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Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration No. 333-287709

 

Proxy Statement/Prospectus Supplement No. 4

To Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated July 22, 2025,

Supplement No. 1 dated August 14, 2025,

Supplement No. 2 dated August 15, 2025, and

Supplement No. 3 dated August 22, 2025

 

SUPPLEMENT TO

 

PROXY STATEMENT FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF

STOCKHOLDERS OF TITAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

AND

PROSPECTUS FOR UP TO 7,210,800 ORDINARY SHARES

OF BLACK TITAN CORPORATION

 

This supplement updates information in the proxy statement/prospectus, dated July 22, 2025, included in the registration statement on Form F-4, Registration No. 333-287709 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by Black Titan Corporation, f/ka/ BSKE Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (“PubCo” or “Black Titan”). Black Titan filed the Registration Statement, and Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent” or “TTNP”) filed a proxy statement, in connection with a special meeting of holders of TTNP Common Stock held August 26, 2025 (the “Special Meeting”). As previously reported, at the Special Meeting, holders of TTNP Common Stock voted to approve a Merger and Contribution and Share Exchange Agreement, dated August 19, 2024, by and among Black Titan, TTNP, TTNP Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Black Titan, and TalenTec Sdn. Bhd., f/k/a KE Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia private limited company, the business combination contemplated thereby (“Business Combination”), and related proposals.

 

The proxy statement/prospectus provides detailed information about the Business Combination and other matters to be considered at the Special Meeting. You are encouraged to carefully read the entire document, including the annexes, and supplements 1, 2, and 3 to the proxy statement/prospectus, as well as this supplement. You should, in particular, carefully consider the risk factors described in “Risk Factors” beginning on page 41 of the proxy statement/prospectus.

 

NEITHER THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATORY AGENCY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS OR ANY OF THE SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED IN THE BUSINESS COMBINATION, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OR RELATED TRANSACTIONS, OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS OR THIS SUPPLEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

 

This supplement to the proxy statement/prospectus is dated September 18, 2025.

 

 

 

 

Recent Developments

 

Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

On September 18, 2025, the Board of Directors of Black Titan appointed Chay Weei Jye, age 53, as Chief Executive Officer and a director, effective with the closing of the Business Combination.

 

Mr. Chay has served as the Chief Executive Officer of TTNP since December 2024. Mr. Chay has served as the Chief Technology Officer of Zchwantech, a privately held IT services and consulting company focused on the integration of IT-related products and services for companies inside and outside of Malaysia, since October 2021. Previously, Mr. Chay served as an Enterprise Domain Architect for Affin Bank Berhad from March 2021 to September 2021. In this role, Mr. Chay actively contributed as an IT lead on various request-for-proposal projects pertaining to human capital management, balance sheet management, group compliance, and finance/enterprise resource planning. From November 2019 to March 2021, he served as the Solutions Director for Sigma Info Analytics Data Sdn Bhd (“Sigma”), a Malaysian company in the information and communications technology sectors with a focus on systems, applications, data processing and project management. As Solutions Director for Sigma, Mr. Chay oversaw overall strategic advisory, enterprise architecture and technology solutions. From April 2018 to May 2019, Mr. Chay served as Deputy General Manager and Technical Architect for UEM Group Berhad, the infrastructure arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the sovereign wealth fund of Malaysia. Prior to UEM Group, Mr Chay also served as a Senior Manager (Solutions Architect) of Malaysian Airlines for 11 years. Mr. Chay has a Bachelor of Computer Science from the Universiti Putra Malaysia located in Serdang, Malaysia.

 

As previously reported, on August 21, 2025, the Board of Directors appointed Brynner Chiam, age 47, as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Chiam has served as sole director and executive officer since November 2024. Mr. Chiam has also served as TTNP’s acting principal executive officer from November 2024 to December 2024, and as a director and acting principal financial officer since November 2024. Mr. Chiam currently serves as Vice President of Finance and Tax at Black Chamber Management, a shared service company which provides outsourcing services to related companies as well as third parties, since November 2020, where he is responsible for all aspects of planning, implementing and managing financing activities for the company and its clients. From February 2014 to October 2020, Mr. Chiam served as a Director for Tricor Taxand Sdn. Bhd., a professional tax firm and independent tax adviser specializing in providing tax-related services to its clients. Mr. Chiam is a member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia and has over 20 years of experience as a tax consultant and tax practitioner. He received his Bachelor of Business Studies (Accountancy) from Massey University in New Zealand.

 

Amendment to Articles of Association

 

On September 18, 2025, Black Titan amended and restated its Memorandum and Articles of Association, as annexed, to enable Black Titan to create and issue multiple series of preferred shares.

 

 

 

 

ANNEX

 

THE COMPANIES ACT (2025 REVISION)

 

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

 

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

BLACK TITAN CORPORATION

 

(Adopted by Special Resolution dated 18 September 2025 and effective on 18 September 2025)

 

 

 

 

THE COMPANIES ACT (2025 REVISION)

 

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

 

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

BLACK TITAN CORPORATION

 

An Exempted Company Limited By Shares

(Adopted by Special Resolution dated 18 September 2025 and effective on 18 September 2025)

 

1Name

 

The name of the Company is Black Titan Corporation.

 

2Registered Office

 

The registered office of the Company is at FFP (Corporate Services) Limited, 2nd Floor Harbour Centre, 159 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9006, Cayman Islands or at such other place as the Directors may from time to time decide.

 

3Objects

 

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 laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

4Liability of Members

 

The liability of each Member is limited to the amount unpaid on such Member’s shares.

 

 

 

 

5Share Capital

 

The authorised share capital of the Company is USD $1,050,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares of par value $0.001 par value each and 50,000,000 Preferred Shares of par value $0.001 each. Subject to the Companies Act (2025 Revision) and the Company’s articles of association, the Company has power to do any one or more of the following:

 

(a)redeem or repurchase any of its shares;
   
(b)increase or reduce its capital;
   
(c)issue any part of its capital (whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced):

 

(i)with or without any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions; or
   
(ii)subject to any limitations or restrictions, and unless the condition of issue expressly declares otherwise, every issue of shares (whether declared to be ordinary, preference or otherwise) is subject to this power; and

 

(d)alter any of those rights, privileges, conditions, limitations or restrictions.

 

6Liability of Members

 

The liability of each Member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such Member’s Shares.

 

7Continuation

 

The Company has power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate limited by shares under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

 

8Definitions

 

Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association bear the respective meanings given to them in the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company.

 

9Financial Year

 

The financial year end of the Company is 31 July or such other date as the Directors may from time to time decide.

 

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THE COMPANIES ACT (2025 REVISION)

 

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

 

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

BLACK TITAN CORPORATION

 

An Exempted Company Limited By Shares

 

(Adopted by Special Resolution dated 18 September 2025 and effective on 18 September 2025)

 

1Interpretation

 

1.1In the Articles Table A in the First Schedule to the Statute does not apply and, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith:

 

Applicable Law  

means, with respect to any person, all provisions of laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, certificates, judgments, decisions, decrees or orders of any governmental authority applicable to such person.

     
Articles  

means these amended and restated articles of association of the Company.

     
Audit Committee  

means the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.

 

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Auditor  

means the person for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company (if any).

     

“Business Combination”

 

has the meaning given in the Merger and Contribution Agreement.

     
Clearing House   means a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction.
     

“Commission”

  means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
     
Company’s Website  

means the website of the Company and/or its web-address or domain name (if any).

     
Compensation Committee  

means the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.

     
Designated Stock Exchange  

means any United States national securities exchange on which the securities of the Company are listed for trading, including The NASDAQ Stock Market.

     
Directors  

means the directors for the time being of the Company.

     
Dividend  

means any dividend (whether interim or final) resolved to be paid on Shares pursuant to the Articles.

     
“Effective Date”   The date on which Shares in the Company are admitted to trading on a Designated Stock Exchange.

 

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Electronic Communication

 

means a communication sent by electronic means, including electronic posting to the Company’s Website, transmission to any number, address or internet website (including the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission) or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise decided and approved by the Directors.

     
Electronic Record  

has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act.

     
Electronic Transactions Act  

means the Electronic Transactions Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands.

     
Exchange Act  

means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar United States federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

     
Independent Director  

has the same meaning as in the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange or in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, as the case may be.

     
Liquidation  

has the meaning given in Paragraph 3.4 of the Schedule.

     
Member  

has the same meaning as in the Statute.

     
Memorandum  

means the amended and restated memorandum of association of the Company.

 

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Merger and Contribution Agreement”

 

 

means the Merger and Contribution and Share Exchange Agreement, entered into among the Company, Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., TTNP Merger Sub, Inc. and TalenTec Sdn. Bhd. on 19 August 2024.

     
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”   means the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.
     
Officer  

means a person appointed to hold an office in the Company.

     
Ordinary Resolution  

means a resolution passed by a simple majority of the Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each shareholder is entitled.

     
Ordinary Share  

means an ordinary share of a par value of US$0.001 in the share capital of the Company.

     

“Preferred Shares”

 

 

means the preferred shares of $0.001 par value each in the share capital of the Company.

     

“Preferred Shareholder”

 

  means a holder of Preferred Shares.
     
Register of Members  

means the register of Members maintained in accordance with the Statute and includes (except where otherwise stated) any branch or duplicate register of Members.

 

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Registered Office  

means the registered office for the time being of the Company.

   
Seal  

means the common seal of the Company and includes every duplicate seal.

     
Securities and Exchange Commission  

means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

     
Shares  

means the Ordinary Shares and Preferred Shares and includes any class or series, and a fraction, of a share in the Company.

     

Special Resolution

 

 

has the same meaning as in the Statute, and includes a unanimous written resolution.

 

Statute  

means the Companies Act (2025 Revision) of the Cayman Islands.

     
“Treasury Share  

means a Share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Statute.

 

1.2In the Articles:

 

(a)words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa;
   
(b)words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender;
   
(c)words importing persons include corporations as well as any other legal or natural person;
   
(d)“written” and “in writing” include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record;
   
(e)“shall” shall be construed as imperative and “may” shall be construed as permissive;

 

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(f)references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced;
   
(g)any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “include”, “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms;
   
(h)the term “and/or” is used to mean both “and” as well as “or.” The use of “and/or” in certain contexts in no respects qualifies or modifies the use of the terms “and” or “or” in others. The term “or” shall not be interpreted to be exclusive and the term “and” shall not be interpreted to require the conjunctive (in each case, unless the context otherwise requires);
   
(i)headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing the Articles;
   
(j)any requirements as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an Electronic Record;
   
(k)any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles including the execution of the Articles themselves can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature as defined in the Electronic Transactions Act;
   
(l)sections 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions Act shall not apply;
   
(m)the term “clear days” in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding the day when the notice is received or deemed to be received and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect; and
   
(n)the term “holder” in relation to a Share means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Members as the holder of such Share.

 

2Commencement of Business

 

2.1The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation of the Company as the Directors shall see fit.
   
2.2The Directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in or about the formation and establishment of the Company, including the expenses of registration.

 

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3Issue of Shares and other Securities

 

3.1Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum (and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting) and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing Shares, the Directors may allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose of Shares in separate classes and/or series (including fractions of a Share) with or without preferred, deferred or other rights or restrictions, whether in regard to Dividends or other distributions, voting, return of capital or otherwise and to such persons, at such times and on such other terms as they think proper, and may also (subject to the Statute and the Articles) vary such rights.
   
3.2The Company may issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class or series of Shares or other securities in the Company on such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine.
   
3.3The Company shall not issue Shares to bearer.
   
3.4On or before the allotment of any Share, the Directors shall resolve the class and/or series to which such Share shall be classified and may, prior to the issue of any Share, reclassify such Share. Each class and/or series shall be specifically identified. Subject to the Statute and the Articles, the Directors may at any time re-name any Share.

 

4Register of Members

 

4.1The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with the Statute.
   
4.2The Directors may determine that the Company shall maintain one or more branch registers of Members in accordance with the Statute. The Directors may also determine which register of Members shall constitute the principal register and which shall constitute the branch register or registers, and to vary such determination from time to time.

 

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5Closing Register of Members or Fixing Record Date

 

5.1For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose, the Directors may, after notice has been given by advertisement in an appointed newspaper or any other newspaper or by any other means in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed 30 days.
   
5.2In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register of Members, the Directors may fix in advance or arrears a date as the record date for any such determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of the Members or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose.
   
5.3If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of a Dividend or other distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or the date on which the resolution of the Directors resolving to pay such Dividend or other distribution is passed, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

6 Rights of Shares

 

  6.1 Where the Directors issue a Share having no preferred, deferred, redemption or other special rights, it shall be issued as an Ordinary Share and entitle the holder, subject to any other Share having any preferred, deferred, redemption or other special rights, to:

 

  (a) receive notice of, attend and vote at any general meeting of the Company and on any Ordinary Resolution or Special Resolution;

 

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  (b) an equal share in any dividend or other Distribution paid by the Company; and
     
  (c) an equal share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company.

 

  6.2 Shares and other securities of the Company may be issued by the Directors with such preferred, deferred or other special rights, restrictions or privileges whether in regard to voting, distributions, a return of capital, or otherwise and in such classes and series, if any, as the Directors may determine.

 

7Certificates for Shares

 

7.1A Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Directors may determine. Share certificates shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorised by the Directors. The Directors may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by mechanical process. All certificates for Shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and, subject to the Articles, no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate representing a like number of relevant Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled.
   
7.2The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by more than one person and delivery of a certificate to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them.
   
7.3If a share certificate is defaced, worn out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and on the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence, as the Directors may prescribe, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) upon delivery of the old certificate.
   
7.4Every share certificate sent in accordance with the Articles will be sent at the risk of the Member or other person entitled to the certificate. The Company will not be responsible for any share certificate lost or delayed in the course of delivery.

 

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7.5Share certificates shall be issued within the relevant time limit as prescribed by the Statute, if applicable, or as the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law may from time to time determine, whichever is shorter, after the allotment or, except in the case of a Share transfer which the Company is for the time being entitled to refuse to register and does not register, after lodgement of a Share transfer with the Company.

 

8Transfer of Shares

 

8.1Subject to the terms of the Articles, any Member may transfer all or any of their Shares by an instrument of transfer provided that such transfer complies with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. If the Shares in question were issued in conjunction with rights, options or warrants issued pursuant to the Articles on terms that one cannot be transferred without the other, the Directors shall refuse to register the transfer of any such Share without evidence satisfactory to them of the like transfer of such right, option or warrant.
   
8.2The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law or in any other form approved by the Directors and shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and if the Directors so require, signed by or on behalf of the transferee) and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a Clearing House or its nominee(s), by hand or by machine imprinted signature or by such other manner of execution as the Directors may approve from time to time. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members.

 

9Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares

 

9.1Subject to the provisions of the Statute, and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Company may:

 

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(a)issue Shares that are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Member or the Company. The redemption of such Shares shall be effected in such manner and upon such other terms as the Company may, by Special Resolution, determine before the issue of the Shares.
   
(b)purchase its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) in such manner and on such other terms as the Directors may agree with the relevant Member.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, redemptions, repurchases and surrenders of Shares in the circumstances described in the Article above shall not require further approval of the Members.

 

9.2The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Statute, including out of capital.
   
9.3The Directors may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid Share.

 

10Treasury Shares

 

10.1The Directors may, prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of any Share, determine that such Share shall be held as a Treasury Share.

 

10.2The Directors may determine to cancel a Treasury Share or transfer a Treasury Share on such terms as they think proper (including, without limitation, for nil consideration).

 

11Variation of Rights of Shares

 

11.1Subject to Article 3.1, if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes or series of Shares, all or any of the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied without the consent of the holders of the issued Shares of that class where such variation is considered by the Directors not to have a material adverse effect upon such rights; otherwise, any such variation shall be made only with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the issued Shares of that class, or with the approval of a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders of the Shares of that class. For the avoidance of doubt, the Directors reserve the right, notwithstanding that any such variation may not have a material adverse effect, to obtain consent from the holders of Shares of the relevant class. To any such meeting all the provisions of the Articles relating to general meetings shall apply mutatis mutandis, except that the necessary quorum shall be one person holding or representing by proxy at least one-third of the issued Shares of the class and that any holder of Shares of the class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll.

 

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11.2For the purposes of a separate class meeting, the Directors may treat two or more or all the classes or series of Shares as forming one class or series of Shares if the Directors consider that such class or series of Shares would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration, but in any other case shall treat them as separate classes or series of Shares.
   
11.3The 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 or Shares issued with preferred or other rights.

 

12Commission on Sale of Shares

 

The Company may, in so far as the Statute permits, pay a commission to any person in consideration of that person subscribing or agreeing to subscribe (whether absolutely or conditionally) or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolutely or conditionally) for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash and/or the issue of fully or partly paid-up Shares. The Company may also on any issue of Shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.

 

13Non Recognition of Trusts

 

The Company shall not be bound by or compelled to recognise in any way (even when notified) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by the Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any Share other than an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the holder.

 

14Lien on Shares

 

14.1The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether fully paid-up or not) registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts, liabilities or engagements to or with the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or their estate, either alone or jointly with any other person, whether a Member or not, but the Directors may at any time declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The registration of a transfer of any such Share shall operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien thereon. The Company’s lien on a Share shall also extend to any amount payable in respect of that Share.

 

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14.2The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors think fit, any Shares on which the Company has a lien, if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, and is not paid within 14 clear days after notice has been received or deemed to have been received by the holder of the Shares, or to the person entitled to it in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder, demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold.
   
14.3To give effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The purchaser or their nominee shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer, and they shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall their title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale or the exercise of the Company’s power of sale under the Articles.
   
14.4The net proceeds of such sale after payment of costs, shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable and any balance shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the Shares at the date of the sale.

 

15Call on Shares

 

15.1Subject to the terms of the allotment and issue of any Shares, the Directors may make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares (whether in respect of par value or premium), and each Member shall (subject to receiving at least 14 clear days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on the Shares. A call may be revoked or postponed, in whole or in part, as the Directors may determine. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon them notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made.

 

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15.2A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising such call was passed.
   
15.3The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.
   
15.4If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at such rate as the Directors may determine (and in addition all expenses that have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment), but the Directors may waive payment of the interest or expenses wholly or in part.
   
15.5An amount payable in respect of a Share on issue or allotment or at any fixed date, whether on account of the par value of the Share or premium or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid all the provisions of the Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call.
   
15.6The Directors may issue Shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls, or the interest to be paid.
   
15.7The Directors may, if they think fit, receive an amount from any Member willing to advance all or any part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any Shares held by that Member, and may (until the amount would otherwise become payable) pay interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and the Member paying such amount in advance.
   
15.8No such amount paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such amount to any portion of a Dividend or other distribution payable in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such amount would, but for such payment, become payable.

 

16 Forfeiture of Shares

 

16.1If a call or instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than 14 clear days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and any expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall specify where payment is to be made and shall state that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

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16.2If the notice is not complied with, any Share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors. Such forfeiture shall include all Dividends, other distributions or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture.
   
16.3A forfeited Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited Share is to be transferred to any person the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share in favour of that person.
   
16.4A person any of whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of them and shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the Shares forfeited and shall remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which at the date of forfeiture were payable by that person to the Company in respect of those Shares together with interest at such rate as the Directors may determine, but that person’s liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all monies due and payable by them in respect of those Shares.
   
16.5A certificate in writing under the hand of one Director or Officer that a Share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. The certificate shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer) constitute a good title to the Share and the person to whom the Share is sold or otherwise disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall their 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.
   
16.6The provisions of the 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 par value of the Share or by way of premium as if it had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

17 Transmission of Shares

 

17.1If a Member dies, the survivor or survivors (where they were a joint holder), or their legal personal representatives (where they were a sole holder), shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to the deceased Member’s Shares. The estate of a deceased Member is not thereby released from any liability in respect of any Share, for which the Member was a joint or sole holder.

 

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17.2Any person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may be required by the Directors, elect, by a notice in writing sent by that person to the Company, either to become the holder of such Share or to have some person nominated by them registered as the holder of such Share. If they elect to have another person registered as the holder of such Share they shall sign an instrument of transfer of that Share to that person. The Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before their death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution, as the case may be.

 

17.3A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same Dividends, other distributions and other advantages to which they would be entitled if they were the holder of such Share. However, they shall not, before becoming a Member in respect of a Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to general meetings of the Company and the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered or to have some person nominated by them registered as the holder of the Share (but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before their death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution or any other case than by transfer, as the case may be). If the notice is not complied with within 90 days of being received or deemed to be received (as determined pursuant to the Articles), the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all Dividends, other distributions, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

 

18Amendments of Memorandum and Articles of Association and Alteration of Capital

 

18.1The Company may by Ordinary Resolution:

 

(a)increase its share capital by such sum as the Ordinary Resolution shall prescribe and with such rights, priorities and privileges annexed thereto, as the Company in general meeting may determine;

 

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(b)consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing Shares;
   
(c)convert all or any of its paid-up Shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into paid-up Shares of any denomination;
   
(d)by subdivision of its existing Shares or any of them divide the whole or any part of its share capital into Shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum or into Shares without par value; and
   
(e)cancel any Shares that at the date of the passing of the Ordinary Resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled.

 

18.2All new Shares created in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Article shall be subject to the same provisions of the Articles with reference to the payment of calls, liens, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise as the Shares in the original share capital.
   
18.3Subject to the provisions of the Statute and the provisions of the Articles as regards the matters to be dealt with by Ordinary Resolution, the Company may by Special Resolution:

 

(a)change its name;

 

(b)alter or add to the Articles;

 

(c)alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein; and

 

(d)reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve fund.

 

19Offices and Places of Business

 

Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may by resolution of the Directors change the location of its Registered Office. The Company may, in addition to its Registered Office, maintain such other offices or places of business as the Directors determine.

 

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20General Meetings

 

20.1All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.

 

20.2The Company may, but shall not (unless required by the Statute) be obliged to, in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. Any annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Directors shall appoint. At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented.

 

20.3The Directors or the chairperson of the board of Directors may call general meetings, as they see fit and must do so if required to in accordance with Article 20.4.

 

20.4Upon the written request (General Meeting Request) of Members entitled to exercise 20% or more of the voting rights in respect of the matter for which the meeting is requisitioned, any one or more of the Directors shall forthwith proceed to convene a general meeting of Members within 60 days of receipt of the General Meeting Request (General Meeting Request Period). The General Meeting Request must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the Members requisitioning the meeting. The General Meeting Request must be lodged at the Registered Office and may be delivered in counterpart.

 

20.5Without limitation to the foregoing, if there are insufficient Directors to constitute a quorum and the remaining Directors are unable to agree on the appointment of additional Directors, any one or more Members may call a general meeting for the purpose of considering the business specified in the General Meeting Request which shall include as an item of business the appointment of additional Directors.

 

20.6If the Directors do not within the General Meeting Request Period proceed to convene a meeting of Members to be held within within 21 days of the General Meeting Request Period, the requisitionist, or any of them together holding at least half of the voting rights of all of them, may convene the meeting of Members in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which a meeting of Members may be convened by a Director. Where the requisitionists fail to convene the meeting of Members within three months of their right to convene the meeting arising, the right to convene the meeting of Members shall lapse.

 

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20.7Members seeking to bring business before the annual general meeting or to nominate candidates for appointment as Directors at the annual general meeting must deliver notice to the principal executive offices of the Company not less than 120 calendar days before the date of the Company’s proxy statement released to Members in connection with the previous year’s annual general meeting or, if the Company did not hold an annual general meeting the previous year, or if the date of the current year’s annual general meeting has been changed by more than 30 days from the date of the previous year’s annual general meeting, then the deadline shall be set by the board of Directors with such deadline being a reasonable time before the Company begins to print and send its related proxy materials.

 

21Notice of General Meetings

 

21.1At least 10 clear days’ notice shall be given of any general meeting. Every notice shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be conducted at the general meeting and shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article has been given and whether or not the provisions of the Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed:

 

(a)in the case of an annual general meeting, by all of the Members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting; and
   
(b)in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than 95% in par value of the Shares giving that right.

 

21.2The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non receipt of notice of a general meeting by, any person entitled to receive such notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that general meeting.

 

22Proceedings at General Meetings

 

22.1No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present. The holders of not less than one third of votes attached to the Ordinary Shares being entitled to vote on resolutions of Members to be considered at the meeting, individuals present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy shall be a quorum, except where there is only one Member entitled to vote on resolutions of Members to be considered at the meeting, in which case the quorum shall be one Member.

 

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22.2A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting.
   
22.3A resolution (including a Special Resolution) in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by or on behalf of all of the Members for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings (or, being corporations or other non-natural persons, signed by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held.
   
22.4If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and/or place or to such other day, time and/or place as the Directors may determine, and shall be dissolved if convened upon by requisition of the Members.
   
22.5The Directors may, at any time prior to the time appointed for the meeting to commence, appoint any person to act as chairperson of a general meeting of the Company or, if the Directors do not make any such appointment, the chairperson, if any, of the board of Directors shall preside as chairperson at such general meeting. If there is no such chairperson, or if the person shall not be present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, or is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.
   
22.6If no Director is willing to act as chairperson or if no Director is present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.
   
22.7The chairperson may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting) adjourn the 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.
   
22.8When a general meeting is adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of an adjourned meeting.

 

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22.9A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll.
   
22.10A poll shall be taken as the chairperson directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded.
   
22.11A poll demanded on the election of a chairperson or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such date, time and place as the chairperson of the general meeting directs, and any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded or is contingent thereon may proceed pending the taking of the poll.
   
22.12In the case of an equality of votes the chairperson shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

23Votes of Members

 

23.1Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the restrictions attached to the Series A Preferred Shares set out at Paragraph 3.1 of the Schedule) each Member present in person, by its duly authorised representative or by proxy, shall have one vote and on a poll each Member shall have one vote for every Share of which he is the holder.
   
23.2In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy (or, in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative or proxy), shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the Register of Members.
   
23.3A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court, having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote by their committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person on such Member’s behalf appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other person may vote by proxy.
   
23.4No person shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless they are registered as a Member on the record date for such meeting nor unless all calls or other monies then payable by them in respect of Shares have been paid.

 

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23.5No objection shall be raised as to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting or adjourned general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at the meeting shall be valid. Any objection made in due time in accordance with this Article shall be referred to the chairperson whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

 

23.6Votes may be cast either personally or by proxy (or in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy). A Member may appoint more than one proxy or the same proxy under one or more instruments to attend and vote at a meeting and speak thereat on the Member’s behalf. Where a Member appoints more than one proxy the instrument of proxy shall specify the number of Shares in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise the related votes.
   
23.7A Member holding more than one Ordinary Share need not cast the votes in respect of their Shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a Share or some or all such Shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing the proxy, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which they are appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which they are appointed.

 

24Proxies

 

24.1The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed under the hand of the appointor or of their attorney duly authorised in writing, or, if the appointor is a corporation or other non natural person, under the hand of its duly authorised representative. A proxy need not be a Member.
   
24.2The Directors may, in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, specify the manner by which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited and the place and the time (being not later than the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting to which the proxy relates) at which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited. In the absence of any such direction from the Directors in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited physically at the Registered Office not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the meeting or adjourned meeting to commence at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote.

 

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24.3The chairperson may in any event at their discretion declare that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited. An instrument of proxy that is not deposited in the manner permitted, or which has not been declared to have been duly deposited by the chairperson, shall be invalid.

 

24.4The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form (or such other form as the Directors may approve) and may be expressed to be for a particular meeting or any adjournment thereof or generally until revoked. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the power to demand or join or concur in demanding a poll.
   
24.5Votes given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed, or the transfer of the Share in respect of which the proxy is given unless notice in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer was received by the Company at the Registered Office before the commencement of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting at which it is sought to use the proxy.

 

25Corporate Members

 

25.1Any corporation or other non-natural person which is a Member may in accordance with its constitutional documents, or in the absence of such provision by resolution of its directors or other governing body, authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any 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 they represent as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member.
   
25.2If a Clearing House (or its nominee(s)), being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons as it sees fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members provided that the authorisation shall specify the number and class or series of Shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person so authorised under the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of the facts and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the Clearing House (or its nominee(s)) as if such person was the registered holder of such Shares held by the Clearing House (or its nominee(s)).

 

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26Shares that May Not be Voted

 

Shares in the Company that are beneficially owned by the Company shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding Shares at any given time.

 

27Directors

 

27.1There shall be a board of Directors consisting of not less than two persons (exclusive of alternate Directors) provided however that the Company may by Ordinary Resolution increase or reduce the limits in the number of Directors.
   
27.2Except as the Statute or other Applicable Law may otherwise require, in the interim between annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings called for the appointment of Directors and/or the removal of one or more Directors and the filling of any vacancy in that connection, additional Directors and any vacancies in the board of Directors, including unfilled vacancies resulting from the removal of Directors for cause, may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, although less than a quorum (as defined in the Articles), or by the sole remaining Director. All Directors shall hold office until the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. A Director appointed to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a Director shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the Director whose death, resignation or removal shall have created such vacancy and until their successor shall have been appointed and qualified.

 

28Powers of Directors

 

28.1Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum and the Articles and to any directions given by Special Resolution, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of the Memorandum or Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. A duly convened meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors.
   
28.2All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable or transferable instruments and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed as the case may be in such manner as the Directors shall determine by resolution.

 

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28.3The 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 their surviving spouse, civil partner or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.

 

28.4The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital or any part thereof and to issue debentures, debenture stock, mortgages, bonds and other such securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

 

29Appointment and Removal of Directors

 

29.1The Company may by Ordinary Resolution appoint any person to be a Director or may by Ordinary Resolution remove any Director.
   
29.2A Director may also be removed by notice in writing signed by not less than 75% of the Directors in office.
   
29.3The Directors may appoint any person to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Directors to exceed any number fixed by or in accordance with the Articles as the maximum number of Directors.

 

30Vacation of Office of Director

 

The office of a Director shall be vacated if:

 

(a)the Director gives notice in writing to the Company that they resign the office of Director; or
   
(b)the Director is absent (for the avoidance of doubt, without being represented by proxy or an alternate Director appointed by them) from three consecutive meetings of the board of Directors without special leave of absence from the Directors, and the Directors pass a resolution that they have by reason of such absence vacated office; or
   
(c)the Director dies, becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with their creditors generally; or

 

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(d)the Director is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; or
   
(e)all of the other Directors (being not less than two in number) determine that the Director should be removed as a Director, either by a resolution passed by all of the other Directors at a meeting of the Directors duly convened and held in accordance with the Articles or by a resolution in writing signed by 75% of the other Directors.

 

31Proceedings of Directors

 

31.1The quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed shall be a majority of Directors (and shall be one Director in the event there is only one Director in office). A person who holds office as an alternate Director shall, if their appointor is not present, be counted in the quorum. A Director who also acts as an alternate Director shall, if their appointor is not present, count twice towards the quorum.

 

31.2Subject to the provisions of the Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairperson shall have a second or casting vote. A Director who is also an alternate Director shall be entitled in the absence of their appointor to a separate vote on behalf of their appointor in addition to their own vote.
   
31.3A person may participate in a meeting of the Directors or any committee of Directors by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the same time. Participation by a person in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairperson is located at the start of the meeting.
   
31.4A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of the Directors or, in the case of a resolution in writing relating to the removal of any Director or the vacation of office by any Director, all of the Directors other than the Director who is the subject of such resolution (an alternate Director being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf of their appointor and if such alternate Director is also a Director, being entitled to sign such resolution both on behalf of their appointor and in their capacity as a Director) shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors, or committee of Directors as the case may be, duly convened and held.

 

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31.5A Director or alternate Director may, or other officer of the Company on the direction of a Director or alternate Director shall, call a meeting of the Directors by at least two days’ notice in writing to every Director and alternate Director which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors (or their alternates) either at, before or after the meeting is held. To any such notice of a meeting of the Directors all the provisions of the Articles relating to the giving of notices by the Company to the Members shall apply mutatis mutandis.
   
31.6The continuing Directors (or a sole continuing Director, as the case may be) 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 Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to be equal to such fixed number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.
   
31.7The Directors may elect a chairperson of their board and determine the period for which they are to hold office; but if no such chairperson is elected, or if at any meeting the chairperson is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.
   
31.8All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors (including any person acting as an alternate Director) shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director or alternate Director, and/or that they or any of them were disqualified, and/or had vacated their office and/or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and/or not disqualified to be a Director or alternate Director and/or had not vacated their office and/or had been entitled to vote, as the case may be.
   
31.9A Director but not an alternate Director may be represented at any meetings of the board of Directors by a proxy appointed in writing by that Director. The proxy shall count towards the quorum and the vote of the proxy shall for all purposes be deemed to be that of the appointing Director.

 

32Presumption of Assent

 

A Director or alternate Director who is present at a meeting of the board of Directors at which action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless their dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless they shall file their written dissent from such action with the person acting as the chairperson or secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered post to such person immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director or alternate Director who voted in favour of such action.

 

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33Directors’ Interests

 

33.1A Director or alternate Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of Auditor) in conjunction with their office of Director for such period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Directors may determine.

 

33.2A Director or alternate Director may act on their own or by, through or on behalf of their firm in a professional capacity for the Company and they or their firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if they were not a Director or alternate Director.

 

33.3A Director or alternate Director may be or become a director or other officer of or otherwise interested in any company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder, a contracting party or otherwise, and no such Director or alternate Director shall be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by them as a director or officer of, or from their interest in, such other company.

 

33.4No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or alternate Director or prevented by such office from contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director or alternate Director shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director or alternate Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by or arising in connection with any such contract or transaction by reason of such Director or alternate Director holding office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established. A Director (or their alternate Director in their absence) shall be at liberty to vote in respect of any contract or transaction in which they are interested provided that the nature of the interest of any Director or alternate Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by them at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon.

 

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33.5A general notice that a Director or alternate Director is a shareholder, director, officer or employee of any specified firm or company and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction with such firm or company shall be sufficient disclosure for the purposes of voting on a resolution in respect of a contract or transaction in which they have an interest, and after such general notice it shall not be necessary to give special notice relating to any particular transaction.

 

34Minutes

 

The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose of recording all appointments of officers made by the Directors, all proceedings at meetings of the Company or the holders of any class of Shares and of the Directors, and of committees of the Directors, including the names of the Directors or alternate Directors present at each meeting.

 

35Delegation of Directors’ Powers

 

35.1The Directors may delegate any of their powers, authorities and discretions, including the power to sub-delegate, to any committee consisting of one or more Directors (including, without limitation, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee). They may also delegate to any managing director or any Director holding any other executive office such of their powers, authorities and discretions as they consider desirable to be exercised by that Director, provided that an alternate Director may not act as managing director and the appointment of a managing director shall be revoked forthwith if they cease to be a Director. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such delegation may be revoked or altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee of Directors shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.
   
35.2The Directors may establish any committees, local boards or agencies or appoint any person to be a manager or agent for managing the affairs of the Company and may appoint any person to be a member of such committees, local boards or agencies. Any such appointment may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such appointment may be revoked or altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of any such committee, local board or agency shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

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35.3The Directors may adopt formal written charters for committees as may be required from time to time by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. Each of these committees shall be empowered to do all things necessary to exercise the rights of such committee set forth in the Articles and shall have such powers as the Directors may delegate pursuant to the Articles and as required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. Each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, if established, shall consist of such number of Directors as the Directors shall from time to time determine (or such minimum number as may be required from time to time by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law). For so long as any class or series of Shares is listed on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be made up of such number of Independent Directors as is required from time to time by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law.
   
35.4The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any person to be the agent of the Company on such conditions as the Directors may determine, provided that the delegation is not to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked by the Directors at any time.
   
35.5The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or authorised signatory of the Company for such purpose and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under the Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorneys or authorised signatories as the Directors may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in them.
   
35.6The Directors may appoint such Officers as they consider necessary on such terms, at such remuneration and to perform such duties, and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors may think fit. Unless otherwise specified in the terms of their appointment an Officer may be removed by resolution of the Directors or Members. An Officer may vacate their office at any time if they give notice in writing to the Company that they resign their office.

 

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36Alternate Directors

 

36.1Any Director (but not an alternate Director) may by writing appoint any other Director, or any other person willing to act, to be an alternate Director and by writing may remove from office an alternate Director so appointed by them.
   
36.2An alternate Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of Directors and of all meetings of committees of Directors of which their appointor is a member, to attend and vote at every such meeting at which the Director appointing them is not personally present, to sign any written resolution of the Directors, and generally to perform all the functions of their appointor as a Director in their absence.
   
36.3An alternate Director shall cease to be an alternate Director if their appointor ceases to be a Director.
   
36.4Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be by notice to the Company signed by the Director making or revoking the appointment or in any other manner approved by the Directors.
   
36.5Subject to the provisions of the Articles, an alternate Director shall be deemed for all purposes to be a Director and shall alone be responsible for their own acts and defaults and shall not be deemed to be the agent of the Director appointing them.

 

37No Minimum Shareholding

 

The Company in a general meeting may fix a minimum shareholding required to be held by a Director, but unless and until such a shareholding qualification is fixed a Director is not required to hold Shares.

 

38Remuneration of Directors

 

38.1The remuneration to be paid to the Directors, if any, shall be such remuneration as the Directors shall determine. The Directors shall also be entitled to be paid all travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of Directors or committees of Directors, or general meetings of the Company, or separate meetings of the holders of any class or series of Shares or debentures of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company or the discharge of their duties as a Director, or to receive a fixed allowance in respect thereof as may be determined by the Directors, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other.

 

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38.2The Directors may by resolution approve additional remuneration to any Director for any services which in the opinion of the Directors go beyond that Director’s ordinary routine work as a Director. Any fees paid to a Director who is also counsel, attorney or solicitor to the Company, or otherwise serves it in a professional capacity shall be in addition to their remuneration as a Director.

 

39Seal

 

39.1The Company may, if the Directors so determine, have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used by the authority of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors authorised by the Directors. Every instrument to which the Seal has been affixed shall be signed by at least one person who shall be either a Director or some Officer or other person appointed by the Directors for the purpose.
   
39.2The Company may have for use in any place or places outside the Cayman Islands a duplicate Seal or Seals each of which shall be a facsimile of the common Seal of the Company and, if the Directors so determine, with the addition on its face of the name of every place where it is to be used.
   
39.3A Director or Officer, representative or attorney of the Company may without further authority of the Directors affix the Seal over their signature alone to any document of the Company required to be authenticated by them under seal or to be filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere wheresoever.

 

40Dividends, Distributions and Reserve

 

40.1Subject to the Statute and this Article and except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, the Directors may resolve to pay Dividends and other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the Dividends or other distributions out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. A Dividend shall be deemed to be an interim Dividend unless the terms of the resolution pursuant to which the Directors resolve to pay such Dividend specifically state that such Dividend shall be a final Dividend. No Dividend or other distribution shall be paid except out of the realised or unrealised profits of the Company, out of the share premium account or as otherwise permitted by law.

 

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40.2Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, all Dividends and other distributions shall be paid according to the par value of the Shares that a Member holds. If any Share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank for Dividend as from a particular date, that Share shall rank for Dividend accordingly.
   
40.3The Directors may deduct from any Dividend or other distribution payable to any Member all sums of money (if any) then payable by the Member to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.
   
40.4The Directors may resolve that any Dividend or other distribution be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular (but without limitation) by the distribution of shares, debentures, or securities of any other company or in any one or more of such ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Directors may settle the same as they think expedient and in particular may issue fractional Shares and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Members and may vest any such specific assets in trustees in such manner as may seem expedient to the Directors.
   
40.5Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, Dividends and other distributions may be paid in any currency. The Directors may determine the basis of conversion for any currency conversions that may be required and how any costs involved are to be met.
   
40.6The Directors may, before resolving to pay any Dividend or other distribution, set aside such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Directors, be applicable for any purpose of the Company and pending such application may, at the discretion of the Directors, be employed in the business of the Company.
   
40.7Any Dividend, other distribution, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of Shares may be paid by wire transfer to the holder or by cheque or warrant sent through the post directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the registered address of the holder who is first named on the Register of Members or to such person and to such address as such 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. Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any Dividends, other distributions, bonuses, or other monies payable in respect of the Share held by them as joint holders.

 

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40.8No Dividend or other distribution shall bear interest against the Company.
   
40.9Any Dividend or other distribution which cannot be paid to a Member and/or which remains unclaimed after six months from the date on which such Dividend or other distribution becomes payable may, in the discretion of the Directors, be paid into a separate account in the Company’s name, provided that the Company shall not be constituted as a trustee in respect of that account and the Dividend or other distribution shall remain as a debt due to the Member. Any Dividend or other distribution which remains unclaimed after a period of six years from the date on which such Dividend or other distribution becomes payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company.

 

41Capitalisation

 

The Directors may at any time capitalise any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts or funds (including the share premium account and capital redemption reserve fund) or any sum standing to the credit of the profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution; appropriate such sum to Members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst such Members had the same been a distribution of profits by way of Dividend or other distribution; and apply such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued Shares for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid-up to and amongst them in the proportion aforesaid. In such event the Directors shall do all acts and things required to give effect to such capitalisation, with full power given to the Directors to make such provisions as they think fit in the case of Shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrue to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Directors may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all of the Members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental or relating thereto and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all such Members and the Company.

 

42Books of Account

 

42.1The Directors shall cause proper books of account (including, where applicable, material underlying documentation including contracts and invoices) to be kept with respect to all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place, all sales and purchases of goods by the Company and the assets and liabilities of the Company. Such books of account must be retained for a minimum period of five years from the date on which they are prepared. Proper books shall not be deemed to be kept if there are not kept such books of account as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions.

 

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42.2The Directors shall 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 Statute or authorised by the Directors or by the Company in general meeting.
   
42.3The Directors may cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts as may be required by law.

 

43Audit

 

43.1The Directors may appoint an Auditor of the Company who shall hold office on such terms as the Directors determine.

 

43.2Without prejudice to the freedom of the Directors to establish any other committee, if the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, and if required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Directors shall establish and maintain an Audit Committee as a committee of the Directors and shall adopt a formal written Audit Committee charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis. The composition and responsibilities of the Audit Committee shall comply with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. If the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and shall utilise the Audit Committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest.
   
43.3The remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the Audit Committee (if one exists).
   
43.4If the office of Auditor becomes vacant by resignation or death of the Auditor, or by their becoming incapable of acting by reason of illness or other disability at a time when their services are required, the Directors shall fill the vacancy and determine the remuneration of such Auditor.

 

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43.5Every Auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and Officers such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the Auditor.

 

43.6Auditors shall, if so required by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an ordinary company, and at the next extraordinary general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an exempted company, and at any other time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of the Members.

 

43.7At least one member of the Audit Committee shall be an “audit committee financial expert” as determined by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. The “audit committee financial expert” shall have such past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or any other comparable experience or background which results in the individual’s financial sophistication.

 

44Notices

 

44.1Notices shall be in writing and may be given by the Company to any Member either personally or by sending it by courier, post, telex, fax or email to such Member or to such Member’s address as shown in the Register of Members (or where the notice is given by email by sending it to the email address provided by such Member). Notice may also be served by Electronic Communication in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or by placing it on the Company’s Website.

 

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44.2Where a notice is sent by:

 

(a)courier; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by delivery of the notice to a courier company, and shall be deemed to have been received on the third day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays) following the day on which the notice was delivered to the courier;

 

(b)post; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre paying and posting a letter containing the notice, and shall be deemed to have been received on the fifth day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays in the Cayman Islands) following the day on which the notice was posted;
   
(c)telex or fax; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing and sending such notice and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was transmitted;
   
(d)email or other Electronic Communication; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting the email to the email address provided by the intended recipient and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was sent, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the email to be acknowledged by the recipient; and
   
(e)placing it on the Company’s Website; service of the notice shall be deemed to have been effected one hour after the notice or document was placed on the Company’s Website.

 

44.3A notice may be given by the Company to the person or persons which the Company has been advised are entitled to a Share or Shares in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member in the same manner as other notices which are required to be given under the Articles and shall be 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 supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or at the option of the Company by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred.
   
44.4Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner authorised by the Articles to every holder of Shares carrying an entitlement to receive such notice on the record date for such meeting except that in the case of joint holders the notice shall be sufficient if given to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members and every person upon whom the ownership of a Share devolves because they are a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy of a Member where the Member but for their death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting, and no other person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.

 

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45Winding Up

 

45.1If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in satisfaction of creditors’ claims in such manner and order as such liquidator thinks fit. Subject to the rights attaching to any Shares, in a winding up:

 

(a)if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the Company’s issued share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them; or

 

(b)if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the Company’s issued share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up subject to a deduction from those Shares in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to the Company for unpaid calls or otherwise.

 

45.2If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, subject to the rights attaching to any Shares and with the approval of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other approval required by the Statute, divide amongst the Members in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether such assets shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like approval, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator, with the like approval, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability.

 

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46Indemnity and Insurance

 

46.1Every Director and Officer (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include auditors of the Company), together with every former Director and former Officer (each an Indemnified Person) shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any liability, action, proceeding, claim, demand, costs, damages or expenses, including legal expenses, whatsoever which they or any of them may incur as a result of any act or failure to act in carrying out their functions other than such liability (if any) that they may incur by reason of their own actual fraud, wilful neglect or wilful default. No Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage incurred by the Company as a result (whether direct or indirect) of the carrying out of their functions unless that liability arises through the actual fraud, wilful neglect or wilful default of such Indemnified Person. No person shall be found to have committed actual fraud, wilful neglect or wilful default under this Article unless or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have made a finding to that effect.

 

46.2The Company shall advance to each Indemnified Person reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defence of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnified Person for which indemnity will or could be sought. In connection with any advance of any expenses hereunder, the Indemnified Person shall execute an undertaking to repay the advanced amount to the Company if it shall be determined by final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article. If it shall be determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses, then such party shall not be indemnified with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses and any advancement shall be returned to the Company (without interest) by the Indemnified Person.
   
46.3The Directors, on behalf of the Company, may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any Director or Officer against any liability which, by virtue of any rule of law, would otherwise attach to such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such person may be guilty in relation to the Company.

 

47Financial Year

 

Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on 31st July in each year and, following the year of incorporation, shall begin on 1st Augustin each year.

 

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48Transfer by Way of Continuation

 

If the Company is exempted as defined in the Statute, it shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute and with the approval of a Special Resolution, have the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

 

49Mergers and Consolidations

 

The Company shall have the power to merge or consolidate with one or more other constituent companies (as defined in the Statute) upon such terms as the Directors may determine and (to the extent required by the Statute) with the approval of a Special Resolution.

 

50Exclusive Jurisdiction and Forum

 

50.1Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with the Memorandum, the Articles or otherwise related in any way to each Member’s shareholding in the Company, including but not limited to:

 

(a)any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company;
   
(b)any action asserting a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any current or former Director, Officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Members;
   
(c)any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Statute, the Memorandum or the Articles; or
   
(d)any action asserting a claim against the Company governed by the “Internal Affairs Doctrine” (as such concept is recognised under the laws of the United States of America).

 

50.2Each Member irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over all such claims or disputes.
   
50.3Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that the Company may have, each Member acknowledges that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum and that accordingly the Company shall be entitled, without proof of special damages, to the remedies of injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum.
   
50.4This Article 50 shall not apply to any action or suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are, as a matter of the laws of the United States, the sole and exclusive forum for determination of such a claim.

 

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Schedule to Articles of Association

 

Schedule - Series A Preferred Shares

 

For and as long as there are Series A Preferred Shares issued and outstanding in the capital of the Company, the rights, restrictions and limitations set out in the following provisions of this Schedule shall apply to such Series A Preferred Shares.

 

1Interpretation

 

1.1In this Schedule unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith:

 

“Affiliate”

  means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
     

Beneficial Ownership Limitation

 

 

means 9.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately following the closing of the Business Combination.

     
Business Day  

means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or Cayman Islands are authorised or required by law or other governmental action to close.

     
Closing Date”  

has the meaning given in the Merger and Contribution Agreement.

 

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Commission  

means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

     

“Conversion Amount”

  means the sum of the Stated Value at issue.
     

“Conversion Date”

 

has the meaning given in Paragraph 4.1.

 

     

Conversion Price

 

has the meaning given in Paragraph 4.2.

 

     

“Conversion Shares”

 

means, collectively, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms of these Articles.

     

Fundamental Transaction

  has the meaning given in Paragraph 5.4.
     
“Notice of Conversion”  

has the meaning given in Paragraph 4.1.

     

“Ordinary Share Equivalents”

 

  means any securities of the Company which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Ordinary Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred shares, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Ordinary Shares.
     

“Original Issue Date”

 

means the date of the first issuance of any Series A Preferred Shares regardless of the number of transfers of any particular Series A Preferred Shares and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Series A Preferred Shares.

     
“Person”  

means an individual or company, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

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“Series A Preferred Shares”

 

means the series A convertible preferred shares of $0.001 par value each.

     

“Series A Preferred Shareholder”

 

means a holder of Series A Preferred Shares.

     

“Share Delivery Date”

 

 

has the meaning given in Paragraph 4.3.

 

“Standard Settlement Period”

 

means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Ordinary Shares as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Conversion.

     
“Stated Value”  

means in respect of the Series A Preferred Shares, $1,000.

     

“Successor Entity”

  has the meaning given in Paragraph 5.4.
     
“Trading Day”  

means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.

     

“Trading Market”

 

means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the NYSE MKT or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

     

“Transfer Agent”

 

means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10004-1561 and an email address of cstmail@continentalstock.com and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

     
“VWAP”   means the volume-weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares for the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of Conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares, as reported by the principal Trading Market.

 

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2.Designation of Series A Preferred Shares

 

2.1Out of the 50,000,000 Preferred Shares authorised under this Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association, 6,000 Preferred Shares are hereby designated as Series A Preferred Shares. Each Series A Preferred Share shall have the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in this Schedule.

 

3.Rights of Series A Preferred shares

 

3.1Except as otherwise provided in these Articles or as otherwise required by law, the Series A Preferred Shares shall have no voting rights. However, as long as any shares of Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Company shall not, whether by amendment, merger, or any other means, without the affirmative consent of the Series A Preferred Shareholders of a majority of the then outstanding Preferred Shares:

 

(a)alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights attached to the Series A Preferred Shares;
   
(b)amend its certificate of incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that adversely affects any rights of the Series A Preferred Shareholders;
   
(c)increase the number of Series A Preferred Shares which the Company may issue;
   
(d)enter into or consummate any Fundamental Transaction; or
   
(e)enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

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3.2For the purposes of Paragraph 3.1, the affirmative consent of the Series A Preferred Shareholders shall be given by either:

 

(f)a written resolution of the Series A Preferred Shareholders, signed by a majority of the Series A Preferred Shareholders; or
   
(g)at a duly convened meeting of Members, by a majority of Series A Preferred Shareholders who are present.

 

3.3Except for Dividends or distributions for which adjustments are to be made pursuant to Paragraph 5.1 of this Schedule, Series A Preferred Shareholders shall be entitled to receive, and the Company shall pay, dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Shares equal (on an as-if-converted-to-Ordinary-Share basis, without regard to conversion limitations herein) to and in the same form as dividends actually paid on shares of the Ordinary Shares when, as and if such dividends are paid the Ordinary Shares. No other dividends shall be paid on the Series A Preferred Shares. The Company shall not pay any Dividends on the Ordinary Shares unless the Company simultaneously complies with this provision.
  
3.4Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary (Liquidation), the Series A Preferred Shareholders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets, whether capital or surplus, of the Company the same amount that a holder of Ordinary Shares would receive if the Series A Preferred Shares were fully converted (disregarding for such purposes any conversion limitations hereunder) to Ordinary Shares which amounts shall be paid pari passu with all holders of Ordinary Shares. The Company shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each holder of Preferred shares.

 

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4.Conversion of Series A Preferred Shares

 

4.1Each Series A Preferred Share shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time, from and after the Original Issue Date at the option of the Series A Preferred Shareholder thereof, into that number of Ordinary Shares (subject to the limitations set forth in Paragraph 4.11) determined by dividing the Stated Value of such Series A Preferred Share by the Conversion Price. Series A Preferred Shareholders shall effect conversions by providing the Company with the form of conversion notice agreed between the Company and Series A Preferred Shareholder (a Notice of Conversion). Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of Series A Preferred Shares to be converted, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Shares owned prior to the conversion at issue, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Shares owned subsequent to the conversion at issue and the date on which such conversion is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the applicable Series A Preferred Shareholder delivers by facsimile such Notice of Conversion to the Company (such date, the Conversion Date). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Company is deemed delivered hereunder. A wet-ink original Notice of Conversion shall not be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarisation) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of Series A Preferred Shares, a Series A Preferred Shareholder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing the Series A Preferred Shares to the Company unless all of the Series A Preferred Shares represented thereby are so converted, in which case such Series A Preferred Shareholder shall deliver the certificate representing such Series A Preferred Shares promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. Series A Preferred shares converted into Ordinary Shares or redeemed in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued.
  
4.2The conversion price for the Series A Preferred Shares shall be equal to 85% of the VWAP of the Ordinary Shares (which is a 15% discount to the VWAP) immediately preceding the Conversion Date, subject to adjustment herein (the Conversion Price).
  
4.3Not later than the earlier of two (2) Trading Days and the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period each Conversion Date (the Share Delivery Date), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Series A Preferred Shareholder:

 

(a)the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares, which Conversion Shares shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions; and
   
(b)a bank cheque in the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends, if any.

 

4.4The Company shall use its best efforts to deliver the Conversion Shares required to be delivered by the Company under this Paragraph 4 electronically through the Depository Trust Company (DTC), or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Conversion delivered by 12:00 pm on the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver the Conversion Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 pm on the Closing Date.

 

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4.5If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Series A Preferred Shareholder by the Share Delivery Date, the Series A Preferred Shareholder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Series A Preferred Shareholder any original Series A Preferred Share certificate(s) delivered to the Company and the Series A Preferred Shareholder shall promptly return to the Company, the Conversion Shares issued to such Series A Preferred Shareholder pursuant to the rescinded Notice of Conversion.
  
4.6The Company’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Series A Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms of these Articles are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Series A Preferred Shareholder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Series A Preferred Shareholder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Series A Preferred Shareholder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to such Series A Preferred Shareholder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action that the Company may have against such Series A Preferred Shareholder. If the Company fails to deliver to a Series A Preferred Shareholder such Conversion Shares pursuant to Paragraph 4.3 by the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion, then, subject to the Company’s right to cure within two (2) Trading Days following written notice from such Series A Preferred Shareholder, the Company shall pay to such Series A Preferred Shareholder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $10.00 of Stated Value of Series A Preferred Shares being converted, $0.50 per Trading Day for each Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or Series A Preferred Shareholder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Series A Preferred Shareholder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein, and such Series A Preferred Shareholder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

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4.7In addition to any other rights available to the Series A Preferred Shareholder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to a Series A Preferred Shareholder the applicable Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Paragraph 4.1, and if after such Share Delivery Date such Series A Preferred Shareholder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Series A Preferred Shareholder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Ordinary Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Series A Preferred Shareholder of the Conversion Shares which such Series A Preferred Shareholder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date, then the Company shall have two (2) Trading Days following written notice from the Series A Preferred Shareholder to cure such failure. If the Company does not cure within such period, it shall (A) pay in cash to such Series A Preferred Shareholder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by such Series A Preferred Shareholder) the amount, if any, by which (x) such Series A Preferred Shareholder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Ordinary Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that such Series A Preferred Shareholder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of such Series A Preferred Shareholder, either reissue (if surrendered) Series A Preferred Shares equal to the number of Series A Preferred Shares submitted for conversion (in which case, such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to such Series A Preferred Shareholder the number of shares of Ordinary Shares that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Paragraph 4.3.

 

4.8The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorised and unissued Ordinary Shares (for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares in accordance with these Articles), free from pre-emption rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Series A Preferred Shareholder (and the other holders of the Series A Preferred Shares), not less than such aggregate number of Ordinary Shares as shall be issuable upon the conversion of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Shares.
  
4.9No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares. As to any fraction of a share which the Series A Preferred Shareholder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.
  
4.10The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be made without charge to any Series A Preferred Shareholder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Series A Preferred Shareholders of such shares of Series A Preferred Shares and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion and all fees to the DTC (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.

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4.11Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall not effect any conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares, and a Series A Preferred Shareholder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Series A Preferred Shares, to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, such Series A Preferred Shareholder (together with such Series A Preferred Shareholder’s Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with such Series A Preferred Shareholder or any of such Series A Preferred Shareholder’s Affiliates (such Persons, Attribution Parties)) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Series A Preferred Shareholder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Ordinary Shares which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Stated Value of Series A Preferred Shares beneficially owned by such Series A Preferred Shareholder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, the Series A Preferred Shares) beneficially owned by such Series A Preferred Shareholder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Paragraph 4.11, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Paragraph 4.11 applies, the determination of whether the Series A Preferred Shares are convertible (in relation to other securities owned by such Series A Preferred Shareholder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of how many shares of Series A Preferred Shares are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of such Series A Preferred Shareholder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be such Series A Preferred Shareholder’s determination of whether the shares of Series A Preferred Shares may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by such Series A Preferred Shareholder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and how many Series A Preferred Shares are convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, each Series A Preferred Shareholder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such conversion will not violate the restrictions set forth in this Paragraph 4.11 and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such representation. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Paragraph 4.11, in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, a Series A Preferred Shareholder may rely solely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as stated in a written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request (which may be via email) of a Series A Preferred Shareholder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to such Series A Preferred Shareholder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the Series A Preferred Shares, by such Series A Preferred Shareholder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of Ordinary Shares was reported. The provisions of this Paragraph 4.11 shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Paragraph 4.11 to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of Series A Preferred Shares.

 

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5.Certain Adjustments to Series A Preferred Shares

 

5.1If the Company, at any time while the Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding: (i) pays a dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in respect of Ordinary Shares or any other Ordinary Share Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Ordinary Shares issued by the Company upon conversion of, or payment of a dividend on, the Series A Preferred Shares), (ii) subdivides outstanding Ordinary Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse share split, or share consolidation) outstanding Ordinary Shares into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of Ordinary Shares, any shares of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Paragraph 5.1 shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of Members entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
  
5.2In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Paragraph 5.1, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Ordinary Share Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of Ordinary Shares (the Purchase Rights), then the Series A Preferred Shareholder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Series A Preferred Shareholder could have acquired if the Series A Preferred Shareholder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete conversion of such Series A Preferred Shareholder’s Series A Preferred Shares (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Series A Preferred Shareholder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Series A Preferred Shareholder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Series A Preferred Shareholder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Ordinary Shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Series A Preferred Shareholder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Series A Preferred Shareholder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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5.3During such time as the Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding, if the Company declares or makes any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Ordinary Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a Distribution), at any time after the issuance of Series A Preferred Shares, then, in each such case, the Series A Preferred Shareholder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Series A Preferred Shareholder would have participated therein if the Series A Preferred Shareholder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Series A Preferred Shareholder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Series A Preferred Shareholder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Series A Preferred Shareholder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Ordinary Shares as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Series A Preferred Shareholder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Series A Preferred Shareholder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

5.4If, at any time while any Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding:

 

(a)the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person;
   
(b)the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions;
   
(c)any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Ordinary Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Ordinary Shares;
   
(d)the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganisation or recapitalisation of the Ordinary Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Ordinary Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property; or
   
(e)the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganisation, recapitalisation, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (not including any Ordinary Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a Fundamental Transaction),

 

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then, upon any subsequent conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares by the Series A Preferred Shareholder thereof, the Series A Preferred Shareholder shall receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Paragraph 4.11 on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares), the number of ordinary shares (as applicable) of the successor or acquiring corporation or the number of Ordinary Shares (as applicable), if it is the surviving corporation, and all additional securities (equity or debt), cash, property or other consideration (all such additional consideration, the Alternate Consideration), receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Ordinary Shares for which such Series A Preferred Shareholder’s Series A Preferred Shares are convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Paragraph 4.11 on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Ordinary Share in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Ordinary Shares are entitled to elect the proportion of securities, cash, property or other consideration to be received by holders of Ordinary Shares in a Fundamental Transaction, then each Series A Preferred Shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares shall be given the same choice as to the proportion of securities, cash, property or other consideration such Series A Preferred Shareholder is entitled to receive upon any conversion of such Series A Preferred Shareholder’s shares of Series A Preferred Shares following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new certificate of designations in respect of a new series of preferred shares of the successor or acquiring corporation, or the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, setting forth the same rights, preferences, privileges and other terms contained in this certificate of designations in respect of the Series A Preferred Shares, including, without limitation, the provisions contained in this Paragraph 5.4 and evidencing, among other things, the Series A Preferred Shareholders’ right to convert such new preferred shares into Alternate Consideration. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the Successor Entity) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Paragraph 5.4 pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Series A Preferred Shareholder and approved by the Series A Preferred Shareholder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of a Series A Preferred Shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares, deliver to such Series A Preferred Shareholder in exchange for such Series A Preferred Shareholder’s Series A Preferred Shares a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Series A Preferred Shares which are convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital shares of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Ordinary Shares acquirable and receivable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of capital shares (but taking into account the relative value of the Ordinary Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of the Series A Preferred Shares immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Series A Preferred Shareholder(s) thereof. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. For the avoidance of doubt, if, at any time while any shares of Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding, a Fundamental Transaction occurs, pursuant to the terms of this Paragraph 5.4, a Series A Preferred Shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction in respect of such Series A Preferred Shareholder’s shares of Series A Preferred Shares, except as provided for in these Articles (or any certificate of designations in respect of a new series of preferred shares issued to the Series A Preferred Shareholders of Series A Preferred Shares as contemplated hereby).

 

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5.5All calculations under this Paragraph 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Paragraph 5, the number of Ordinary Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.
  
5.6Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Paragraph 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Series A Preferred Shareholder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
  
5.7If:

 

(a)the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Ordinary Shares;
   
(b)the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Ordinary Shares;
   
(c)the Company shall authorise the granting to all holders of the Ordinary Shares, rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of any class or of any rights;
   
(d)the approval of any Members of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of Ordinary Shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Ordinary Shares are converted into other securities, cash or property; or
   
(e)the Company shall authorise the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company,

 

then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares, and shall cause to be delivered to each Series A Preferred Shareholder at its last address as it shall appear upon the register of members of the Company, at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating:

 

(i)the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Ordinary Shares to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined; or
   
(ii)the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Ordinary Shares shall be entitled to exchange their Ordinary Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.

 

5.8To the extent that any notice provided under Paragraph 5.7 constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a current report on Form 6-K. The Series A Preferred Shareholder shall remain entitled to convert the Conversion Amount of the Series A Preferred Shares (or any part hereof) during the 15-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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6.Miscellaneous

 

6.1Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Series A Preferred Shareholders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, email address or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company at:

 

Address:

Black Titan Corporation

Level 8, Unit 802, The Bousteador

10 Jalan PJU 7/6

Mutiara Damansara

47800 Petaling Jaya

Selangor Darul Ehsan

Malaysia Attention: Brynner Chiam

 

Email address: bchiam@titanpharm.com

 

or such other facsimile number or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Series A Preferred Shareholders delivered in accordance with this Paragraph 6.1. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, by email attachment or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Series A Preferred Shareholder at the facsimile number, email address or address of such Series A Preferred Shareholder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number, email address or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Series A Preferred Shareholder. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email attachment at the facsimile number or email address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email attachment at the facsimile number or email address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the Person to whom such notice is required to be given. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Schedule, where this Schedule provides for notice of any event to a Series A Preferred Shareholder, if the Series A Preferred Shares are held in global form by DTC (or any successor depositary), such notice may be delivered via DTC (or such successor depositary) pursuant to the procedures of DTC (or such successor depositary).

 

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6.2Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Schedule shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay liquidated damages and accrued dividends, as applicable, on the shares of Series A Preferred Shares at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
  
6.3If a Series A Preferred Shareholder’s share certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the Series A Preferred Shares so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
  
6.4If any shares of Series A Preferred Shares shall be converted, redeemed or reacquired by the Company, such shares shall resume the status of authorised but unissued shares of preferred shares and shall no longer be designated as Series A Preferred Shares.

 

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