpose, the directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares to, or in accordance with the
directions of, the purchaser. The transferee shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall the transferee’s
title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings in respect of the sale.
Reducing
share capital
8.3 | Subject
to the Act and to any rights for the time being conferred on the Members holding a particular
class of Shares, the Company may, by Special Resolution, reduce its share capital in any
way. |
9 | Redemption
and purchase of own Shares |
Power
to issue redeemable Shares and to purchase own Shares
9.1 | Subject
to the Act, and to any rights for the time being conferred on the Members holding a particular
class of Shares, the Company may by its directors: |
| (a) | issue
Shares that are to be redeemed or liable to be redeemed, at the option of the Company or
the Member holding those redeemable Shares, on the terms and in the manner its directors
determine before the issue of those Shares; |
| (b) | with
the consent by Special Resolution of the Members holding Shares of a particular class, vary
the rights attaching to that class of Shares so as to provide that those Shares are to be
redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company on the terms and in the
manner which the directors determine at the time of such variation; and |
| (c) | purchase
all or any of its own Shares of any class including any redeemable Shares on the terms and
in the manner which the directors determine at the time of such purchase. |
The
Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner authorised by the Act, including
out of any combination of the following: capital, its profits and the proceeds of a fresh issue of Shares.
Power
to pay for redemption or purchase in cash or in specie
9.2 | When
making a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of Shares, the directors may make
the payment in cash or in specie (or partly in one and partly in the other) if so authorised
by the terms of the allotment of those Shares, or by the terms applying to those Shares in
accordance with Article 9.1, or otherwise by agreement with the Member holding those Shares. |
Effect
of redemption or purchase of a Share
9.3 | Upon
the date of redemption or purchase of a Share: |
| (a) | the
Member holding that Share shall cease to be entitled to any rights in respect of the Share
other than the right to receive: |
| (i) | the
price for the Share; and |
| (ii) | any
dividend declared in respect of the Share prior to the date of redemption or purchase; |
| (b) | the
Member’s name shall be removed from the register of members with respect to the Share;
and |
| (c) | the
Share shall be cancelled or held as a Treasury Shares, as the directors may determine. |
For
the purpose of this Article, the date of redemption or purchase is the date when Member’s name is removed from the register of
Members with respect to the Shares the subject of the redemption or purchase.
Annual
and extraordinary general meetings
10.1 | The
Company may, but shall not (unless required by the applicable Designated Stock Exchange Rules)
be obligated to, in each year hold a general meeting as an annual general meeting, which,
if held, shall be convened by the Board, in accordance with these Articles. |
10.2 | All
general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general
meetings. |
Power
to call meetings
10.3 | The
directors may call a general meeting at any time. |
10.4 | If
there are insufficient directors to constitute a quorum and the remaining directors are unable
to agree on the appointment of additional directors, the directors must call a general meeting
for the purpose of appointing additional directors. |
10.5 | The
directors must also call a general meeting if requisitioned in the manner set out in the
next two Articles. |
10.6 | The
requisition must be in writing and given by one or more Members who together hold at least
10% of the rights to vote at such general meeting. |
10.7 | The
requisition must also: |
| (a) | specify
the purpose of the meeting. |
| (b) | be
signed by or on behalf of each requisitioner (and for this purpose each joint holder shall
be obliged to sign). The requisition may consist of several documents in like form signed
by one or more of the requisitioners. |
| (c) | be
delivered in accordance with the notice provisions. |
10.8 | Should
the directors fail to call a general meeting within 21 Clear Days from the date of receipt
of a requisition, the requisitioners or any of them may call a general meeting within three
months after the end of that period. |
10.9 | Without
limitation to the foregoing, if there are insufficient directors to constitute a quorum and
the remaining directors are unable to agree on the appointment of additional directors, any
one or more Members who together hold at least 10% of the rights to vote at a general meeting
may call a general meeting for the purpose of considering the business specified in the notice
of meeting which shall include as an item of business the appointment of additional directors. |
10.10 | If
the Members call a meeting under the above provisions, the Company shall reimburse their
reasonable expenses. |
Content
of notice
10.11 | Notice
of a general meeting shall specify each of the following: |
| (a) | the
place, the date and the hour of the meeting; |
| (b) | whether
the meeting will be held virtually, at a physical place or both; |
| (c) | if
the meeting is to be held in any part at a physical place, the address of such place; |
| (d) | if
the meeting is to be held in two or more places, or in any part virtually, the Electronic
Communication Facilities that will be used to facilitate the meeting, including the procedures
to be followed by any Member or other participant of the meeting who wishes to utilise such
Electronic Communication Facilities for the purposes of attending and participating in such
meeting; |
| (e) | subject
to paragraph (f) and the requirements of (to the extent applicable) the Designated Stock
Exchange Rules, the general nature of the business to be transacted; and |
| (f) | if
a resolution is proposed as a Special Resolution, the text of that resolution. |
10.12 | In
each notice there shall appear with reasonable prominence the following statements: |
| (a) | that
a Member who is entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to
attend and vote instead of that Member; and |
| (b) | that
a proxyholder need not be a Member. |
Period
of notice
10.13 | At
least five Clear Days’ notice of a general meeting must be given to Members. But a
meeting may be convened on shorter notice with the consent of the Member or Members who,
individually or collectively, hold at least 90% of the voting rights of all those who have
a right to vote at that meeting. |
Persons
entitled to receive notice
10.14 | Subject
to the provisions of these Articles and to any restrictions imposed on any Shares, the notice
shall be given to the following people: |
| (b) | persons
entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member; and |
10.15 | The
Board may determine that the Members entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote at a
meeting are those persons entered on the register of members at the close of business on
a day determined by the Board. |
Publication
of notice on a website
10.16 | Subject
to the Act, a notice of a general meeting may be published on a website providing the recipient
is given separate notice of: |
| (a) | the
publication of the notice on the website; |
| (b) | the
place on the website where the notice may be accessed; |
| (c) | how
it may be accessed; and |
| (d) | the
place, date and time of the general meeting. |
10.17 | If
a Member notifies the Company that he is unable for any reason to access the website, the
Company must as soon as practicable give notice of the meeting to that Member by any other
means permitted by these Articles. But this will not affect when that Member is deemed to
have received notice of the meeting. |
Time
a website notice is deemed to be given
10.18 | A
website notice is deemed to be given when the Member is given notice of its publication. |
Required
duration of publication on a website
10.19 | Where
the notice of meeting is published on a website, it shall continue to be published in the
same place on that website from the date of the notification until the conclusion of the
meeting to which the notice relates. |
Accidental
omission to give notice or non-receipt of notice
10.20 | Proceedings
at a meeting shall not be invalidated by the following: |
| (a) | an
accidental failure to give notice of the meeting to any person entitled to notice; or |
| (b) | non-receipt
of notice of the meeting by any person entitled to notice. |
10.21 | In
addition, where a notice of meeting is published on a website, proceedings at the meeting
shall not be invalidated merely because it is accidentally published: |
| (a) | in
a different place on the website; or |
| (b) | for
part only of the period from the date of the notification until the conclusion of the meeting
to which the notice relates. |
11 | Proceedings
at meetings of Members |
Quorum
11.1 | Save
as provided in the following Article, no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless
a quorum is present in person or by proxy at the meeting. A quorum is as follows: |
| (a) | if
the Company has only one Member: that Member; |
| (b) | if
the Company has more than one Member: one or more Members holding Shares that represent not
less than one-third of the outstanding Shares carrying the right to vote at such general
meeting . |
Lack
of quorum
11.2 | If
a quorum is not present at the meeting within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the meeting,
or if at any time during the meeting it becomes inquorate, then the following provisions
apply: |
| (a) | If
the meeting was requisitioned by Members, it shall be cancelled. |
| (b) | In
any other case, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same time and place seven days hence,
or to such other time or place as is determined by the directors. If a quorum is not present
at the meeting within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the adjourned meeting, then the
Members present in person or by proxy at the meeting shall constitute a quorum. |
Chairman
11.3 | The
chairman of a general meeting (including any Virtual Meeting) shall be the chairman of the
Board or such other director as the directors have nominated to chair Board meetings in the
absence of the chairman of the Board. Absent any such person being present at the meeting
within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the meeting, the directors present shall elect
one of their number to chair the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to
attend and participate at any such general meeting by means of Electronic Communication Facilities,
and to act as the chairman of such general meeting, in which event the chairman of the meeting
shall be deemed to be present at the meeting. |
11.4 | If
no director is present within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the meeting, or if no
director is willing to act as chairman, the Members present in person or by proxy and entitled
to vote shall choose one of their number to chair the meeting. |
Right
of a director to attend and speak
11.5 | Even
if a director is not a Member, he shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting
and at any separate meeting of Members holding a particular class of Shares in the Company. |
Accommodation
of Members at Virtual Meeting
11.6 | A
Member entitled to receive notice and attend a meeting will be deemed to be in attendance
at such meeting despite their attendance being virtual if adequate facilities are available
to ensure that the Member is able to: |
| (a) | to
participate in the business for which the meeting has been convened; and |
| (b) | to
hear all that happens at the meeting. |
without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Directors may determine that any general meeting may be held as a Virtual Meeting
Security
11.7 | In
addition to any measures which the Board may be required to take due to the location or venue
of the meeting, the Board may make any arrangement and impose any restriction it considers
appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances to ensure the security of a meeting including,
without limitation, the searching of any person attending the meeting and the imposing of
restrictions on the items of personal property that may be taken into the meeting place.
The Board may refuse entry to, or eject from, a meeting a person who refuses to comply with
any such arrangements or restrictions. |
Adjournment,
postponement and cancellation
| (a) | postponed
or cancelled prior to the meeting at the discretion of the Directors by written notice provided
to all persons entitled to attend the meeting, unless the meeting was requisitioned by Members
or otherwise called by Members pursuant to Article 10.5; or |
| (b) | adjourned,
with or without an appointed date for resumption, at any time during the meeting at the discretion
of the chairman with the consent of the Members constituting a quorum. |
The
chairman must adjourn the meeting if so directed by the Members constituting a quorum at the meeting. No business, however, can be transacted
at an adjourned or postponed meeting other than business which might properly have been transacted at the original meeting.
11.9 | Should
a meeting be adjourned for more than seven Clear Days, whether because of a lack of quorum
or otherwise, Members shall be given at least seven Clear Days’ notice of the date,
time and place of the adjourned meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted.
Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the adjournment. |
Method
of voting
11.10 | A
resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll. |
Taking
of a poll
11.11 | A
poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs. He may appoint scrutineers (who
need not be Members) and fix a place and time for declaring the result of the poll. If, through
the aid of technology, the meeting is held as a Virtual Meeting or in more than one place,
the chairman may appoint scrutineers virtually and in more than one place; but if he considers
that the poll cannot be effectively monitored at that meeting, the chairman shall adjourn
the holding of the poll to a date, place and time when that can occur. |
Chairman’s
casting vote
11.12 | If
the votes on a resolution are equal the chairman may if he wishes exercise a casting vote. |
Amendments
to resolutions
11.13 | An
Ordinary Resolution to be proposed at a general meeting may be amended by Ordinary Resolution
if: |
| (a) | not
less than 48 hours before the meeting is to take place (or such later time as the chairman
of the meeting may determine), notice of the proposed amendment is given to the Company in
writing by a Member entitled to vote at that meeting; and |
| (b) | the
proposed amendment does not, in the reasonable opinion of the chairman of the meeting, materially
alter the scope of the resolution. |
11.14 | A
Special Resolution to be proposed at a general meeting may be amended by Ordinary Resolution,
if: |
| (a) | the
chairman of the meeting proposes the amendment at the general meeting at which the resolution
is to be proposed, and |
| (b) | the
amendment does not go beyond what the chairman considers is necessary to correct a grammatical
or other non-substantive error in the resolution. |
11.15 | If
the chairman of the meeting, acting in good faith, wrongly decides that an amendment to a
resolution is out of order, the chairman’s error does not invalidate the vote on that
resolution. |
Written
resolutions
11.16 | Without
limitation to section 60(1) of the Act, Members may pass a Special Resolution in writing
without holding a meeting if the following conditions are met: |
| (a) | all
Members entitled to vote on the resolution are given notice of the resolution as if the same
were being proposed at a meeting of Members; |
| (b) | all
Members entitled so to vote : |
| (ii) | sign
several documents in the like form each signed by one or more of those Members; and |
| (c) | the
signed document or documents is or are delivered to the Company, including, if the Company
so nominates, by delivery of an Electronic Record by Electronic means to the address specified
for that purpose. |
Such
written resolution, which shall be as effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Members entitled to vote duly convened and
held, is passed when all such Members have so signified their agreement to the resolution.
11.17 | Members
may pass an Ordinary Resolution in writing without holding a meeting if the following conditions
are met: |
| (a) | all
Members entitled to vote on the resolution are: |
| (i) | given
notice of the resolution as if the same were being proposed at a meeting of Members; and |
| (ii) | notified
in the same or an accompanying notice of the date by which the resolution must be passed
if it is not to lapse, being a period of seven (7) days beginning with the date that the
notice is first given; |
| (b) | the
required majority of the Members entitled so to vote: |
| (ii) | sign
several documents in the like form each signed by one or more of those Members; and |
| (c) | the
signed document or documents is or are delivered to the Company, including, if the Company
so nominates, by delivery of an Electronic Record by Electronic means to the address specified
for that purpose. |
Such
written resolution, which shall be as effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Members entitled to vote duly convened and
held, is passed upon the later of these dates: (i) subject to the following Article, the date next immediately following the end of the
period of three (3) days beginning with the date that notice of the resolution is first given and (ii) the date when the required majority
have so signified their agreement to the resolution. However, the proposed written resolution lapses if it is not passed before the end
of the period of seven (7) days beginning with the date that notice of it is first given.
11.18 | If
all Members entitled to be given notice of the Ordinary Resolution consent, a written resolution
may be passed as soon as the required majority have signified their agreement to the resolution,
without any minimum period of time having first elapsed. Save that the consent of the majority
may be incorporated in the written resolution, each consent shall be in writing or given
by Electronic Record and shall otherwise be given to the Company in accordance with Article
29 (relating to notices) prior to the written resolution taking effect. |
11.19 | The
directors may determine the manner in which written resolutions shall be put to Members.
In particular, they may provide, in the form of any written resolution, for each Member to
indicate, out of the number of votes the Member would have been entitled to cast at a meeting
to consider the resolution, how many votes he wishes to cast in favour of the resolution
and how many against the resolution or to be treated as abstentions. The result of any such
written resolution shall be determined on the same basis as on a poll. |
Sole-member
company
11.20 | If
the Company has only one Member, and the Member records in writing his decision on a question,
that record shall constitute both the passing of a resolution and the minute of it. |
12 | Voting
rights of Members |
Right
to vote
12.1 | Unless
their Shares carry no right to vote, or unless a call or other amount presently payable has
not been paid, and subject to Article 10.15, all Members are entitled to vote at a general
meeting, and all Members holding Shares of a particular class of Shares are entitled to vote
at a meeting of the holders of that class of Shares. Unless otherwise required under the
Act or by these Articles, holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares
shall at all times vote together as one class on all resolutions submitted to a vote by the
Members. |
12.2 | Members
may vote in person or by proxy. |
12.3 | Each
Class A Ordinary Share shall be entitled to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at
general meetings of the Company, and each Class B Ordinary Share shall be entitled to thirty
(30) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company. A fraction
of a Class A Ordinary Share shall entitle its holder to an equivalent fraction of one (1)
vote, and a fraction of a Class B Ordinary Share shall entitle its holder to an equivalent
fraction of thirty (30) votes. |
12.4 | No
Member is bound to vote on his Shares or any of them; nor is he bound to vote each of his
Shares in the same way. |
Rights
of joint holders
12.5 | If
Shares are held jointly, only one of the joint holders may vote. If more than one of the
joint holders tenders a vote, the vote of the holder whose name in respect of those Shares
appears first in the register of members shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes
of the other joint holder. |
Representation
of corporate Members
12.6 | Save
where otherwise provided, a corporate Member must act by a duly authorised representative. |
12.7 | A
corporate Member wishing to act by a duly authorised representative must identify that person
to the Company by notice in writing. |
12.8 | The
authorisation may be for any period of time, and must be delivered to the Company not less
than two hours before the commencement of the meeting at which it is first used. |
12.9 | The
directors of the Company may require the production of any evidence which they consider necessary
to determine the validity of the notice. |
12.10 | Where
a duly authorised representative is present at a meeting that Member is deemed to be present
in person; and the acts of the duly authorised representative are personal acts of that Member. |
12.11 | A
corporate Member may revoke the appointment of a duly authorised representative at any time
by notice to the Company; but such revocation will not affect the validity of any acts carried
out by the duly authorised representative before the directors of the Company had actual
notice of the revocation. |
Member
with mental disorder
12.12 | A
Member in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction (whether
in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere) in matters concerning mental disorder may vote, by that
Member’s receiver, curator bonis or other person authorised in that behalf appointed
by that court. |
12.13 | For
the purpose of the preceding Article, evidence to the satisfaction of the directors of the
authority of the person claiming to exercise the right to vote must be received not less
than 24 hours before holding the relevant meeting or the adjourned meeting in any manner
specified for the delivery of forms of appointment of a proxy, whether in writing or by Electronic
means. In default, the right to vote shall not be exercisable. |
Objections
to admissibility of votes
12.14 | An
objection to the validity of a person’s vote may only be raised at the meeting or at
the adjourned meeting at which the vote is sought to be tendered. Any objection duly made
shall be referred to the chairman whose decision shall be final and conclusive. |
Form
of proxy
12.15 | An
instrument appointing a proxy shall be in any common form or in any other form approved by
the directors. |
12.16 | The
instrument must be in writing and signed in one of the following ways: |
| (b) | by
the Member’s authorised attorney; or |
| (c) | if
the Member is a corporation or other body corporate, under seal or signed by an authorised
officer, secretary or attorney. |
If
the directors so resolve, the Company may accept an Electronic Record of that instrument delivered in the manner specified below and
otherwise satisfying the Articles about authentication of Electronic Records.
12.17 | The
directors may require the production of any evidence which they consider necessary to determine
the validity of any appointment of a proxy. |
12.18 | A
Member may revoke the appointment of a proxy at any time by notice to the Company duly signed
in accordance with the Article above about signing proxies; but such revocation will not
affect the validity of any acts carried out by the proxy before the directors of the Company
had actual notice of the revocation. |
How
and when proxy is to be delivered
12.19 | Subject
to the following Articles, the Directors may, in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned
meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, specify the manner by which
the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited and the place and the time (being not
later than the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting to
which the proxy relates) at which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited. In
the absence of any such direction from the Directors in the notice convening any meeting
or adjourned meeting or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, the form of appointment
of a proxy and any authority under which it is signed (or a copy of the authority certified
notarially or in any other way approved by the directors) must be delivered so that it is
received by the Company at any time before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned
meeting at which the person named in the form of appointment of proxy proposes to vote. They
must be delivered in either of the following ways: |
| (a) | In
the case of an instrument in writing, it must be left at or sent by post: |
| (i) | to
the registered office of the Company; or |
| (ii) | to
such other place specified in the notice convening the meeting or in any form of appointment
of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting. |
| (b) | If,
pursuant to the notice provisions, a notice may be given to the Company in an Electronic
Record, an Electronic Record of an appointment of a proxy must be sent to the address specified
pursuant to those provisions unless another address for that purpose is specified: |
| (i) | in
the notice convening the meeting; or |
| (ii) | in
any form of appointment of a proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting; or |
| (iii) | in
any invitation to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation to the meeting. |
| (c) | Notwithstanding
Article 12.19(, the chairman of the Company may, in any event at his discretion, direct that
an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited. |
12.20 | If
the form of appointment of proxy is not delivered on time, it is invalid. |
12.21 | When
two or more valid but differing appointments of proxy are delivered or received in respect
of the same Share for use at the same meeting and in respect of the same matter, the one
which is last validly delivered or received (regardless of its date or of the date of its
execution) shall be treated as replacing and revoking the other or others as regards that
Share. lf the Company is unable to determine which appointment was last validly delivered
or received, none of them shall be treated as valid in respect of that Share. |
12.22 | The
Board may at the expense of the Company send forms of appointment of proxy to the Members
by post (that is to say, pre-paying and posting a letter), or by Electronic communication
or otherwise (with or without provision for their return by pre-paid post) for use at any
general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of Shares, either
blank or nominating as proxy in the alternative any one or more of the directors or any other
person. lf for the purpose of any meeting invitations to appoint as proxy a person or one
of a number of persons specified in the invitations are issued at the Company’s expense,
they shall be issued to all (and not to some only) of the Members entitled to be sent notice
of the meeting and to vote at it. The accidental omission to send such a form of appointment
or to give such an invitation to, or the non-receipt of such form of appointment by, any
Member entitled to attend and vote at a meeting shall not invalidate the proceedings at that
meeting. |
Voting
by proxy
12.23 | A
proxy shall have the same voting rights at a meeting or adjourned meeting as the Member would
have had except to the extent that the instrument appointing him limits those rights. Notwithstanding
the appointment of a proxy, a Member may attend and vote at a meeting or adjourned meeting.
If a Member votes on any resolution a vote by his proxy on the same resolution, unless in
respect of different Shares, shall be invalid. |
13.1 | There
shall be a Board consisting of not less than one person provided however that the Company
may by Ordinary Resolution increase or reduce the limits in the number of Directors. Unless
fixed by Ordinary Resolution, the maximum number of Directors shall be unlimited. |
14 | Appointment,
disqualification and removal of directors |
First
directors
14.1 | The
first directors shall be appointed in writing by the subscriber or subscribers to the Memorandum. |
No
age limit
14.2 | There
is no age limit for directors save that they must be aged at least 18 years. |
Corporate
directors
14.3 | Unless
prohibited by law, a body corporate may be a director. If a body corporate is a director,
the Articles about representation of corporate Members at general meetings apply, mutatis
mutandis, to the Articles about directors’ meetings. |
No
shareholding qualification
14.4 | Unless
a shareholding qualification for directors is fixed by Ordinary Resolution, no director shall
be required to own Shares as a condition of his appointment. |
Appointment
of directors
14.5 | A
director may be appointed by Ordinary Resolution or by the directors. Any appointment may
be to fill a vacancy or as an additional director. |
14.6 | Notwithstanding
the other provisions of these Articles, in any case where, as a result of death, the Company
has no directors and no shareholders, the personal representatives of the last shareholder
to have died have the power, by notice in writing to the Company, to appoint a person to
be a director. For the purpose of this Article: |
| (a) | where
two or more shareholders die in circumstances rendering it uncertain who was the last to
die, a younger shareholder is deemed to have survived an older shareholder; |
| (b) | if
the last shareholder died leaving a will which disposes of that shareholder’s shares
in the Company (whether by way of specific gift, as part of the residuary estate, or otherwise): |
| (i) | the
expression personal representatives of the last shareholder means: |
| (A) | until
a grant of probate in respect of that will has been obtained from the Grand Court of the
Cayman Islands, all of the executors named in that will who are living at the time the power
of appointment under this Article is exercised; and |
| (B) | after
such grant of probate has been obtained, only such of those executors who have proved that
will; |
| (ii) | without
derogating from section 3(1) of the Succession Act (Revised), the executors named in that
will may exercise the power of appointment under this Article without first obtaining a grant
of probate. |
14.7 | A
remaining director may appoint a director even though there is not a quorum of directors. |
14.8 | No
appointment can cause the number of directors to exceed the maximum; and any such appointment
shall be invalid. |
Removal
of directors
14.9 | A
director may be removed by Ordinary Resolution. |
Resignation
of directors
14.10 | A
director may at any time resign office by giving to the Company notice in writing or, if
permitted pursuant to the notice provisions, in an Electronic Record delivered in either
case in accordance with those provisions. |
14.11 | Unless
the notice specifies a different date, the director shall be deemed to have resigned on the
date that the notice is delivered to the Company. |
Termination
of the office of director
14.12 | A
director’s office shall be terminated forthwith if: |
| (a) | he
is prohibited by the law of the Cayman Islands from acting as a director; or |
| (b) | he
is made bankrupt or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or |
| (c) | in
the opinion of a registered medical practitioner by whom he is being treated he becomes physically
or mentally incapable of acting as a director; or |
| (d) | he
is made subject to any law relating to mental health or incompetence, whether by court order
or otherwise; or |
| (e) | without
the consent of the other directors, he is absent from meetings of directors for a continuous
period of six months. |
Appointment
and removal
15.1 | Any
director may appoint any other person, including another director, to act in his place as
an alternate director. No appointment shall take effect until the director has given notice
of the appointment to the other directors. Such notice must be given to each other director
by either of the following methods: |
| (a) | by
notice in writing in accordance with the notice provisions; |
| (b) | if
the other director has an email address, by emailing to that address a scanned copy of the
notice as a PDF attachment (the PDF version being deemed to be the notice unless Article
30.7 applies), in which event notice shall be taken to be given on the date of receipt by
the recipient in readable form. For the avoidance of doubt, the same email may be sent to
the email address of more than one director (and to the email address of the Company pursuant
to Article 15.4(c)). |
15.2 | Without
limitation to the preceding Article, a director may appoint an alternate for a particular
meeting by sending an email to his fellow directors informing them that they are to take
such email as notice of such appointment for such meeting. Such appointment shall be effective
without the need for a signed notice of appointment or the giving of notice to the Company
in accordance with Article 15.4. |
15.3 | A
director may revoke his appointment of an alternate at any time. No revocation shall take
effect until the director has given notice of the revocation to the other directors. Such
notice must be given by either of the methods specified in Article 15.1. |
15.4 | A
notice of appointment or removal of an alternate director must also be given to the Company
by any of the following methods: |
| (a) | by
notice in writing in accordance with the notice provisions; |
| (b) | if
the Company has a facsimile address for the time being, by sending by facsimile transmission
to that facsimile address a facsimile copy or, otherwise, by sending by facsimile transmission
to the facsimile address of the Company’s registered office a facsimile copy (in either
case, the facsimile copy being deemed to be the notice unless Article 30.7 applies), in which
event notice shall be taken to be given on the date of an error-free transmission report
from the sender’s fax machine; |
| (c) | if
the Company has an email address for the time being, by emailing to that email address a
scanned copy of the notice as a PDF attachment or, otherwise, by emailing to the email address
provided by the Company’s registered office a scanned copy of the notice as a PDF attachment
(in either case, the PDF version being deemed to be the notice unless Article 30.7 applies),
in which event notice shall be taken to be given on the date of receipt by the Company or
the Company’s registered office (as appropriate) in readable form; or |
| (d) | if
permitted pursuant to the notice provisions, in some other form of approved Electronic Record
delivered in accordance with those provisions in writing. |
Notices
15.5 | All
notices of meetings of directors shall continue to be given to the appointing director and
not to the alternate. |
Rights
of alternate director
15.6 | An
alternate director shall be entitled to attend and vote at any Board meeting or meeting of
a committee of the directors at which the appointing director is not personally present,
and generally to perform all the functions of the appointing director in his absence. |
15.7 | For
the avoidance of doubt: |
| (a) | if
another director has been appointed an alternate director for one or more directors, he shall
be entitled to a separate vote in his own right as a director and in right of each other
director for whom he has been appointed an alternate; and |
| (b) | if
a person other than a director has been appointed an alternate director for more than one
director, he shall be entitled to a separate vote in right of each director for whom he has
been appointed an alternate. |
15.8 | An
alternate director, however, is not entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company
for services rendered as an alternate director. |
Appointment
ceases when the appointor ceases to be a director
15.9 | An
alternate director shall cease to be an alternate director if the director who appointed
him ceases to be a director. |
Status
of alternate director
15.10 | An
alternate director shall carry out all functions of the director who made the appointment. |
15.11 | Save
where otherwise expressed, an alternate director shall be treated as a director under these
Articles. |
15.12 | An
alternate director is not the agent of the director appointing him. |
15.13 | An
alternate director is not entitled to any remuneration for acting as alternate director. |
Status
of the director making the appointment
15.14 | A
director who has appointed an alternate is not thereby relieved from the duties which he
owes the Company. |
Powers
of directors
16.1 | Subject
to the provisions of the Act, the Memorandum and these Articles, the business of the Company
shall be managed by the directors who may for that purpose exercise all the powers of the
Company. |
16.2 | No
prior act of the directors shall be invalidated by any subsequent alteration of the Memorandum
or these Articles. However, to the extent allowed by the Act, Members may by Special Resolution
validate any prior or future act of the directors which would otherwise be in breach of their
duties. |
Appointments
to office
16.3 | The
directors may appoint a director: |
| (a) | as
chairman of the Board; |
| (c) | to
any other executive office |
for
such period and on such terms, including as to remuneration, as they think fit.
16.4 | The
appointee must consent in writing to holding that office. |
16.5 | Where
a chairman is appointed he shall, unless unable to do so, preside at every meeting of directors. |
16.6 | If
there is no chairman, or if the chairman is unable to preside at a meeting, that meeting
may select its own chairman; or the directors may nominate one of their number to act in
place of the chairman should he ever not be available. |
16.7 | Subject
to the provisions of the Act, the directors may also appoint any person, who need not be
a director: |
| (b) | to
any office that may be required |
for
such period and on such terms, including as to remuneration, as they think fit. In the case of an Officer, that Officer may be given
any title the directors decide.
16.8 | The
Secretary or Officer must consent in writing to holding that office. |
16.9 | A
director, Secretary or other Officer of the Company may not the hold the office, or perform
the services, of auditor. |
Remuneration
16.10 | Every
director may be remunerated by the Company for the services he provides for the benefit of
the Company, whether as director, employee or otherwise, and shall be entitled to be paid
for the expenses incurred in the Company’s business including attendance at directors’
meetings. |
16.11 | A
director’s remuneration shall be fixed by the Company by Ordinary Resolution or as
the directors may determine. Unless that resolution provides otherwise, the remuneration
shall be deemed to accrue from day to day. |
16.12 | Remuneration
may take any form and may include arrangements to pay pensions, health insurance, death or
sickness benefits, whether to the director or to any other person connected to or related
to him. |
16.13 | Unless
his fellow directors determine otherwise, a director is not accountable to the Company for
remuneration or other benefits received from any other company which is in the same group
as the Company or which has common shareholdings. |
Disclosure
of information
16.14 | The
directors may release or disclose to a third party any information regarding the affairs
of the Company, including any information contained in the register of members relating to
a Member, (and they may authorise any director, Officer or other authorised agent of the
Company to release or disclose to a third party any such information in his possession) if: |
| (a) | the
Company or that person, as the case may be, is lawfully required to do so under the laws
of any jurisdiction to which the Company is subject; or |
| (b) | such
disclosure is in compliance with the Designated Stock Exchange Rules; or |
| (c) | such
disclosure is in accordance with any contract entered into by the Company; or |
| (d) | the
directors are of the opinion such disclosure would assist or facilitate the Company’s
operations. |
Power
to delegate any of the directors’ powers to a committee
17.1 | The
directors may delegate any of their powers to any committee consisting of one or more persons
who need not be Members. Persons on the committee may include non-directors so long as the
majority of those persons are directors. |
17.2 | The
delegation may be collateral with, or to the exclusion of, the directors’ own powers. |
17.3 | The
delegation may be on such terms as the directors think fit, including provision for the committee
itself to delegate to a sub-committee; save that any delegation must be capable of being
revoked or altered by the directors at will. |
17.4 | Unless
otherwise permitted by the directors, a committee must follow the procedures prescribed for
the taking of decisions by directors. |
Power
to appoint an agent of the Company
17.5 | The
directors may appoint any person, either generally or in respect of any specific matter,
to be the agent of the Company with or without authority for that person to delegate all
or any of that person’s powers. The directors may make that appointment: |
| (a) | by
causing the Company to enter into a power of attorney or agreement; or |
| (b) | in
any other manner they determine. |
Power
to appoint an attorney or authorised signatory of the Company
17.6 | The
directors may appoint any person, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the directors,
to be the attorney or the authorised signatory of the Company. The appointment may be: |
| (b) | with
the powers, authorities and discretions; |
| (d) | subject
to such conditions |
as
they think fit. The powers, authorities and discretions, however, must not exceed those vested in, or exercisable, by the directors under
these Articles. The directors may do so by power of attorney or any other manner they think fit.
17.7 | Any
power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provision for the protection and
convenience for persons dealing with the attorney or authorised signatory as the directors
think fit. Any power of attorney or other appointment may also authorise the attorney or
authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested
in that person. |
Power
to appoint a proxy
17.8 | Any
director may appoint any other person, including another director, to represent him at any
meeting of the directors. If a director appoints a proxy, then for all purposes the presence
or vote of the proxy shall be deemed to be that of the appointing director. |
17.9 | Articles
15.1 to 15.4 inclusive (relating to the appointment by directors of alternate directors)
apply, mutatis mutandis, to the appointment of proxies by directors. |
17.10 | A
proxy is an agent of the director appointing him and is not an officer of the Company. |
Regulation
of directors’ meetings
18.1 | Subject
to the provisions of these Articles, the directors may regulate their proceedings as they
think fit. |
Calling
meetings
18.2 | Any
director may call a meeting of directors at any time. The Secretary, if any, must call a
meeting of the directors if requested to do so by a director. |
Notice
of meetings
18.3 | Every
director shall be given notice of a meeting, although a director may waive retrospectively
the requirement to be given notice. Notice may be oral. |
Period
of notice
18.4 | At
least five Clear Days’ notice of a meeting of directors must be given to directors.
But a meeting may be convened on shorter notice with the consent of all directors. |
Use
of technology
18.5 | A
director may participate in a meeting of directors through the medium of conference telephone,
video or any other form of communications equipment providing all persons participating in
the meeting are able to hear and speak to each other throughout the meeting. |
18.6 | A
director participating in this way is deemed to be present in person at the meeting. |
Place
of meetings
18.7 | If
all the directors participating in a meeting are not in the same place, they may decide that
the meeting is to be treated as taking place wherever any of them is. |
Quorum
18.8 | The
quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of directors shall be two unless the
directors fix some other number or unless the Company has only one director. |
Voting
18.9 | A
question which arises at a Board meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. If votes
are equal the chairman may, if he wishes, exercise a casting vote. |
Validity
18.10 | Anything
done at a meeting of directors is unaffected by the fact that it is later discovered that
any person was not properly appointed, or had ceased to be a director, or was otherwise not
entitled to vote. |
Recording
of dissent
18.11 | A
director present at a meeting of directors shall be presumed to have assented to any action
taken at that meeting unless: |
| (a) | his
dissent is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or |
| (b) | he
has filed with the meeting before it is concluded signed dissent from that action; or |
| (c) | he
has forwarded to the Company as soon as practical following the conclusion of that meeting
signed dissent. |
A
director who votes in favour of an action is not entitled to record his dissent to it.
Written
resolutions
18.12 | The
directors may pass a resolution in writing without holding a meeting if all directors sign
a document or sign several documents in the like form each signed by one or more of those
directors. |
18.13 | Despite
the foregoing, a resolution in writing signed by a validly appointed alternate director or
by a validly appointed proxy need not also be signed by the appointing director. But if a
written resolution is signed personally by the appointing director, it need not also be signed
by his alternate or proxy. |
18.14 | Such
written resolution shall be as effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the directors
duly convened and held; and it shall be treated as having been passed on the day and at the
time that the last director signs. |
Sole
director’s minute
18.15 | Where
a sole director signs a minute recording his decision on a question, that record shall constitute
the passing of a resolution in those terms. |
19 | Permissible
directors’ interests and disclosure |
Permissible
interests subject to disclosure
19.1 | Save
as expressly permitted by these Articles or as set out below, a director may not have a direct
or indirect interest or duty which conflicts or may possibly conflict with the interests
of the Company. |
19.2 | If,
notwithstanding the prohibition in the preceding Article, a director discloses to his fellow
directors the nature and extent of any material interest or duty in accordance with the next
Article, he may: |
| (a) | be
a party to, or otherwise interested in, any transaction or arrangement with the Company or
in which the Company is or may otherwise be interested; |
| (b) | be
interested in another body corporate promoted by the Company or in which the Company is otherwise
interested. In particular, the director may be a director, secretary or officer of, or employed
by, or be a party to any transaction or arrangement with, or otherwise interested in, that
other body corporate. |
19.3 | Such
disclosure may be made at a meeting at a meeting of the Board or otherwise (and, if otherwise,
it must be made in writing). The director must disclose the nature and extent of his direct
or indirect interest in or duty in relation to a transaction or arrangement or series of
transactions or arrangements with the Company or in which the Company has any material interest. |
19.4 | If
a director has made disclosure in accordance with the preceding Article, then he shall not,
by reason only of his office, be accountable to the Company for any benefit that he derives
from any such transaction or arrangement or from any such office or employment or from any
interest in any such body corporate, and no such transaction or arrangement shall be liable
to be avoided on the ground of any such interest or benefit. |
Notification
of interests
19.5 | For
the purposes of the preceding Articles: |
| (a) | a
general notice that a director gives to the other directors that he is to be regarded as
having an interest of the nature and extent specified in the notice in any transaction or
arrangement in which a specified person or class of persons is interested shall be deemed
to be a disclosure that he has an interest in or duty in relation to any such transaction
of the nature and extent so specified; and |
| (b) | an
interest of which a director has no knowledge and of which it is unreasonable to expect him
to have knowledge shall not be treated as an interest of his. |
19.6 | A
director shall not be treated as having an interest in a transaction or arrangement if he
has no knowledge of that interest and it is unreasonable to expect the director to have that
knowledge. |
Voting
where a director is interested in a matter
19.7 | A
director may vote at a meeting of directors on any resolution concerning a matter in which
that director has an interest or duty, whether directly or indirectly, so long as that director
discloses any material interest pursuant to these Articles. The director shall be counted
towards a quorum of those present at the meeting. If the director votes on the resolution,
his vote shall be counted. |
19.8 | Where
proposals are under consideration concerning the appointment of two or more directors to
offices or employment with the Company or any body corporate in which the Company is interested,
the proposals may be divided and considered in relation to each director separately and each
of the directors concerned shall be entitled to vote and be counted in the quorum in respect
of each resolution except that concerning his or her own appointment. |
The
Company shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose in accordance with the Act.
Accounting
and other records
21.1 | The
directors must ensure that proper accounting and other records are kept, and that accounts
and associated reports are distributed in accordance with the requirements of the Act. |
No
automatic right of inspection
21.2 | Members
are only entitled to inspect the Company’s records if they are expressly entitled to
do so by law, or by resolution made by the directors or passed by Ordinary Resolution. |
Sending
of accounts and reports
21.3 | The
Company’s accounts and associated directors’ report or auditor’s report
that are required or permitted to be sent to any person pursuant to any law shall be treated
as properly sent to that person if: |
| (a) | they
are sent to that person in accordance with the notice provisions: or |
| (b) | they
are published on a website providing that person is given separate notice of: |
| (i) | the
fact that publication of the documents has been published on the website; |
| (ii) | the
address of the website; and |
| (iii) | the
place on the website where the documents may be accessed; and |
| (iv) | how
they may be accessed. |
21.4 | If,
for any reason, a person notifies the Company that he is unable to access the website, the
Company must, as soon as practicable, send the documents to that person by any other means
permitted by these Articles. This, however, will not affect when that person is taken to
have received the documents under the next Article. |
Time
of receipt if documents are published on a website
21.5 | Documents
sent by being published on a website in accordance with the preceding two Articles are only
treated as sent at least five Clear Days before the date of the meeting at which they are
to be laid if: |
| (a) | the
documents are published on the website throughout a period beginning at least five Clear
Days before the date of the meeting and ending with the conclusion of the meeting; and |
| (b) | the
person is given at least five Clear Days’ notice of the hearing. |
Validity
despite accidental error in publication on website
21.6 | If,
for the purpose of a meeting, documents are sent by being published on a website in accordance
with the preceding Articles, the proceedings at that meeting are not invalidated merely because: |
| (a) | those
documents are, by accident, published in a different place on the website to the place notified;
or |
| (b) | they
are published for part only of the period from the date of notification until the conclusion
of that meeting. |
When
accounts are to be audited
21.7 | Unless
the directors or the Members, by Ordinary Resolution, so resolve or unless the Act so requires,
the Company’s accounts will not be audited. If the Members so resolve, the Company’s
accounts shall be audited in the manner determined by Ordinary Resolution. Alternatively,
if the directors so resolve, they shall be audited in the manner they determine. |
Unless
the directors otherwise specify, the financial year of the Company:
| (a) | shall
end on 31st December in the year of its incorporation and each following year; and |
| (b) | shall
begin when it was incorporated and on 1st January each following year. |
Except
to the extent of any conflicting rights attached to Shares, the directors may fix any time and date as the record date for declaring
or paying a dividend or making or issuing an allotment of Shares. The record date may be before or after the date on which a dividend,
allotment or issue is declared, paid or made.
Declaration
of dividends by Members
24.1 | Subject
to the provisions of the Act, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution declare dividends in
accordance with the respective rights of the Members but no dividend shall exceed the amount
recommended by the directors. |
Payment
of interim dividends and declaration of final dividends by directors
24.2 | The
directors may pay interim dividends or declare final dividends in accordance with the respective
rights of the Members if it appears to them that they are justified by the financial position
of the Company and that such dividends may lawfully be paid. |
24.3 | Subject
to the provisions of the Act, in relation to the distinction between interim dividends and
final dividends, the following applies: |
| (a) | Upon
determination to pay a dividend or dividends described as interim by the directors in the
dividend resolution, no debt shall be created by the declaration until such time as payment
is made. |
| (b) | Upon
declaration of a dividend or dividends described as final by the directors in the dividend
resolution, a debt shall be created immediately following the declaration, the due date to
be the date the dividend is stated to be payable in the resolution. |
If
the resolution fails to specify whether a dividend is final or interim, it shall be assumed to be interim.
24.4 | In
relation to Shares carrying differing rights to dividends or rights to dividends at a fixed
rate, the following applies: |
| (a) | If
the share capital is divided into different classes, the directors may pay dividends on Shares
which confer deferred or non-preferred rights with regard to dividends as well as on Shares
which confer preferential rights with regard to dividends but no dividend shall be paid on
Shares carrying deferred or non-preferred rights if, at the time of payment, any preferential
dividend is in arrears. |
| (b) | The
directors may also pay, at intervals settled by them, any dividend payable at a fixed rate
if it appears to them that there are sufficient funds of the Company lawfully available for
distribution to justify the payment. |
| (c) | If
the directors act in good faith, they shall not incur any liability to the Members holding
Shares conferring preferred rights for any loss those Members may suffer by the lawful payment
of the dividend on any Shares having deferred or non-preferred rights. |
Apportionment
of dividends
24.5 | Except
as otherwise provided by the rights attached to Shares, all dividends shall be declared and
paid according to the amounts paid up on the Shares on which the dividend is paid. All dividends
shall be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amount paid up on the Shares during
the time or part of the time in respect of which the dividend is paid. But if a Share is
issued on terms providing that it shall rank for dividend as from a particular date, that
Share shall rank for dividend accordingly. |
Right
of set off
24.6 | The
directors may deduct from a dividend or any other amount payable to a person in respect of
a Share any amount due by that person to the Company on a call or otherwise in relation to
a Share. |
Power
to pay other than in cash
24.7 | If
the directors so determine, any resolution declaring a dividend may direct that it shall
be satisfied wholly or partly by the distribution of assets. If a difficulty arises in relation
to the distribution, the directors may settle that difficulty in any way they consider appropriate.
For example, they may do any one or more of the following: |
| (a) | issue
fractional Shares; |
| (b) | fix
the value of assets for distribution and make cash payments to some Members on the footing
of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of Members; and |
| (c) | vest
some assets in trustees. |
How
payments may be made
24.8 | A
dividend or other monies payable on or in respect of a Share may be paid in any of the following
ways: |
| (a) | if
the Member holding that Share or other person entitled to that Share nominates a bank account
for that purpose - by wire transfer to that bank account; or |
| (b) | by
cheque or warrant sent by post to the registered address of the Member holding that Share
or other person entitled to that Share. |
24.9 | For
the purpose of paragraph (a) of the preceding Article, the nomination may be in writing or
in an Electronic Record and the bank account nominated may be the bank account of another
person. For the purpose of paragraph (b) of the preceding Article, subject to any applicable
law or regulation, the cheque or warrant shall be made to the order of the Member holding
that Share or other person entitled to the Share or to his nominee, whether nominated in
writing or in an Electronic Record, and payment of the cheque or warrant shall be a good
discharge to the Company. |
24.10 | If
two or more persons are registered as the holders of the Share or are jointly entitled to
it by reason of the death or bankruptcy of the registered holder (Joint Holders),
a dividend (or other amount) payable on or in respect of that Share may be paid as follows: |
| (a) | to
the registered address of the Joint Holder of the Share who is named first on the register
of members or to the registered address of the deceased or bankrupt holder, as the case may
be; or |
| (b) | to
the address or bank account of another person nominated by the Joint Holders, whether that
nomination is in writing or in an Electronic Record. |
24.11 | Any
Joint Holder of a Share may give a valid receipt for a dividend (or other amount) payable
in respect of that Share. |
Dividends
or other moneys not to bear interest in absence of special rights
24.12 | Unless
provided for by the rights attached to a Share, no dividend or other monies payable by the
Company in respect of a Share shall bear interest. |
Dividends
unable to be paid or unclaimed
24.13 | If
a dividend cannot be paid to a Member or remains unclaimed within six weeks after it was
declared or both, the directors may pay it into a separate account in the Company’s
name. If a dividend is paid into a separate account, the Company shall not be constituted
trustee in respect of that account and the dividend shall remain a debt due to the Member. |
24.14 | A
dividend that remains unclaimed for a period of six years after it became due for payment
shall be forfeited to, and shall cease to remain owing by, the Company. |
25 | Capitalisation
of profits |
Capitalisation
of profits or of any share premium account or capital redemption reserve
25.1 | The
directors may resolve to capitalise: |
| (a) | any
part of the Company’s profits not required for paying any preferential dividend (whether
or not those profits are available for distribution); or |
| (b) | any
sum standing to the credit of the Company’s share premium account or capital redemption
reserve, if any. |
The
amount resolved to be capitalised must be appropriated to the Members who would have been entitled to it had it been distributed by way
of dividend and in the same proportions. The benefit to each Member so entitled must be given in either or both of the following ways:
| (a) | by
paying up the amounts unpaid on that Member’s Shares; |
| (b) | by
issuing Fully Paid Shares, debentures or other securities of the Company to that Member or
as that Member directs. The directors may resolve that any Shares issued to the Member in
respect of partly paid Shares (Original Shares) rank for dividend only to the extent
that the Original Shares rank for dividend while those Original Shares remain partly paid. |
Applying
an amount for the benefit of members
25.2 | The
amount capitalised must be applied to the benefit of Members in the proportions to which
the Members would have been entitled to dividends if the amount capitalised had been distributed
as a dividend. |
25.3 | Subject
to the Act, if a fraction of a Share, a debenture, or other security is allocated to a Member,
the directors may issue a fractional certificate to that Member or pay him the cash equivalent
of the fraction. |
Directors
to maintain share premium account
26.1 | The
directors shall establish a share premium account in accordance with the Act. They shall
carry to the credit of that account from time to time an amount equal to the amount or value
of the premium paid on the issue of any Share or capital contributed or such other amounts
required by the Act. |
Debits
to share premium account
26.2 | The
following amounts shall be debited to any share premium account: |
| (a) | on
the redemption or purchase of a Share, the difference between the nominal value of that Share
and the redemption or purchase price; and |
| (b) | any
other amount paid out of a share premium account as permitted by the Act. |
26.3 | Notwithstanding
the preceding Article, on the redemption or purchase of a Share, the directors may pay the
difference between the nominal value of that Share and the redemption purchase price out
of the profits of the Company or, as permitted by the Act, out of capital. |
Company
seal
27.1 | The
Company may have a seal if the directors so determine. |
Duplicate
seal
27.2 | Subject
to the provisions of the Act, the Company may also have a duplicate seal or seals for use
in any place or places outside the Cayman Islands. Each duplicate seal shall be a facsimile
of the original seal of the Company. However, if the directors so determine, a duplicate
seal shall have added on its face the name of the place where it is to be used. |
When
and how seal is to be used
27.3 | A
seal may only be used by the authority of the directors. Unless the directors otherwise determine,
a document to which a seal is affixed must be signed in one of the following ways: |
| (a) | by
a director (or his alternate) and the Secretary; or |
| (b) | by
a single director (or his alternate). |
If
no seal is adopted or used
27.4 | If
the directors do not adopt a seal, or a seal is not used, a document may be executed in the
following manner: |
| (a) | by
a director (or his alternate) and the Secretary; or |
| (b) | by
a single director (or his alternate); or |
| (c) | in
any other manner permitted by the Act. |
Power
to allow non-manual signatures and facsimile printing of seal
27.5 | The
directors may determine that either or both of the following applies: |
| (a) | that
the seal or a duplicate seal need not be affixed manually but may be affixed by some other
method or system of reproduction; |
| (b) | that
a signature required by these Articles need not be manual but may be a mechanical or Electronic
Signature. |
Validity
of execution
27.6 | If
a document is duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company, it shall not be
regarded as invalid merely because, at the date of the delivery, the Secretary, or the director,
or other Officer or person who signed the document or affixed the seal for and on behalf
of the Company ceased to be the Secretary or hold that office and authority on behalf of
the Company. |
Indemnity
28.1 | To
the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each existing or former Secretary,
director (including alternate director), and other Officer of the Company (including an investment
adviser or an administrator or liquidator) and their personal representatives against: |
| (a) | all
actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or
sustained by the existing or former director (including alternate director), Secretary or
Officer in or about the conduct of the Company’s business or affairs or in the execution
or discharge of the existing or former director (including alternate director), Secretary’s
or Officer’s duties, powers, authorities or discretions; and |
| (b) | without
limitation to paragraph (a), all costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by the existing
or former director (including alternate director), Secretary or Officer in defending (whether
successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings
(whether threatened, pending or completed) concerning the Company or its affairs in any court
or tribunal, whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. |
No
such existing or former director (including alternate director), Secretary or Officer, however, shall be indemnified in respect of any
matter arising out of his own dishonesty, fraud, wilful default and wilful neglect.
28.2 | To
the extent permitted by law, the Company may make a payment, or agree to make a payment,
whether by way of advance, loan or otherwise, for any legal costs incurred by an existing
or former director (including alternate director), Secretary or Officer of the Company in
respect of any matter identified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of the preceding Article
on condition that the director (including alternate director), Secretary or Officer must
repay the amount paid by the Company to the extent that it is ultimately found not liable
to indemnify the director (including alternate director), Secretary or that Officer for those
legal costs. |
Release
28.3 | To
the extent permitted by law, the Company may by Special Resolution release any existing or
former director (including alternate director), Secretary or other Officer of the Company
from liability for any loss or damage or right to compensation which may arise out of or
in connection with the execution or discharge of the duties, powers, authorities or discretions
of his office; but there may be no release from liability arising out of or in connection
with that person’s own dishonesty, fraud, wilful default and wilful neglect. |
Insurance
28.4 | To
the extent permitted by law, the Company may pay, or agree to pay, a premium in respect of
a contract insuring each of the following persons against risks determined by the directors,
other than liability arising out of that person’s own dishonesty, fraud, wilful default
and wilful neglect: |
| (a) | an
existing or former director (including alternate director), Secretary or Officer or auditor
of: |
| (ii) | a
company which is or was a subsidiary of the Company; |
| (iii) | a
company in which the Company has or had an interest (whether direct or indirect); and |
| (b) | a
trustee of an employee or retirement benefits scheme or other trust in which any of the persons
referred to in paragraph (a) is or was interested. |
Form
of notices
29.1 | Save
where these Articles provide otherwise, any notice to be given to or by any person pursuant
to these Articles shall be: |
| (a) | in
writing signed by or on behalf of the giver in the manner set out below for written notices;
or |
| (b) | subject
to the next Article, in an Electronic Record signed by or on behalf of the giver by Electronic
Signature and authenticated in accordance with Articles about authentication of Electronic
Records; or |
| (c) | where
these Articles expressly permit, by the Company by means of a website. |
Electronic
communications
29.2 | A
notice may only be given to the Company in an Electronic Record if: |
| (a) | the
directors so resolve or otherwise accept the notice; or |
| (b) | any
director or officer provides the giver of the notice an electronic address to which the notice
may be sent and a notice is sent to that address within a reasonable period of time. |
If
the resolution is revoked or varied, the revocation or variation shall only become effective when its terms have been similarly notified.
29.3 | A
notice may not be given by Electronic Record to a person other than the Company unless the
recipient has notified the giver of an Electronic address to which notice may be sent. |
Persons
authorised to give notices
29.4 | A
notice by either the Company or a Member pursuant to these Articles may be given on behalf
of the Company or a Member by a director or company secretary of the Company or a Member. |
Delivery
of written notices
29.5 | Save
where these Articles provide otherwise, a notice in writing may be given personally to the
recipient, or left at (as appropriate) the Member’s or director’s registered
address or the Company’s registered office, or posted to that registered address or
registered office. |
Joint
holders
29.6 | Where
Members are joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to the Member whose name
first appears in the register of members. |
Signatures
29.7 | A
written notice shall be signed when it is autographed by or on behalf of the giver, or is
marked in such a way as to indicate its execution or adoption by the giver. |
29.8 | An
Electronic Record may be signed by an Electronic Signature. |
Evidence
of transmission
29.9 | A
notice given by Electronic Record shall be deemed sent if an Electronic Record is kept demonstrating
the time, date and content of the transmission, and if no notification of failure to transmit
is received by the giver. |
29.10 | A
notice given in writing shall be deemed sent if the giver can provide proof that the envelope
containing the notice was properly addressed, pre-paid and posted, or that the written notice
was otherwise properly transmitted to the recipient. |
Giving
notice to a deceased or bankrupt Member
29.11 | A
notice may be given by the Company to the persons entitled to a Share in consequence of the
death or bankruptcy of a Member by sending or delivering it, in any manner authorised by
these Articles for the giving of notice to a Member, addressed to them by name, or by the
title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt or by any like description,
at the address, if any, supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled. |
29.12 | Until
such an address has been supplied, a notice may be given in any manner in which it might
have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred. |
Date
of giving notices
29.13 | A
notice is given on the date identified in the following table. |
Method
for giving notices |
|
When
taken to be given |
Personally |
|
At
the time and date of delivery |
|
|
|
By
leaving it at the Member’s registered address |
|
At
the time and date it was left |
|
|
|
By
posting it by prepaid post to the street or postal address of that recipient |
|
48
hours after it was posted |
|
|
|
By
Electronic Record (other than publication on a website), to recipient’s Electronic address |
|
Within
24 hours after it was sent |
|
|
|
By
publication on a website |
|
24
hours after the date on which the Member is deemed to have been notified of the publication of the notice or document on the website |
Saving
provision
29.14 | None
of the preceding notice provisions shall derogate from the Articles about the delivery of
written resolutions of directors and written resolutions of Members. |
30 | Authentication
of Electronic Records |
Application
of Articles
30.1 | Without
limitation to any other provision of these Articles, any notice, written resolution or other
document under these Articles that is sent by Electronic means by a Member, or by the Secretary,
or by a director or other Officer of the Company, shall be deemed to be authentic if either
Article 30.2 or Article 30.4 applies. |
Authentication
of documents sent by Members by Electronic means
30.2 | An
Electronic Record of a notice, written resolution or other document sent by Electronic means
by or on behalf of one or more Members shall be deemed to be authentic if the following conditions
are satisfied: |
| (a) | the
Member or each Member, as the case may be, signed the original document, and for this purpose
Original Document includes several documents in like form signed by one or more of
those Members; and |
| (b) | the
Electronic Record of the Original Document was sent by Electronic means by, or at the direction
of, that Member to an address specified in accordance with these Articles for the purpose
for which it was sent; and |
| (c) | Article
30.7 does not apply. |
30.3 | For
example, where a sole Member signs a resolution and sends the Electronic Record of the original
resolution, or causes it to be sent, by facsimile transmission to the address in these Articles
specified for that purpose, the facsimile copy shall be deemed to be the written resolution
of that Member unless Article 30.7 applies. |
Authentication
of document sent by the Secretary or Officers of the Company by Electronic means
30.4 | An
Electronic Record of a notice, written resolution or other document sent by or on behalf
of the Secretary or an Officer or Officers of the Company shall be deemed to be authentic
if the following conditions are satisfied: |
| (a) | the
Secretary or the Officer or each Officer, as the case may be, signed the original document,
and for this purpose Original Document includes several documents in like form signed
by the Secretary or one or more of those Officers; and |
| (b) | the
Electronic Record of the Original Document was sent by Electronic means by, or at the direction
of, the Secretary or that Officer to an address specified in accordance with these Articles
for the purpose for which it was sent; and |
| (c) | Article
30.7 does not apply. |
This
Article applies whether the document is sent by or on behalf of the Secretary or Officer in his own right or as a representative of the
Company.
30.5 | For
example, where a sole director signs a resolution and scans the resolution, or causes it
to be scanned, as a PDF version which is attached to an email sent to the address in these
Articles specified for that purpose, the PDF version shall be deemed to be the written resolution
of that director unless Article 30.7 applies. |
Manner
of signing
30.6 | For
the purposes of these Articles about the authentication of Electronic Records, a document
will be taken to be signed if it is signed manually or in any other manner permitted by these
Articles. |
Saving
provision
30.7 | A
notice, written resolution or other document under these Articles will not be deemed to be
authentic if the recipient, acting reasonably: |
| (a) | believes
that the signature of the signatory has been altered after the signatory had signed the original
document; or |
| (b) | believes
that the original document, or the Electronic Record of it, was altered, without the approval
of the signatory, after the signatory signed the original document; or |
| (c) | otherwise
doubts the authenticity of the Electronic Record of the document |
and
the recipient promptly gives notice to the sender setting the grounds of its objection. If the recipient invokes this Article, the sender
may seek to establish the authenticity of the Electronic Record in any way the sender thinks fit.
31 | Transfer
by way of continuation |
31.1 | The
Company may, by Special Resolution, resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a
jurisdiction outside: |
| (a) | the
Cayman Islands; or |
| (b) | such
other jurisdiction in which it is, for the time being, incorporated, registered or existing. |
31.2 | To
give effect to any resolution made pursuant to the preceding Article, the directors may cause
the following: |
| (a) | an
application be made to the Registrar of Companies to deregister the Company in the Cayman
Islands or in the other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered
or existing; and |
| (b) | all
such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way
of continuation of the Company. |
Distribution
of assets in specie
32.1 | If
the Company is wound up, the Members may, subject to these Articles and any other sanction
required by the Act, pass a Special Resolution allowing the liquidator to do either or both
of the following: |
| (a) | to
divide in specie among the Members the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and,
for that purpose, to value any assets and to determine how the division shall be carried
out as between the Members or different classes of Members; and/or |
| (b) | to
vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees for the benefit of Members and those
liable to contribute to the winding up. |
No
obligation to accept liability
32.2 | No
Member shall be compelled to accept any assets if an obligation attaches to them. |
The
directors are authorised to present a winding up petition
32.3 | The
directors have the authority to present a petition for the winding up of the Company to the
Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on behalf of the Company without the sanction of a resolution
passed at a general meeting. |
33 | Amendment
of Memorandum and Articles |
Power
to change name or amend Memorandum
33.1 | Subject
to the Act, the Company may, by Special Resolution: |
| (b) | change
the provisions of its Memorandum with respect to its objects, powers or any other matter
specified in the Memorandum. |
Power
to amend these Articles
33.2 | Subject
to the Act and as provided in these Articles, the Company may, by Special Resolution, amend
these Articles in whole or in part. |
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