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EXHIBIT 1.1
 
 
CO. NO:
 
 

 
 
 
 

British Virgin Islands
 
 
The BVI Business Companies Act
 
 
(No. 16 of 2004)
 
 
Memorandum and Articles of Association
 
of
 
ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED
 
 
Incorporated : 10 February 2005
Re-Registered: 10 July 2006
 
 
Maples Finance BVI Limited
P.O. Box 173
Kingston Chambers
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

 

 
 
 

 
 
TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
 
 
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004

 
(the "Act")
 
 
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
 
 
OF
 
 
ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED
 
 
 
1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
 
1.1
In this Memorandum of Association and the attached Articles of Association, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:
 
"Act" means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (No. 16 of 2004) and includes the regulations made under the Act;
 
"Articles" means the attached Articles of Association of the Company;
 
"Distribution" in relation to a distribution by the Company to a Member means the direct or indirect transfer of an asset, other than shares, to or for the benefit of the Member, or the incurring of a debt to or for the benefit of a Member, in relation to shares held by a Member, and whether by means of the purchase of an asset, the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares, a transfer of indebtedness or otherwise, and includes a dividend;
 
"Independent Director" means a director who is an independent director as defined in the Nasdaq Marketplace rules, as amended from time to time;
 
"Meeting of Directors" in respect to calling a meeting of directors, a resolution consented to in writing by any one director and notified to all other directors;
 
"Member" means a Person whose name is entered in the Register of Members of the Company as the holder of one or more shares or fractional shares;
 
"Memorandum" means this Memorandum of Association of the Company;
 
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"Nasdaq" means the Nasdaq National Market of the United States;
 
"Person" means individuals, corporations, trusts, the estates of deceased individuals, partnerships and unincorporated associations of persons;
 
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Corporate Affairs appointed under Section 229 of the Act;
 
"Related Party" means (a) any director or executive officer of the Company; (b) any nominee for election as a director; (c) any security holder who is known to the Company to own of record or beneficially more than five percent of any class of the Company's voting securities; and (d) any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons;
 
"Related Party Transaction" means a transaction between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and a related party;
 
"Resolution of Directors" means (a) a resolution approved at a duty convened directors and constituted meeting of directors of the Company or of a committee of directors of the Company by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the directors present at the meeting who voted and did not abstain; or (b) a resolution consented to in writing by a simple majority of the directors or of a simple majority of the members of the committee of directors, as the case may be; (c) the foregoing resolutions or consents may include the actions of director alternates;
 
"Resolution of Directors" means (a) a resolution approved at a duty convened directors and constituted meeting of directors of the Company or of a committee of directors of the Company by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the directors present at the meeting who voted and did not abstain; or (b) a resolution consented to in writing by a simple majority of the directors or of a simple majority of the members of the committee of directors, as the case may be;
 
"Resolution of Members" means a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the members of the Company by the affirmative vote of (a) a simple majority of the votes of the shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted and not abstained, or (b) a simple majority of the votes of each class or series of shares which were present at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon as a class or series and were voted and not abstained and of a simple majority of the votes of the remaining shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted and not abstain;
 
"Seal" means any seal which has been duly adopted as the common seal of the Company;
 
"Securities" means shares and debt obligations of every kind of the Company, and including without limitation options, warrants and rights to acquire shares or debt obligations;
 
"Share" means a share issued or to be issued by the Company;
 
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"Treasury Share" means a share that was previously issued but was repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company and not cancelled; and
 
"Written" or any term of like import includes information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, biometric or photonic means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy, and "in writing" shall be construed accordingly.
 
1.2
In the Memorandum and the Articles, unless the context otherwise requires a reference to:
 
(a)
a "Regulation" is a reference to a regulation of the Articles;
 
(b)
a "Clause" is a reference to a clause of the Memorandum;
 
(c)
a reference in these Memorandum and Articles to voting in relation to shares shall be construed as a reference to voting by members holding the shares except that it is the votes allocated to the shares that shall be counted and not the number of members who actually voted and a reference to shares being present at a meeting shall be given a corresponding construction;
 
(d)
the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles is a reference to the Act or those documents as amended or, in the case of the Act, any re-enactment thereof; and
 
(e)
the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
 
1.3
A reference to money in these Articles is, unless otherwise stated, a reference to the currency in which shares in the Company shall be issued according to the provisions of the Memorandum, currently United States dollar.
 
1.4
Any words or expressions defined in the Act unless the context otherwise requires bear the same meaning in the Memorandum and the Articles unless otherwise defined herein.
 
1.5
Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in interpreting the Memorandum and the Articles.
 
2
NAME
 
The name of the Company is ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED.
 
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT
 
The Company was first incorporated as a company under the International Business Companies Act, 1984 (as amended) on 10 February 2005 and immediately prior to its re-registration under the Act was governed by the International Business Companies Act.
 
4
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
 
The Company is a company limited by shares. The liability of each member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such member's shares.
 
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5
REGISTERED OFFICE
 
At the time of the application to re-register the Company under the Act, the registered office of the Company was situated at P.O. Box 173, Kingston Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
 
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REGISTERED AGENT
 
At the time of the application to re-register the Company under the Act, the registered agent of the Company was Maples Finance BVI Limited of P.O. Box 173, Kingston Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
 
7
GENERAL OBJECTS AND POWERS
 
Subject to Clause 8 below the objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 or as the same may be revised from time to time, or any other law of the British Virgin Islands.
 
8
LIMITATIONS ON THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS
 
For the purposes of Section 9(4) of the Act the Company has no power to:
 
(a)
carry on banking or trust business, unless it is licensed under the Banks and Trust Companies Act, 1990;
 
(b)
carry on business as an insurance or as a reinsurance company, insurance agent or insurance broker, unless it is licensed under an enactment authorising it to carry on that business;
 
(c)
carry on the business of company management unless it is licensed under the Companies Management Act, 1990;
 
(d)
carry on the business of providing the registered office or the registered agent for companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands; or
 
(e)
carry on the business as a mutual fund, mutual fund manager or mutual fund administrator unless it is licensed under the Mutual Funds Act, 1996.
 
9
CURRENCY
 
Shares in the Company shall be issued in the currency of the United States of America.
 
10
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL
 
The Company shall have no authorized capital but shall be authorised to issue 61,000,000 shares.
 
11
CLASSES, NUMBER AND PAR VALUE OF SHARES
 
11.1
The Company is authorised to issue two classes of shares as follows:
 
(a)
60,000,000 shares in one series of no par value ("Ordinary Shares"); and
 
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(b)
1,000,000 preference shares in one series of no par value ("Preferred Stock").
 
11.2
The Company may issue fractional Shares and a fractional Share shall have the corresponding fractional rights, obligations and liabilities of a whole Share of the same class or series of shares.
 
12
DESIGNATIONS, POWERS, PREFERENCES, ETC. OF SHARES
 
12.1
Ordinary Shares
 
All Ordinary Shares shall:
 
(a)
have one vote each; and
 
(b)
be subject to redemption, purchase or acquisition by the Company for fair value; and
 
(c)
have the same rights with regard to dividends and distributions upon liquidation of the Company.
 
12.2
Preferred Stock
 
The Board of Directors of the Company is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law and the provisions of this Clause 12, to amend the Company’s Memorandum of Association to provide for the creation from time to time of one or more classes of shares of Preferred Stock, and pursuant to such amendment, to establish the number of shares and series to be included in each such class, and to fix the designation, relative rights, preferences, qualifications and limitations of the shares of each such class. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each class shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:
 
(a)
the number of shares and series constituting that class and the distinctive designation of that class;
 
(b)
the dividend rate on the shares of that class, whether dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from which date or dates, and whether they shall be payable in preference to, or in another relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock;
 
(c)
whether that class shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;
 
(d)
whether that class shall have conversion or exchange privileges, and if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including provision for adjustment of the conversion or exchange rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;
 
(e)
whether or not the shares of that class shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the manner of selecting shares for redemption if less than all shares are to be redeemed, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates;
 
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(f)
whether that class shall be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of shares of that class, and, if so, the terms and amounts of such sinking fund;
 
(g)
the right of the shares of that class to the benefit of conditions and restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary, upon the issue of any additional stock (including additional shares of such class of any other class) and upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company or any subsidiary of any outstanding stock of the Company;
 
(h)
the right of the shares of that class in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and whether such rights shall be in preference to, or in another relation to, the comparable rights of any other class or classes of stock; and
 
(i)
any other relative, participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of that class.
 
13
RIGHTS NOT VARIED BY THE ISSUE OF SHARES PARI PASSU
 
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.
 
14
VARIATION OF RIGHTS
 
If at any time the shares are divided into different classes, the rights attached to any class may only be varied, whether or not the Company is in liquidation, with the consent in writing of or by a resolution passed at a meeting by the holders of not less than 50 percent of the issued shares in that class.
 
15
REGISTERED SHARES ONLY
 
Shares in the Company may only be issued as registered shares and the Company is not authorised to issue bearer shares. Registered shares may not be exchanged for bearer shares or converted to bearer shares.
 
16
AMENDMENTS
 
Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company shall by resolution of the directors or members have the power to amend or modify any of the conditions contained in this Memorandum of Association.
 
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We, Maples Finance BVI Limited of P.O. Box 173, Kingston Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands in our capacity as registered agent for the Company hereby apply to the Registrar for the re-registration of the Company this [  ] day of [  ] 2006.
 
 
 
Applicant to re-Register
 
 
 
________________________________
[     ]
Authorised Signatory
Maples Finance BVI Limited

 
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EXHIBIT 1.1

 

 
 
TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
 
 
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004
 
 
(the "Act")
 
 
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
 
 
OF
 
 
ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED
 
 
 
SHARES
 
1
Every person whose name is entered as a member in the share register, being the holder of registered shares, shall without payment, be entitled to a certificate signed by a director or under the common seal of the Company with or without the signature of any director or officer of the Company specifying the share or shares held and the par value thereof, provided that in respect of shares held jointly by several persons, the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate and delivery of a certificate for a share to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all.
 
2
If a certificate is worn out or lost it may be renewed on production of the worn out certificate, or on satisfactory proof of its loss together with such indemnity as the directors may reasonably require. Any member receiving a share certificate shall indemnify and hold the Company and its officers harmless from any loss or liability which it or they may incur by reason of wrongful or fraudulent use or representation made by any person by virtue of the possession of such a certificate.
 
SHARES AND VARIATION OF RIGHTS
 
3
Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the unissued shares of the Company (whether forming part of the original or any increased authorised shares) shall be at the disposal of the directors who may offer, allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons at such times and for such consideration, being not less than the par value of the shares being disposed of, and upon such terms and conditions as the directors may determine.
 

 
4
Without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing shares or class of shares, any share in the Company may be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting or otherwise as the directors may from time to time determine.
 
5
Subject to the provisions of the Act in this regard, shares may be issued on the terms that they are redeemable, or at the option of the Company be liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as the directors before or at the time of the issue of such shares may determine.
 
6
The directors may redeem any share issued by the Company at a premium.
 
7
Except as required by the Act, 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 (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or any interest in any fractional part of a share or (except as provided by these Articles or by the Act) any other rights in respect of any share except any absolute right to the entirety thereof by the registered holder.
 
TRANSFER OF SHARES
 
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Shares in the Company shall be transferred by a written instrument of transfer signed by the transferor and containing the name and address of the transferee. The instrument of transfer shall also be signed by the transferee if registration as a holder of the shares imposes a liability to the Company on the transferee. The instrument of transfer of a registered share shall be sent to the Company for registration.
 
9
The Board of Directors may, in its absolute discretion, and without assigning any reason, refuse to register a transfer of any share which is not fully paid up or upon which the Company has a lien. The Board may also decline to register any transfer of any share unless:
 
(a)
the instrument of transfer is lodged with the Company, accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;
 
(b)
the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of shares;
 
(c)
the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required;
 
(d)
in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the share is to be transferred does not exceed four; or
 
(e)
the shares transferred are free of any lien in favour of the Company.
 
10
If the Directors refuse to register a transfer of any shares, they shall within two months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of the refusal.
 
11
The registration of transfers may, on 14 days' notice being given by advertisement in such one or more newspapers or by electronic means, be suspended and the Register of Members closed at such times and for such periods as the Directors may, in their absolute discretion, from time to time determine, provided always that such registration shall not be suspended nor the Register of Members closed for more than 30 days in any year.
 
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12
The Company shall not be required to treat a transferee of a registered share in the Company as a member until the transferee’s name has been entered in the share register.
 
13
Subject to the Memorandum of Association, these Articles and to Section 54(5) of the Act, the Company shall, on receipt of an instrument of transfer, enter the name of the transferee of the share in the Register of Members unless the directors resolve to refuse or delay the registration of the transfer for reasons that shall be specified in the resolution.
 
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
 
14
Subject to Sections 52(2) and 53 of the Act, the executor or administrator of a deceased member, the guardian of an incompetent member or the trustee of a bankrupt member shall be the only person recognised by the Company as having any title to his share, save that and only in the event of death, incompetence or bankruptcy of any member or members of the Company as a consequence of which the Company no longer has any directors or members, then upon the production of any documentation which is reasonable evidence of the applicant being entitled to:
 
(a)
a grant of probate of the deceased's will, or grant of letters of administration of the deceased's estate, or confirmation of the appointment as executor or administrator (as the case may be), of a deceased member's estate; or
 
(b)
the appointment of a guardian of an incompetent member; or
 
(c)
the appointment as trustee of a bankrupt member; or
 
(d)
upon production of any other reasonable evidence of the applicant's beneficial ownership of, or entitlement to the shares,
 
 
to the Company's registered agent in the British Virgin Islands together with (if so requested by the registered agent) a notarised copy of the share certificate(s) of the deceased, incompetent or bankrupt member, an indemnity in favour of the registered agent and appropriate legal advice in respect of any document issued by a foreign court, then the administrator, executor, guardian or trustee in bankruptcy (as the case may be) notwithstanding that their name has not been entered in the share register of the Company, may by written resolution of the applicant, endorsed with written approval by the registered agent, be appointed a director of the Company or entered in the share register as the legal and or beneficial owner of the shares.
 
15
The production to the Company of any document which is reasonable evidence of:
 
(a)
a grant of probate of the will, or grant of letters of administration of the estate, or confirmation of the appointment as executor, of a deceased member; or
 
(b)
the appointment of a guardian of an incompetent member; or
 
(c)
the trustee of a bankrupt member; or
 
(d)
the applicant's legal and or beneficial ownership of the shares,
 
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shall be accepted by the Company even if the deceased, incompetent member or bankrupt member is domiciled outside the British Virgin Islands if the document is issued by a foreign court which had competent jurisdiction in the matter. For the purposes of establishing whether or not a foreign court had competent jurisdiction in such a matter the directors may obtain appropriate legal advice. The directors may also require an indemnity to be given by the executor, administrator, guardian or trustee in bankruptcy.
 
16
Any person becoming entitled by operation of law or otherwise to a share or shares in consequence of the death, incompetence or bankruptcy of any member may be registered as a member upon such evidence being produced as may reasonably be required by the directors. An application by any such person to be registered as a member shall for all purposes be deemed to be a transfer of shares of the deceased, incompetent or bankrupt member and the directors shall treat it as such.
 
17
Any person who has become entitled to a share or shares in consequence of the death, incompetence or bankruptcy of any member may, instead of being registered himself, request in writing that some person to be named by him be registered as the transferee of such share or shares and such request shall likewise be treated as if it were a transfer.
 
18
What amounts to incompetence on the part of a person is a matter to be determined by the court having regard to all the relevant evidence and the circumstances of the case.
 
ACQUISITION OF OWN SHARES
 
19
Subject to the provisions of the Act in this regard, the directors may, on behalf of the Company purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Company's own shares for such consideration as they consider fit, and either cancel or hold such shares as treasury shares. The directors may dispose of any shares held as treasury shares on such terms and conditions as they may from time to time determine. Shares may be purchased or otherwise acquired in exchange for newly issued shares in the Company.
 
MORTGAGES AND CHARGES OF SHARES
 
20
Members may mortgage or charge their shares.
 
21
There shall be entered in the Register of Members at the written request of the member:
 
(a)
a statement that the shares held by him are mortgaged or charged;
 
(b)
the name of the mortgagee or chargee; and
 
(c)
the date on which the particulars specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) are entered in the Register of Members.
 
22
Where particulars of a mortgage or charge are entered in the Register of Members, such particulars may be cancelled:
 
(a)
with the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee or anyone authorised to act on his behalf; or
 
(b)
upon evidence satisfactory to the directors of the discharge of the liability secured by the mortgage or charge and the issue of such indemnities as the directors shall consider necessary or desirable.
 
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23
Whilst particulars of a mortgage or charge over shares are entered in the Register of Members pursuant to Regulations 20 to 23:
 
(a)
no transfer of any share the subject of those particulars shall be effected;
 
(b)
the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such share; and
 
(c)
no replacement certificate shall be issued in respect of such shares,
 
without the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee.
 
FORFEITURE
 
24
Shares that are not fully paid on issue are subject to the forfeiture provisions set forth in this Regulation 24 and for this purpose shares issued for a promissory note, other written obligation to contribute money or property or a contract for future services are deemed to be not fully paid.
 
25
A written notice of call specifying the date for payment to be made shall be served on the member who defaults in making payment in respect of the Shares.
 
26
The written notice of call referred to in Regulation 25 shall name a further date not earlier than the expiration of 14 days from the date of service of the notice on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made and shall contain a statement that in the event of non-payment at or before the time named in the notice the Shares, or any of them, in respect of which payment is not made will be liable to be forfeited.
 
27
Where a written notice of call has been issued pursuant to Regulation 26 and the requirements of the notice have not been complied with, the directors may, at any time before tender of payment, forfeit and cancel the shares to which the notice relates.
 
28
The Company is under no obligation to refund any moneys to the member whose shares have been cancelled pursuant to Regulation 27 and that member shall be discharged from any further obligation to the Company.
 
LIEN
 
29
The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share issued for a promissory note or for any other binding obligation to contribute money or property or any combination thereof to the Company, and the Company shall also have a first and paramount lien on every share standing registered in the name of a member, whether singly or jointly with any other person or persons, for all the debts and liabilities of such member or his estate to the Company, whether the same shall have been incurred before or after notice to the Company of any interest of any person other than such member, and whether the time for the payment or discharge of the same shall have actually arrived or not, and notwithstanding that the same are joint debts or liabilities of such member or his estate and any other person, whether a member of the Company or not. The Company’s lien on a share shall extend to all dividends payable thereon. The directors may at any time either generally, or in any particular case, waive any lien that has arisen or declare any share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Regulation 29.
 
30
In the absence of express provisions regarding sale in the promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute money or property, the Company may sell, in such manner as the directors may by resolution of directors determine, any share 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 twenty-one days after a notice in writing, stating and demanding payment of the sum presently payable and giving notice of the intention to sell in default of such payment, has been served on the holder for the time being of the share.
 
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31
The net proceeds of the sale by the Company of any shares on which it has a lien shall be applied in or towards payment of discharge of the promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute money or property or any combination thereof in respect of which the lien exists so far as the same is presently payable and any residue shall (subject to a like lien for debts or liabilities not presently payable as existed upon the share prior to the sale) be paid to the holder of the share immediately before such sale. For giving effect to any such sale the directors may authorize some person to transfer the share sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the share and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale.
 
MEETINGS AND CONSENTS OF MEMBERS
 
32
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the members must be effected at a duly called meeting (as described in Regulations 34 to 35) of the members entitled to vote on such action and may not be effected by written resolution.
 
33
Meetings of members shall be held at such places as may be fixed from time to time by the directors.
 
34
An annual meeting of members for election of directors and for such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time as may be determined by the directors, but no later than one year after the end of the Company’s fiscal year-end pursuant to relevant Nasdaq rules.
 
35
Special meetings of members (being all meetings of members which are not annual meetings) may be called only by the directors pursuant to a resolution of directors to that effect or upon the written request of members holding more than 50 percent of the votes of the outstanding voting shares in the Company.
 
36
Written notice of all meetings of members, stating the time, place and purposes thereof, shall be given not fewer than seven days before the date of the proposed meeting to those persons whose names appear as members in the share register of the Company on the date of the notice and are entitled to vote at the meeting.
 
37
The directors may fix the date notice is given of a meeting of members as the record date for determining those shares that are entitled to vote at the meeting.
 
38
A meeting of members may be called on short notice:
 
(a)
if members holding not less than 90 percent of the total number of shares entitled to vote on all matters to be considered at the meeting, or 90 percent of the votes of each class or series of shares where members are entitled to vote thereon as a class or series together with not less than a 90 percent majority of the remaining votes, have agreed to short notice of the meeting, or
 
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(b)
if all members holding shares entitled to vote on all or any matters to be considered at the meeting have waived notice of the meeting and for this purpose presence at the meeting shall be deemed to constitute waiver.
 
39
The inadvertent failure of the directors to give notice of a meeting to a member, or the fact that a member has not received notice, does not invalidate the meeting.
 
40
A member may be represented at a meeting of members by a proxy who may speak and vote on behalf of the member.
 
41
The instrument appointing a proxy shall be produced at the place appointed for the meeting before the time for holding the meeting at which the person named in such instrument proposes to vote.
 
42
An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in substantially the following form or such other form as the Chairman of the meeting shall accept as properly evidencing the wishes of the member appointing the proxy:
 
(Name of Company)
 
 
I/We_______________________________________________ being a member of the above Company with _________________________________ shares HEREBY APPOINT___________________________________________ of ___________________________________________ or failing him___________________________________ of __________________________________________________ to be my/our proxy to vote for me/us at the meeting of members to be held on the ___________ day of ___________________________ and at any adjournment thereof.
 
[Any restrictions on voting to be inserted here]
 
Signed this___________________________ day of___________________________________
 
____________________________________
Member
 
43
The following shall apply in respect of joint ownership of shares:
 
(a)
if two or more persons hold shares jointly each of them may be present in person or by proxy at a meeting of members and may speak as a member;
 
(b)
if only one of the joint owners is present in person or by proxy he may vote on behalf of all joint owners, and
 
(c)
if two or more of the joint owners are present in person or by proxy they must vote as one.
 
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44
A member shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of members if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all members participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.
 
45
A meeting of members is duly constituted if; at the commencement of the meeting, there are present in person or by proxy not less than 50 percent of the votes of the shares or class or series of shares entitled to vote on resolutions of members to be considered at the meeting. If a quorum be present, notwithstanding the fact that such quorum may be represented by only one person then such person may resolve any matter and a certificate signed by such person accompanied where such person be a proxy by a copy of the proxy form shall constitute a valid resolution of members.
 
46
If within two hours from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of members, shall be dissolved; in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the next business day at the same time and place or to such other time and place as the directors may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting there are present within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting in person or by proxy not less than one third of the votes of the shares or each class or series of shares entitled to vote on the resolutions to be considered by the meeting, those present shall constitute a quorum but otherwise the meeting shall be dissolved.
 
47
At any meeting of members, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before such meeting:
 
(a)
by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board of Directors; or
 
(b)
by any member who is a holder of record at the time of the giving of the notice provided for in Regulation 36 who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the procedures set out in Regulation 48.
 
48 (a)
For business to be properly brought to the annual meeting of members by a member, the member must have given timely written notice thereof, either by personal delivery or by prepaid registered post to the Secretary of the Company (the “Secretary”) at the principal executive offices of the Company. To be timely, a member’s notice must be delivered not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the anniversary date of the prior year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting changed by more than 30 days from such anniversary date, in order to be timely, notice by the member must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which public disclosure is first made of the date of the annual meeting. For the purposes of this Regulation 48, any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) of the original meeting whereby the meeting will reconvene within 30 days from original date shall be deemed, for purposes of notice, to be a continuation of the original meeting and no business may be brought before any reconvened meeting unless such timely notice of such business was given to the Secretary for the meeting as originally scheduled. A member’s notice to the Secretary shall set out as to each matter that the member wishes to be brought before the meeting of members:
 
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(i)
a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting;
 
 
(ii)
the name and address of record of the member proposing such business;
 
 
(iii)
the class and number of shares of the Company which are beneficially owned by such member;
 
 
(iv)
any material interest of such member in such business; and
 
 
(v)
if the member intends to solicit proxies in support of such member’s proposal, a representation to that effect.
 
 
(b)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Regulation 48 shall be interpreted or construed to require the inclusion of information about any such proposal in any proxy statement distributed by, at the direction of, or on behalf of, the directors. The chairman of a meeting of members shall, if the facts so warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation 48 and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. However, the notice requirements set out in this Regulation 48 shall be deemed satisfied by a member if the member has notified the Company of his intention to present a proposal at a meeting of members and such member’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been distributed by, at the direction of, or on behalf of, the directors to solicit proxies for such meeting; provided that, if such member does not appear or send a qualified representative, as determined by the chairman of the meeting, to present such proposal at such meeting, the Company need not present such proposal for a vote at such meeting notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Company.
 
49
At every meeting of members, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If there is no Chairman of the Board of Directors or if the Chairman of the Board of Directors is not present at the meeting, the chief executive officer shall be the chairman. In the absence of the chief executive officer, such person as shall be selected by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting.
 
50
The chairman may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any meeting from time to time, and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
 
51
At any meeting of the members the chairman shall be responsible for deciding in such manner as he shall consider appropriate whether any resolution has been carried or not and the result of his decision shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes thereof. If the chairman shall have any doubt as to the outcome of any resolution put to the vote, he shall cause a poll to be taken of all votes cast upon such resolution, but if the chairman shall fail to take a poll then any member present in person or by proxy who disputes the announcement by the chairman of the result of any vote may immediately following such announcement demand that a poll be taken and the chairman shall thereupon cause a poll to be taken. If a poll is taken at any meeting, the result thereof shall be duly recorded in the minutes of that meeting by the chairman.
 
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52
Any person other than an individual shall be regarded as one member and subject to the specific provisions hereinafter contained for the appointment of representatives of such persons the right of any individual to speak for or represent such member shall be determined by the law of the jurisdiction where, and by the documents by which, the person is constituted or derives its existence. In case of doubt, the directors may in good faith seek legal advice from any qualified person and unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction shall otherwise rule, the directors may rely and act upon such advice without incurring any liability to any member.
 
53
Any person other than an individual which is a member of the Company may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorize such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class of members of the Company, and the person so authorized shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the person which he represents as that person could exercise if it were an individual member of the Company.
 
54
The chairman of any meeting at which a vote is cast by proxy or on behalf of any person other than an individual may call for a notarially certified copy of such proxy or authority which shall be produced within 7 days of being so requested or the votes cast by such proxy or on behalf of such person shall be disregarded.
 
55
Directors of the Company may attend and speak with members of the Company and at any separate meeting of the holders of any class or series of shares in the Company.
 
56
No business of the Company shall be conducted at a meeting of members except in accordance with the provisions of Regulations 32 to 55.
 
DIRECTORS
 
57
The minimum number of directors shall be five and there shall be no maximum number. Unless otherwise determined by the Company in a meeting of members and subject to the requirements of the Memorandum, the directors may by a resolution of directors, amend this Regulation 57 to change the number of directors. For as long as the Company’s shares are listed on Nasdaq, the Directors shall include such number of independent directors as applicable law, regulations or the Nasdaq regulations require for a foreign private issuer as long as the Company is a foreign private issuer.
 
58
Subject to this Regulation 58 to change the number of directors, the continuing directors may act, notwithstanding any casual vacancy in their body, so long as there remain in office not less than the prescribed minimum number of directors duly qualified to act, but if the number falls below the prescribed minimum, the remaining directors shall not act except for the purpose of filling such vacancy.
 
59
The shareholding qualification for directors may be fixed, and from time to time varied, by a resolution of members and unless and until so fixed no shareholding qualification shall be required. A director must be an individual.
 
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60
The directors shall receive such remuneration as the Board may from time to time determine. Each director shall be entitled to be repaid or prepaid all traveling, hotel and incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by him in attending meetings of the Board or committees of the Board or meetings of members of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his duties as a Director.
 
APPOINTMENT AND RETIREMENT OF DIRECTORS
 
61
The first directors of the Company shall be appointed by the subscribers to the Memorandum, and thereafter, directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting of member or until such director’s earlier resignation, removal from office, death or incapacity.
 
62
Any vacancy on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal or other cause and any newly created directorship resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors between meetings of members may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors then in office (even if less than a quorum) or by a resolution of members.
 
63 (a)
Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors shall be made only at a meeting of members and only:
 
 
(i)
by or at the direction of the directors; or
 
 
(ii)
by a member entitled to vote for the election of directors who complies with the notice procedures set out below.
 
 
(b)
Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary. To be timely, a members’ notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Company not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the anniversary date of the prior year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting changed by more than 30 days from such anniversary date, notice by the member to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which public disclosure is first made of the date of the annual meeting. For the purposes of this Regulation 63, any adjournment or postponement of the original meeting whereby the meeting will reconvene within 30 days from the original date shall be deemed for the purposes of this notice to be a continuation of the original meeting and no nominations by a member of persons to be elected directors of the Company may be made at any such reconvened meeting unless pursuant to a notice which was timely for the meeting on the date originally scheduled. Each such notice shall set out:
 
 
(i)
the name and address of the member who intends to make the nomination and of the persons to be nominated;
 
 
(ii)
a representation that the member is a holder of record of shares in the Company entitled to vote at such meeting and that he intends to appear in person or by a proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons specified in the notice;
 
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(iii)
a description of all arrangements at understandings between the member and each nominee and any other person (naming such person) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the member;
 
 
(iv)
such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such member as would have been required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, had each nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the directors;
 
 
(v)
the consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the Company if so elected; and
 
 
(vi)
if the member intends to solicit proxies in support of such member’s nominees, a representation to that effect.
 
64
The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of any person not made in compliance with the aforegoing procedure detailed in Regulation 63. Only such persons as are nominated in accordance with the procedures set out in Regulation 63 shall be eligible to serve as directors of the Company. If at any meeting of members at which an election of directors ought to take place, the place of any retiring director is not filled, he shall, if willing, continue in office until the dissolution of the annual meeting of members in the next year, and so on from year to year until his place is filled, unless it shall be determined at such meeting not to fill such vacancy.
 
65
The appointment of a director shall take effect upon compliance with the requirements of the Act.
 
DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
 
66
Subject to the provisions of the Act, a director shall cease to hold office as such only:
 
(a)
if he becomes of unsound mind; or
 
(b)
if (unless he is not required to hold a share qualification) he has not duly qualified himself within two months of his appointment or if he ceases to hold the required number of shares to qualify him for office; or
 
(c)
if he is absent from meetings of the directors for six consecutive months without leave of the board of directors, provided that the directors shall have power to grant any director leave of absence for any or an indefinite period; or
 
(d)
if he dies; or
 
(e)
one month or, with the permission of the directors earlier, after he has given notice in writing of his intention to resign; or
 
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(f)
if he shall, pursuant to the provisions of the Act, be disqualified or cease to hold office or be prohibited from acting as director; or
 
(g)
if he is removed from office by a resolution signed by a majority of the directors; or
 
(h)
if he is removed from office for cause by a resolution of members. For the purposes hereof, cause means the willful and continuous failure by a director to substantially perform his duties to the Company (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness) or the willful engaging by the director in gross misconduct materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company; or
 
(i)
if he is removed from office without cause by a resolution of the majority of the members of the Company, being for the purposes of this Regulation 66(i) only, an affirmative vote of the holders of 662/3 percent or more of the outstanding votes of the shares entitled to vote thereon.
 
MANAGING DIRECTORS
 
67
The directors may from time to time and by resolution of directors appoint one or more of their number to be a managing director of joint managing director and may, subject to any contract between him or them and the Company, from time to time terminate his or their appointment and appoint another or others in his or their place or places.
 
68
A director appointed in terms of the provisions of Regulation 67 to the office of managing director of the Company may be paid, in addition to the remuneration payable in terms of Regulation 60, such remuneration not exceeding a reasonable maximum in each year in respect of such office as may be determined by a disinterested quorum of the directors.
 
69
The directors may from time to time, by resolution of directors, entrust and confer upon a managing director for the time being such of the powers and authorities vested in them as they think fit, save that no managing director shall have any power or authority with respect to the matters requiring a resolution of directors under the Act.
 
POWER OF DIRECTORS
 
70
The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by the directors who may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not by the Act or by the Memorandum or these Articles required to be exercised by the members of the Company, subject to any delegation of such powers as may be authorized by these Articles and to such requirements as may be prescribed by a resolution of members; but no requirement made by a resolution of members shall prevail if it be inconsistent with these Articles not shall such requirement invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such requirement had not been made.
 
71
The directors may, by a resolution of directors, appoint any person, including a person who is a director, to be an officer or agent of the Company. The resolution of directors appointing an agent may authorize the agent to appoint one or more substitutes or delegates to exercise some or all of the powers conferred on the agent by the Company.
 
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72
Every officer or agent of the Company has such powers and authority of the directors, including the power and authority to affix the Seal, as are set forth in these Articles or in the resolution of directors appointing the officer or agent, except that no officer or agent has any power or authority with respect to the matters requiring a resolution of directors under the Act.
 
73
The directors may authorize the payment of such donations by the Company to such religious, charitable, public or other bodies, clubs, funds or associations or persons as may seem to them advisable in the interests of the Company.
 
74
The directors may by resolution of directors exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertakings and property or any part thereof, to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
 
75
All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for moneys paid to the Company, shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of directors.
 
76
The Company may determine by resolution of directors to maintain at its registered office a register of mortgages, charges and other encumbrances in which there shall be entered the following particulars regarding each mortgage, charge and other encumbrance:
 
(a)
the sum secured;
 
(b)
the assets secured;
 
(c)
the name and address of the mortgagee, chargee or other encumbrancer;
 
(d)
the date of creation of the mortgage, charge at other encumbrance; and
 
(e)
the date on which the particular’s specified above in respect of the mortgage, charge or other encumbrance are entered in the register.
 
77
The Company may further determine by a resolution of directors to register a copy of the register of mortgages, charges or other encumbrances with the Registrar of Companies.
 
PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
 
78
The directors of the Company or any committee thereof may meet at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the directors may determine to be necessary or desirable.
 
79
A director shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of directors if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all directors participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.
 
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80
A director shall be given not less than 3 days notice of meetings of directors, but a meeting of directors held without 3 days notice having been given to all directors shall be valid if all the directors entitled to vote at the meeting who do not attend, waive notice of the meeting and for this purpose, the presence of a director at a meeting shall constitute waiver on his part. The inadvertent failure to give notice of a meeting to a director, or the fact that a director has not received the notice, does not invalidate the meeting.
 
81
A meeting of directors is duly constituted for all purposes if at the commencement of the meeting there are present in person not less than one-half of the total number of directors.
 
82
At every meeting of the directors the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If there is no Chairman of the Board of Directors or if the Chairman of the Board of Directors is not present at the meeting the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside. If there is no Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors or if the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors is not present at the meeting the directors present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
 
83
An action that may be taken by the directors or a committee of directors at a meeting may also be taken by a resolution of directors or a committee of directors consented to in writing or by telex, telegram, cable, facsimile or other written electronic communication by three quarters of the directors or three quarters of the members of the committee as the case may be, provided that a copy of the proposed resolution will have been sent to all of the directors or the members of the committee, for their consent. The consent may be in the form of counterparts, each counterpart being signed by one or more directors.
 
84
The directors shall cause the following corporate records to be kept:
 
(a)
minutes of all meetings of directors, members, committees of directors, committees of officers and committees of members;
 
(b)
copies of all resolutions consented to by directors, members, committees of directors, committees of officers and committees of members; and
 
(c)
such other accounts and records as the directors by resolution of directors consider necessary or desirable in order to reflect the financial position of the Company.
 
85
The books, records and minutes shall be kept at the registered office of the Company, its principal place of business or at such other place as the directors determine.
 
COMMITTEES
 
86
The directors may, by resolution of directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of one or more directors.
 
87
Each committee of directors has such powers and authorities of the directors, including the power and authority to affix the Seal, as are set forth in the resolution of directors establishing the committee, except that no committee has any power or authority to amend the Memorandum or these Articles, to appoint directors or fix their emoluments, or to appoint officers or agents of the Company.
 
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88
The meetings and proceedings of each committee of directors consisting of 2 or more directors shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the provisions of these Articles regulating the proceedings of directors so far as the same are not superseded by any provisions in the resolution establishing the committee.
 
89
Without prejudice to the freedom of the Directors to establish any other committees, for so long as the shares of the Company are listed or quoted on Nasdaq, it shall establish and maintain an Audit Committee as a committee of the Board, the composition and responsibilities of which shall comply with the applicable rules of the Nasdaq Marketplace rules, as amended from time to time. The Audit Committee shall have at least three members, comprised solely of Independent Directors or such other Directors as allowed from time to time under applicable laws and rules.
 
90
The Company shall adopt a formal written audit committee charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis. The charter shall specify the responsibilities of the Audit Committee which shall include responsibility for, among other things, ensuring its receipt from the outside auditors of the Company of a formal written statement delineating all relationships between the auditor and the Company, and the Audit Committee's responsibility for actively engaging in a dialogue with the auditor with respect to any disclosed relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and independence of the auditor take appropriate action to oversee the independence of the outside auditor. In addition, the Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing potential conflict of interest situations and approving all Related Party Transactions.
 
91
Without prejudice to the freedom of the Directors to establish any other committees, the Board may establish a Stock Option Committee to administer the company’s stock option plans, including authority to make and modify awards under such plans. For so long as the shares of the Company are listed or quoted on Nasdaq, the Stock Option Committee shall have at least two independent directors. The Stock Option Committee will administer the Company’s stock option plans, including the authority to make and modify awards under such plans.
 
92
Without prejudice to the freedom of the Directors to establish any other committees, the Board may establish a Nominating Committee to assist the Board in identifying qualified individuals to become board members. For so long as the shares of the Company are listed or quoted on Nasdaq, the Nominating Committee shall have at least three members, who are independent directors.
 
OFFICERS
 
93
The Company may by resolution of directors appoint officers of the Company at such times as shall be considered necessary or expedient. Such officers may consist of a Chief Executive Officer or one or more Joint Chief Executive Officers, a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, a President or one or more Joint Presidents, a Chief Operating Officer and one or more Vice-Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurers and such other holders of any other executive office in the Company or officers as may from time to time be deemed desirable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
 
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94
The officers shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed at the time of their appointment subject to any modification in such duties as may be prescribed thereafter by resolution of directors or resolution of members, but in the absence of any specific allocation of duties it shall be the responsibility of the Chairman of the Board of Directors to preside at meetings of directors and members, the Vice-Chairman to act in the absence of the Chairman, the President to manage the day to day affairs of the Company, the Vice-Presidents to act in order of seniority in the absence of the President but otherwise to perform such duties as may be delegated to them by the President, the Secretaries to maintain the share register, minute books and records (other than financial records) of the Company and to ensure compliance with all procedural requirements imposed on the Company by applicable law, and the Treasurer to be responsible for the financial affairs of the Company.
 
95
The emoluments of all officers shall be fixed by resolution of directors.
 
96
The officers of the Company shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified, but any officer elected or appointed by the directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by resolution of directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by resolution of directors.
 
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
 
97
For so long as the shares of the Company are listed or quoted on Nasdaq, the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all material related party transactions on an ongoing basis and shall utilize the Audit Committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest situations.
 
INDEMNITY
 
98
To the full extent permitted by the Act or any other applicable laws presently or hereafter in effect, no director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its members for or with respect to any acts or omissions in the performance of his or her duties as a director of the Company. Any repeal or modification of this Regulation 98 by a resolution of members shall not adversely affect the right or protection of a director of the Company existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
 
99
Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided the Company may indemnify against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or investigative proceedings any person who:
 
(a)
is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, an officer or a liquidator of the Company; or
 
(b)
is or was, at the request of the Company, serving as a director, officer or liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
 
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100
The Company may only indemnify a person if the person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of criminal proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
 
101
The decision of the directors as to whether the person acted honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company and as to whether the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient for the purposes of these Articles, unless a question of law is involved.
 
102
The termination of any proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the entering of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the person did not act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company or that the person had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
 
103
If a person to be indemnified has been successful in defence of any proceedings referred to above, the person is entitled to be indemnified against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the proceedings.
 
104
The Company may purchase and maintain insurance in relation to any person who is or was a director, an officer or a liquidator of the Company, or who at the request of the Company is or was serving as a director, an officer or a liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in that capacity, whether or not the Company has or would have had the power to indemnify the person against the liability as provided in these Articles.
 
SEAL
 
105
The directors shall provide for the safe custody of the common seal of the Company. The common seal when affixed to any instrument except as provided in Regulation 1, shall be witnessed by a director or officer of the Company or any other person so authorised from time to time by the directors. The directors may provide for a facsimile of the common seal and approve the signature of any director or authorised person which may be reproduced by printing or other means on any instrument and it shall have the same force and validity as if the common seal has been affixed to such instrument and the same had been signed as hereinbefore described.
 
DISTRIBUTIONS
 
106
Subject to the provisions of the Act, the directors of a Company may, by resolution, authorise a distribution by the Company at a time, and of an amount, and to any members they think fit if they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the Company will, immediately after the distribution, satisfy the solvency test as stipulated in Section 56 of the Act.
 
107
Subject to the rights of the holders of shares entitled to special rights as to distributions, all distributions shall be declared and paid according to the par value of the shares in issue, excluding those shares which are held by the Company as Treasury Shares at the date of declaration of the distribution.
 
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108
The directors may, before recommending any distribution, set aside out of the profits of the Company such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at their discretion, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the directors may from time to time think fit.
 
109
If several persons are registered as joint holders of any share, any of them may give effectual receipt for any distribution or other monies payable on or in respect of the share.
 
110
Notice of any distribution that may have been declared shall be given to each member in manner hereinafter mentioned and all distributions unclaimed for three years after having been declared may be forfeited by the directors for the benefit of the Company.
 
111
No distribution shall bear interest against the Company.
 
COMPANY RECORDS
 
112
The Company shall keep records that:
 
(a)
are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions; and
 
(b)
will, at any time, enable the financial position of the Company to be determined with reasonable accuracy.
 
113
The Company shall keep:
 
(a)  
minutes of all meetings of -
 
 
(i)
directors,
 
members,
 
committees of directors, and
 
committees of members;
 
(b)
copies of all resolutions consented to by -
 
 
(i)
directors,
 
(ii)
members,
 
(iii)
committees of directors, and
 
(iv)
committees of members.
 
(c)
an imprint of the common seal at the registered office of the Company.
 
114
The Company shall keep the following records at the office of its registered agent or at such other place or places, within or outside the British Virgin Islands, as the directors may determine:
 
(a)
minutes of meetings and resolutions of members and of classes of members maintained in accordance with Regulation 113; and
 
(b)
minutes of meetings and resolutions of directors and committees of directors maintained in accordance with Regulation 113.
 
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115
The Company shall keep the following documents at the office of its registered agent:
 
(a)
the Memorandum of Association and Articles of the Company;
 
(b)
the Register of Members maintained in accordance with Regulation 118 or a copy of the Register of Members;
 
(c)
the register of directors maintained in accordance with Regulation 117 or a copy of the register of directors;
 
(d)
copies of all notices and other documents filed by the Company in the previous ten years; and
 
(e)
a copy of the register of charges kept by the Company pursuant to Section 162(1) of the Act.
 
116 (a)
Where the Company keeps a copy of the Register of Members or the register of directors at the office of its registered agent, it shall:
 
(i)
within 15 days of any change in the register, notify the registered agent, in writing, of the change; and
 
(ii)
provide the registered agent with a written record of the physical address of the place or places at which the original Register of Members or the original register of directors is kept.
 
 
(b)
Where the place at which the original Register of Members or the original register of directors is changed, the Company shall provide the registered agent with the physical address of the new location of the records within 14 days of the change of location.
 
117
The Company shall keep a register to be known as a register of directors containing the names and addresses of the persons who are directors of the Company, the date on which each person whose name is entered in the register was appointed as a director of the Company, the date on which each person named as a director ceased to be a director of the Company, and such other information as may be prescribed.
 
118
The Company shall maintain an accurate and complete Register of Members showing the full names and addresses of all persons holding registered shares in the Company, the number of each class and series of registered shares held by such person, the date on which the name of each member was entered in the Register of Members and where applicable, the date such person ceased to hold any registered shares in the Company.
 
119
The records, documents and registers required by Regulations 112 to 118 inclusive shall be open to the inspection of the directors at all times.
 
120
The directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions the records, documents and registers 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 records, documents or registers of the Company except as conferred by the Act or authorised by resolution of the directors.
 
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ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
 
121
The directors shall cause to be prepared periodically a profit and loss account and a balance sheet. The profit and loss account and balance sheet shall be drawn up so as to give respectively a true and fair view of the profit and loss of the Company for the financial period and a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at the end of the financial period.
 
122
The Company’s accounts shall be audited by an independent auditor at least once every year.
 
123
The independent auditor shall be appointed by the Audit Committee and shall hold office until the Audit Committee appoint another independent auditor.
 
124
The remuneration of the auditor shall be fixed by the Audit Committee.
 
125
The auditor shall examine each profit and loss account and balance sheet required to be served on every member of the Company or laid before a meeting of the members of the Company and shall state in a written report whether or not:
 
(a)
in their opinion the profit and loss account and balance sheet give a true and fair view respectively of the profit and loss for the period covered by the accounts, and of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of that period; and
 
(b)
all the information and explanations required by the auditors have been obtained.
 
126
The report of the auditor shall be annexed to the accounts and shall be read at the meeting of members at which the accounts are laid before the Company or shall be served on the members.
 
127
Every auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books of account and vouchers of the Company, and shall be entitled to require from the directors and officers of the Company such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors.
 
NOTICE
 
128
Any notice, information or written statement to be given by the Company to members may be served in the case of members holding registered shares in any way by which it can reasonably be expected to reach each member or by mail addressed to each member at the address shown in the share register.
 
129
Any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be served on the Company may be served by leaving it, or by sending it by registered mail addressed to the Company, at its registered office, or by leaving it with, or by sending it by registered mail to, the registered agent of the Company.
 
130
Service of any summons, notice, circlet, document, process, information of written statement to be served on the Company may be proved by showing that the summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement was delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company or that it was mailed in such time as to admit to its being delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company in the normal course of delivery within the period prescribed for service and was correctly addressed and the postage was prepaid.
 
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PENSION AND SUPERANNUATION FUND
 
131
The directors may establish and maintain or procure the establishment and maintenance of any non-contributory or contributory pension or superannuation funds for the benefit of, and give or procure the giving of donations, gratuities, pensions, allowances or emoluments to any persons who are or were at any time in the employment or service of the Company or any company which is a subsidiary of the Company or is allied to or associated with the Company or with any such subsidiary, or who are or were at any time directors or officers of the Company or of any such other company as aforesaid or who hold or held any salaried employment or office in the Company or such other company, or any persons in whose welfare the Company or any such other company as aforesaid is, or has been at any time, interested, and to the wives, widows, families and dependents of any such persons, and make payments for or towards the insurance of such persons as aforesaid, and may do any of the matters aforesaid either alone or in conjunction with any such other company as aforesaid. A director holding any such employment or office shall be entitled to participate in and retain for his own benefit any such donation, gratuity, pension, allowance or emolument.
 
WINDING UP
 
132
The Company may be voluntarily liquidated under Part XII of the Act if it has no liabilities and it is able to pay its debts as they become due. If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, in accordance with a resolution of members, divide amongst the members 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 such 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 vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trust for the benefit of the contributors as the liquidator shall think fit, but so that no member shall be compelled to accept any shares or other securities whereon there is any liability.
 
CONTINUATION
 
133
The Company may by resolution of members or by a resolution passed unanimously by all directors of the Company continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands in the manner provided under those laws.
 
FINANCIAL YEAR
 
134
The financial year of the Company shall be prescribed by the Board and may, from time to time, be changed by it.
 
 
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We, Maples Finance BVI Limited of P.O. Box 173, Kingston Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands in our capacity as registered agent for the Company hereby apply to the Registrar for the re-registration of the Company this [  ] day of [  ] 2006.
 
 
 
Applicant to re-Register
 

 
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Authorised Signatory
Maples Finance BVI Limited

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