COMPANY NO. [*****]
THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE, CAP. 32
A PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
[****** HOLDINGS LIMITED]
(Adopted by special resolution passed on [?] 2013)
PRELIMINARY
1. The regulations contained in Table A in the First Schedule to the Ordinance shall not apply to the Company, but the following shall, subject to repeal, addition and alteration as provided by the Ordinance or these Articles, be the regulations of the Company.
2. In these Articles, unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings set out below:
these Articles means these articles of association as from time to time altered by Special Resolution;
Auditors means the auditors of the Company;
Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday) on which banks generally are open in Hong Kong for a full range of business;
clear days in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect;
Director means a director of the Company and Directors means the Directors or any of them acting as the board of Directors of the Company; dividend means dividend or bonus; $ or dollars means Hong Kong Dollars;
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the holder in relation to shares means the members whose name is entered in the Register as the holder of shares;
Hong Kong means the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong;
in writing means written, or produced by any visible substitute for writing, or partly one and partly another and \month means calendar month;
Office means the Registered Office of the Company;
Ordinance means the Companies Ordinance, Cap. 32 of the laws of Hong Kong, including any statutory re-enactment or modification thereof for the time being in force; paid means paid or credited as paid;
Register means the Register of members of the Company;
Seal means the common seal of the Company or any official seal that the Company may be permitted to have under the Ordinance;
Secretary means the secretary of the Company or any other person appointed to perform the duties of the secretary of the Company, including a joint, assistant or deputy secretary; year means year from 1 January to 31 December inclusive; 3. (a)
In these Articles:
unless expressly defined in the Articles, words or expressions that are defined in the Ordinance bear the same meaning as in the Ordinance but excluding any statutory modification of the Ordinance not in force when the Articles become binding on the Company;
references to a document being executed include references to its being executed under hand or under seal or by any other method;
words denoting the singular number include the plural number and vice versa, words denoting the masculine gender include the feminine gender and words denoting persons include corporations;
headings and marginal notes are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the construction of these Articles;
powers of delegation shall not be restrictively construed but the widest interpretation shall be given to them;
the word Directors in the context of the exercise of any power contained in these Articles includes any committee consisting of one or more Directors, any Director holding executive office and any local or divisional board, manager or agent of the Company to which or, as the case may be, to whom the power in question has been delegated;
Construction
(b) (c)
(d) (e) (f)
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(g)
no power of delegation shall be limited by the existence or, except where expressly provided by the terms of delegation, the exercise of that or any other power of delegation; and
except where expressly provided by the terms of delegation, the delegation of a power shall not exclude the concurrent exercise of that power by any other body or person who is for the time being authorised to exercise it under these Articles or under another delegation of the power.
PRIVATE COMPANY
(h)
4. (a) (b)
The Company is a private company and accordingly:
the right to transfer shares is restricted in the manner hereinafter prescribed; the number of members of the Company (exclusive of persons who are in the employment of the Company and of persons who having been formerly in the employment of the Company were while in such employment and have continued after the determination of such employment to be members of the Company) is limited to 50. Provided that where two or more persons hold one or more shares in the Company jointly they shall for the purpose of this Article be treated as a single member;
any invitation to the public to subscribe for any shares or debentures of the company is prohibited; and
the company shall not have power to issue share warrants to bearer.
Private company restrictions
(c) (d)
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SHARE CAPITAL
5. Without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing shares or class of shares, any share 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 from time to time by resolution determine or, subject to and in default of such determination, as the Directors shall determine.
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Shares with special rights
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6. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, the Company may issue shares on the terms that they are, or at the option of the Company or the holder of the shares are liable, to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as may be provided by these Articles. ÔÚ·ûºÏ¹«Ë¾ÌõÀý¼°±¾¹«Ë¾Õ³ÌÖ®¹æ¶¨Ï£¬±¾¹«Ë¾¿ÉÒÀÌرð¾öÒ飬¾¹«Ë¾Ñ¡Ôñ»ò¹É¶«·¢ÉúÔðÈÎʱ£¬ÓÚÌØÊâÊÂʵ»òÌض¨ÈÕÆÚ£¬Óɹ«Ë¾»ò¹É¶«Ñ¡Ôñ·¢ÐÐÐÐʹÊê»ØȨ֮¹É·Ý¡£ 7. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance relating to authority and otherwise, of any resolution of the Company in general meeting passed pursuant thereto and any agreement then existing between the members relating to their relationship as members of the Company, all unissued shares shall be at the disposal of the Directors and the Directors may allot (with or without conferring a right of renunciation) grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, at such times and on such terms as it thinks proper. This power shall not apply to redeemable shares, which shall be governed by the provisions of Article 6.
Redeemable Shares
Disposal of shares
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8. In addition to all other powers of paying commissions, the Company may exercise the powers of paying commissions conferred by the Ordinance, provided that the rate per cent or the amount of the commission paid or agreed to be paid shall be disclosed in the manner required by the Ordinance and the rate of the commission shall not exceed the rate of 10 per cent of the price at which the shares in respect whereof the same is paid are issued or an amount equal to 10 per cent of such price (as the case may be). Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash or the allotment of fully or partly paid shares or partly in one way and partly in another. The Company may also on any issue of shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.
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9. Except as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust, and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share, or any interest in any fractional part of a share, or (except only as by these Articles or by law otherwise provided) any other right in respect of any share, except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder.
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Trusts not recognised Commissions
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VARIATION OF RIGHTS
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10. Whenever the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes of shares, Variation of the rights attached to any class may (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the rights shares of that class) be varied or abrogated, whether or not the Company is being wound up, either with the consent in writing of the holders of three-fourths of the issued shares of the class, or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of such holders (but not otherwise).
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11. All the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company or the proceedings thereat (including the provisions of Article 75) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to every separate general meeting of the holders of a class of shares, except that the necessary quorum shall be two persons at least holding or representing by proxy one-third in nominal amount of the issued shares of the class or, at any adjourned meeting of such holders, those members who are present in person or by proxy, whatever their holdings and the holders of shares of the class shall, on a poll, have one vote in respect of every share of the class held by them respectively.
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12. The special rights conferred upon the holders of any shares or class of shares issued with preferred or other special rights shall not (unless otherwise expressly provided by these Articles or the conditions of issue of such shares) be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking equally therewith or subsequent thereto.
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SHARE CERTIFICATES
13. Every member, upon becoming the holder of any shares, shall be entitled without Members' rights payment to one certificate for all the shares of each class held by him (and, upon transferring to certificates a part of his holding of shares of any class, to a certificate for the balance of such holding) or several certificates each for one or more of his shares upon payment for every certificate after the first of such reasonable sum as the Directors may determine. Every certificate shall be under a Seal and shall specify the shares to which it relates, and the amount paid up thereon. In the case of a share held jointly by several persons, the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for each class of shares so held, and delivery of a certificate for a share to one of several joint holders shall be deemed sufficient delivery to all such holders.
Special rights not varied Special class rights in general meeting
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14. If a share certificate is worn out, defaced, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and payment of the expenses incurred by the Company in investigating evidence but otherwise free of charge, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) on delivery of the old Certificate. Èç¹û¹ÉȨ֤¶ªÊ§¡¢Ëð»Ù¡¢ÆÆË𣬿ÉÒÔÒªÇó¸üС£
CALLS ON SHARES
15. Subject to any terms upon which any shares may have been issued the Directors may from time to time make calls upon the members in respect of any moneys unpaid on their shares (whether on account of the nominal value of the shares or by way of premium) and not by the conditions of allotment thereof made payable at fixed times; provided that no call shall exceed one-fourth of the nominal amount of the share or be payable at less than one month from the date fixed for the payment of the last preceding call and each member shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen days' notice specifying the time or times and place of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times and place so specified the amount called on his shares. A call may be revoked or the time fixed for its payment postponed by the Directors. ¶Ê»á¿ÉËæʱÏò¹É¶«´ß½É¹É¿î£¨²»ÂÛÊǾÍƱÃæ¼ÛÖµ»òÊÇÒç¼Û£©£¬¶ø²»±Ø°´¹ÉƱ·ÖÅäÌõ¿î¹æ¶¨µÄÆÚÏÞ£¬Ö»Òª´ß½ÉµÄ¿î¶î䳬¹ý¹ÉƱƱÃæ¼ÛÖµµÄ 25 % £¬»ò½É¿îÈÕÆÚ³¬¹ýÉϴδ߽ÉËù¶¨Ö§¸¶ÈÕÆÚÒ»¸öÔ£¬ËùÓйɶ«±ØÐ루µ«ÖÁÉÙµÃÔÚ 14 ÌìÇ°ÊÕµ½Í¨Öª£¬ËµÃ÷½É¿îµÄʱ¼ä»òµØµã£©Ôڹ涨µÄʱ¼äºÍµØµãÏò¹«Ë¾½ÉÄÉËù´ß½ÉµÄ¿î¶î¡£¶Ê»á¿ÉÒÔ³·Ïú»òÑÓ³¤½É¿î֪ͨ¡£
16. A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising the call was passed and may be required to be paid by instalments. ´ß½É¹É¿î֪ͨӦ±»ÊÓΪÊÇÔڶʻáͨ¹ý´ß½É֪ͨ¾öÒéʱÒѾ·¢³ö£¬Çҿɹ涨·ÖÆÚÖ§¸¶ 17. The Directors may, on issue of shares, differentiate between the holders of a share as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment.
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18. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.
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19. If a sum called in respect of a share is not paid before or on the day appointed for payment, the person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest on the sum from the day appointed for payment thereof to the time of actual payment at such rate, not exceeding ten per cent. per annum, as the Directors may determine; but the Directors shall be at liberty to waive payment of such interest wholly or in part.
Replacement Certificates
Powers to make calls
Time when call made
Differentiation on calls
Liability of joint holders
Interest payable
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20. Any sum which by the terms of issue of a share becomes payable on allotment or at any fixed date, whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium, shall for the purposes of these Articles be deemed to be a call duly made and payable on the date on which, by the terms of issue, the same becomes payable. In case of non-payment all the relevant provisions of these Articles as to payment of interest and expenses, forfeiture or otherwise shall apply as if such sum had become payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.
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21. The Directors may, if it thinks fit, receive from any member willing to advance the same, all or any part of the moneys uncalled and unpaid upon any shares held by him, and upon all or any of the moneys so advanced may (until the same would, but for such advance, become presently payable) pay interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and such member.
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LIEN
23. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully Company to paid share) for all moneys (whether presently payable or not) called or payable at a fixed time have lien on shares in respect of that share and the Company shall also have a first and paramount lien on all shares (other than fully paid shares) standing registered in the name of a single person for all moneys presently payable by him or his estate to the Company; but the Directors may at any time declare any share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The Company's lien, if any, on a share shall extend to all dividends payable thereon. ¶ÔËùÓÐÒѾ´ß½ÉµÄ»òÔڹ涨ʱ¼äÓ¦½ÉµÄ¹É¿î£¨²»¹ÜÄ¿Ç°ÊÇ·ñÓ¦½É£©µÄ¹É·Ý£¨Î´½ÉÇå¹É¿îµÄ¹É·Ý£©£¬¹«Ë¾¶¼ÏíÓÐÓÅÏÈÁôÖÃȨ£¬¶ÔËùÓÐÒÔ¸öÈËÃûÒåµÇ¼ÇµÄ£¬Ä¿Ç°Ó¦ÓÉËû»òÓÃËûµÄ²Æ²úÏò¹«Ë¾Ö§¸¶¹É¿îµÄËùÓйɷݣ¨½ÉÇå¹É¿îµÄ¹É·Ý³ýÍ⣩£¬¹«Ë¾Ò²ÏíÓÐÓÅÏÈÁôÖÃȨ£»µ«¶Ê»á¿ÉËæʱÐû²¼ÈκιɷÝÈ«²¿»ò²¿·Ö²»Êܱ¾Õ³̹涨ԼÊø¡£¹«Ë¾¶Ô¹É·ÝÏíÓеÄÁôÖÃȨ£¬Èç¹ûÓУ¬Ó¦µ±À©´óÊÊÓõ½Óë¹É·ÝÓйصÄËùÓкìÀûÉÏ¡£
24. The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors thinks fit, any shares on which the Company has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless some sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, nor until the expiration of fourteen days after a notice in writing, stating and demanding payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable, has been given to the registered holder for the time being of the share, or the person entitled to the share by reason of his death or bankruptcy.
Enforcement on lien by sale Interest
payment on call Deemed call
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26. The net proceeds of the sale, after payment of the costs thereof, shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable, and any residue shall be paid to the person entitled to the shares at the date of the sale. ÏúÊÛËùµÃÓ¦Óɹ«Ë¾½ÓÊÕ£¬ÓÃÓÚÖ§¸¶ËùÊôÁôÖò¿·ÖÏÖÒѵ½ÆÚÓ¦¸¶µÄ¿îÏÈçÓÐÊ£Ó࣬Ӧµ±£¨¿Û³ýÔÚ³öÊÛǰͬÑùÊôÓÚÁôÖÿîÏµ«Ä¿Ç°Éл¹Î´µ½ÆڵĿî¶î£©½»¸¶¸øÔÚÏúÊÛÖ®ÈչɷݵijÖÓÐÈË¡£
FORFEITURE AND SURRENDER OF SHARES
27. If a member fails to pay the whole or any part of any call or instalment of a call on the day appointed for payment, the Directors may, at any time thereafter during such time as any part of the call or instalment remains unpaid, serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any accrued interest and any costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment. Èç¹û¹É¶«Ôڹ涨½É¿îµÄÈÕÆÚûÓн»¸¶´ß½ÉµÄ¹É¿î»ò·ÖÆÚ½»¸¶µÄ¹É¿î£¬´Ëºó£¬¶Ê»á¿ÉÔÚδ½ÉÇå´ß½É¹É¿îÆÚÄÚµÄÈκÎʱ¼äÏò¹É¶«ËÍ´ï֪ͨ£¬ÒªÇóËû½É¸¶Î´½»×ãµÄ´ß¿î»ò·ÖÆڹɿÒÔ¼°Òò´Ë¿ÉÄÜÒѾ²úÉúµÄÀûÏ¢¡¢·ÑÓá£
28. The notice shall name a further day (not earlier than the expiration of 14 days from the date of the notice) on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made, and shall state that, in the event of non-payment at or before the time appointed the shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.
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29. If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, any share in respect of which such notice has been given may, at any time thereafter, before the payment required by the notice have been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors to that effect.
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30. Subject to the Ordinance, a forfeited share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors thinks fit; and at any time before a sale or disposition, the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors thinks fit. The Directors may authorise some person to execute the transfer of a forfeited share.
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Sale of forfeited shares
31. A person whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a member in respect of Liability the forfeited shares, but shall, notwithstanding the forfeiture, remain liable to pay to the following forfeiture Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were then payable by him to the Company in respect of the shares, with interest thereon at such rate not exceeding 10 per cent. per annum as the Directors shall think fit from the date of forfeiture until payment; but his liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all such moneys in respect of the shares.
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32. The Directors may accept the surrender of any share which it is in a position to forfeit upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed and, subject to any such terms and conditions, a surrendered share shall be treated as if it had been forfeited.
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33. A statutory declaration in writing that the declarant is one of the Directors or the Secretary, and that a share has been duly forfeited or surrendered on a date stated in the declaration, shall be conclusive evidence of such facts as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share. The Company may receive the consideration, if any, given for the share on any sale or disposition thereof and may execute a transfer of the share in favour of the person to whom the share is sold or disposed of and he shall thereupon be registered as the holder of the share, and shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the share. The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.
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FURTHER FINANCING
34. Other than as provided in any agreement then existing between the members relating to their relationship as members of the Company, no member shall be required to provide additional funding to the Company whether by way of: (i) subscribing for shares or any instrument, document or security granting a right of subscription for, or conversion into shares; (ii) providing any form of debt funding, security, collateral or guarantee; or (iii) any other arrangement whatsoever.
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TRANSFER OF SHARES
35. All transfers of shares shall be effected by instrument in writing in any usual or common form or in any other form which the Directors may approve.
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36. The instrument of transfer of a share shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and by or on behalf of the transferee. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect thereof.
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37. No sale, transfer, pledge, charge or other disposition of any shares or any interest in any shares shall be effected other than in accordance with any agreement then existing between all members for the time being.
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The Directors shall be bound to register a transfer of shares if:
the transfer is in accordance with these Articles and any agreement then existing between all members for the time being; and
a form of transfer is lodged at the office, or at such other place as the directors may appoint, and is accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfers.
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39. No transfer of shares shall be registered unless the transferee (if not already a member) has entered into and delivered to the company a legally binding commitment, in such form and substance as may be required by the members, by which it agrees to be bound by any agreement then existing between the members (other than the tranferor) relating to their relationship as members of the Company.
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40. If the Directors refuses to register a transfer, it shall, within two months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company, send to the transferee notice of the refusal.
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41. The registration of transfers of shares or of any class of shares may be suspended and the Register closed at such times and for such periods as the Directors may from time to time determine, provided that it shall not be closed for more than thirty days in any year, or where the period for closing the Register is extended in respect of that year under s.99(2)(a) of the Ordinance, for more than that extended period.
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42. No fee shall be charged for registration of any instrument of transfer or other document relating to or affecting the title to any share. ²»µÃ¶Ô¹É·ÝתÈõǼÇÊÕ·Ñ¡£
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
43. In the case of the death of a member, the survivor, where the deceased was a joint holder, and the legal personal representatives of the deceased, where he was a sole holder, shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his shares; but nothing herein contained shall release the estate of a deceased joint holder from any liability in respect of any share which has been jointly held by him with other persons.
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44. Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member may, upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time properly be required by the Directors and subject as hereinafter provided, elect either to be registered himself as holder of the share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the transferee thereof, but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or
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suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the share by that member before his death or bankruptcy, as the case may be.
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45. If the person so becoming entitled shall elect to be registered himself, he shall deliver or send to the Company a notice in writing signed by him stating that he so elects. If he shall elect to have another person registered he shall testify his election by executing to that person a transfer of the share. All the limitations, restrictions and provisions of these Articles relating to the right to transfer and the registration of transfers of shares shall be applicable to any such notice or transfer as aforesaid as if the death or bankruptcy of the member had not occurred and the notice or transfer were a transfer signed by that member. ÈçÈ¡µÃËùÓÐȨµÄÈËÒª×Ô¼ºµÇ¼Ç×÷Ϊ¹É¶«£¬Ëû±ØÐëÏò¹«Ë¾ËÍ´ïÇ××ÔÇ©ÊðµÄÊéÃæ֪ͨ£¬ËµÃ÷ËûµÄÑ¡Ôñ¡£Èç¹ûËûÑ¡ÔñÈÃËûÈ˵Ǽǣ¬Ëû±ØÐë¸øËûÈËÖÆ×÷Ò»·Ý¹É·ÝתÈÃÊéÒÔÖ¤Ã÷ËûµÄÑ¡Ôñ¡£±¾Õ³ÌÉÏÊöËùÓÐÓйØתÈÃȨÀûºÍתÈõǼǵÄÏÞÖÆ¡¢ÏÞ¶¨ºÍ¹æ¶¨¾ùÓ¦ÊÊÓÃÓÚ´ËÖÖ֪ͨÊé»òתÈÃÊ飬¾ÍÏñԹɶ«Î´ËÀÍö»òδÆƲú¶øÓɸùɶ«×Ô¼ºÇ©Êð֪ͨÊé»òתÈÃÊéÒ»Ñù¡£
46. A person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of the holder shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered holder of the share, except that he shall not before being registered as a member in respect of the share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company. Provided always that the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to transfer the share, and if the notice is not complied with within 90 days the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends, bonuses or other moneys payable in respect of the share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.
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47. Any person to whom the right to any shares in the Company has been transmitted by operation of law shall, if the Directors refuse to register the transfer, be entitled to call on the Directors to furnish within 28 days a statement of the reasons for the refusal. ÓÐȨҪÇóÔÚ28ÌìÄÚ°ìÀíµÇ¼ÇÊÂÒË¡£
CONVERSION OF SHARES INTO STOCK
48. The Company may by ordinary resolution convert any paid-up shares into stock, and re-convert any stock into paid-up shares of any denomination.
Conversion of stock by ordinary resolution Directors to give reason for non-registration Rights of
persons entitled by transmission Registration of persons entitled by transmission
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49. The holders of stock may transfer the same or any part thereof in the same manner and subject to the same regulations as and subject to which the shares from which the stock arose might previously to conversion have been transferred, or as near thereto as circumstances admit. The Directors may from time to time fix the minimum amount of stock transferable but so that the minimum shall not exceed the nominal amount of the shares from which the stock arose.
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50. The holders of stock shall, according to the amount of stock held by them, have the same rights, privileges and advantages as regards dividends, voting at meetings, participation in assets on a winding up and other matters, as if they held the shares from which the stock arose, but no such rights, privileges or advantages (except participation in dividends and profits and in the assets on a winding up) shall be conferred by an amount of stock which would not, if existing in shares, have conferred such rights, privileges or advantages. ֤ȯ³ÖÓÐÈËÓ¦°´Ëù³Ö֤ȯµÄÊý¶î£¬ÏíÓÐÈçͬ³ÖÓÐת»»Ö¤È¯µÄ¹ÉƱµÄ¹É¶«ÏíÓеÄÓйغìÀû·ÖÅä¡¢ÔÚ¹«Ë¾»áÒéÉÏͶƱ¡¢ÒÔ¼°¾ÍÆäËûÊÂÏîµÄȨÀûºÍÌØȨ£¬µ«²¿·Ö֤ȯ³ÖÓÐȨ²»¸³ÓдËÖÖÌØȨ»òȨÒ棨³ý²ÎÓ빫˾ºìÀûºÍÀûÒæµÄ·ÖÅäÒÔ¼°²ÎÓ빫˾½âɢʱµÄ×ʲú·ÖÅäÍ⣩£¬ÒòΪ¼´Ê¹ÊDz¿·Ö¹ÉƱ³ÖÓÐȨҲ²»¸³ÓдËÖÖÌØȨ»òȨÒæ¡£
51. All the provisions of these Articles applicable to paid-up shares shall apply to stock, and the word \
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consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares;
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(c)
cancel any shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken, or agreed to be taken, by any person, and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled.
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53. The Company may by ordinary resolution increase its share capital by such sum, to be divided into shares of such amounts, as the resolution shall prescribe.
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REDUCTION OF CAPITAL
55. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, the Company may by special resolution reduce its share capital, any capital redemption reserve fund or any share premium account in any manner and with, and subject to, any incident authorised, and consent, required by law. ¸ù¾Ý¹«Ë¾ÌõÀý¹æ¶¨£¬¾Ìرð¾öÒ飬¹«Ë¾¿ÉÓÃÈκη½Ê½ºÍÒòΪ»ò¸ù¾Ý·¨ÂÉËùºË×¼¡¢Í¬ÒâºÍ¹æ¶¨µÄÈκθ½´øÌõ¼þ¶ø²Ã¼õ¹É±¾£¬³¥»¹×ʱ¾×¼±¸»ù½ð»ò¹É·ÝÒç¼ÛÕË»§¡£
PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES
56. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, the Company may purchase its own shares (including any redeemable shares) and, if it is a private company make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own shares otherwise than out of distributable profits of the Company or the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares.
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ALLOTMENT OF SHARES
57. The Directors shall not exercise any power conferred on them to allot shares in the Company without the prior approval of the Company in general meeting where such approval is required by the Ordinance and otherwise than in accordance with any agreement then existing between the members relating to their relationship as members of the Company. ¶Ê»áÓÐȨÓйطÖÅ乫˾¹É·Ý£¬µ«Èç¹û¹«Ë¾·¨ÀýÒªÇóÉÏÊö¾öÒéÊÂÏȾ¹ý¾¹É¶«´ó»áµÄÅú×¼µÄ£¬Ó¦¾¹ý¹É¶«´ó»áÅú×¼£¬·ñÔòÊÊÓùɶ«Ö®¼äÓйصÄÐÒé¡£
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MEETINGS OF MEMBERS: CONVENING OF GENERAL MEETINGS
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58. The Company shall in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting in addition to any other meetings in that year, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notice convening it. Not more than fifteen months shall elapse between the date of one annual general meeting and that of the next. The annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Directors shall appoint.
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59. All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.
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60. The Directors may call an extraordinary general meeting whenever it thinks fit, and, on the requisition of members in accordance with the Ordinance, it shall forthwith convene an extraordinary general meeting. If at any time there are not in Hong Kong sufficient Directors capable of acting to form a quorum, any Director or any two members may convene an extraordinary general meeting in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which meetings may be convened by the Directors.
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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
61. An annual general meeting or a meeting convened to pass a special resolution shall be called by twenty-one clear days' notice at the least and all other meetings shall be called by at least fourteen clear days¡¯ notice but a general meeting may be called by shorter notice if it is so agreed in the case of a meeting called as the annual general meeting, by all the members entitled to attend and vote thereat. The notice shall be given in manner provided by these Articles to such members as are, under the provisions of these Articles, entitled to receive notices from the Company.
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62. Every notice of meeting shall specify the place, the day and the hour of meeting, and, in the case of special business, the general nature of such business. Every notice convening an annual general meeting shall specify the meeting as such and every notice convening a meeting to pass a special or extraordinary resolution shall also specify the intention to propose the resolution as a special or extraordinary resolution, as the case may be. Every
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notice of meeting shall state with reasonable prominence that a member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and on a poll to vote thereat instead of him and that a proxy need not be a member.
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PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
65. All business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an extraordinary general meeting, and also all business that is transacted at an annual general meeting with the exception of sanctioning or declaring dividends, the consideration of the accounts and balance sheet, the reports of the Directors and Auditors and any other documents required to be annexed to the balance sheet and the appointment or re-appointment of, and the fixing of the remuneration of, the auditors, the election of Directors in the place of those retiring and the renewal, limitation, extension, variation or grant of any authority of or to the Directors, pursuant to the Ordinance, to allot shares.
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66. No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present when the meeting proceeds to business. Two members present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes. A corporation being a member shall be deemed to be personally present for the purpose of this Article if represented by its representative duly authorised in accordance with Article 82.
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67. If a quorum is not present within one hour from the time appointed for a general meeting, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place; if a quorum is again not present, then at such adjourned meeting the member or
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members present shall form a quorum and business transacted with members present shall be deemed to constitute business transacted at a meeting and a resolution shall be valid if passed by a majority vote irrespective of which member or members vote in favour of its being passed (provided that this shall only be the case for the purpose of the transaction of the business specified in the agenda contained in the notice of the meeting).
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68. The chairman of the Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company. If there is no such chairman, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is willing to act as chairman of the meeting or is absent from Hong Kong or has given notice to the Company of his intention not to attend the meeting, the Directors present shall choose one of themselves or if no Director is present or is willing to take the chair, the members present shall elect one of themselves to be chairman of the meeting.
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69. The chairman of a meeting, with the consent of any meeting, at which a quorum is present may (and shall if so directed by the meeting), adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place. No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting except business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a meeting is adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of the original meeting. Save as aforesaid, it shall not otherwise be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.
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71. At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands, unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded:
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by any member or members present in person or by proxy and representing not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the members having the right to vote at the meeting; or
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by a member or members present in person or by proxy holding shares in the Company conferring a right to vote at the meeting, being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right.
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72. Unless a poll be so demanded, a declaration by the chairman of the meeting that a resolution has been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the minute book, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact, without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution. The demand for a poll may be withdrawn.
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73. If a poll is duly demanded, it shall be taken in such manner as the chairman of the meeting may direct. The result of a poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.
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74. A poll demanded on the election of the chairman of a 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 place as the chairman of the meeting directs, but in any case not more than twenty-eight days after the meeting at which the poll was demanded. Any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded may be proceeded with pending the completion of the poll. The demand for a poll may be withdrawn at any time before the conclusion of the meeting; but, if a demand is withdrawn, the chairman of the meeting or other members entitled may himself or themselves demand a poll.
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75. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Articles and in the Ordinance, a resolution in writing signed by or on behalf of all persons for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company shall, for the
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purposes of these Articles and the Ordinance, be treated as a resolution duly passed at a general meeting of the Company and, where relevant, as a special resolution so passed.
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76. Any such resolution shall be deemed to have been passed at a meeting held on the date on which it was signed by the last member to sign, and where the resolution states a date as being the date of his signature thereof by any member the statement shall be prima facie evidence that it was signed by him on that date.
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77. This Article shall not be construed as requiring that persons signing a resolution under this Article shall sign the same document containing the resolution; but where two or more documents are used for the purpose of obtaining signatures under this Article in respect of any resolution, each such document shall be certified in advance by the Secretary of the Company to contain the correct version of the proposed resolution.
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VOTES OF MEMBERS
78. Subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes of shares, on a show of hands every member present in person shall have one vote, and on a poll every member shall have one vote for each share of which he is the holder.
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80. On a poll a member entitled to more than one vote need not, if he votes, use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way.
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81. In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register.
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82. Any corporation which is a member may, by resolution of its Directors or other governing body, authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any general meeting of the Company or of any class of members, and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual member.
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83. A member of unsound mind, in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person in the nature of a committee, receiver or curator bonis appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other person may, on a poll, vote by proxy.
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84. No member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless all calls or other sums presently payable by him in respect of shares in the Company have been paid. ÔÚδ½ÉÇåËù´ß½ÉµÄ¹É¿î»òÆäËûÄ¿Ç°Ó¦¸¶¹«Ë¾µÄÓë¹É·ÝÓйصĿîÏî֮ǰ£¬Èκιɶ«ÔÚÈκιɶ«´ó»áÉϾùÎÞͶƱȨ¡£
85. No objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter except at the meeting or adjourned meeting or poll at which the vote objected to is given or tendered, and every vote not disallowed at such meeting shall be valid for all purposes. Any such objection made in due time shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting, whose decision shall be final and conclusive.
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86. Proxy forms shall be sent by the Company to all persons entitled to notice of and to attend and vote at any meeting. The instrument of proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or his attorney, or, if such appointor be a corporation, under its Seal, or the hand of a duly authorised officer or attorney. A proxy need not be a member.
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87. Instruments of proxy shall be in any usual form or in any other form which the Directors may approve. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll.
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88. The instrument appointing a proxy and any authority under which it is executed or a copy of such authority certified notarially or in some other way approved by the Directors may:
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be left at or sent by post or facsimile transmission to the Office or at such other place within Hong Kong 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 before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote; or
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in the case of a poll taken more than 48 hours after it is demanded, be left at or sent by post or facsimile transmission to the or at such other place within Hong Kong 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 after the poll has been demanded and before the time appointed for the taking of the poll; or
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where the poll is not taken forthwith but is taken not more than 48 hours after it was demanded, be delivered at the meeting at which the poll was demanded to the chairman or to the Secretary or to any Director;
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89. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid, Revocation of notwithstanding the previous death or incapacity of the principal, or revocation of the authority instrument of proxy or of the authority under which the instrument of proxy was executed, or the transfer of the share in respect of which the proxy is given, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, incapacity, revocation or transfer shall have been received by the Company at the Office (or other place referred to in the preceding Article) before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the instrument of proxy is used. ¾¡¹ÜͶƱǰίÍÐÈËËÀÍö»ò¾«Éñ´íÂÒ»òÎÄÊé»òÖÆ×÷ÎÄÊéµÄÊÚȨ±»³·Ïú£¬»òÎÄÊéÓйصĹɷݱ»×ªÈã¬Èç¹ûÔÚÎÄÊéËùʹÓõĴó»á»òÑÓÆÚ´ó»áÕÙ¿ªÇ°£¬¹«Ë¾×¢²áµÇ¼Ç´¦ÉÐδ½Óµ½ÓйØÉÏÊö´ËÖÖËÀÍö¡¢¾«Éñ´íÂÒ¡¢³·Ïú¡¢»òתÈõÄÊéÃæ֪ͨ£¬°´ÕÕίÍдúÀí»òÊÚȨίÍÐÎÄÊéÌõ¿î¹æ¶¨¶ø½øÐеÄͶƱӦÊÓΪÓÐЧ¡£
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90. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the right to demand, or join in demanding, a poll. The instrument of proxy shall also be deemed to confer authority to vote on any amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy shall, unless it provides to the contrary, be valid for any adjournment of the meeting as well as for the meeting to which it relates. Deposit of an instrument of proxy does not preclude a member from attending and voting at the meeting to which it relates or any adjournment of that meeting.
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NUMBER, APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
91. Unless otherwise determined by special resolution, the number of Directors (other than alternate Directors) shall not be less than two but shall not be more than five in number. ³ý·ÇÓÐÆäËüÌرð¹æ¶¨£¬¹«Ë¾¶Ê²»³¬¹ý5ÈË¡£
92. The members may at any time and from time to time be entitled to appoint any person who is willing to act to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director, and remove any Director appointed by it from office.
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93. Any appointment or removal of a Director under Article 92 shall be by notice to each other member and the Company executed by or on behalf of the appointor and shall take effect on receipt of such notice by each other member and the Company (or on such later date (if any) specified in the notice). The notice shall:
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if in hard copy form, be delivered personally to the secretary or to a director other than the director being appointed or removed; or Èç¹ûÊÇÒÔ¸´Ó¡¼þÐÎʽ£¬Ó¦µÝ½»¸ø¹«Ë¾ÃØÊé»òÆäËü¶ÊÂ
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if in hard copy form or if in electronic form, be sent to such address (if any) for the time being specified by or on behalf of the company for that purpose or, in default of such specification, to the office.
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94. The Directors shall have power to appoint any person to be a Director, either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing Directors. The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancies in their number, but, if the number of Directors is reduced below any minimum number fixed by or in accordance with these Articles, the continuing
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Directors may act for the purpose of filling up vacancies in their number or of calling a general meeting of the Company, but not for any other purpose.
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REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
95. The remuneration of Directors shall from time to time be determined by the Remuner-ation Company in general meeting. Such remuneration shall be deemed to accrue from day to day. of Directors ¶Êµı¨³êÓ¦ËæʱÓɹ«Ë¾¹É¶«´ó»á¾ö¶¨¡£¸Ã±¨³êÓ¦±»ÊÓΪÿÌìÔÚ×ÔÈ»Ôö³¤¡£
DIRECTORS¡¯ EXPENSES
96. The Directors may also be paid all travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in attending and returning from meetings of the Directors or any committee of the Directors or general meetings of the Company or in connection with the business of the Company.
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POWERS OF DIRECTORS
97. The business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may pay all expenses incurred in promoting and registering the Company, and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by the Ordinance or by these Articles, required to be exercised by the Company in general meetings subject, nevertheless, to any of these Articles, to the provisions of the Ordinance and to such regulations, being not inconsistent with the aforesaid regulations or provisions, as may be prescribed by the Company in general meeting; but no regulation made by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if that regulation had not been made.
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98. The Directors may delegate any of their powers to any committee consisting of one or more Directors. The Directors may also delegate to any Director holding any executive office such of their powers as the Directors consider desirable to be exercised by him. Any such delegation shall, in the absence of express provision to the contrary in the terms of delegation, be deemed to include authority to sub-delegate all or any of the powers delegated to one or more Directors (whether or not acting as a committee) or to any employee or agent of the Company. Any such delegation may be made subject to such conditions as the Directors may specify, and may be revoked or altered. The Directors may co-opt persons other than Directors on to any such committee. Such co-opted persons may enjoy voting rights in the committee. The co-opted members shall be less than one-half of the total membership of the committee and a resolution of any committee shall be effective only if a
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majority of the members present are Directors. Subject to any conditions imposed by the Directors, the proceedings of a committee with two or more members shall be governed by these Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors so far as they are capable of applying. ¶Ê»á¿É½«ÆäÈκÎȨÁ¦ÊÚÓèÆäÈÏΪǡµ±µÄÓɶÊÂËù×é³ÉµÄίԱ»á£»¶Ê»áÒ²¿É½«ÆäÈκÎȨÁ¦ÊÚÓèÆäÈÏΪǡµ±µÄ¶Ê¡£ÔÚûÓÐÏà·´¹æ¶¨µÄÇé¿öÏ£¬ÉÏÊöÊÚȨӦÊÓΪ°üº¬Ñ¡ÔñÔÙ´úÀíÈ˵ÄȨÀû¡£ÉÏÊöÊÚȨµÄÇ°ÌáÊǶÊ»áÓ¦Ã÷È·ÆäÓÐȨËæʱÏÞÖÆ¡¢³·ÏúºÍ±ä¸ü¸ÃίÍС£¶Ê¿ÉÔöÑ¡¶ÊÂÒÔÍâµÄÆäËûÈ˽øÈë¸ÃίԱ»á¡£ÔÚ¸ÃίԱ»áÖУ¬±»Ñ¡ÖеķǶʳÉÔ±ÏíÓÐͶƱȨ£¬ÆäÈËÊýÓ¦²»³¬¹ýίԱ»áÈËÊýµÄÒ»°ë£¬ÉÏÊöίԱ»áµÄ¾öÒéÖ»ÓÐÔÚ³öϯ»áÒéµÄίԱÖжÊÂÕ¼¶àÊýµÄÇé¿öÏ·½²ÅÓÐЧ¡£¸ù¾Ý¶ÊÂÉ趨µÄÌõ¼þ£¬ÈκÎÓÐ2¸ö»ò2¸öÒÔÉÏ»áÔ±×é³ÉµÄίԱ»áµÄÒéʳÌÐòÓ¦ÊÊÓñ¾Õ³̵ÄÏà¹Ø¹æ¶¨¡£
99. The Directors may, by power of attorney or otherwise, appoint any person to be the agent of the Company for such purposes and on such conditions as they determine, including authority for the agent to delegate all or any of his powers.
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100. The Directors may appoint any person to any office or employment having a designation or title including the word \existing office or employment with the Company and may terminate any such appointment or the use of any such designation or title. The inclusion of the word \in the designation or title of any such office or employment shall not imply that the holder is a Director of the Company, and the holder shall not thereby be empowered in any respect to act as, or be deemed to be, a Director of the Company for any of the purposes of these Articles. ¶Ê¿ÉÒÔÈÎÃüÈκÎÈË»ò¹ÍÔ±µ£ÈÎijÖÖÖ°Îñ£¬²¢¿ÉÊÚȨÆäʹÓðüº¬¡°¶Ê¡±µÄÍ·ÏΣ¬»òÕß½«ÕâһͷÏÎÊÚÓèÏÖ´æµÄ²¿ÃÅ»òְλ¡£ µ«Ö°ÎñÃû³ÆÖеġ°¶Ê¡±Ò»´Ê²¢²»Òâζ×ÅÆäÊǹ«Ë¾µÄ¶Ê£¬Òò´ËÆäÒ²²»Äܱ»ÊÚÓè¶ÊµÄְȨºÍÖ°Ôð¡£
101. The Directors on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any Director who has held any other salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to his widow or dependants and may make contributions to any fund any pay premiums for the purchaser or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.
Gratuity, pension allowance Offices
including the title \Agents
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BORROWING POWERS
103. The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money, and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital, and to issue debentures, debenture stock, and, subject to the Ordinance, convertible debentures and convertible
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debenture stock, and other securities whether outright or as security, for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
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DIRECTORS' APPOINTMENTS AND INTERESTS
104. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, the Directors may appoint one or more of their number to the office of managing Director or to any other executive office under the Company and may enter into an agreement or arrangement with any Director for his employment by the Company or for the provision by him of any services outside the scope of the ordinary duties of a Director. Any such appointment, agreement or arrangement may be made upon such terms as the Directors determine and they may remunerate any such Director for his services as they think fit. Any appointment of a Director to an executive office shall terminate if he ceases to be a Director but without prejudice to any claim to damages for breach of the contract of service between the Director and the Company.
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105. A Director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or proposed contract (being a contract of significance in relation to the Company¡¯s business) with the Company shall, if his interest in the contract or proposed contract is material, declare the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Directors in accordance with section 162 of the Ordinance.
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106. Provided that he has disclosed to the Directors the nature and extent of any material interest of his, a Director notwithstanding his office: (a)
may be a party to, or otherwise interested in, any contract or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested; Ó빫˾¹ØÁªºÏͬµÄµ±ÊÂÈË
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may be a Director or other officer of, or employed by, or a party to any contract or arrangement with, or otherwise interested in, any body corporate promoted by the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested; and Ó빫˾¹ØÁª½»Ò׵ĶԷ½µ±ÊÂÈ˵£ÈζÊ¡¢Ö°Ô±
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shall not, by reason of his office, be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he derives from any such office or employment or from any such contract or arrangement or from any interest in any such body corporate and no such contract or
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arrangement shall be liable to be avoided on the ground of any such interest or benefit.
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For the purposes of Article 106:
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a general notice given to the Directors that a Director is to be regarded as having an interest of the nature and extent specified in the notice in any contract or arrangement in which a specified person or class or persons is interested (which may subsequently be made by the Company) shall be deemed to be a disclosure that the Director has an interest in any such transaction of the nature and extent so specified;
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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; and
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but provided that the general notice shall only have effect in relation to any contract or arrangement unless it is given before the date on which the question of entering into the contract or arrangement is first taken into consideration on behalf of the Company.
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108. Any Director may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company (otherwise than as auditor) and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director.
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ALTERNATE DIRECTORS
109. A Director (other than an alternate Director) may appoint any person willing to act, whether or not he is a Director of the Company, to be an alternate Director and may remove from office an alternate Director so appointed by him.
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110. An alternate Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of Directors and of all meetings of committees of Directors of which his appointor is a member, to attend and vote at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is not personally present,
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and generally to perform all the functions of his appointor as a Director in his absence but shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company for his services as an alternate Director.
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111. A Director or any other person may act as alternate Director to represent more than one Director, and an alternate Director shall be entitled at meetings of the Directors or any committee of the Directors to one vote for every Director whom he represents (and who is not present) in addition to his own vote (if any) as a Director, but he shall count as only one for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present.
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112. An alternate Director may be repaid by the Company such expenses as might properly have been repaid to him if he had been a Director but shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company in respect of his services as an alternate Director except such part (if any) of the remuneration otherwise payable to his appointor as such appointor may by notice in writing to the Company from time to time direct. An alternate Director shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company to the same extent as if he were a Director.
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An alternate Director shall cease to be an alternate Director: if his appointor ceases to be a Director; or
if his appointor revokes his appointment pursuant to Article 109; or
on the happening of any event which, if he were a Director, would cause him to vacate his office as Director; or
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114. Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be by notice to the Company signed by the Director making or revoking the appointment. The notice may be: (a) (b)
delivered personally to the Secretary or to a Director other than the Director making or revoking the appointment; or
sent by post in a prepaid envelope addressed to the Office or to another address designated by the Directors for that purpose or by leaving it at the Office or such other address; or
sent by telex, facsimile or electronic mail to a number designated by the Directors for that purpose.
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115. Save as otherwise provided in these Articles, an alternate Director shall be deemed for all purposes to be a Director and shall alone be responsible for his own acts and defaults and he shall not be deemed to be the agent of the Director appointing him.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIRECTORS
116. Subject to the provisions of these Articles the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they think fit. A Director may, and the secretary shall, at the request of Director, call a meeting of the Directors. At least 20 Business Days¡¯ written notice of every meeting of the Directors (except for an adjourned meeting) shall be given unless all the Directors (or their alternates) or all members approve a shorter notice period. Any such notice shall include an agenda specifying in reasonable detail the matters to be discussed at the meeting and shall, whenever practicable, be accompanied by copies of any relevant papers to be discussed at the meeting. If any matter is not identified in reasonable detail the Board shall not decide on it unless all of the Directors (or their alternates) or all of the members agree in writing.
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117. Notice of a meeting of the Directors shall be deemed to be properly sent to a Director if it is sent to him personally, or sent in hard copy form to him at his last known address or such other address (if any) as may for the time being be specified by him or on his behalf to the Company for that purpose, or sent in electronic form to such address (if any) as may for the time being specified by him or on his behalf to the Company for that purpose.
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Questions arising at a meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes.
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119. The quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall (subject to Article 120) be two Directors appointed by two or more different members each of whom must be present throughout the meeting. Questions arising at a meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes.
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120. If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes from the time appointed for a meeting of the Directors or if during the meeting such a quorum ceases to be present the meeting shall be adjourned for five Business Days to the same place and time. If a quorum is again not then present at such adjourned meeting, any two Directors present shall form a quorum. At least two Business Days¡¯ written notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each of the Directors, and any such notice will be given in the same manner and specifying the same agenda, as for the original meeting.
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121. Without prejudice to the first sentence of Article 116, a person entitled to be present at a meeting of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors shall be deemed to be present for all purposes if he is able (directly or by telephonic communication) to speak to and be heard by all those present or deemed to be present simultaneously. A Director so deemed to be present shall be entitled to vote and be counted in a quorum accordingly. Such a meeting shall be deemed to take place where it is convened to be held or (if no Director is present in that place) where the largest group of those participating is assembled, or, if there is no such group, where the chairman of the meeting is. The word meeting in these Articles shall be construed accordingly.
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122. A resolution in writing signed by all the Directors for the time being entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Directors or of a committee of Directors shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of Directors or (as the case may be) a committee of Directors duly convened and held and may consist of several documents in the like form each signed by one or more Directors; but a resolution signed by an alternate Director need not also be signed by his appointor and, if it is signed by a Director who has appointed an alternate Director, it need not be signed by the alternate Director in that capacity.
Resolutions in writing
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123. Without prejudice to his obligations of disclosure under the Act and these Articles, a Director may vote at any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors on, and be counted in the quorum present at a meeting in relation to, any resolution concerning a transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is interested, or concerning any other matter in which the Company is interested, notwithstanding that he is interested in that transaction, arrangement or matter or has in relation to it a duty which conflicts or may conflict with the interests of the Company.
Directors'
power to vote on contracts in which they are interested
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124. Unless the members agree otherwise, the member holding the largest proportion of shares in the Company may appoint one of the Directors appointed by them to be the chairman of the board of directors and may at any time remove him from that office. The Director so appointed shall preside at every meeting of Directors at which he is present but in the absence of such a Director, or if such Director is unwilling to preside or is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, the Directors present may appoint one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. The chairman shall not have a second or casting vote.
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125. The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but, if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to the regulations of the Company as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to that number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.
Chairman
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126. All acts done by any meeting of the Directors, or of a committee or sub-committee of the Directors, or by any person acting as a Director or by an alternate Director, shall, notwithstanding it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment or continuance in office of any Director, alternate Director or person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, or had vacated office or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed or had duly continued in office and was qualified and had continued to be a Director or, as the case may be, an alternate Director and had been entitled to vote.
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MINUTES
127.
The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books provided for the purpose:
Minutes Validity of acts of Directors
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of all appointments of officers made by the Directors;
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of all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Company and of the Directors and of committees of the Directors.
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Any such minutes, if purporting to be signed by the chairman of the meeting to which they relate or of the meeting at which they are read, shall be sufficient evidence without any further proof of the facts therein stated.
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DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
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128. The office of a Director shall be vacated if:
Disqualification as a Director
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he ceases to be a Director by virtue of any provision of the Ordinance or he becomes prohibited by law from being a Director; or
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he shall for more than six consecutive months have been absent without permission of the Directors from meetings of Directors held during that period and the Directors resolve that his office be vacated; or
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129. No Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, or from being interested whether directly or indirectly in any contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company. No such contract or arrangement in which any Director shall be so interested shall be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting, or being so interested, be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by him from such contract or arrangement by reason of such
No disquali-fication from interest in contact with Company
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Director holding that office or the fiduciary relationship thereby established. A Director so interested in any contract or arrangement shall declare the nature of his interest in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance.
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SECRETARY
130. Subject to the Ordinance, the Secretary shall be appointed by the Directors for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions as they may think fit; and any Secretary so appointed may be removed by the Directors.
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Appointment of Secretary
131. A provision of the Ordinance or these Articles requiring or authorising a thing to be done by or to a Director and the Secretary shall not be satisfied by its being done by or to the same person acting both as Director and as, or in place of, the Secretary.
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THE SEALS Ó¡¼ø
132. The Directors shall provide for the safe custody of every Seal which shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors and, subject to the provisions of this Article, every instrument to which a Seal shall be affixed shall be signed by at least two Directors or by one Director and the Secretary or some other person appointed by the Directors for the purpose.
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133. The Company may exercise the powers conferred by Section 35 of the Ordinance with regard to having an official seal for use abroad, and such powers shall be vested in the Directors.
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Seals
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134. The Directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of members not being Directors, and no member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by statue or authorised by the Directors or by the Company in general meeting.
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ACCOUNTING RECORDS, BOOKS AND REGISTERS
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136. The accounting records shall be kept at the Office or (subject to the provisions of the Ordinance) at such other place as the Directors thinks fit, and shall at all times be open to inspection by the officers of the Company. No member (other than an officer of the Company) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company, except as conferred by the Ordinance or authorised by the Directors or by an ordinary resolution of the Company.
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137. The Directors shall in accordance with the Ordinance cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting such profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and reports as are required by the Ordinance.
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138. A printed copy of every balance sheet (including every document required by law to be annexed thereto) which is to be laid before the Company in general meeting and of the Directors' and auditors' reports shall, at least twenty-one days before the date of the meeting, be delivered or sent by post to every member and to every debenture holder of the Company of whose address the Company is aware, or, in the case of joint holders of any share or debenture, to one of the joint holders.
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AUDIT
139. Auditors of the Company shall be appointed and their duties regulated in accordance with the Ordinance.
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Auditors Delivery of accounts Laying of accounts Inspections of accounts Keeping of
accounts, books, registers etc.
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DIVIDENDS AND RESERVES
140. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, 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.
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Declaration of dividends
141. All dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid or credited as paid on the shares in respect whereof the dividend is paid; but no amount paid or credited as paid on a share in advance of the date upon which a call is payable shall be treated for the purposes of this Article or the next following Article as paid on the share. All dividends shall be apportioned and paid pro rata according to the amounts paid or credited as paid on the shares during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid; but, if any share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank for dividend as from a particular date or be entitled to dividends declared after a particular date, such share shall rank for or be entitled to dividend accordingly.
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142. Any general meeting declaring a dividend may upon the recommendation of the Directors, direct payment or satisfaction of such dividend wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular of fully paid shares or debentures of any other Company, and the Directors shall give effect to such direction. Where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Directors may settle it as they think expedient, and in particular may issue fractional certificates and fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payment shall be made to any members upon the footing of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of those entitled to participate in the dividend, and may vest any such specific assets in trustees, upon trust for the members entitled to the dividend, as may seem expedient to the Directors.
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143. The Directors may from time to time pay to the members such interim dividends as appear to the Directors to be justified by the profits of the Company, and the Directors may also pay the fixed dividend payable on any shares of the Company with preferential rights half-yearly or otherwise on fixed dates whenever such profits in the opinion of the Directors justify that course.
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144. No dividend or other moneys payable in respect of a share shall bear interest against the Company.
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145. All dividends unclaimed for a period of twelve years from the date when it became due for payment shall, if the Directors so resolve, be forfeited and cease to remain owing by the Company.
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146. Any dividend, bonus, interest or other moneys payable in respect of shares may be Procedure for paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post to the address in the Register of the member payment to holders and or person entitled thereto, and in case of joint holders to any one of such joint holders, or to others earnings such person and to such other address as the holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent and shall be sent at the member's risk, and payment of the cheque or warrant shall be a good discharge to the Company. If several persons are entered in the Register as joint holders of any share, any one of them may give effectual receipts for any moneys payable in respect of the share.
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CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS
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148. The Company in general meeting may upon the recommendation of the Directors resolve that it is desirable to capitalise any part of the amount for the time being standing to the credit of any of the profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution, and accordingly that such sum be set free for distribution amongst the members who would have
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been entitled thereto if distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions on condition that the same be not paid in cash but be applied either in or towards paying up any amounts for the time being unpaid on any shares held by such members respectively or paying up in full unissued shares or debentures of the Company to be allotted and distributed credited as fully paid up to and amongst such members in the proportion aforesaid, or partly in the one way and partly in the other, and the Directors shall give effect to such resolution. Provided that a share premium account and a capital redemption reserve fund may, for the purposes of this Article, only be applied in the paying up of unissued shares to be allotted to members of the Company as fully paid bonus shares.
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149. Whenever such a resolution as aforesaid shall have been passed the Directors shall make all appropriations and applications of the undivided profits resolved to be capitalised thereby, and all allotments and issues of fully-paid shares or debentures, if any, and generally shall do all acts and things required to give effect thereto, with full power to the Directors to make such provision by the issue of fractional certificates or by payment in cash or otherwise as they think fit for the case of shares or debentures becoming distributable in fractions, and also to authorise any person to enter on behalf of all the members entitled thereto into an agreement with the Company providing for the allotment to them respectively, credited as fully paid up, of any further shares or debentures to which they may be entitled upon such capitalisation, or (as the case may require) for the payment up by the Company on their behalf, by the application thereto of their respective proportions of the profits resolved to be capitalised, of the amounts or any part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their existing shares, and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all such members.
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150. Any notice to be given to or by any person pursuant to these Articles, except a notice calling a meeting of the Directors or a committee of the Directors, shall be in writing which includes, without limitation, telex, facsimile and electronic mail and any other visible substitute for writing. A notice may be partly in one form and partly in another.
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In the case of joint holders of a share, all notices shall be given to the joint holder whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the joint holding and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders.
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153. Every person who becomes entitled to a share shall be bound by any notice in respect of that share which, before his name is entered in the Register, has been duly given to a person from whom he derives his title.
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if sent by first class post from an address in Hong Kong to another address in Hong Kong, on the day following that on which the envelope containing it was posted;
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if sent by the equivalent of first class post from an address in another country to another address in that country, on the day following that on which the envelope containing it was posted;
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if sent by airmail from an address in Hong Kong to an address outside Hong Kong, or to an address in Hong Kong from an address outside Hong Kong, on the fifth day following that on which the envelope containing it was posted; and
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in any other case, on the seventh day following that on which the envelope containing it was posted.
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155. This article applies to any notice to be given to or by any person pursuant to these Articles, including without limitation a notice under Article 91 or 114. A notice sent by telex, facsimile or electronic mail transmission to a member to a number or address supplied to the Company by the member for that purpose shall be deemed given twelve hours after the time of despatch or at such earlier time as receipt is acknowledged. A notice left at the registered address of a member shall be deemed given when delivered.
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156. 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, within Hong Kong supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled. 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.
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WINDING UP ͣҵ
157. If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by the Ordinance, divide amongst the members in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether
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they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose, set such value as he deemed fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the members or different classes of members. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the contributories as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but so that no member shall be compelled to accept any shares or other securities whereon there is any liability.
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158. The Directors, alternate Directors, Secretary, managers and other officers of the Company shall be indemnified out of its assets against all liability incurred by them as such in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in respect of alleged negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, in which judgment is given in their favour, or in which they are acquitted or in connection with any application under the Ordinance in which relief is granted to them by the Court.
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