Exhibit 3.2
BYE-LAWS
of
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd.
(first adopted pursuant to a written resolution of the sole member passed on 12th July, 1994 and amended at annual general meetings of 2nd May 1997, 14th December 1999, 25th May 2000, 15th May 2002, 3rd June, 2008, 13th June 2012, 12th June 2013 and 20th May 2019 and at special general meeting of 14th April 2014, and amended and restated of 13th October 2020)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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POWER OF THE COMPANY TO PURCHASE ITS SHARES | |
RIGHTS ATTACHING TO SHARES | |
CALL ON SHARES | |
SHARE CERTIFICATES | |
FRACTIONAL SHARES | |
REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS | |
REGISTERED HOLDER ABSOLUTE OWNER | |
TRANSFER OF REGISTERED SHARES | |
TRANSMISSION OF REGISTERED SHARES | |
POWER TO ALTER CAPITAL | |
VARIATION OF RIGHTS ATTACHING TO SHARES | |
DIVIDENDS | |
POWER TO SET ASIDE PROFITS | |
METHOD OF PAYMENT | |
CAPITALISATION | |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS | |
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGS | |
REQUISITIONED GENERAL MEETINGS | |
NOTICE | |
GIVING NOTICE AND ACCESS | |
POSTPONEMENT OF GENERAL MEETING | |
ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS | |
QUORUM AT GENERAL MEETINGS | |
CHAIRMAN TO PRESIDE AT GENERAL MEETINGS | |
VOTING ON RESOLUTIONS | |
POWER TO DEMAND A VOTE ON A POLL | |
VOTING BY JOINT HOLDERS OF SHARES | |
INSTRUMENT OF PROXY | |
REPRESENTATION OF CORPORATE SHAREHOLDER | |
ADJOURNMENT OF GENERAL MEETING | |
WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS | |
DIRECTORS' ATTENDANCE AT GENERAL MEETINGS | |
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS | |
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS | |
TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS | |
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS | |
VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR | |
DIRECTORS TO MANAGE BUSINESS | |
POWER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS | |
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REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS | |
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS | |
APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE | |
DUTIES OF OFFICERS | |
DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY | |
REMUNERATION OF OFFICERS | |
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST | |
INDEMNIFICATION AND EXCULPATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS | |
BOARD MEETINGS | |
NOTICE OF BOARD MEETINGS | |
ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS | |
QUORUM AT BOARD MEETINGS | |
BOARD TO CONTINUE IN THE EVENT OF VACANCY | |
CHAIRMAN TO PRESIDE | |
WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS | |
VALIDITIY OF PRIOR ACTS OF BOARD | |
MINUTES | |
PLACE WHERE CORPORATE RECORDS KEPT | |
FORM AND USE OF SEAL | |
BOOKS OF ACCOUNT | |
FINANCIAL YEAR END | |
ANNUAL AUDIT | |
APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR | |
REMUNERATION OF AUDITOR | |
DUTIES OF AUDITOR | |
CHANGE TO THE COMPANY'S AUDITOR | |
ACCESS TO RECORDS | |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | |
DISTRIBUTION OF AUDITOR'S REPORT | |
VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF AUDITOR | |
WINDING-UP | |
CHANGES TO BYE-LAWS | |
CHANGES TO THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION | |
MERGER AND AMALGAMATION | |
DISCONTINUANCE | |
DEFINITIONS
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1. | In these Bye-laws, the following words and expressions shall, where not inconsistent with the context, have the following meanings, respectively: |
"Auditor" includes an individual or partnership.
"Bermuda" means the Islands of Bermuda.
"Board" means the board of directors appointed or elected pursuant to these Bye-laws and acting by resolution in accordance with the Companies Act and these Bye-laws or the directors present at a meeting of directors at which there is a quorum.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Bermuda are authorized or required by law to close.
"Bye-laws" means these bye-laws adopted by the Company on 13 October 2020 in their present form or as from time to time amended.
"Charge" means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, assignment by way of security, encumbrance or other security interest granted by a Shareholder over its shares in the capital of the Company in writing by the Shareholder or on behalf of the Shareholder.
"Companies Act" means the Companies Act 1981 as amended from time to time.
"Company" means the company incorporated in Bermuda under the name of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. on 15 June 1994.
"Director" means a director of the Company for the time being.
"indemnitee" has the meaning set forth in Bye-law 109.
"notice" means the written notice as further provided in these Bye-laws unless otherwise specifically stated.
"Officer" means any person appointed by the Board to hold an office in the Company.
"Ordinary Shares" means ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$1.00 each:
"Person" shall be construed broadly and shall include, without limitation, an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability partnership, an investment fund, a limited liability company, a company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Register of Directors and Officers" means the register of directors and officers of the Company.
"Register of Shareholders" means the register of members of the Company.
"Registered Office" shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time appoint.
"Resident Representative" means any person appointed to act as resident representative and includes any deputy or assistant resident representative.
"Resolution" means a resolution of the Shareholders holding a majority of the then-outstanding shares of the Company or, where required, of a separate class or separate classes of Shareholders, adopted either in a general meeting or by written resolution, in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-laws.
"Secretary" means the person appointed to perform any or all of the duties of secretary of the Company and includes any deputy or assistant secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary.
"Secured Party" means a bank, institution or other chargee in whose favour the Secured Shares have been Charged, whether for its own account or as agent for a group of banks or institutions or otherwise, or to any nominee or any transferee of such bank, institution or other chargee.
"Secured Share" means a share of the Company which is subject to a Charge.
"Shareholder" means the person registered in the Register of Shareholders as the holder of shares in the Company and, when two or more persons are so registered as joint holders of shares, means the person whose name stands first in the Register of Shareholders as one of such joint holders or all of such persons, as the context so requires.
"Treasury Share" means a share of the Company that was or is treated as having been acquired and held by the Company and has been held continuously by the Company since it was so acquired and has not been cancelled.
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2. | In these Bye-laws, where not inconsistent with the context: |
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(a) | words denoting the plural number include the singular number and vice versa; |
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(b) | words denoting the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders; |
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(c) | the word "may" shall be construed as permissive and the word "shall" shall be construed as imperative; and |
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(d) | unless otherwise provided herein, words or expressions defined in the Companies Act shall bear the same meaning in these Bye-laws. |
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3. | In these Bye-laws expressions referring to writing or its cognates shall, unless the contrary intention appears, include facsimile, printing, lithography, photography, electronic mail and other modes of representing words in visible form. |
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4. | Headings used in these Bye-laws are for convenience only and are not to be used or relied upon in the construction hereof. |
POWER TO ISSUE SHARES
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5. | Subject to these Bye-laws and to any Resolution to the contrary, the Board shall have the power to issue any unissued shares on such terms and conditions as it may determine and any shares or class of shares may be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital, or otherwise as the Company may by Resolution prescribe. |
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6. | Subject to the Companies Act, any preference shares may be issued or converted into shares that (at a determinable date or at the option of the Company or the holder) are liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by the Board (before the issue or conversion). |
POWER OF THE COMPANY TO PURCHASE ITS SHARES
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7. | The Company may purchase its own shares for cancellation or acquire them as Treasury Shares in accordance with the Companies Act on such terms as the Board shall think fit. |
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8. | The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase or acquire all or any part of its own shares in accordance with the Companies Act. |
RIGHTS ATTACHING TO SHARES
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9. | Subject to any Resolution to the contrary (and without prejudice to any special rights conferred thereby on the holders of any other shares or class of shares), the share capital shall be divided into shares of a single class the holders of which shall, subject to these Bye-laws: |
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(a) | be entitled to one vote per share; |
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(b) | be entitled to such dividends as the Board may from time to time declare; |
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(c) | in the event of a winding-up or dissolution of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or for the purpose of a reorganisation or otherwise or upon any distribution of capital, be entitled to the surplus assets of the Company; and |
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(d) | generally be entitled to enjoy all of the rights attaching to shares. |
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10. | All the rights attaching to a Treasury Share shall be suspended and shall not be exercised by the Company while it holds such Treasury Share and, except where required by the Companies Act, all Treasury Shares shall be excluded from the calculation of any percentage or fraction of the share capital, or shares, of the Company. |
CALL ON SHARES
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11. | The Board may make such calls as it thinks fit upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys (whether in respect of nominal value or premium) unpaid on the shares allotted to or held by such Shareholders and, if a call is not paid on or before the day appointed for payment thereof, the Shareholder may at the discretion of the Board be liable to pay the Company interest on the amount of such call at such rate as the Board may determine, from the date when such call was payable up to the Company's actual date of payment. The Board may differentiate between the holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment of such calls. |
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12. | The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls and any interest, costs and expenses in respect thereof. |
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13. | The Company may accept from any Shareholder the whole or a part of the amount remaining unpaid on any shares held by him, although no part of that amount has been called up. |
SHARE CERTIFICATES
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14. | Every Shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate under the common seal of the Company or bearing the signature (or a facsimile thereof) of a Director or the Secretary or a person expressly authorised |
to sign specifying the number and, where appropriate, the class of shares held by such Shareholder and whether the same are fully paid up and, if not, specifying the amount paid on such shares. The Board may by resolution determine, either generally or in a particular case, that any or all signatures on certificates may be printed thereon or affixed by mechanical means.
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15. | The Company shall be under no obligation to complete and deliver a share certificate unless specifically called upon to do so by the person to whom the shares have been allotted. |
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16. | The holder of any shares of the Company shall immediately notify the Company of any loss, destruction or mutilation of the certificate therefor, and the Board may, in its discretion, cause to be issued to him a new certificate or certificates for such shares, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificates or, in the case of loss or destruction of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss or destruction, and the Board may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate or his legal representative to give the Company a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as it may direct to indemnify the Company against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss or destruction of any such certificate. |
FRACTIONAL SHARES
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17. | The Company may issue its shares in fractional denominations and deal with such fractions to the same extent as its whole shares and shares in fractional denominations shall have in proportion to the respective fractions represented thereby all of the rights of whole shares including (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing) the right to vote, to receive dividends and distributions and to participate in a winding-up. |
REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS
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18. | The Board shall cause to be kept in one or more books a Register of Shareholders and shall enter therein the particulars required by the Companies Act. |
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19. | The Register of Shareholders shall be open to inspection without charge at the Registered Office of the Company on every Business Day, subject to such reasonable restrictions as the Board may impose, so that not less than two hours in each Business Day be allowed for inspection. The Register of Shareholders may, after notice has been given in accordance with the Companies Act, be closed for any time or times not exceeding in the whole thirty days in each year. |
REGISTERED HOLDER ABSOLUTE OWNER
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20. | The Company shall be entitled to treat the registered holder of any share as the absolute owner thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognise any equitable claim or other claim to, or interest in, such share on the part of any other person, provided always that the Company shall recognise the interest of any Secured Party in favour of whom any Secured Shares are subject to a Charge. |
TRANSFER OF REGISTERED SHARES
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21. | An instrument of transfer shall be in writing in such form as the Board may accept. |
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22. | Such instrument of transfer shall be signed by or on behalf of the transferor and transferee, provided that, in the case of a fully paid share, the Board may accept the instrument signed by or on behalf of the transferor alone. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of such share until the |
same has been registered as having been transferred to the transferee in the Register of Shareholders.
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23. | The Board may refuse to recognise any instrument of transfer unless it is accompanied by the certificate in respect of the shares to which it relates and by such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer. |
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24. | The joint holders of any share may transfer such share to one or more of such joint holders, and the surviving holder or holders of any share previously held by them jointly with a deceased Shareholder may transfer any such share to the executors or administrators of such deceased Shareholder. |
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25. | The Board shall refuse to register a transfer unless all applicable consents, authorisations and permissions of any governmental body or agency in Bermuda have been obtained. If the Board refuses to register a transfer of any share the Secretary shall, within three months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company, send to the transferor and transferee notice of the refusal. |
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26. | Notwithstanding anything contained in these Bye-laws to the contrary: |
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(a) | the Board shall not register a transfer of any Secured Shares without the prior written consent of the person to whom such Secured Shares have been charged or mortgaged, save as permitted under the terms of any arrangement between a Shareholder and the relevant Secured Party; and |
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(b) | the Board shall not decline or unreasonably delay registration of any transfer of Secured Shares where such transfer is made pursuant to the terms of the applicable Charge and the Board shall not suspend registration as a Shareholder of any Secured Party to whom such Secured Shares have been Charged. |
TRANSMISSION OF REGISTERED SHARES
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27. | In the case of the death of a Shareholder, the survivor or survivors where the deceased Shareholder was a joint holder, and the legal personal representatives of the deceased Shareholder where the deceased Shareholder was a sole holder, shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to the deceased Shareholder’s interest in the shares. Nothing herein contained shall release the estate of a deceased joint holder from any liability in respect of any share which had been jointly held by such deceased Shareholder with other persons. Subject to the Companies Act, for the purpose of this Bye-law, legal personal representative means the executor or administrator of a deceased Shareholder or such other person as the Board may, in its absolute discretion, decide as being properly authorised to deal with the shares of a deceased Shareholder. |
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28. | Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of any Shareholder may be registered as a Shareholder upon such evidence as the Board may deem sufficient or may elect to nominate some person to be registered as a transferee of such share, and in such case the person becoming entitled shall execute in favour of such nominee an instrument of transfer in writing in such form as the Board may accept. |
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29. | On the presentation of the foregoing materials to the Board, accompanied by such evidence as the Board may require to prove the title of the transferor, the transferee shall be registered as a Shareholder. |
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30. | Where two or more persons are registered as joint holders of a share or shares, then in the event of the death of any joint holder or holders the remaining joint holder or holders shall be absolutely entitled to such share or shares and the Company shall recognise no claim in respect of the estate of any joint holder except in the case of the last survivor of such joint holders. |
POWER TO ALTER CAPITAL
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31. | The Company may, if authorised by resolution of the Board, increase, divide, consolidate, subdivide, change the currency denomination of, diminish or otherwise alter its share capital in any manner permitted by the Companies Act. |
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32. | The Company may, if authorised by Resolution, reduce its share capital in any manner permitted by the Companies Act. |
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33. | Where, on any alteration or reduction of share capital, fractions of shares or some other difficulty would arise, the Board may deal with or resolve the same in such manner as it thinks fit. |
VARIATION OF RIGHTS ATTACHING TO SHARES
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34. | If, at any time, the share capital is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound-up, be varied with the consent in writing of the holders of three-fourths of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of the class at which meeting the necessary quorum (where the Company has more than one shareholder) shall be two persons at least holding or representing by proxy one-third of the issued shares of the class. The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith. |
DIVIDENDS
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35. | The Board may, subject to these Bye-laws and in accordance with the Companies Act, declare a dividend to be paid to the Shareholders, in proportion to the number of shares held by them, and such dividend may be paid in cash or wholly or partly in specie in which case the Board may fix the value for distribution in specie of any assets. |
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36. | The Board may fix any date as the record date for determining the Shareholders entitled to receive any dividend. |
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37. | The Company may pay dividends in proportion to the amount paid up on each share where a larger amount is paid up on some shares than on others. |
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38. | The Board may declare and make such other distributions (in cash or in specie) to the Shareholders as may be lawfully made out of the assets of the Company. |
POWER TO SET ASIDE PROFITS
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39. | The Board may, before declaring a dividend, set aside out of the surplus or profits of the Company, such amount as it thinks proper as a reserve to be used to meet contingencies or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose. |
METHOD OF PAYMENT
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40. | Any dividend, interest, or other moneys payable in cash in respect of the shares may be paid by cheque or draft sent through the post directed to the Shareholder at such Shareholder’s address in the Register of Shareholders, or to such person and to such address as the holder may in writing direct. |
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41. | In the case of joint holders of shares, any dividend, interest or other moneys payable in cash in respect of shares may be paid by cheque or draft sent through the post directed to the address of the holder first named in the Register of Shareholders, or to such person and to such address as the joint holders may in writing direct. If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any shares any one can give an effectual receipt for any dividend paid in respect of such shares. |
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42. | The Board may deduct from the dividends or distributions payable to any Shareholder all moneys due from such Shareholder to the Company on account of calls or otherwise. |
CAPITALISATION
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43. | The Board may capitalise any amount for the time being standing to the credit of any of the Company’s share premium or other reserve accounts or to the credit of the profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution by applying such amount in paying up unissued shares to be allotted as fully paid bonus shares pro rata to the Shareholders. |
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44. | The Board may capitalise any amount for the time being standing to the credit of a reserve account or amounts otherwise available for dividend or distribution by applying such amounts in paying up in full, partly or nil paid shares of those Shareholders who would have been entitled to such amounts if they were distributed by way of dividend or distribution. |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
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45. | Subject to any rights to waive the annual general meeting pursuant to the Companies Act, the annual general meeting shall be held in each year (other than the year of incorporation) at such place, date and hour as shall be fixed by the Board. |
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGS
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46. | The Board may convene a special general meeting whenever in their judgment such a meeting is necessary to be held at such place, date and hour as fixed by the Board. |
REQUISITIONED GENERAL MEETINGS
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47. | The Board shall, on the requisition of Shareholders holding at the date of the deposit of the requisition not less than one-tenth of such of the paid-up share capital of the Company as at the date of the deposit carries the right to vote at general meetings, forthwith proceed to convene a special general meeting and the provisions of the Companies Act shall apply. |
NOTICE
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48. | At least five days’ notice of an annual general meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to attend and vote thereat, stating the place, date and hour at which the meeting is to be held, that the election of Directors will take place thereat, and as far as practicable, the other business to be conducted at the meeting. |
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49. | At least five days’ notice of a special general meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to attend and vote thereat, stating the date, time, place and the general nature of the business to be considered at the meeting. |
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50. | The Board may fix any date as the record date for determining the Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at any general meeting. |
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51. | A general meeting shall, notwithstanding that it is called on shorter notice than that specified in these Bye-laws, be deemed to have been properly called if it is so agreed by (i) all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat in the case of an annual general meeting; and (ii) by a majority in number of the Shareholders having the right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together holding not less than 95% in nominal value of the shares giving a right to attend and vote thereat in the case of a special general meeting. |
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52. | The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non-receipt of a notice of a general meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting. |
GIVING NOTICE AND ACCESS
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53. | A notice may be given by the Company to a Shareholder: |
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(a) | by delivering it to such Shareholder in person; or |
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(b) | by sending it by letter mail or courier to such Shareholder’s address in the Register of Shareholders; or |
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(c) | by transmitting it by electronic means (including facsimile and electronic mail, but not telephone) in accordance with such directions as may be given by such Shareholder to the Company for such purpose; or |
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(d) | in accordance with Bye-law 56. |
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54. | Any notice required to be given to a Shareholder shall, with respect to any shares held jointly by two or more persons, be given to whichever of such persons is named first in the Register of Shareholders and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the holders of such shares. |
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55. | Any notice (save for one delivered in accordance with Bye-law 56) shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of transmission and, in proving such service, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice was properly addressed and prepaid, if posted, and the time when it was posted, delivered to the courier, or transmitted by electronic means. |
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56. | Where a Shareholder indicates his consent (in a form and manner satisfactory to the Board), to receive information or documents by accessing them on a website rather than by other means, or receipt in this manner is otherwise permitted by the Companies Act, the Board may deliver such information or documents by notifying the Shareholder of their availability and including therein the address of the website, the place on the website where the information or document may be found, and instructions as to how the information or document may be accessed on the website. |
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57. | In the case of information or documents delivered in accordance with Bye-law 56, service shall be deemed to have occurred when (i) the Shareholder is notified in accordance with that Bye-law; and (ii) the information or document is published on the website. |
POSTPONEMENT OF GENERAL MEETING
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58. | The Secretary may postpone any general meeting called in accordance with these Bye-laws (other than a meeting requisitioned under these Bye-laws) provided that notice of postponement is given to the Shareholders before the time for such meeting. Fresh notice of the date, time and place for the postponed meeting shall be given to each Shareholder in accordance with these Bye-laws. |
ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS
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59. | Shareholders may participate in any general meeting by such telephonic, electronic or other communication facilities or means as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. |
QUORUM AT GENERAL MEETINGS
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60. | At any general meeting two or more persons present in person and representing in person or by proxy at least 75% of the total issued voting shares in the Company throughout the meeting shall form a quorum for the transaction of business, provided that if the Company shall at any time have only one Shareholder, one Shareholder present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum for the transaction of business at any general meeting held during such time. |
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61. | If at the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, then, in the case of a meeting convened on a requisition, the meeting shall be deemed cancelled and, in any other case, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day one week later, at the same time and place or to such other day, time or place as the Secretary may determine. Unless the meeting is adjourned to a specific date, time and place announced at the meeting being adjourned, fresh notice of the resumption of the meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to attend and vote thereat in accordance with these Bye-laws. |
CHAIRMAN TO PRESIDE AT GENERAL MEETINGS
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62. | Unless otherwise agreed by a majority of those attending and entitled to vote thereat, the chairman, if there be one, and if not the president, if there be one, shall act as chairman at all general meetings at which such person is present. In their absence a chairman shall be appointed or elected by those present at the meeting and entitled to vote. |
VOTING ON RESOLUTIONS
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63. | Subject to the Companies Act and these Bye-laws, any question proposed for the consideration of the Shareholders at any general meeting shall be decided by the affirmative votes of a majority of the votes cast in accordance with these Bye-laws and in the case of an equality of votes the resolution shall fail. |
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64. | No Shareholder shall be entitled to vote at a general meeting unless such Shareholder has paid all the calls on all shares held by such Shareholder. |
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65. | At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall, in the first instance, be voted upon by a show of hands and, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being lawfully attached to any class of shares and subject to these Bye-laws, every Shareholder present in person and every person holding a valid proxy at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote and shall cast such vote by raising his hand. |
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66. | In the event that a Shareholder participates in a general meeting by telephone, electronic or other communication facilities or means, the chairman of the meeting shall direct the manner in which such Shareholder may cast his vote on a show of hands. |
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67. | At any general meeting if an amendment is proposed to any resolution under consideration and the chairman of the meeting rules on whether or not the proposed amendment is out of order, the proceedings on the substantive resolution shall not be invalidated by any error in such ruling. |
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68. | At any general meeting a declaration by the chairman of the meeting that a question proposed for consideration has, on a show of hands, been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in a book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the Company shall, subject to these Bye-laws, be conclusive evidence of that fact. |
POWER TO DEMAND A VOTE ON A POLL
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69. | Notwithstanding the foregoing, a poll may be demanded by any of the following persons: |
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(a) | the chairman of such meeting; or |
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(b) | at least three Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy; or |
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(c) | any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or |
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(d) | any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy holding shares in the Company conferring the right to vote at such meeting, being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total amount paid up on all such shares conferring such right. |
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70. | Where a poll is demanded, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being lawfully attached to any class of shares, every person present at such meeting shall have one vote for each share of which such person is the holder or for which such person holds a proxy and such vote shall be counted by ballot as described herein, or in the case of a general meeting at which one or more Shareholders are present by telephone, electronic or other communication facilities or means, in such manner as the chairman of the meeting may direct and the result of such poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded and shall replace any previous resolution upon the same matter which has been the subject of a show of hands. A person entitled to more than one vote need not use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way. |
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71. | A poll demanded for the purpose of electing a chairman of the meeting or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time and in such manner during such meeting as the chairman (or acting chairman) of the meeting may direct. Any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded may be conducted pending the taking of the poll. |
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72. | Where a vote is taken by poll, each person physically present and entitled to vote shall be furnished with a ballot paper on which such person shall record his vote in such manner as shall be determined at the meeting having regard to the nature of the question on which the vote is taken, and each ballot paper shall be signed or initialled or otherwise marked so as to identify the voter and the registered holder in the case of a proxy. Each person present by telephone, electronic or other communication facilities or means shall cast his vote in such manner as the chairman shall direct. At the conclusion of the poll, the ballot papers and votes cast in accordance with such directions shall be examined and counted by a committee of not less than two Shareholders or proxy holders appointed by the chairman for the purpose and the result of the poll shall be declared by the chairman. |
VOTING BY JOINT HOLDERS OF SHARES
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73. | In the case of joint holders, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote (whether in person or by proxy) shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Shareholders. |
INSTRUMENT OF PROXY
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74. | An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing in such form as the chairman of the meeting shall accept. |
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75. | The instrument appointing a proxy must be received by the Company at the Registered Office or at such other place or in such manner as is specified in the notice convening the meeting or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting at which the person named in the instrument appointing a proxy proposes to vote, and an instrument appointing a proxy which is not received in the manner so prescribed shall be invalid. |
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76. | A Shareholder who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf in respect of different shares. |
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77. | The decision of the chairman of any general meeting as to the validity of any appointment of a proxy shall be final, provided always that such discretion may not be exercised in respect of any proxy granted in favour of any Secured Party under or in connection with a Charge. |
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78. | Where a Shareholder (the "Relevant Member") appoints a proxy by an instrument in writing and the appointment is expressed to be irrevocable: |
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(a) | the instrument of proxy may not be revoked by the Relevant Member without the prior written consent of the proxy; |
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(b) | the instrument of proxy will not be revoked by the Relevant Member attending any meeting of Shareholders; and |
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(c) | for so long as the instrument of proxy is exercisable in accordance with the terms thereof, if the Relevant Member does attend a meeting of Shareholders, the Relevant Member may not exercise the voting rights attaching to the shares to which the instrument of proxy relates. |
REPRESENTATION OF CORPORATE SHAREHOLDER
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79. | A corporation which is a Shareholder may, by written instrument, authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting and any person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which such person represents as |
that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Shareholder, and that Shareholder shall be deemed to be present in person at any such meeting attended by its authorised representative or representatives.
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80. | Notwithstanding the foregoing, the chairman of the meeting may accept such assurances as he thinks fit as to the right of any person to attend and vote at general meetings on behalf of a corporation which is a Shareholder. |
ADJOURNMENT OF GENERAL MEETING
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81. | The chairman of a general meeting may, with the consent of the Shareholders at any general meeting at which a quorum is present, and shall if so directed by the meeting, adjourn the meeting. Unless the meeting is adjourned to a specific date, place and time announced at the meeting being adjourned, fresh notice of the date, place and time for the resumption of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to attend and vote thereat in accordance with these Bye-laws. |
WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS
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82. | Subject to these Bye-laws, anything which may be done by resolution of the Company in a general meeting or by resolution of a meeting of any class of the Shareholders may, without a meeting, be done by written resolution in accordance with this Bye-law. |
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83. | Notice of a written resolution shall be given, and a copy of the resolution shall be circulated to all Shareholders who would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote thereon. The accidental omission to give notice to, or the non-receipt of a notice by, any Shareholder does not invalidate the passing of a resolution. |
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84. | A written resolution is passed when it is signed by, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a person, on behalf of, the Shareholders who at the date that the notice is given represent such majority of votes as would be required if the resolution was voted on at a meeting of Shareholders at which all Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat were present and voting. |
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85. | A resolution in writing may be signed in any number of counterparts. |
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86. | A resolution in writing made in accordance with this Bye-law is as valid as if it had been passed by the Company in general meeting or by a meeting of the relevant class of Shareholders, as the case may be, and any reference in any Bye-law to a meeting at which a resolution is passed or to Shareholders voting in favour of a resolution shall be construed accordingly. |
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87. | A resolution in writing made in accordance with this Bye-law shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Act. |
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88. | This Bye-law shall not apply to: |
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(a) | a resolution passed to remove an Auditor from office before the expiration of his term of office; or |
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(b) | a resolution passed for the purpose of removing a Director before the expiration of his term of office. |
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89. | For the purposes of this Bye-law, the effective date of the resolution is the date when the resolution is signed by, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation whether or not a company within |
the meaning of the Companies Act, on behalf of, the last Shareholder whose signature results in the necessary voting majority being achieved and any reference in any Bye-law to the date of passing of a resolution is, in relation to a resolution made in accordance with this Bye-law, a reference to such date.
DIRECTORS' ATTENDANCE AT GENERAL MEETINGS
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90. | The Directors shall be entitled to receive notice of, attend, and be heard at any general meeting. |
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
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91. | The Board of Directors shall be elected or appointed in the first place at the statutory meeting of the Company and thereafter, except in the case of a casual vacancy, at the annual general meeting or at any special general meeting called for that purpose. |
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92. | At any general meeting, the Shareholders may authorise the Board to fill any vacancy in their number left unfilled at a general meeting. |
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
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93. | The number of Directors shall be at least one (1) and such number in excess thereof as the Company by Resolution may from time to time determine. |
TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS
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94. | Directors shall hold office for such term as the Shareholders may determine or, in the absence of such determination, until the next annual general meeting or until their successors are elected or appointed or their office is otherwise vacated. |
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
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95. | Subject to any provision to the contrary in these Bye-laws, the Shareholders entitled to vote for the election of Directors may, at any special general meeting convened and held in accordance with these Bye-laws, remove a Director provided that the notice of any such meeting convened for the purpose of removing a Director shall contain a statement of the intention so to do and be served on such Director no fewer than 14 days before the meeting and at such meeting the Director shall be entitled to be heard on the motion for such Director’s removal. |
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96. | If a Director is removed from the Board under this Bye-law, the Shareholders may fill the vacancy at the meeting at which such Director is removed. In the absence of such election or appointment, the Board may fill the vacancy. |
VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR
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97. | The office of Director shall be vacated if the Director: |
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(a) | is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-laws or is prohibited from being a Director by law; |
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(b) | is or becomes bankrupt or insolvent; |
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(c) | is or becomes of unsound mind or a patient for any purpose of any statute or applicable law relating to mental health and the Board resolves that his office is vacated, or dies; or |
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(d) | resigns his office by notice to the Company. |
DIRECTORS TO MANAGE BUSINESS
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98. | The business of the Company shall be managed and conducted by the Board. In managing the business of the Company, the Board may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by the Companies Act or by these Bye-laws, required to be exercised by the Company in general meeting. |
POWER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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(a) | appoint, suspend, or remove any manager, secretary, clerk, agent or employee of the Company and may fix their remuneration and determine their duties; |
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(b) | exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital, or any part thereof, and may issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or any third party; |
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(c) | appoint one or more Directors to the office of managing director or chief executive officer of the Company, who shall, subject to the control of the Board, supervise and administer all of the general business and affairs of the Company; |
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(d) | appoint a person to act as manager of the Company’s day-to-day business and may entrust to and confer upon such manager such powers and duties as it deems appropriate for the transaction or conduct of such business; |
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(e) | by power of attorney, appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Board, to be an attorney of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Board) and for such period and subject to such conditions as it may think fit and any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Board may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions so vested in the attorney; |
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(f) | procure that the Company pays all expenses incurred in promoting and incorporating the Company; |
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(g) | designate one or more committees, such committee or committees to have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board, and each such committee to consist of one or more directors of the Company, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board as may be delegated to such committee in the management of the business and affairs of the Company; provided further that the meetings and proceedings of any such committee shall be governed by the provisions of these Bye-laws regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Board, so far as the same are applicable and are not superseded by directions imposed by the Board. A majority of all the members of any such committee may determine its action and fix the time and place of its meetings, unless the Board shall otherwise provide. The Board shall have power to change the members of any such |
committee at any time, to fill vacancies and to discharge any such committee, either with or without cause, at any time;
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(h) | delegate any of its powers (including the power to sub-delegate) to any person on such terms and in such manner as the Board may see fit; |
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(i) | present any petition and make any application in connection with the liquidation or reorganisation of the Company; |
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(j) | in connection with the issue of any share, pay such commission and brokerage as may be permitted by law; and |
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(k) | authorise any company, firm, person or body of persons to act on behalf of the Company for any specific purpose and in connection therewith to execute any deed, agreement, document or instrument on behalf of the Company. |
REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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100. | The Secretary shall establish and maintain a Register of the Directors and Officers of the Company as required by the Companies Act. The Register of the Directors and Officers shall be open to inspection without charge at the Registered Office of the Company on every Business Day, subject to such reasonable restrictions as the Board may impose, so that not less than two hours in each Business Day be allowed for inspection. The Register of the Directors and Officers may, after notice has been given in accordance with the Companies Act, be closed for any time or times not exceeding in the whole thirty days in each year. |
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
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101. | The Board may appoint such officers (who may or may not be Directors) as the Board may determine. |
APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE
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102. | The Secretary and Resident Representative, if necessary, shall be appointed by the Board at such remuneration (if any) and upon such terms as it may think fit and any Secretary so appointed may be removed by the Board. |
DUTIES OF OFFICERS
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103. | The Officers shall have such powers and perform such duties in the management, business and affairs of the Company as may be delegated to them by the Board from time to time. |
DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY
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104. | The duties of the Secretary shall be those prescribed by the Companies Act together with such other duties as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Board. |
REMUNERATION OF OFFICERS
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105. | The Officers shall receive such remuneration as the Board may determine. |
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
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106. | Any Director, or any Director’s firm, partner or any company with whom any Director is associated, may act in any capacity for, be employed by or render services to the Company and such Director or such Director’s firm, partner or company shall be entitled to remuneration as if such Director were not a Director. Nothing herein contained shall authorise a Director or Director’s firm, partner or company to act as Auditor to the Company. |
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107. | A Director who is directly or indirectly interested in a contract or proposed contract or arrangement with the Company shall declare the nature of such interest as required by the Companies Act. |
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108. | Following a declaration being made pursuant to this Bye-law, a Director may vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement in which such Director is interested and may be counted in the quorum for such meeting. |
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109. | Subject to the Companies Act and any further disclosure required thereby, a general notice to the Directors by a Director or officer declaring that he is a director or officer or has an interest in any business entity and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction or arrangement made with that business entity shall be sufficient declaration of interest in relation to any transaction or arrangement so made. |
INDEMNIFICATION AND EXCULPATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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110. | The Directors, Secretary and other officers (such term to include, for the purposes of this Bye-law 110 any person appointed to any committee by the Board) for the time being and each such person who is or was or had agreed to become a Director or officer of the Company and each such person who is or was serving or who had agreed to serve as an employee or agent of the Company or as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in which the Company is or was engaged acting in relation to any of the affairs of the Company and the liquidator or trustees (if any) for the time being acting in relation to any of the affairs of the Company and every one of them, and their heirs, executors and administrators, shall be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets and profits of the Company from and against all actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses which they or any of them, their heirs, executors or administrators, shall or may incur or sustain by or by reason of any act done, purported to be done, concurred in or omitted in or about the execution of their duty, or supposed duty, or in their respective offices or trusts, or on behalf of the Company or purportedly on behalf of the Company, and none of them shall be answerable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of the others of them or for joining in any receipts for the sake of conformity, or for any bankers or other persons with whom any moneys or effects belonging to the Company shall or may be lodged or deposited for safe custody, or for insufficiency or deficiency of any security upon which any moneys of or belonging to the Company shall be placed out on or invested, or for any other loss, misfortune or damage which may happen in the execution of their respective offices or trusts, or in relation thereto, PROVIDED THAT this indemnity shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty which may attach to any of said persons. Subject to the provisions of the Act and without limiting the generality or the effect of the foregoing, the Company may enter into one or more agreements with any person which provide for indemnification greater or different than that provided in this Bye-law. |
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111. | Each Shareholder agrees to waive and release any claim or right of action such Shareholder might have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against any Director or officer on account of any act done, purported to be done, concurred in or omitted in or about the execution of their duty, or supposed duty, or in their respective offices or trusts by such Director or officer, or the |
failure of such Director or officer to take any action in the performance of his duties with or for the Company, PROVIDED THAT such waiver shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty which may attach to such Director or officer.
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112. | The indemnity provided by Bye-law 110 shall extend, as a matter of contract between each Shareholder and each former Director and officer of the Company and their heirs, executors and administrators, to any act done, purported to be done, concurred in or omitted in or about the execution of their duty, or supposed duty, or in their respective offices or trusts by the former Directors and officers of the Company. The waiver of claims or right of action by each Shareholder provided by Bye-law 111 shall extend, as a matter of contract between each Shareholder and each former Director and officer of the Company and their heirs, executors and administrators, to any act done, purported to be done, concurred in or omitted in or about the execution of their duty, or supposed duty, or in their respective offices or trusts by the former Directors and officers of the Company. |
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113. | The Company may advance moneys to an individual who is indemnified pursuant to Bye-law 110 for the costs, charges and expenses incurred by such individual in defending any civil or criminal proceedings against them, on condition that such individual shall repay the advance if any allegation of fraud or dishonesty is proved against them. |
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114. | Any repeal or modification of Bye-laws 110 to 113 shall not adversely affect any right or protection existing under such Bye-laws immediately prior to such repeal or modification. |
BOARD MEETINGS
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115. | The Board may meet for the transaction of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate its meetings as it sees fit. A resolution put to the vote at a meeting of the Board shall be carried by the affirmative votes of a majority of the votes cast and in the case of an equality of votes the resolution shall fail. |
NOTICE OF BOARD MEETINGS
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116. | A Director may, and the Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Board. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to such Director orally (including in person or by telephone) or otherwise communicated or sent to such Director by post, electronic means or other mode of representing words in a visible form at such Director's last known address or in accordance with any other instructions given by such Director to the Company for this purpose. |
ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS
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117. | Directors may participate in any meeting by such telephonic, electronic or other communication facilities or means as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. |
QUORUM AT BOARD MEETINGS
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118. | The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of the Board shall be the presence of a majority of directors. |
BOARD TO CONTINUE IN THE EVENT OF VACANCY
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119. | The Board may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its number but, if and so long as its number is reduced below the number fixed by these Bye-laws as the quorum necessary for the transaction of business at meetings of the Board, the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of (i) summoning a general meeting; or (ii) preserving the assets of the Company. |
CHAIRMAN TO PRESIDE
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120. | Unless otherwise agreed by a majority of the Directors attending, the Chairman, if there be one, and if not, the President, if there be one, shall act as chairman at all meetings of the Board at which such person is present. In their absence a chairman shall be appointed or elected by the Directors present at the meeting. |
WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS
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121. | A resolution signed by all the Directors, which may be in counterparts, shall be as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Board duly called and constituted, such resolution to be effective on the date on which the last Director signs the resolution. |
VALIDITY OF PRIOR ACTS OF THE BOARD
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122. | No regulation or alteration to these Bye-laws made by the Company in a general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Board which would have been valid if that regulation or alteration had not been made. |
MINUTES
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123. | The Board shall cause minutes to be duly entered in books provided for the purpose: |
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(a) | of all elections and appointments of Officers; |
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(b) | of the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Board and of any committee appointed by the Board; and |
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(c) | of all resolutions and proceedings of general meetings of the Shareholders, meetings of the Board, meetings of managers and meetings of committees appointed by the Board. |
PLACE WHERE CORPORATE RECORDS KEPT
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124. | Minutes prepared in accordance with the Companies Act and these Bye-laws shall be kept by the Secretary at the Registered Office of the Company. |
FORM AND USE OF SEAL
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125. | The Company may adopt a seal in such form as the Board may determine. The Board may adopt one or more duplicate seals for use in or outside Bermuda. |
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126. | A seal may, but need not, be affixed to any deed, instrument, share certificate or document, and if the seal is to be affixed thereto, it shall be attested by the signature of (i) any Director, or (ii) any Officer, or (iii) the Secretary, or (iv) any person authorised by the Board for that purpose. |
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127. | A Resident Representative may, but need not, affix the seal of the Company to certify the authenticity of any copies of documents. |
BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
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128. | The Board shall cause to be kept proper records of account with respect to all transactions of the Company and in particular with respect to: |
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(a) | all amounts of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt and expenditure relates; |
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(b) | all sales and purchases of goods by the Company; and |
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(c) | all assets and liabilities of the Company. |
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129. | Such records of account shall be kept at the Registered Office of the Company, or subject to the Companies Act, at such other place as the Board thinks fit and shall be available for inspection by the Directors during normal business hours. |
FINANCIAL YEAR END
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130. | The financial year end of the Company may be determined by resolution of the Board and failing such resolution shall be 31 December in each year. |
ANNUAL AUDIT
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131. | Subject to any rights to waive laying of accounts or appointment of an Auditor pursuant to the Companies Act, the accounts of the Company shall be audited at least once in every year. |
APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR
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132. | Subject to the Companies Act, at the annual general meeting or at a subsequent special general meeting in each year, an independent representative of the Shareholders shall be appointed by them as Auditor of the accounts of the Company. |
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133. | The Auditor may be a Shareholder but no Director, Officer or employee of the Company shall, during his continuance in office, be eligible to act as an Auditor of the Company. |
REMUNERATION OF AUDITOR
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134. | Save in the case of an Auditor appointed pursuant to Bye-law 141, the remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the Company in a general meeting or in such manner as the Shareholders may determine. In the case of an Auditor appointed pursuant to Bye-law 141, the remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the Board. |
DUTIES OF AUDITOR
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135. | The financial statements provided for by these Bye-laws shall be audited by the Auditor in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The Auditor shall make a written report thereon in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. |
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136. | The generally accepted auditing standards referred to in this Bye-law may be those of a country or jurisdiction other than Bermuda or such other generally accepted auditing standards as may be |
provided for in the Companies Act. If so, the financial statements and the report of the Auditor shall identify the generally accepted auditing standards used.
CHANGE TO THE COMPANY'S AUDITORS
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137. | No change to the Company’s Auditors may be made save in accordance with the Companies Act and until the same has been approved by a unanimous resolution of the Board and by a Resolution. |
ACCESS TO RECORDS
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138. | The Auditor shall at all reasonable times have access to all books kept by the Company and to all accounts and vouchers relating thereto, and the Auditor may call on the Directors or Officers of the Company for any information in their possession relating to the books or affairs of the Company. |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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139. | Subject to any rights to waive laying of accounts pursuant to the Companies Act, financial statements as required by the Companies Act shall be laid before the Shareholders in a general meeting. A resolution in writing made in accordance with Bye-law 82 receiving, accepting, adopting, approving or otherwise acknowledging financial statements shall be deemed to be the laying of such statements before the Shareholders in a general meeting. |
DISTRIBUTION OF AUDITOR'S REPORT
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140. | The report of the Auditor shall be submitted to the Shareholders in a general meeting. |
VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF AUDITOR
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141. | The Board may fill any casual vacancy in the office of the Auditor. |
WINDING-UP
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142. | If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Resolution, divide amongst the Shareholders in specie or in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose, set such value as he deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or different classes of Shareholders. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in the trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Shareholders as the liquidator shall think fit, but so that no Shareholder shall be compelled to accept any shares or other securities or assets whereon there is any liability. |
CHANGES TO BYE-LAWS
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143. | No Bye-law may be rescinded, altered or amended and no new Bye-law may be made save in accordance with the Companies Act and until the same has been approved by a unanimous resolution of the Board and by a Resolution. |
CHANGES TO THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
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144. | No alteration or amendment to the Memorandum of Association may be made save in accordance with the Companies Act and until same has been approved by a unanimous resolution of the Board and by a Resolution. |
MERGER AND AMALGAMATION
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145. | The Company may merge or amalgamate in accordance with the Companies Act. |
DISCONTINUANCE
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146. | The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to discontinue the Company to a jurisdiction outside Bermuda pursuant to the Companies Act. |