COMPANY NO. 8568957

COMPANIES ACT 2006

A PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

JUST RETIREMENT GROUP PLC

(adopted by a special resolution passed on 10 May 2022)

PRELIMINARY

The regulations in the Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008 as in force at the date of incorporation of the Company shall not apply to the Company. None of the regulations in the model articles for public companies set out in Schedule 3 to the Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008 (or any amendments thereto) shall apply to the Company. Model articles

2. In these Articles, except where the subject or context otherwise requires: Definitions

Act means the Companies Act 2006 including any modification or re-enactment of it for the time being in force;

Articles means these articles of association as altered from time to time by special resolution;

auditors means the auditors of the Company;

the board means the directors or any of them acting as the board of directors of the Company;

certificated share means a share in the capital of the Company that is not an uncertificated share and references in these Articles to a share being held in certificated form shall be construed accordingly;

clear days in relation to the sending of a notice means the period excluding the day on which a notice is given or deemed to be given and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect;

combined physical and electronic general meeting means a general meeting held or conducted at one or more physical venues in such a way that allows persons who may not be physically present together to communicate with each other any information or opinions they may have on any particular item of business of the meeting;

Company means Just Retirement Group plc;

director means a director of the Company;

dividend means dividend or bonus;

entitled by transmission means, in relation to a share in the capital of the Company, entitled as a consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder or otherwise by operation of law;

holder in relation to a share in the capital of the Company means the member whose name is entered in the register as the holder of that share;

member means a member of the Company;

office means the registered office of the Company;

Ordinary Shares means the ordinary shares of £0.10 nominal value each in the share capital of the Company;

Ordinary Shareholder means any person entered in the register of members of the Company as the holder for the time being of any Ordinary Shares;

paid means paid or credited as paid;

physical general meeting means a general meeting held or conducted at one or more physical venues (at which facilities are not available to allow for persons who are not at such physical venue to attend or participate in the meeting electronically);

Preference Dividend has the meaning given to it in Article 23;

Preference Dividend Payment Date has the meaning given to it in Article 23;

Preference Shares means the preference shares of £1.00 nominal value each in the share capital of the Company;

Preference Shareholder means any person entered in the register of members of the Company as the holder for the time being of any Preference Shares;

recognised person means a recognised clearing house or a nominee of a recognised clearing house or of a recognised investment exchange, each of which terms has the meaning given to it by section 778 of the Act;

register means either or both of the issuer register of members and the Operator register of members of the Company;

Regulations means the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 including any modification or re-enactment of them for the time being in force;

seal means the common seal of the Company and includes any official seal kept by the Company by virtue of section 49 or 50 of the Act;

secretary means the secretary of the Company and includes a joint, assistant, deputy or temporary secretary and any other person appointed to perform the duties of the secretary;

uncertificated share means (subject to Regulation 42(11)(a) of the Regulations) a share in the capital of the Company title to which is recorded on the Operator register of members of the Company and which may, by virtue of the Regulations, be transferred by means of a relevant system and references in these Articles to a share being held in uncertificated form shall be construed accordingly; and

United Kingdom means Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Where, in relation to a share, these Articles refer to a relevant system, the reference is to the relevant system in which that share is a participating security at the relevant time. Construction

References to a document or information being sent, supplied or given to or by a person mean such document or information, or a copy of such document or information, being sent, supplied, given, delivered, issued or made available to or by, or served on or by, or deposited with or by that person by any method authorised by these Articles, and sending, supplying and giving shall be construed accordingly.

References to writing mean the representation or reproduction of words, symbols or other information in a visible form by any method or combination of methods, whether in electronic form or otherwise, and written shall be construed accordingly.

References to a person who is attending or participating in a meeting electronically are to a person whose attendance or participation at that meeting is enabled by a facility or facilities (whether electronic or otherwise), other than physical presence at a general meeting, which allows persons who may not be physically present together to communicate with each other any information or opinions they may have on any particular item of business of the meeting; electronic attendance and participation shall be construed accordingly.

References to attendance in person include electronic attendance.

Words denoting the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; words denoting the masculine gender include the feminine gender; and words denoting persons include corporations.

Words or expressions contained in these Articles which are not defined in Article 2 but are defined in the Act have the same meaning as in the Act (but excluding any modification of the Act not in force at the date these Articles took effect) unless inconsistent with the subject or context.

Words or expressions contained in these Articles which are not defined in Article 2 but are defined in the Regulations have the same meaning as in the Regulations (but excluding any modification of the Regulations not in force at the date of adoption of these Articles) unless inconsistent with the subject or context.

Subject to the preceding two paragraphs, references to any provision of any enactment or of any subordinate legislation (as defined by section 21(1) of the Interpretation Act 1978) include any modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force.

Headings and marginal notes are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the construction of these Articles.

In these Articles, (a) powers of delegation shall not be restrictively construed but the widest interpretation shall be given to them; (b) the word board in the context of the exercise of any power contained in these Articles includes any committee consisting of one or more directors, any director, any other officer of the Company and any local or divisional board, manager or agent of the Company to which or, as the case may be, to whom the power in question has been delegated; (c) no power of delegation shall be limited by the existence or, except where expressly provided by the terms of delegation, the exercise of that or any other power of delegation; and (d) except where expressly provided by the terms of delegation, the delegation of a power shall not exclude the concurrent exercise of that power by any other body or person who is for the time being authorised to exercise it under these Articles or under another delegation of the power.

SHARE CAPITAL AND LIMITED LIABILITY

Unless the context requires otherwise, references in these Articles to shares of a particular class shall include shares created and/or issued after the date of adoption of these Articles and ranking pari passu in all respects (or in all respects except only as to the date from which those shares rank for dividend) with the shares of the relevant class then in issue. Share capital

Right to attend and vote at general meetings

Each Ordinary Share entitles the holder of that Ordinary Share to receive notice of, attend, speak and vote at any general meeting of the Company.
[This Article has been deleted.]The Preference Shares do not carry any rights to receive notice of, attend, speak or vote at any general meeting of the Company.
The liability of the members is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares held by them. Limited liability
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing shares or class of shares, any share may be issued with Shares with special rights

such rights or restrictions as the Company may by ordinary resolution determine or, subject to and in default of such determination, as the board shall determine.

The board may issue share warrants to bearer in respect of any fully paid shares under a seal of the Company or in any other manner authorised by the board. Any share while represented by such a warrant shall be transferable by delivery of the warrant relating to it. In any case in which a warrant is so issued, the board may provide for the payment of dividends or other moneys on the shares represented by the warrant by coupons or otherwise. The board may decide, either generally or in any particular case or cases, that any signature on a warrant may be applied by electronic or mechanical means or printed on it or that the warrant need not be signed by any person. Share warrants to bearer

Conditions of	10. The board may determine, and from time to time vary, the conditions on
issue of share warrants	which share warrants to bearer shall be issued and, in particular, the conditions on
	which:

(a) a new warrant or coupon shall be issued in place of one worn-out, defaced, lost or destroyed (but no new warrant shall be issued unless the Company is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the original has been destroyed); or
(b) the bearer shall be entitled to attend and vote at general meetings; or
(c) a warrant may be surrendered and the name of the bearer entered in the register in respect of the shares specified in the warrant.

The bearer of such a warrant shall be subject to the conditions for the time being in force in relation to the warrant, whether made before or after the issue of the warrant. Subject to those conditions and to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the bearer shall be deemed to be a member of the Company and shall have the same rights and privileges as the bearerhe would have if the bearer'shis name had been included in the register as the holder of the shares comprised in the warrant.

1. The Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise any right in respect of the share represented by a share warrant other than the bearer's absolute right to the warrant. No right in relation to share
1. Subject to the provisions of the Regulations, the board may permit the holding of shares in any class of shares in uncertificated form and the transfer of title to shares in that class by means of a relevant system and may determine that any class of shares shall cease to be a participating security. Uncertificated shares
1. Shares in the capital of the Company that fall within a certain class shall not form a separate class of shares from other shares in that class because any share in that class: Not separate class of shares
2. (a) is held in uncertificated form; or
3. (b) is permitted in accordance with the Regulations to become a participating security.

Exercise of Company's entitlements in respect of uncertificated share

Where any class of shares is a participating security and the Company is entitled under any provision of the Companies Acts, the Regulations or these Articles to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, forfeit, re-allot, accept the surrender of, or otherwise enforce a lien over, a share held in uncertificated form, the Company shall be entitled, subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the Regulations, these Articles and the facilities and requirements of the relevant system:
(a) to require the holder of that uncertificated share by notice to change that share into certificated form within the period specified in the notice and to hold that share in certificated form so long as required by the Company;
(b) to require the holder of that uncertificated share by notice to give any instructions necessary to transfer title to that share by means of the relevant system within the period specified in the notice;
(c) to require the holder of that uncertificated share by notice to appoint any person to take any step, including without limitation the giving of any instructions by means of the relevant system, necessary to transfer that share within the period specified in the notice;
(d) to require the Operator to convert that uncertificated share into certificated form in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Regulations; and
(e) to take any action that the board considers appropriate to achieve the sale, transfer, disposal, forfeiture, re-allotment or surrender of that share, or otherwise to enforce a lien in respect of that share.
1. The board has general and unconditional authority to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount equal to the section 551 amount, for each prescribed period. Section 551 authority
1. The board is empowered for each prescribed period to allot equity securities for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Article 15 as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that its power shall be limited to: Section 561 disapplication
2. (a) the allotment of equity securities in connection with a pre-emptive issue; and
3. (b) the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to Article 16(a)) of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount equal to the section 561 amount.

This Article applies in relation to a sale of shares which is an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Act as if in this Article the words "pursuant to the authority conferred by Article 15" were omitted.

The Company may make an offer or agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted, or rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares to be granted, after an authority given pursuant to Article 15 or a power given pursuant to Article 16 has expired. The board may allot shares, or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares, in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the Allotment after expiry

authority or power pursuant to which that offer or agreement was made had not expired.

In this Article and Articles 15, 16 and 17: Definitions

prescribed period means any period for which the authority conferred by Article 15 is given by ordinary or special resolution stating the section 551 amount and/or the power conferred by Article 16 is given by special resolution stating the section 561 amount;

pre-emptive issue means an offer of equity securities to ordinary shareholders or an invitation to ordinary shareholders to apply to subscribe for equity securities and, if in accordance with their rights the board so determines, holders of other equity securities of any class (whether by way of rights issue, open offer or otherwise) where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of ordinary shareholders or holders of other equity securities, if applicable, are proportionate (as nearly as practicable) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares or other equity securities, as the case may be, held by them, but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the board may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or any legal, regulatory or practical problems under the laws or regulations of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange;

section 551 amount means, for any prescribed period, the amount stated as such in the relevant ordinary or special resolution; and

section 561 amount means, for any prescribed period, the amount stated as such in the relevant special resolution.

Residual allotment powers

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts relating to authority, preemption rights or otherwise and of any resolution of the Company in general meeting passed pursuant to those provisions, and, in the case of redeemable shares, the provisions of Article 20:
(a) all shares for the time being in the capital of the Company shall be at the disposal of the board; and
(b) the board may reclassify, allot (with or without conferring a right of renunciation), grant options over, or otherwise dispose of them to such persons on such terms and conditions and at such times as it thinks fit.
1. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing shares or class of shares, shares may be issued which are to be redeemed or are to be liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the holder. The board may determine the terms, conditions and manner of redemption of shares provided that it does so before the shares are allotted. Redeemable shares
1. The Company may exercise all powers of paying commissions or brokerage conferred or permitted by the Companies Acts. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, any such commission or brokerage may be satisfied by the payment Commissions

of cash or by the allotment of fully or partly paid shares or partly in one way and partly in the other.

Trusts not recognised 22. Except as required by law, the Company shall recognise no person as holding any share on any trust and (except as otherwise provided by these Articles or by law) the Company shall not be bound by or recognise any interest in any share (or in any fractional part of a share) except the holder's absolute right to the entirety of the share (or fractional part of the share).

PREFERENCE SHARES

Dividends

[This Article has been deleted.]The Company shall, without resolution of the board or the Company in a general meeting and before any application of any profits to reserve or for any other purpose (including paying any dividend in respect of the Ordinary Shares), pay in respect of each Preference Share a fixed cumulative preferential dividend at the rate of 15 per cent per annum of the nominal value of each Preference Share held, accruing on a daily basis (the "Preference Dividend") which shall be payable annually every 1 December (each a "Preference Dividend Payment Date") in respect of the year beginning on the day after the last Preference Dividend Payment Date and ending on (and including) that date, out of the profits of the Company available for distribution, except that the first Preference Dividend shall be paid on 1 December immediately following the date of issue and calculated in respect of the period from but excluding the date of issue up to and including that date. The Preference Dividend shall, at the discretion of the Company, be paid in cash or to the extent permissible at law, shall roll up in accordance with Article 24 provided that all Preference Shares are treated in the same way.
[This Article has been deleted.]Any Preference Dividend not paid in cash shall be carried forward and paid in priority to the Preference Dividend payable on any later date, and shall be increased by an amount representing interest on the unpaid amount at 15 per cent per annum which shall accrue from day to day and shall compound on each subsequent Preference Dividend Payment Date if it is not then paid in cash. A reference in these Articles to an unpaid Preference Dividend is deemed to include the amount representing interest on the accrued but unpaid amount.
[This Article has been deleted.]On every Preference Dividend Payment Date the amount of the Preference Dividend, including any unpaid Preference Dividend carried forward, shall without any resolution of the board or of the Company at a general meting (and notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles) become a debt due from and immediately payable by the Company in respect of each Preference Share held, to the extent that the Company has profits available for distribution.
[This Article has been deleted.]On a return of capital on liquidation or otherwise (but excluding any purchase by the Company of the Preference Shares), the assets of the Company available for distribution between the shareholders shall be applied in the following order of priority:

(a) firstly, in paying to each Preference Shareholder in respect of each Preference Share of which it is the holder, an amount equal to 100 per cent of the nominal

Carried forward dividends

Preference Dividend

Return of capital

value thereof and any accrued and/or unpaid Preference Dividend thereon (to be calculated up to and including the date of the return of capital);

(b) secondly, in paying to each Ordinary Shareholder in respect of each Ordinary Share of which it is the holder, a sum equal to the amount paid up or credited as paid up on such Ordinary Share; and
(c) thirdly, to Ordinary Shareholders pro rata to the nominal amount of their Ordinary Shares.

Further participation

Method of

[This Article has been deleted.]The Preference Shares do not confer any further right of participation in the profits or assets of the Company.

VARIATION OF RIGHTS

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, if at any time the capital of the Company is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class may (unless otherwise provided by the terms of allotment of the shares of that class) be varied or abrogated, whether or not the Company is being wound up, either: varying rights
(a) with the written consent of the holders of three-quarters in nominal value of the issued shares of the class (excluding any shares of that class held as treasury shares), which consent shall be in hard copy form or in electronic form sent to such address (if any) for the time being specified by or on behalf of the Company for that purpose, or in default of such specification to the office, and may consist of several documents, each executed or authenticated in such manner as the board may approve by or on behalf of one or more holders, or a combination of both; or
(b) with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of the class,

but not otherwise.

For the purposes of Article 28, if at any time the capital of the Company is divided into different classes of shares, unless otherwise expressly provided by the rights attached to any share or class of shares, those rights shall be deemed to be varied by:
(a) the reduction of the capital paid up on that share or class of shares otherwise than by a purchase or redemption by the Company of its own shares; and
(b) the allotment of another share ranking in priority for payment of a dividend or in respect of capital or which confers on its holder voting rights more favourable than those conferred by that share or class of shares,

When rights deemed to be

varied

but shall not be deemed to be varied by:

(c) the creation or issue of another share ranking equally with, or subsequent to, that share or class of shares or by the purchase or redemption by the Company of its own shares; or
(d) the Company permitting, in accordance with the Regulations, the holding of and transfer of title to shares of that or any other class in uncertificated form by means of a relevant system.

SHARE CERTIFICATES

Members' rights to certificates

1. Every member, on becoming the holder of any certificated share (except a recognised person in respect of whom the Company is not required by law to complete and have ready for delivery a certificate) shall be entitled, without payment, to one certificate for all the certificated shares of each class held by that member him (and, on transferring a part of that member'shis holding of certificated shares of any class, to a certificate for the balance of that member'shis holding of certificated shares). That memberHe may elect to receive one or more additional certificates for any of that member'shis certificated shares if that memberhe pays a reasonable sum determined from time to time by the board for every certificate after the first. Every certificate shall:
2. (a) be executed under the seal or otherwise in accordance with Article 179 or in such other manner as the board may approve; and
3. (b) specify the number, class and distinguishing numbers (if any) of the shares to which it relates and the amount or respective amounts paid up on the shares.

The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for certificated 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. Shares of different classes may not be included in the same certificate.

If 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 payment of any exceptional out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence and preparing the requisite form of indemnity as the board may determine but otherwise free of charge, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) on delivery up of the old certificate. Replacement certificates

LIEN

Company to have lien on shares

The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys payable to the Company (whether presently or not) in respect of that share. The board may at any time (generally or in a particular case) waive any lien or declare any share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The Company's lien on a share shall extend to any amount (including without limitation dividends) payable in respect of it.
1. The Company may sell, in such manner as the board determines, any share 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 sent to the holder of the share, or to the person entitled to it by transmission, demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the share may be sold. Enforcement of lien by sale
1. To give effect to that sale the board may, if the share is a certificated share, authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer in respect of the share sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the buyer. If the share is an uncertificated share, the board may exercise any of the Company's powers under Article 14 to effect the sale of the share to, or in accordance with the directions of, the buyer. The buyer shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money and the buyer'shis title to the share shall not be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings in relation to the sale. Giving effect to sale
1. The net proceeds of the sale, after payment of the costs, shall be applied in or towards payment or satisfaction of so much of the sum in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable. Any residue shall (if the share sold is a certificated share, on surrender to the Company for cancellation of the certificate in respect of the share sold and, whether the share sold is a certificated or uncertificated share, subject to a like lien for any moneys not presently payable as existed on the share before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the share at the date of the sale. Application of proceeds

CALLS ON SHARES

1. Subject to the terms of allotment, the board may from time to time make calls on the members in respect of any moneys unpaid on their shares (whether in respect of nominal value or premium). Each member shall (subject to receiving at least 14 clear days' notice specifying when and where payment is to be made) pay to the Company the amount called on that member'shis shares as required by the notice. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. A call may be revoked in whole or part and the time fixed for payment of a call may be postponed in whole or part as the board may determine. A person on whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made on him that person even if the shares in respect of which the call was made are subsequently transferred. Power to make calls
1. A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the board authorising the call was passed. Time when call made
1. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect of it. Liability of joint holders
1. If a call or any instalment of a call remains unpaid in whole or in part after it has become due and payable the person from whom it is due and payable shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid. Interest shall be paid at the rate fixed by the terms of allotment of the share or in the notice of the call or, if no rate is fixed, the rate determined by the board, not exceeding 15 per cent. per annum, or, if higher, the appropriate rate (as defined in the Act), but the board may in respect of any individual member waive payment of such interest wholly or in part. Interest payable
1. An amount payable in respect of a share on allotment or at any fixed date, whether in respect of nominal value or premium or as an instalment of a call, shall be deemed to be a call duly made and notified and payable on the date so fixed or in accordance with the terms of the allotment. If it is not paid the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. Deemed calls
1. Subject to the terms of allotment, the board may make arrangements on the issue of shares for a difference between the allottees or holders in the amounts and times of payment of calls on their shares. Differentiation on calls
1. The board may, if it thinks fit, receive from any member all or any part of the moneys uncalled and unpaid on any share held by himthat member. Such payment in advance of calls shall extinguish the liability on the share in respect of which it is made to the extent of the payment. The Company may pay on all or any of the moneys so advanced (until they would but for such advance become presently payable) interest at such rate agreed between the board and the member not exceeding (unless the Company by ordinary resolution otherwise directs) 15 per cent. per annum or, if higher, the appropriate rate (as defined in the Act). Payment of calls in advance

FORFEITURE AND SURRENDER

1. If a call or any instalment of a call remains unpaid in whole or in part after it has become due and payable, the board may give 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 costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall name the place 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. Notice requiring payment of call
1. If that notice is not complied with, any share in respect of which it was sent may, at any time before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the board. The forfeiture shall include all dividends or other moneys payable in respect of the forfeited share which have not been paid before the forfeiture. When a share has been forfeited, notice of the forfeiture shall be sent to the person who was the holder of the share before the forfeiture. Where the forfeited share is held in certificated form, an entry shall be made promptly in the register opposite the entry of the share showing that notice has been sent, that the share has been forfeited and the date of forfeiture. No forfeiture shall be invalidated by the omission or neglect to send that notice or to make those entries. Forfeiture for non-compliance
1. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, a forfeited share shall be deemed to belong to the Company and may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the board determines, either to the person who was the holder before the forfeiture or to any other person. At any time before sale, re-allotment or other disposal, the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the board thinks fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited share held in certificated form is to be transferred to any person, the board may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the share to that person. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited share held in uncertificated form is to be Sale of forfeited shares

transferred to any person, the board may exercise any of the Company's powers under Article 14. The Company may receive the consideration given for the share on its disposal and may register the transferee as holder of the share.

1. A person shall cease to be a member in respect of any share which has been forfeited and shall, if the share is a certificated share, surrender the certificate for any forfeited share to the Company for cancellation. The person shall remain liable to the Company for all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were presently payable by him that person to the Company in respect of that share with interest on that amount at the rate at which interest was payable on those moneys before the forfeiture or, if no interest was so payable, at the rate determined by the board, not exceeding 15 per cent. per annum or, if higher, the appropriate rate (as defined in the Act), from the date of forfeiture until payment. The board may waive payment wholly or in part or enforce payment without any allowance for the value of the share at the time of forfeiture or for any consideration received on its disposal. Liability following forfeiture
1. The board may accept the surrender of any share which it is in a position to forfeit on such terms and conditions as may be agreed. Subject to those terms and conditions, a surrendered share shall be treated as if it had been forfeited. Surrender
1. The forfeiture of a share shall involve the extinction at the time of forfeiture of all interest in and all claims and demands against the Company in respect of the share and all other rights and liabilities incidental to the share as between the person whose share is forfeited and the Company, except only those rights and liabilities expressly saved by these Articles, or as are given or imposed in the case of past members by the Companies Acts. Extinction of rights
1. A statutory declaration by a director or the secretary that a share has been duly forfeited or surrendered 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 declaration shall (subject if necessary to the execution of an instrument of transfer or transfer by means of the relevant system, as the case may be) constitute a good title to the share. The person to whom the share is disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, and that person'shis title to the share shall not be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, surrender, sale, re-allotment or disposal of the share. Evidence of forfeiture or surrender

TRANSFER OF SHARES

Without prejudice to any power of the Company to register as shareholder a

Form and execution of transfer of certificated share

person to whom the right to any share has been transmitted by operation of law, the instrument of transfer of a certificated share may be in any usual form or in any other form which the board may approve. An instrument of transfer shall be signed by or on behalf of the transferor and, unless the share is fully paid, by or on behalf of the transferee. An instrument of transfer need not be under seal.

Transfers of partly paid certificated shares

The board may, in its absolute discretion, refuse to register the transfer of a certificated share which is not fully paid, provided that the refusal does not prevent dealings in shares in the Company from taking place on an open and proper basis.
The board may also refuse to register the transfer of a certificated share unless the instrument of transfer: Invalid transfers of certificated shares
(a) is lodged, duly stamped (if stampable), at the office or at another place appointed by the board accompanied by the certificate for the share to which it relates and such other evidence as the board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;
(b) is in respect of only one class of shares; and
(c) is in favour of not more than four transferees.
1. In the case of a transfer of a certificated share by a recognised person, the lodging of a share certificate will only be necessary if and to the extent that a certificate has been issued in respect of the share in question. Transfers by recognised persons
1. If the board refuses to register a transfer of a share in certificated form, it shall send the transferee notice of its refusal within two months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged with the Company. Notice of refusal to register
1. No fee shall be charged for the registration of any instrument of transfer or other document relating to or affecting the title to a share. No fee payable on registration
1. The Company shall be entitled to retain an instrument of transfer which is registered, but an instrument of transfer which the board refuses to register shall be returned to the person lodging it when notice of the refusal is sent. Retention of transfers

TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

If a member dies, the survivor or survivors where that memberhe was a joint holder, and his that member's personal representatives where that memberhe was a sole holder or the only survivor of joint holders, shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to that member'shis interest. Nothing in these Articles shall release the estate of a deceased member (whether a sole or joint holder) from any liability in respect of any share held by that memberhim. Transmission
A person becoming entitled by transmission to a share may, on production of any evidence as to that person'shis entitlement properly required by the board, elect either to become the holder of the share or to have nominate another person nominated by him to be registered as the transferee. If the personhe entitled by transmission elects to become the holder that personhe shall send notice to the Company to that effect. If the person entitled by transmissionhe elects to have another person registered and the share is a certificated share, the personhe entitled by transmission shall execute an instrument of transfer of the share to that other person. If the person entitled by transmission elects to have himselfbe personally registered or have another person registered and the share is an uncertificated share, the person entitled by transmissionhe shall take any action the board may require (including without limitation the execution of any document and the giving of any instruction by means of a relevant system) to enable the person entitled by transmissionhimself or thate other person to be registered as the holder of the share. All the provisions of

Elections permitted these Articles relating to the transfer of shares apply to that notice or instrument of transfer as if it were an instrument of transfer executed by the member and the death or bankruptcy of the member or other event giving rise to the transmission had not occurred.

Elections required

The board may at any time send a notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered personallyhimself or to transfer the share. If the notice is not complied with within 60 days, the board may after the expiry of that period withhold payment of all dividends or other moneys payable in respect of the share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

Rights of persons entitled by transmission

A person becoming entitled by transmission to a share shall, on production of any evidence as to that person'shis entitlement properly required by the board and subject to the requirements of Article 58, have the same rights in relation to the share as that personhe would have had if that personhe were the holder of the share, subject to Article 189. That person may give a discharge for all dividends and other moneys payable in respect of the share, but that personhe shall not, before being registered as the holder of the share, be entitled in respect of it to receive notice of, or to attend or vote at, any meeting of the Company or to receive notice of, or to attend or vote at, any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company.

ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

All shares created by increase of the Company's share capital, by consolidation, division or sub-division of its share capital or the conversion of stock into paid-up shares shall be subject to all the provisions of these Articles, including without limitation provisions relating to payment of calls, lien, forfeiture, transfer and transmission. New shares subject to these Articles
Whenever any fractions arise as a result of a consolidation or sub-division of shares, the board may on behalf of the members deal with the fractions as it thinks fit. In particular, without limitation, the board may sell shares representing fractions to which any members would otherwise become entitled to any person (including, subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the Company) and distribute the net proceeds of sale in due proportion among those members. Where the shares to be sold are held in certificated form the board may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares to, or in accordance with the directions of, the buyer. Where the shares to be sold are held in uncertificated form, the board may do all acts and things it considers necessary or expedient to effect the transfer of the shares to, or in accordance with the directions of, the buyer. The buyer shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase moneys and the buyer'shis title to the shares shall not be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings in relation to the sale. Fractions arising

GENERAL MEETINGS

Annual general meetings

The board shall convene and the Company shall hold general meetings as annual general meetings in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Acts.
1. All provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to every separate general meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, except that: Class meetings
2. (a) the necessary quorum shall be two persons holding or representing by proxy at least one-third in nominal value of the issued shares of the class (excluding any shares of that class held as treasury shares) or, at any adjourned meeting of such holders, one holder present in person or by proxy, whatever the amount of that holder'shis holding, who shall be deemed to constitute a meeting;
3. (b) any holder of shares of the class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll; and
4. (c) each holder of shares of the class shall, on a poll, have one vote in respect of every share of the class held by himthat holder.

For the purposes of this Article, where a person is present by proxy or proxies, that personhe is treated only as holding the shares in respect of which those proxies are authorised to exercise voting rights.

Convening Arrangements for general meetings

The board may call general meetings whenever and at such times and places as it shall determine. On the requisition of members pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the board shall promptly convene a general meeting in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Acts. If there are insufficient directors in the United Kingdom to call a general meeting any director of the Company may call a general meeting, but where no director is willing or able to do so, any two members of the Company may summon a meeting for the purpose of appointing one or more directors.

65A. (a) The board shall determine whether any general meeting is to be held as:

(i) a physical general meeting; or

(ii) a combined physical and electronic general meeting.

(b) The board may make whatever arrangements it considers fit to allow those entitled to do so to participate in any general meeting.
(c) Unless otherwise specified in the notice of meeting; decided by the board in accordance with Article 71(a)(ii); or determined by the chair of the meeting either pursuant to Article 71(a)(iii) or otherwise, a general meeting is deemed to take place at the place where the chair of the meeting is at the time of the meeting.
(d) Two or more persons who may not be in the same place as each other attend a general meeting if their circumstances are such that if they have rights to speak and vote at that meeting, they are able to exercise them.
(e) A person is present at a general meeting if the person attends it in accordance with the provisions of these Articles.
(f) A person is able to participate in a meeting if the person's circumstances are such that if the person has rights in relation to the meeting, the person is able to exercise them.
(g) In determining whether persons are attending or participating in a meeting, other than a physical general meeting, it is immaterial where any of them are or how they are able to communicate with each other.
(h) A person is able to exercise the right to speak at a general meeting when the chair of the meeting is satisfied that arrangements are in place so as to enable that person to communicate to all those attending the meeting, during the meeting, any information or opinions which that person has on the business of the meeting.
(i) A person is able to exercise the right to vote at a general meeting when:
- (i) that person is able to vote, during the meeting, on resolutions put to the vote at the meeting; and
- (ii) that person's vote can be taken into account in determining whether or not such resolutions are passed at the same time as the votes of all the other persons attending the meeting.
65.(j) All persons seeking to attend or participate in a general meeting electronically shall be responsible for maintaining adequate facilities to enable them to do so. Any inability of a person or persons to attend or participate in a general meeting electronically shall not invalidate the proceedings of that meeting.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

1. An annual general meeting shall be called by at least 21 clear days' notice. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, all other general meetings may be called by at least 14 clear days' notice. Period of notice
1. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, to the provisions of these Articles and to any restrictions imposed on any shares, the notice shall be sent to every member and every director. The auditors are entitled to receive all notices of, and other communications relating to, any general meeting which any member is entitled to receive. Recipients of notice
1. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the notice shall specify the time, date and place of the meeting (including without limitation any satellite meeting place arranged for the purposes of Article 71, which shall be identified as such in the notice) and the general nature of the business to be dealt with.The notice (including any notice given by means of a website) shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Companies Acts. Contents of notice: general

Contents of notice: additional requirements 69. In the case of an annual general meeting, the notice shall specify the meeting as such. In the case of a meeting to pass a special resolution, the notice shall specify the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution.

69A. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 71(a), if it is anticipated that a meeting will be conducted as a combined physical and electronic general meeting, the notice of meeting shall state how it is proposed that persons attending or participating in the meeting electronically should communicate with the meeting.

Article 73 arrangements

The notice shall include details of any additional arrangements made for the purpose of Article 73 (making clear that participation in those arrangements will not amount to attendance at the meeting to which the notice relates).

General meetings at more than one place or in more than one format 71. The board may resolve to enable persons entitled to attend a general meeting to do so by simultaneous attendance and participation at a satellite meeting place anywhere in the world. The members present in person or by proxy at satellite meeting places shall be counted in the quorum for, and entitled to vote at, the general meeting in question, and that meeting shall be duly constituted and its proceedings valid if the chairman of the general meeting is satisfied that adequate facilities are available throughout the general meeting to ensure that members attending at all the meeting places are able to:

(a) participate in the business for which the meeting has been convened;
(b) hear and see all persons who speak (whether by the use of microphones, loudspeakers, audio-visual communications equipment or otherwise) in the principal meeting place and any satellite meeting place; and
(c) be heard and seen by all other persons so present in the same way.
1. The chairman of the general meeting shall be present at, and the meeting shall be deemed to take place at, the principal meeting place.(a) A general meeting may be held at more than one place, or may be participated in in more than one way, if:
2. (i) the notice convening the meeting so specifies; or
3. (ii) the board resolves, after the notice convening the meeting has been given, that:
  - (A) the meeting shall be held at one or more than one place in addition to any place or places specified in the notice; or
  - (B) arrangements will also be made for attendance and participation electronically; or
4. (iii) it appears to the chair of the meeting that the place of the meeting specified in the notice convening the meeting is inadequate to accommodate all persons entitled and wishing to attend at that place.
(b) A general meeting held at more than one place or participated in in more than one way in accordance with paragraph (a) above, is duly constituted and its proceedings are valid if (in addition to the other provisions of these articles relating to general meetings being satisfied) the chair of the meeting is satisfied that facilities (whether electronic or otherwise) are available to enable each person present at each place and/or attending or participating in it electronically to participate in the business of the meeting.
(d)(c) Each person who is present at any place of the meeting or who is attending it electronically, and who would be entitled to count towards the quorum in accordance with the provisions of Article 79 shall be counted in the quorum for, and shall be entitled to vote at, the meeting.
If it appears to the chairman of the general meeting that the facilities at the principal meeting place or any satellite meeting place have become inadequate for the purposes referred to in Article 71, (whether electronic or otherwise, and whether affecting the place (or more than one place) of the meeting or any electronic participation arrangements) are not sufficient to allow the meeting to be conducted substantially in accordance with the provisions set out in the notice of meeting, then the chairman may, without the consent of the meeting (and whether or not it has commenced or a quorum is present), interrupt or adjourn the general meeting. All business conducted at that general meeting up to the time of that adjournment shall, subject to Article 83(e), be valid. The provisions of Article 84 shall apply to that adjournment.
The board at any time may (but shall not be obliged to) make additional arrangements for persons entitled to attend a general meeting or an adjourned general meeting to be able to view and hear and, if the board so decides, to view the proceedings of the general meeting or adjourned general meeting and, if the board so decides, to speak at communicate with the meeting (whether by the use of microphones, loudspeakers, audio-visual communications equipment or otherwise any other communication method) by electronic means or by attending at a venue anywhere in the world (not being a satellite meeting place). Those attending joining the general meeting electronically or at such a venue using such additional arrangementsat any such venue shall not be regarded as present at the general meeting or adjourned general meeting and shall not be entitled to cast their vote duringat the meeting at or from that venue. The inability for any reason of any member present in person or by proxy anyone using such additional arrangementsat such a venue to view or hear or view all or any of the proceedings of the meeting or to speak at communicate with the meeting shall not in any way affect the validity of the proceedings of the meeting.

Controlling level of attendance numbers of people accessing Article 73 arrangements

The board may from time to time make any arrangements for controlling the level of attendance at any venue for which number of people accessing arrangements which have been made pursuant to Article 73 (including without limitation the issue of tickets or the imposition of some other means of selection) it in its absolute discretion considers appropriate, and may from time to time change those arrangements. If a member, pursuant to those arrangements, is not entitled to attend in person or by proxy at a particular venue, he shall be entitled to attend in person or

Interruption or adjournment where facilities inadequate

Other aAdditional arrangements for viewing and hearing and viewing proceedings

by proxy at any other venue for which arrangements have been made pursuant to Article 73. The entitlement of any member to be present at such venue in person or by proxy shall be subject to any such arrangement then in force and stated by the notice of meeting or adjourned meeting to apply to the meeting.

Change in place and/or any electronic facilities and/or time of meeting

If, after the sending of notice of a general meeting but before the meeting is held, or after the adjournment of a general meeting but before the adjourned meeting is held (whether or not notice of the adjourned meeting is required), the board, in its discretion, decides that it is impracticable or unreasonable, for a reason beyond its control, to hold the meeting at the declared place(s) (or any of the declared places, in the case of a meeting to which Article 71 applies) and/or with the electronic facilities and/or at the time specified in the notice, it may change the place(s) of the meeting and/or change, cancel or introduce any electronic facilities for the meeting (or any of the places, in the case of a meeting to which Article 71 applies) and/or postpone the time at which the meeting is to be held. If such a decision is made, the board may then change the place(s) of the meeting and/or change, cancel or introduce any electronic facilities for the meeting (or any of the places, in the case of a meeting to which Article 71 applies) and/or postpone the time again if it decides that it is reasonable to do so. In either case:
(a) no new notice of the meeting need be sent, but the board shall, if practicable, advertise publish information on the date, time and place(s) of the meeting in at least two newspapers having a national circulation and shall make arrangements for notices of the change of place and/or postponement to appear at the original place and/or at the original time and of any electronic facilities for the meeting on the Company's website and by means of a regulatory information service, and the board shall take reasonable steps to ensure that information on the date, time and places(s) of the meeting and any electronic facilities for the meeting are provided to any member trying to attend the meeting at the original time and place or using the original electronic facilities (if any); and
(b) a proxy appointment in relation to the meeting may, if by means of a document in hard copy form, be delivered to the office or to such other place within the United Kingdom as may be specified by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with Article 111(a) or, if in electronic form, be received at the address (if any) specified by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with Article 111(b), at any time not less than 48 hours before the postponed time appointed for holding the meeting provided that the board may specify, in any case, that in calculating the period of 48 hours, no account shall be taken of any part of a day that is not a working day.
For the purposes of Articles 71, 72, 73, 74 and 75, the right of a member to participate in the business of any general meeting shall include without limitation the right to speak, vote on a show of hands, vote on a poll, be represented by a proxy and have access to all documents which are required by the Companies Acts or these Articles to be made available at the meeting.[This Article has been deleted.]

The accidental omission to send a notice of a meeting or resolution, or to send any notification where required by the Companies Acts or these Articles in relation to the publication of a notice of meeting on a website, or to send a form of proxy where required by the Companies Acts or these Articles, to any person entitled to receive it, or the non-receipt for any reason of any such notice, resolution or notification or form of proxy by that person, whether or not the Company is aware of such omission or non-receipt, shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting. This Article applies to confirmatory copies of notices (and confirmatory notifications of website notices) of meetings sent pursuant to Article 216 in the same way as it applies to notices of meetings. Accidental omission to send notice etc.

Security Health, safety and security

The board and, at any general meeting, the chairman may make any physical or electronic arrangements and impose any requirements or restrictions relating to security, health or safety it or the chair considers appropriate to ensure the security of relating to the holding of a general meeting including, without limitation, requirements for evidence of identity to be produced by those attending the meeting, the searching of their personal property and the restriction of items that may be taken into the meeting place. The board and, at any general meeting, the chairman are entitled to refuse physical or electronic entry to a person who refuses to comply with these arrangements, requirements or restrictions and may physically or electronically eject from a meeting any person who causes the proceedings to become disorderly.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

1. No business shall be dealt with at any general meeting unless a quorum is present, but the absence of a quorum shall not preclude the choice or appointment of a chairman, which shall not be treated as part of the business of the meeting. Save as otherwise provided by these Articles, two qualifying persons present at a meeting and entitled to vote on the business to be dealt with are a quorum, unless: Quorum
2. (a) each is a qualifying person only because that personhe is authorised under the Companies Acts to act as a representative of a corporation in relation to the meeting, and they are representatives of the same corporation; or
3. (b) each is a qualifying person only because that personhe is appointed as proxy of a member in relation to the meeting, and they are proxies of the same member.

For the purposes of this Article a "qualifying person" means (i) an individual who is a member of the Company, (ii) a person authorised under the Companies Acts to act as a representative of the corporation in relation to the meeting, or (iii) a person appointed as proxy of a member in relation to the meeting.

If such a quorum is not present within five minutes (or such longer time not exceeding 30 minutes as the chairman of the meeting may decide to wait) from the time appointed for the meeting, or if during a meeting such a quorum ceases to be present, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of members, shall be dissolved, and in any other case shall stand adjourned to such time and place (and, if appropriate, with similar or equivalent facilities for electronic attendance and participation) as the chairman of the meeting may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, If quorum not present

determine. The adjourned meeting shall be dissolved if a quorum is not present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting.

1. (a) The chairman, if any, of the board or, in the chair'shis absence, any deputy chairman of the Company or, in the deputy chair'shis absence, some other director nominated by the board, shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If neither the chairman, deputy chairman nor such other director (if any) is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is not willing to act as chairman, the directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairman. If there is only one director present and willing to act, that directorhe shall be chairman. If no director is willing to act as chairman, or if no director is present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the members present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall choose a member or a proxy of a member or a person authorised to act as a representative of a corporation in relation to the meeting to be chairman. Chairman
2. (b) Subject to the Companies Acts (and without prejudice to any other powers vested in the chair of a meeting) when conducting a general meeting, the chair of the meeting may make whatever arrangements and take whatever actions as the chair considers, in the chair's sole discretion, to be appropriate or conducive to the facilitation of the conduct of the business of the meeting, proportionate discussion on any item of business of the meeting, or the maintenance of good order.
3. (a)(c) If the chair of a general meeting is participating in that meeting electronically and becomes disconnected from the meeting, another person (determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) above) shall preside as chair of the meeting unless and until the original chair regains electronic connection with the meeting. In the event that no replacement chair is presiding over the general meeting (and the original chair has not regained electronic connection with the meeting) 20 minutes after the original chair became disconnected from the meeting, the meeting shall be adjourned to a time and place (and, if appropriate, facilities for electronic attendance and participation) to be fixed by the board.
Directors entitled to speak

81.82. A director shall, notwithstanding that the directorhe is not a member, be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting and at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company.

1. (a) The chairman 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 (and, if appropriate, facilities for electronic attendance and participation) to place (and, if appropriate, facilities for electronic attendance and participation). No business shall be dealt with at an adjourned meeting other than business which might properly have been dealt with at the meeting had the adjournment not taken place. Adjournment: chairman's powers
2. (a)(b) In addition (and without prejudice to the chairman's power to adjourn a meeting conferred by Article 72), the chairman may without the consent of the

present) adjourn the meeting to another time and place (and, if the chair considers it appropriate, facilities for electronic attendance and participation)
it is likely to be impracticable to hold or continue that meeting because of the number of members wishing to attend who are not present; or
the unruly conduct of persons attending the meeting prevents or is likely to prevent the orderly continuation of the business of the
an adjournment is otherwise necessary so that the business of the meeting may be properly conducted.it would facilitate the conduct of
Nothing in this Article or in Article 72 shall limit any other power vested in
All business conducted at a general meeting up to the time of any adjournment
The chair of the meeting may specify that only the business conducted at a general meeting up to a point in time which is earlier than the time of adjournment is valid if, in the chair's opinion, to do so would be more
Any such adjournment may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, (or, in the case of a meeting held at a principal meeting place and a satellite meeting place, such other places) and, if the chair considers it appropriate, facilities for electronic attendance and participation as the chairman may, in the chair'shis absolute discretion determine, notwithstanding that by reason of such adjournment some members may be unable to be present at the Any such member may nevertheless appoint a proxy for the adjourned meeting either in accordance with Article 111 or by means of a document in hard copy form (or any other form authorised by the chair in the chair's absolute discretion) which, if delivered at the meeting which is adjourned to the chairman or the secretary or any director, shall be valid even though it is given at less notice than would otherwise be required by Article 111(a). When a meeting is adjourned for 30 days or more or for an indefinite period, notice shall be sent at least seven clear days (or places, in the case of a meeting to which Article 71 applies)and, if appropriate, facilities for electronic attendance and participation of the adjourned meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to send any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be dealt with at an adjourned No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business which might have been transacted at the meeting from which the

meeting (and whether or not the meeting has commenced or a quorum is

83.85. If an amendment is proposed to any resolution under consideration but is in good faith ruled out of order by the chairman, the proceedings on the substantive resolution shall not be invalidated by any error in such ruling. With the consent of the chairman, an amendment may be withdrawn by its proposer before it is voted on. No amendment to a resolution duly proposed as a special resolution may be considered or voted on (other than a mere clerical amendment to correct a patent error). No amendment to a resolution duly proposed as an ordinary resolution may be considered or voted on (other than a mere clerical amendment to correct a patent error) unless either: Amendments to resolutions

(a) at least 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the ordinary resolution is to be considered (which, if the board so specifies, shall be calculated taking no account of any part of a day that is not a working day), notice of the terms of the amendment and the intention to move it has been delivered in hard copy form to the office or to such other place as may be specified by or on behalf of the Company for that purpose, or received in electronic form at such address (if any) for the time being specified by or on behalf of the Company for that purpose, or
(b) the chairman in the chair'shis absolute discretion decides that the amendment may be considered and voted on.

84.86. A resolution put to the vote of a general meeting which is held as a physical general meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless before, or on the declaration of the result of, a vote on the show of hands, or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll, a poll is duly demanded. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, a poll may be demanded by: Methods of voting - physical general meeting

(a) the chairman of the meeting; or
(b) (except on the election of the chairman of the meeting or on a question of adjournment) at least five members present in person or by proxy having the right to vote on the resolution; or
(c) any member or members present in person or by proxy representing not less than 10% of the total voting rights of all the members having the right to vote on the resolution (excluding any voting rights attached to any shares held as treasury shares); or
(d) any member or members present in person or by proxy holding shares conferring a right to vote on the resolution, being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than 10% of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right (excluding any shares conferring a right to vote on the resolution which are held as treasury shares).

The appointment of a proxy to vote on a matter at a meeting authorises the proxy to demand, or join in demanding, a poll on that matter. In applying the provisions of this Article, a demand by a proxy counts (i) for the purposes of paragraph (b) of this Article, as a demand by the member, (ii) for the purposes of paragraph (c) of this Article, as a demand by a member representing the voting rights that the proxy is authorised to exercise, and (iii) for the purposes of paragraph (d) of this Article, as a demand by a member holding the shares to which those rights are attached.

85.87. Unless a poll is duly demanded (and the demand is not withdrawn before the poll is taken) a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, or not carried by a particular majority shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution. Declaration of result

86.88. The demand for a poll at a physical general meeting may be withdrawn before the poll is taken, but only with the consent of the chairman. A demand so withdrawn shall not be taken to have invalidated the result of a show of hands declared before the demand was made. If the demand for a poll is withdrawn, the chairman or any other member entitled may demand a poll. Withdrawal of demand for poll

Method of voting: combined physical and electronic

88A. At a general meeting which is held as a combined physical and electronic general meeting:

(a) a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll, and any such poll will be deemed to have been validly demanded at the time fixed for holding the meeting to which it relates; general meeting

(b) any demand for a poll which is deemed to have been made in accordance with paragraph (a) above may not be withdrawn;

87.89. Subject to Article 90, a poll shall be taken as the chairman directs and the chairhe may, and shall if required by the meeting, appoint scrutineers (who need not be members) and fix a time and place for declaring the result of the poll. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. Conduct of poll

88.90. A poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment (in each case to the extent permitted by these Articles) shall be taken immediately. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken either at the meeting or at such time and place and in such manner (including electronically) as the chairman directs not being more than 30 days after the poll is demanded. The demand for a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll was demanded. If a poll is demanded before the declaration of the result of a show of hands taken at a physical general meeting and the demand is duly withdrawn, the meeting shall continue as if the demand had not been made. When poll to be taken
89.91. No notice need be sent of a poll not taken at the meeting at which it is demanded if the time and place at which it is to be taken are announced at the meeting. In any other case notice shall be sent at least seven clear days before the taking of the poll specifying the time and place at which the poll is to be taken. Notice of poll

90.92. Where for any purpose an ordinary resolution of the Company is required, a special resolution shall also be effective. Effectiveness of special resolutions

VOTES OF MEMBERS

91.93. Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares, on a vote on a resolution on a show of hands at a general meeting which is being held as a physical general meeting: Right to vote on a show of hands

(a) every member who is present in person shall have one vote;
(b) subject to paragraph (c) of this Article, every proxy present who has been duly appointed by one or more members entitled to vote on the resolution has one vote;
(c) a proxy has one vote for and one vote against the resolution if:
- (i) the proxy has been duly appointed by more than one member entitled to vote on the resolution, and
- (ii) the proxy has been instructed by one or more of those members to vote for the resolution and by one or more other of those members to vote against it.

92.94. Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares, on a vote on a resolution on a poll every member present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which the memberhe is the holder. Right to vote on a poll

93.95. In the case of joint holders of a share, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders. For this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the register. Votes of joint holders

94.96. A member in respect of whom an order has been made by a court or official having jurisdiction (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) in matters concerning mental disorder may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by the member'his receiver, curator bonis or other person authorised for that purpose appointed by that court or official. That receiver, curator bonis or other person may, on a show of hands or on a poll, vote by proxy. The right to vote shall be exercisable only if evidence satisfactory to the board of the authority of the person claiming to exercise the right to vote has been delivered to the office, or another place specified in accordance with these Articles for the delivery of proxy appointments, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the right to vote is to be exercised provided that the Company may specify, in any case, that in calculating the period of 48 hours, no account shall be taken of any part of a day that is not a working day. Member under incapacity
95.97. No member shall be entitled to vote at a general meeting or at a separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, either in Calls in arrears

person or by proxy, in respect of any share held by him that member unless all moneys presently payable by that memberhim in respect of that share have been paid.

Section 793 of the Act: restrictions if in default

96.98. If at any time the board is satisfied that any member, or any other person appearing to be interested in shares held by such member, has been duly served with a notice under section 793 of the Act (a section 793 notice) and is in default for the prescribed period in supplying to the Company the information thereby required, or, in purported compliance with such a notice, has made a statement which is false or inadequate in a material particular, then the board may, in its absolute discretion at any time thereafter by notice (a direction notice) to such member direct that:

(a) in respect of the shares in relation to which the default occurred (the default shares, which expression includes any shares issued after the date of the section 793 notice in respect of those shares) the member shall not be entitled to attend or vote either personally or by proxy at a general meeting or at a separate meeting of the holders of that class of shares or on a poll; and
(b) where the default shares represent at least ¼ of one per cent. in nominal value of the issued shares of their class (excluding any shares of that class held as treasury shares), the direction notice may additionally direct that in respect of the default shares:
- (i) no payment shall be made by way of dividend and no share shall be allotted pursuant to Article 187;
- (ii) no transfer of any default share shall be registered unless:
  - (A) the member is not himself personally in default as regards supplying the information requested and the transfer when presented for registration is accompanied by a certificate by the member in such form as the board may in its absolute discretion require to the effect that after due and careful enquiry the member is satisfied that no person in default as regards supplying such information is interested in any of the shares the subject of the transfer; or
  - (B) the transfer is an approved transfer; or
  - (C) registration of the transfer is required by the Regulations.

Copy of notice to interested persons

When restrictions cease to have effect

97.99. The Company shall send the direction notice to each other person appearing to be interested in the default shares, but the failure or omission by the Company to do so shall not invalidate such notice.

98.100.Any direction notice shall cease to have effect not more than seven days after the earlier of receipt by the Company of:

(a) a notice of an approved transfer, but only in relation to the shares transferred; or

(b) all the information required by the relevant section 793 notice, in a form satisfactory to the board.

Board may cancel restrictions Conversion of uncertificated shares

Supplementary provisions

99.101.The board may at any time send a notice cancelling a direction notice.

100.102. The Company may exercise any of its powers under Article 14 in respect of any default share that is held in uncertificated form.

101.103. For the purposes of this Article and Articles 98, 99, 100, 101 and 102:

(a) a person shall be treated as appearing to be interested in any shares if the member holding such shares has sent to the Company a notification under section 793 of the Act which either (i) names such person as being so interested or (ii) fails to establish the identities of all those interested in the shares, and (after taking into account the said notification and any other relevant section 793 notification) the Company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the person in question is or may be interested in the shares;
(b) the prescribed period is 14 days from the date of service of the section 793 notice; and
(c) a transfer of shares is an approved transfer if:
- (i) it is a transfer of shares pursuant to an acceptance of a takeover offer (within the meaning of section 974 of the Act); or
- (ii) the board is satisfied that the transfer is made pursuant to a sale of the whole of the beneficial ownership of the shares the subject of the transfer to a party unconnected with the member and with any other person appearing to be interested in the shares; or
- (iii) the transfer results from a sale made through a recognised investment exchange as defined in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or any other stock exchange outside the United Kingdom on which the Company's shares are normally traded.

102.104. Nothing contained in Article 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 or 103 limits the power of the Company under section 794 of the Act. Section 794 of the Act

103.105. If any votes are counted which ought not to have been counted, or might have been rejected, the error shall not vitiate the result of the voting unless it is pointed out at the same meeting, or at any adjournment of the meeting, and, in the opinion of the chairman, it is of sufficient magnitude to vitiate the result of the voting. Errors in voting
104.106. No objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter except at the meeting or adjourned meeting or poll at which the vote objected to is tendered. Every vote not disallowed at such meeting shall be valid and every vote not counted which ought to have been counted shall be disregarded. Any objection made in due time shall be referred to the chairman whose decision shall be final and conclusive. Objection to voting

105.107. On a poll, a member entitled to more than one vote need not, if he that member votes, use all his that member's votes or cast all the votes that memberhe uses in the same way. Voting: additional provisions

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

106.108. The appointment of a proxy shall be made in writing and shall be in any usual form or in any other form which the board may approve. Subject thereto, the appointment of a proxy may be: Appointment of proxy: form
- (a) in hard copy form; or
- (b) in electronic form, to the electronic address provided by the Company for this purpose.
107.109. The appointment of a proxy, whether made in hard copy form or in electronic form, shall be executed in such manner as may be approved by or on behalf of the Company from time to time. Subject thereto, the appointment of a proxy shall be executed by the appointor or any person duly authorised by the appointor or, if the appointor is a corporation, executed by a duly authorised person or under its common seal or in any other manner authorised by its constitution. Execution of proxy
108.110. The board may, if it thinks fit, but subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, at the Company's expense send hard copy forms of proxy for use at the meeting and issue invitations in electronic form to appoint a proxy in relation to the meeting in such form as may be approved by the board. The appointment of a proxy shall not preclude a member from attending and voting in person at the meeting or poll concerned. A member may appoint more than one proxy to attend on the same occasion, provided that each such proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares held by that member. Proxies: other provisions
109.111. Without prejudice to the second sentence of Article 84, the appointment of a proxy shall: Delivery/receipt of proxy appointment
- (a) if in hard copy form, be delivered by hand or by post to the office or such other place within the United Kingdom and by such time as may be specified by or on behalf of the Company for that purpose:
  - (i) in the notice convening the meeting; or
  - (ii) in any form of proxy sent by or on behalf of the Company in relation to the meeting;

provided that:

(iii) the time so specified may not be earlier than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the appointment proposes to vote; and

(iv) if no time is specified, the appointment of a proxy shall be delivered not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the appointment proposes to vote; or
(b) if in electronic form, be received at any address to which the appointment of a proxy may be sent by electronic means pursuant to a provision of the Companies Acts or to any other address and by such time as may be specified by or on behalf of the Company for the purpose of receiving the appointment of a proxy in electronic form:
- (i) in the notice convening the meeting; or
- (ii) in any form of proxy sent by or on behalf of the Company in relation to the meeting; or
- (iii) in any invitation to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation to the meeting; or
- (iv) on a website that is maintained by or on behalf of the Company and identifies the Company;

provided that:

(v) the time so specified may not be earlier than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the appointment proposes to vote; and
(vi) if no time is specified, the appointment of a proxy shall be received not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the appointment proposes to vote; or
(c) in either case, where a poll is taken more than 48 hours after it is demanded, be delivered or received as aforesaid after the poll has been demanded and not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the taking of the poll; or
(d) if in hard copy form, where a poll is not taken forthwith but is taken not more than 48 hours after it was demanded, be delivered at the meeting at which the poll was demanded to the chairman or to the secretary or to any director.

In calculating the periods mentioned in this Article, the board may specify, in any case, that no account shall be taken of any part of a day that is not a working day.

Authentication of proxy appointment not made by holder

110.112. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, where the appointment of a proxy is expressed to have been or purports to have been made, sent or supplied by a person on behalf of the holder of a share:

(a) the Company may treat the appointment as sufficient evidence of the authority of that person to make, send or supply the appointment on behalf of that holder; and
(b) that holder shall, if requested by or on behalf of the Company at any time, send or procure the sending of reasonable evidence of the authority under which the appointment has been made, sent or supplied (which may include a copy of such authority certified notarially or in some other way approved by the board), to such address and by such time as may be specified in the request and, if the request is not complied with in any respect, the appointment may be treated as invalid.
111.113. A proxy appointment which is not delivered or received in accordance with Article 111 shall be invalid The board may decide, either generally or in any particular case, to treat a proxy appointment as valid notwithstanding that it has not been delivered or received in accordance with the requirements of Article 111 or that any information requested under Article 112(b) 112has not been received. When two or more valid proxy appointments are delivered or received in respect of the same share for use at the same meeting, the one that was last delivered or received shall be treated as replacing or revoking the others as regards that share, provided that if the Company determines that it has insufficient evidence to decide whether or not a proxy appointment is in respect of the same share, it shall be entitled to determine which proxy appointment (if any) is to be treated as valid. Subject to the Companies Acts, the Company may determine at its discretion when a proxy appointment shall be treated as delivered or received for the purposes of these Articles. Validity of appointment

112.114. A proxy appointment shall be deemed to entitle the proxy to exercise all or any of the appointing member's rights to attend and to speak and vote at a meeting of the Company in respect of the shares to which the proxy appointment relates. The proxy appointment shall, unless it provides to the contrary, be valid for any adjournment of the meeting as well as for the meeting to which it relates. Rights of proxy

113.115. The Company shall not be required to check that a proxy or corporate representative votes in accordance with any instructions given by the member by whom the proxy or corporate representativehe is appointed. Any failure to vote as instructed shall not invalidate the proceedings on the resolution.

114.116. Any corporation which is a member of the Company (in this Article the grantor) may, by resolution of its directors or other governing body, authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative or representatives at any meeting of the Company or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares. A director, the secretary or other person authorised for the purpose by the secretary may require all or any of such persons to produce a certified copy of the resolution of authorisation before permitting him the representative or representatives to exercise his their powers. Such person is entitled to exercise (on behalf of the grantor) the same powers as the grantor could exercise if it were an individual member of the Company. Where a grantor authorises more than one person: Corporate representatives

proxy

(a) on a vote on a resolution on a show of hands at a meeting of the Company, each authorised person has the same voting rights as the grantor would be entitled to; and
(b) where paragraph (a) of this Article does not apply and more than one authorised person purport to exercise a power in respect of the same shares:
- (i) if they purport to exercise the power in the same way as each other, the power is treated as exercised in that way; and
- (ii) if they do not purport to exercise the power in the same way as each other, the power is treated as not exercised.

115.117. The termination of the authority of a person to act as a proxy or duly authorised representative of a corporation does not affect: Revocation of authority

(a) whether that personhe counts in deciding whether there is a quorum at a meeting;
(b) the validity of anything that personhe does as chairman of a meeting;
(c) the validity of a poll demanded by him that person at a meeting; or
(d) the validity of a vote given by that person,

unless notice of the termination was either delivered or received as mentioned in the following sentence at least three hours before the start of the relevant meeting or adjourned meeting or (in the case of a poll taken otherwise than on the same day as the meeting or adjourned meeting) the time appointed for taking the poll. Such notice of termination shall be either by means of a document in hard copy form delivered to the office or to such other place within the United Kingdom as may be specified by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with Article 111(a) or in electronic form received at the address specified by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with Article 111(b), regardless of whether any relevant proxy appointment was effected in hard copy form or in electronic form.

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

Limits on number of directors

116.118. Unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution, the number of directors (other than alternate directors) shall be not less than 2 but shall not be subject to any maximum in number.

APPOINTMENT AND RETIREMENT OF DIRECTORS

Retirement of directorsNumbe r of directors to retire

117.119. At every annual general meeting held after the first annual general meeting after the date of adoption of these articles all theevery directors at who held office on the date seven days before the date of the notice convening the annual general meeting shall retire from office. A retiring director is eligible for re-election and a director who is re-elected will be treated as continuing in office without a break.

118.120. If the Company does not fill the vacancy at the meeting at which a director retires, the retiring director shall, if willing to act, be deemed to have been reappointed unless at the meeting it is resolved not to fill the vacancy or unless a resolution for the re-appointment of the director is put to the meeting and lost. When director deemed to be reappointed

119.121. No person other than a retiring director shall be appointed a director at any general meeting unless: Eligibility for election

(a) the personHe is recommended by the board; or
(b) not less than seven nor more than 42 days before the date appointed for the meeting, notice by a member qualified to vote at the meeting (not being the person to be proposed) has been received by the Company of the intention to propose that person for appointment stating the particulars which would, if that person he were so appointed, be required to be included in the Company's register of directors, together with notice by that person of theirhis willingness to be appointed.

Provisions if insufficient directors appointed

120.122. If:

(a) any resolution or resolutions for the appointment or re-appointment of the persons eligible for appointment or re-appointment as directors are put to the annual general meeting and lost, and
(b) at the end of that meeting the number of directors is fewer than any minimum number of directors required under Article 118,

all retiring directors who stood for re-appointment at that meeting (the Retiring Directors) shall be deemed to have been re-appointed as directors and shall remain in office, but the Retiring Directors may only:

(c) act for the purpose of filling vacancies and convening general meetings of the Company; and
(d) perform such duties as are appropriate to maintain the Company as a going concern and to comply with the Company's legal and regulatory obligations,

but not for any other purpose.

Provisions for meeting convened under Article 122

121.123. The Retiring Directors shall convene a general meeting as soon as reasonably practicable following the annual general meeting referred to Article 122, and they shall retire from office at that meeting. If at the end of any meeting convened under this Article the number of directors is fewer than any minimum number of directors required under Article 118, the provisions of Article 122 and Article 123 shall also apply to that meeting.

Separate resolutions on appointment

122.124. Except as otherwise authorised by the Companies Acts, a motion for the appointment of two or more persons as directors by a single resolution shall not be made unless a resolution that it should be so made has first been agreed to by the meeting without any vote being given against it.

123.125. Subject as aforesaid, the Company may by ordinary resolution appoint a person who is willing to act to be a director either to fill a vacancy or as an additional director. The appointment of a person to fill a vacancy or as an additional director shall take effect from the end of the meeting, unless otherwise specified in the ordinary resolution. Additional powers of the Company

Appointment by board

124.126. The board may appoint a person who is willing to act to be a director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional director and in either case whether or not for a fixed term.

Position of retiring directors

125.127. A director who retires at an annual general meeting may, if willing to act, be re-appointed. If the directorhe is not re-appointed, the directorhe shall, unless Article 122 applies, retain office until the meeting appoints someone in the director'shis place, or if it does not do so, until the end of the meeting.

No share qualification

Power to appoint alternates

Alternates entitled to receive notice

Alternates representing more than one director

126.128. A director shall not be required to hold any shares in the capital of the Company by way of qualification. [This Article has been deleted.]

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

127.129. Any director (other than an alternate director) may appoint any other director, or any other person approved by resolution of the board and willing to act, to be an alternate director and may remove from office an alternate director so appointed by that directorhim.

128.130. An alternate director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of the board and of all meetings of committees of the board of which the alternate director'shis appointor is a member, to attend and vote at any such meeting at which the alternate director'shis appointor is not personally present, and generally to perform all the functions of the alternate director'shis appointor (except as regards power to appoint an alternate) as a director in histhe appointor's absence. It shall not be necessary to send notice of such a meeting to an alternate director who is absent from the United Kingdom.

129.131. A director or any other person may act as alternate director to represent more than one director, and an alternate director shall be entitled at meetings of the board or any committee of the board to one vote for every director whom the alternate director represents (and who is not present) in addition to the alternate director'shis own vote (if any) as a director, but the alternate directorhe shall count as only one for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present.

Expenses and remuneration of alternates

130.132. An alternate director may be repaid by the Company such expenses as might properly have been repaid to the alternate directorhim if the alternate directorhe had been a director but shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company in respect of his services as an alternate director except such part (if any) of the remuneration otherwise payable to his the alternate director's appointor as such appointor may by notice to the Company from time to time direct. An alternate director shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company to the same extent as if the alternate directorhe were a director.

131.133. An alternate director shall cease to be an alternate director: Termination of appointment

(a) if the alternate director'shis appointor ceases to be a director; but, if a director retires but is re-appointed or deemed to have been re-appointed at the meeting at which that directorhe retires, any appointment of an alternate director made by that directorhim which was in force immediately prior to that director'shis retirement shall continue after that director'shis re-appointment; or
(b) on the happening of any event which, if the alternate directorhe were a director, would cause that personhim to vacate his office as a director; or
(c) if the alternate directorhe resigns hisfrom that office by notice to the Company.

132.134. Any appointment or removal of an alternate director shall be by notice to the Company by the director making or revoking the appointment and shall take effect in accordance with the terms of the notice (subject to any approval required by Article 129) on receipt of such notice by the Company which shall be in hard copy form or in electronic form sent to such address (if any) for the time being specified by or on behalf of the Company for that purpose. appointment and revocation

133.135. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Articles, an alternate director shall be deemed for all purposes to be a director. Accordingly, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to a director shall be deemed to include a reference to an alternate director. An alternate director shall alone be responsible for that alternate director'shis own acts and defaults and that alternate directorhe shall not be deemed to be the agent of the appointing director appointing him. Alternate not an agent of appointor

POWERS OF THE BOARD

134.136. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and these Articles and to any directions given by special resolution, the business of the Company shall be managed by the board which may pay all expenses incurred in forming and registering the Company and may exercise all the powers of the Company, including without limitation the power to dispose of all or any part of the undertaking of the Company. No alteration of the Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the board which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. The powers given by this Article shall not be limited by any special power given to the board by these Articles. A meeting of the board at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the board.

135.137. The board may exercise the voting power conferred by the shares in any body corporate held or owned by the Company in such manner in all respects as it thinks fit (including without limitation the exercise of that power in favour of any resolution appointing its members or any of them directors of such body corporate, or voting or providing for the payment of remuneration to the directors of such body corporate).

The board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money, to guarantee, to indemnify, to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property, assets Power to borrow

Company of voting rights

Exercise by

Business to be managed by board

Method of

(present and future) and uncalled capital, and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

136.138A. The board may change the name of the Company.

DELEGATION OF POWERS OF THE BOARD

137.139. The board may delegate any of its powers to any committee consisting of one or more directors. The board may also delegate to any director holding any executive office such of its powers as the board considers desirable to be exercised by him. Any such delegation shall, in the absence of express provision to the contrary in the terms of delegation, be deemed to include authority to sub-delegate to one or more directors (whether or not acting as a committee) or to any employee or agent of the Company all or any of the powers delegated and may be made subject to such conditions as the board may specify, and may be revoked or altered. The board may co-opt on to any such committee persons other than directors, who may enjoy voting rights in the committee. The co-opted members shall be less than one-half of the total membership of the committee and a resolution of any committee shall be effective only if:The board may delegate any of its powers, authorities and discretions (with power to sub-delegate) to any committee consisting of such person or persons (whether directors or not) as it thinks fit. The board may make any such delegation on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit and may revoke or vary any such delegation and discharge any committee wholly or in part, but no person dealing in good faith shall be affected by any revocation or variation. Any committee so formed shall, in the exercise of the powers, authorities and discretions so delegated, conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the board. Committees of the board

(a) where the resolution is passed at a meeting of the committee, a majority of the members present are directors; and
(b) where the resolution is passed by the committee in writing pursuant to Article 169, a majority of those who agree to the resolution are directors.

138.140. Subject to any conditions imposed by the board, the proceedings of a committee with two or more members shall be governed by these Articles regulating the proceedings of directors so far as they are capable of applying.The proceedings of a committee with two or more members shall be governed by any regulations imposed on it by the board and (subject to such regulations) by these Articles regulating the proceedings of the board so far as they are capable of applying.

139.141. The board may establish local or divisional boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company, either in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and may appoint any persons to be members of the local or divisional boards, or any managers or agents, and may fix their remuneration. The board may delegate to any local or divisional board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in or exercisable by the board, with power to subdelegate, and may authorise the members of any local or divisional board, or any of them, to fill any vacancies and to act notwithstanding vacancies. Any appointment or delegation made pursuant to this Article may be made on such terms and subject to Local boards etc.

such conditions as the board may decide. The board may remove any person so appointed and may revoke or vary the delegation but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of the revocation or variation shall be affected by it.

140.142. The board may, by power of attorney or otherwise, appoint any person to be the agent of the Company for such purposes, with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in the board) and on such conditions as the board determines, including without limitation authority for the agent to delegate all or any of the agent'shis powers, authorities and discretions, and may revoke or vary such delegation. Agents
141.143. The board may appoint any person to any office or employment having a designation or title including the word "director" or attach to any existing office or employment with the Company such a designation or title and may terminate any such appointment or the use of any such designation or title. The inclusion of the word "director" in the designation or title of any such office or employment shall not imply that the holder is a director of the Company, and the holder shall not thereby be empowered in any respect to act as, or be deemed to be, a director of the Company for any of the purposes of these Articles. Offices including title "director"

DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

142.144. A person ceases to be a director as soon as: Disqualification as a director

(a) that person ceases to be a director by virtue of any provision of the Act or is prohibited from being a director by law;
(b) a bankruptcy order is made against that person;
(c) a composition is made with that person's creditors generally in satisfaction of that person's debts;
(d) a registered medical practitioner who is treating that person gives a written opinion to the Company stating that that person has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director and may remain so for more than three months;
(e) notification is received by the Company from the director that the director is resigning or retiring from office, and such resignation or retirement has taken effect in accordance with its terms, or the director'shis office as a director is vacated pursuant to Article 127126;
(f) that person has been absent for more than six consecutive months without permission of the board from meetings of the board held during that period and that person'shis alternate director (if any) has not attended in that person'shis place during that period and the board resolves that the person'shis office be vacated; or
(g) that person receives notice signed by not less than three quarters of the other directors stating that that person should cease to be a director. In calculating

the number of directors who are required to give such notice to the director, (i) an alternate director appointed by that directorhim acting in his capacity as such shall be excluded; and (ii) a director and any alternate director appointed by that directorhim and acting in his capacity as such shall constitute a single director for this purpose, so that notice by either shall be sufficient.

Power of Company to remove director

143.145. The Company may, without prejudice to the provisions of the Companies Acts, by ordinary resolution remove any director from office (notwithstanding any provision of these Articles or of any agreement between the Company and such director, but without prejudice to any claim the director may have for damages for breach of any such agreement). No special notice need be given of any resolution to remove a director in accordance with this Article and no director proposed to be removed in accordance with this Article has any special right to protest against the his removal. The Company may, by ordinary resolution, appoint another person in place of a director removed from office in accordance with this Article.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Arrangements with nonexecutive directors

144.146. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the board may enter into, vary and terminate an agreement or arrangement with any director who does not hold executive office for the provision of the director'shis services to the Company. Subject to Articles 147 and 148, any such agreement or arrangement may be made on such terms as the board determines.

Ordinary remuneration 145.147. The ordinary remuneration of the directors who do not hold executive office for their services (excluding amounts payable under any other provision of these Articles) shall not exceed in aggregate £1 million per annum or such higher amount as the Company may from time to time by ordinary resolution determine. Subject thereto, each such director shall be paid a fee for their services (which shall be deemed to accrue from day to day) at such rate as may from time to time be determined by the board.

146.148. Any director who does not hold executive office and who performs special services which in the opinion of the board are outside the scope of the ordinary duties of a director, may (without prejudice to the provisions of Article 147) be paid such extra remuneration by way of additional fee, salary, commission or otherwise as the board may determine. Additional remuneration for special services

DIRECTORS' EXPENSES

147.149. The directors may be paid all travelling, hotel, and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of the board or committees of the board, general meetings or separate meetings of the holders of any class of shares or of debentures of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of their duties. Directors may be paid expenses

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

148.150. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the board may appoint one or more of its body to be the holder of any executive office (except that of auditor) in the Company and may enter into an agreement or arrangement with any such director for such director'shis employment by the Company or for the provision by such directorhim of any services outside the scope of the ordinary duties of a director. Any such appointment, agreement or arrangement may be made on such terms, including without limitation terms as to remuneration, as the board determines. The board may revoke or vary any such appointment but without prejudice to any rights or claims which the person whose appointment is revoked or varied may have against the Company because of the revocation or variation. Appointment to executive office

because his that director's appointment to such executive office terminates.

Termination of appointment to executive office

Emoluments to be determined

by the board

150.152. The emoluments of any director holding executive office for that director'shis services as such shall be determined by the board, and may be of any description, including without limitation admission to, or continuance of, membership of any scheme (including any share acquisition scheme) or fund instituted or established or financed or contributed to by the Company for the provision of pensions, life assurance or other benefits for employees or their dependants, or the payment of a pension or other benefits to that directorhim or that director'shis dependants on or after retirement or death, apart from membership of any such scheme or fund.

149.151. Any appointment of a director to an executive office shall terminate if that directorhe ceases to be a director but without prejudice to any rights or claims which that directorhe may have against the Company by reason of such cessation. A director appointed to an executive office shall not cease to be a director merely

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

Authorisation under s175 of the Act

151.153. For the purposes of section 175 of the Act, the board may authorise any matter proposed to it in accordance with these Articles which would, if not so authorised, involve a breach of duty by a director under that section, including, without limitation, any matter which relates to a situation in which a director has, or can have, an interest which conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interests of the Company. Any such authorisation will be effective only if:

(a) any requirement as to quorum at the meeting at which the matter is considered is met without counting the director in question or any other interested director; and
(b) the matter was agreed to without their voting or would have been agreed to if their votes had not been counted.

The board may (whether at the time of the giving of the authorisation or subsequently) make any such authorisation subject to any limits or conditions it expressly imposes but such authorisation is otherwise given to the fullest extent permitted. The board may vary or terminate any such authorisation at any time.

For the purposes of the Articles, a conflict of interest includes a conflict of interest and duty and a conflict of duties, and interest includes both direct and indirect interests.

Director may contract with the Company and hold other offices etc

152.154. Provided that the directorhe has disclosed to the board the nature and extent of the director'shis interest (unless the circumstances referred to in section 177(5) or section 177(6) of the Act apply, in which case no such disclosure is required) a director notwithstanding that director'shis office:

(a) may be a party to, or otherwise interested in, any transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is otherwise (directly or indirectly) interested;
(b) may act by himselfpersonally or by the director'shis firm in a professional capacity for the Company (otherwise than as auditor) and the directorhe or hthe isdirector's firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if the directorhe were not a director; and
(c) may be a director or other officer of, or employed by, or a party to a transaction or arrangement with, or otherwise interested in, any body corporate:
- (i) in which the Company is (directly or indirectly) interested as shareholder or otherwise; or
- (ii) with which the directorhe has such a relationship at the request or direction of the Company.
153.155. A director shall not, by reason of the director'shis office, be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefit which the directorhe derives from any office or employment or from any transaction or arrangement or from any interest in any body corporate: Remuneration, benefits etc.
- (a) the acceptance, entry into or existence of which has been approved by the board pursuant to Article 153 (subject, in any such case, to any limits or conditions to which such approval was subject); or
- (b) which the directorhe is permitted to hold or enter into by virtue of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of Article 154;

nor shall the receipt of any such remuneration or other benefit constitute a breach of the director'shis duty under section 176 of the Act.

154.156. Any disclosure required by Article 154 may be made at a meeting of the board, by notice in writing or by general notice or otherwise in accordance with section 177 of the Act. Notification of

Duty of confidentiality to another person

interests

155.157. A director shall be under no duty to the Company with respect to any information which the directorhe obtains or has obtained otherwise than as a director of the Company and in respect of which the directorhe owes a duty of confidentiality to another person. However, to the extent that the director'shis relationship with that other person gives rise to a conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest, this Article applies only if the existence of that relationship has been approved by the board pursuant to Article 153. In particular, the director shall not be in breach of the general duties the director owes to the Company by virtue of sections 171 to 177 of the Act because the director fails:

(a) to disclose any such information to the board or to any director or other officer or employee of the Company; and/or
(b) to use or apply any such information in performing the director'shis duties as a director of the Company.
156.158. Where the existence of a director's relationship with another person has been approved by the board pursuant to Article 153 and the director'shis relationship with that person gives rise to a conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest, the director shall not be in breach of the general duties the directorhe owes to the Company by virtue of sections 171 to 177 of the Act because the directorhe: Consequences of authorisation
- (a) personally absents hi mself from meetings of the board at which any matter relating to the conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest will or may be discussed or from the discussion of any such matter at a meeting or otherwise; and/or
- (b) makes arrangements not to receive documents and information relating to any matter which gives rise to the conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest sent or supplied by the Company and/or for such documents and information to be received and read by a professional adviser,
- for so long as the director reasonably believes such conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest subsists.
- 157.159. The provisions of Articles 157 and 158 are without prejudice to any equitable principle or rule of law which may excuse the director from:
  - (a) disclosing information, in circumstances where disclosure would otherwise be required under these Articles; or
  - (b) attending meetings or discussions or receiving documents and information as referred to in Article 158, in circumstances where such attendance or receiving such documents and information would otherwise be required under these Articles.

GRATUITIES, PENSIONS AND INSURANCE

158.160. The board may (by establishment of, or maintenance of, schemes or otherwise) provide benefits, whether by the payment of gratuities or pensions or by insurance or otherwise, for any past or present director or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings or any body corporate associated with, or any business acquired by, any of them, and for any member of hthe director'is family Gratuities and pensions

(including a spouse, a civil partner, a former spouse and a former civil partner) or any person who is or was dependent on the directorhim, and may (as well before as after the directorhe ceases to hold such office or employment) contribute to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such benefit.

159.161. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 225, the board may exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase and maintain insurance for or for the benefit of any person who is or was: Insurance
- (a) a director, officer or employee of the Company, or any body which is or was the holding company or subsidiary undertaking of the Company, or in which the Company or such holding company or subsidiary undertaking has or had any interest (whether direct or indirect) or with which the Company or such holding company or subsidiary undertaking is or was in any way allied or associated; or
- (b) a trustee of any pension fund in which employees of the Company or any other body referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article are or have been interested,

including without limitation insurance against any liability incurred by such person in respect of any act or omission in the actual or purported execution or discharge of such person'shis duties or in the exercise or purported exercise of such person'shis powers or otherwise in relation to such person'shis duties, powers or offices in relation to the relevant body or fund.

160.162. No director or former director shall be accountable to the Company or the members for any benefit provided pursuant to these Articles. The receipt of any such benefit shall not disqualify any person from being or becoming a director of the Company. Directors not liable to account
161.163. The board may make provision for the benefit of any persons employed or formerly employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than a director or former director or shadow director in connection with the cessation or the transfer of the whole or part of the undertaking of the Company or any subsidiary. Any such provision shall be made by a resolution of the board in accordance with section 247 of the Act. Section 247 of the Act

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

162.164. Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the board may regulate its proceedings as it thinks fit. A director may, and the secretary at the request of a director shall, call a meeting of the board by giving notice of the meeting to each director. Notice of a board meeting shall be deemed to be given to a director if it is given to that directorhim personally or by word of mouth or sent in hard copy form to that director'shim at his last known address or such other address (if any) as may for the time being be specified by that directorhim or on that director'shis behalf to the Company for that purpose, or sent in electronic form to such address (if any) for the time being specified by him that director or on that director'shis behalf to the Company for that purpose. A director absent or intending to be absent from the Convening meetings

United Kingdom may request the board that notices of board meetings shall during his that director's absence be sent in hard copy form or in electronic form to such address (if any) for the time being specified by him that director or on his that director's behalf to the Company for that purpose, but such notices need not be sent any earlier than notices sent to directors not so absent and, if no such request is made to the board, it shall not be necessary to send notice of a board meeting to any director who is for the time being absent from the United Kingdom. No account is to be taken of directors absent from the United Kingdom when considering the adequacy of the period of notice of the meeting. Questions arising at a meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. Any director may waive notice of a meeting and any such waiver may be retrospective. Any notice pursuant to this Article need not be in writing if the board so determines and any such determination may be retrospective.

163.165. The quorum for the transaction of the business of the board may be fixed by the board and unless so fixed at any other number shall be two. A person who holds office only as an alternate director may, if such person'shis appointor is not present, be counted in the quorum. Any director who ceases to be a director at a board meeting may continue to be present and to act as a director and be counted in the quorum until the termination of the board meeting if no director objects.

164.166. The continuing directors or a sole continuing director may act notwithstanding any vacancies in their number, but if the number of directors is less than the number fixed as the quorum the continuing directors or director may, unless Article 120 applies, act only for the purpose of filling vacancies or of calling a general meeting. below minimum

165.167. The board may appoint one of their number to be the chairman, and one of their number to be the deputy chairman, of the board and may at any time remove either of them from such office. Unless such personhe is unwilling to do so, the director appointed as chairman, or in his that person's stead the director appointed as deputy chairrman, shall preside at every meeting of the board at which such personhe is present. If there is no director holding either of those offices, or if neither the chairman nor the deputy chairman is willing to preside or neither of them is present within five minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, the directors present may appoint one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. Chairman and

166.168. All acts done by a meeting of the board, or of a committee of the board, or by a person acting as a director or alternate director, shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was a defect in the appointment of any director or any member of the committee or alternate director or that any of them were disqualified from holding office, or had vacated office, or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified and had continued to be a director or, as the case may be, an alternate director and had been entitled to vote. Validity of acts of the board

Resolutions in writing

167.169. A resolution in writing agreed to by all the directors entitled to vote at a meeting of the board or of a committee of the board but excluding any director whose vote is not to be counted in respect of the matter in question (not being less

Quorum

Powers of directors if number falls

deputy chairman

than the number of directors required to form a quorum of the board) shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the board or (as the case may be) a committee of the board duly convened and held. For this purpose:

(a) a director signifies his agreement to a proposed written resolution when the Company receives from that directorhim a document indicating histhe director's agreement to the resolution authenticated in the manner permitted by the Companies Acts for a document in the relevant form;
(b) the director may send the document in hard copy form or in electronic form to such address (if any) for the time being specified by the Company for that purpose;
(c) if an alternate director signifies his agreement to the proposed written resolution, such alternate director'shis appointor need not also signify his agreement; and
(d) if a director signifies his agreement to the proposed written resolution, an alternate director appointed by such directorhim need not also signify his agreement in that capacity.

168.170. Without prejudice to the first sentence of Article 164, a person entitled to be present at a meeting of the board or of a committee of the board shall be deemed to be present for all purposes if that personhe is able (directly or by electronic communication) to speak to and be heard by all those present or deemed to be present simultaneously (a) hear (or otherwise receive real time communications made by) each of the other participating directors addressing the meeting; and (b) address, if that person so wishes, all of the other participating directors simultaneously (or otherwise communicate in real time with them). A director so deemed to be present shall be entitled to vote and be counted in a quorum accordingly. Such a meeting shall be deemed to take place where it is convened to be held or (if no director is present in that place) where the largest group of those participating is assembled, or, if there is no such group, where the chairman of the meeting is. The word meeting in these Articles shall be construed accordingly where used in relation to board and committee meetings.

Directors' power to vote on contracts in which they are interested

Meetings by telephone / online etc.

169.171. Except as otherwise provided by these Articles, a director shall not vote at a meeting of the board or a committee of the board on any resolution of the board concerning a matter in which the directorhe has an interest (other than by virtue of the director'shis interests in shares or debentures or other securities of, or otherwise in or through, the Company) which can reasonably be regarded as likely to give rise to a conflict with the interests of the Company, unless the director'shis interest arises only because the resolution concerns one or more of the following matters:

(a) the giving of a guarantee, security or indemnity in respect of money lent or obligations incurred by the directorhim or any other person at the request of or for the benefit of, the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings;
(b) the giving of a guarantee, security or indemnity in respect of a debt or obligation of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings for which the

director has assumed responsibility (in whole or part and whether alone or jointly with others) under a guarantee or indemnity or by the giving of security;

(c) a contract, arrangement, transaction or proposal concerning an offer of shares, debentures or other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings for subscription or purchase, in which offer the directorhe is or may be entitled to participate as a holder of securities or in the underwriting or sub-underwriting of which the director is to participate;
(d) a contract, arrangement, transaction or proposal concerning any other body corporate in which the director or any person connected with the directorhim is interested, directly or indirectly, and whether as an officer, shareholder, creditor or otherwise, if the director and any persons connected with the directorhim do not to the director'shis knowledge hold an interest (as that term is used in sections 820 to 825 of the Act) representing one per cent. or more of either any class of the equity share capital (excluding any shares of that class held as treasury shares) of such body corporate (or any other body corporate through which the director'shis interest is derived) or of the voting rights available to members of the relevant body corporate (any such interest being deemed for the purpose of this Article to be likely to give rise to a conflict with the interests of the Company in all circumstances);
(e) a contract, arrangement, transaction or proposal for the benefit of employees of the Company or of any of its subsidiary undertakings which does not award the directorhim any privilege or benefit not generally accorded to the employees to whom the arrangement relates; and
(f) a contract, arrangement, transaction or proposal concerning any insurance which the Company is empowered to purchase or maintain for, or for the benefit of, any directors of the Company or for persons who include directors of the Company.

For the purposes of this Article, in relation to an alternate director, an interest of the alternate director'shis appointor shall be treated as an interest of the alternate director without prejudice to any interest which the alternate director has otherwise.

170.172. The Company may by ordinary resolution suspend or relax to any extent, either generally or in respect of any particular matter, any provision of these Articles prohibiting a director from voting at a meeting of the board or of a committee of the board.

Division of proposals

171.173. Where proposals are under consideration concerning the appointment (including without limitation fixing or varying the terms of appointment) of two or more directors to offices or employments with the Company or any body corporate in which the Company is interested, the proposals may be divided and considered in relation to each director separately. In such cases each of the directors concerned shall be entitled to vote in respect of each resolution except that concerning his the director's own appointment as a director.

Decision of chairman final and conclusive

172.174. If a question arises at a meeting of the board or of a committee of the board as to the entitlement of a director to vote, the question may, before the conclusion of the meeting, be referred to the chairman of the meeting and the chair'shis ruling in relation to any director other than the chairhimself shall be final and conclusive except in a case where the nature or extent of the interests of the director concerned have not been fairly disclosed. If any such question arises in respect of the chairman of the meeting, it shall be decided by resolution of the board (on which the chairman shall not vote) and such resolution will be final and conclusive except in a case where the nature and extent of the interests of the chairman have not been fairly disclosed.

SECRETARY

Appointment and removal of secretary

Minutes

kept

173.175. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the secretary shall be appointed by the board for such term, at such remuneration and on such conditions as it may think fit. Any secretary so appointed may be removed by the board, but without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any contract of service between the secretaryhim and the Company.

MINUTES

174.176. The board shall cause minutes to be recorded for the purpose of: required to be

(a) all appointments of officers made by the board; and
(b) all proceedings at meetings of the Company, the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, the board and committees of the board, including the names of the directors present at each such meeting.

Conclusiveness of minutes

175.177. Any such minutes, if purporting to be authenticated by the chairman of the meeting to which they relate or of the next meeting, shall be sufficient evidence of the proceedings at the meeting without any further proof of the facts stated in them.

THE SEAL

Authority required for execution of deed

176.178. The seal shall only be used by the authority of a resolution of the board. The board may determine who shall sign any document executed under the seal. If they do not, it shall be signed by at least one director and the secretary or by at least two directors. Any document may be executed under the seal by impressing the seal by mechanical means or by printing the seal or a facsimile of it on the document or by applying the seal or a facsimile of it by any other means to the document. A document executed, with the authority of a resolution of the board, in any manner permitted by section 44(2) of the Act and expressed (in whatever form of words) to be executed by the Company has the same effect as if executed under the seal.

Certificates for shares and debentures

177.179. The board may by resolution determine either generally or in any particular case that any certificate for shares or debentures or representing any other form of security may have any signature affixed to it by some mechanical or electronic means, or printed on it or, in the case of a certificate executed under the seal, need not bear any signature.

REGISTERS

178.180. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts and the Regulations, the Company may keep an overseas or local or other register in any place, and the board may make, amend and revoke any regulations it thinks fit about the keeping of that register. Overseas and local registers

Authentication and certification of copies and extracts

179.181. Any director or the secretary or any other person appointed by the board for the purpose shall have power to authenticate and certify as true copies of and extracts from:

(a) any document comprising or affecting the constitution of the Company, whether in hard copy form or electronic form;
(b) any resolution passed by the Company, the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, the board or any committee of the board, whether in hard copy form or electronic form; and
(c) any book, record and document relating to the business of the Company, whether in hard copy form or electronic form (including without limitation the accounts).

If certified in this way, a document purporting to be a copy of a resolution, or the minutes or an extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Company, the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, the board or a committee of the board, whether in hard copy form or electronic form, shall be conclusive evidence in favour of all persons dealing with the Company in reliance on it or them that the resolution was duly passed or that the minutes are, or the extract from the minutes is, a true and accurate record of proceedings at a duly constituted meeting.

DIVIDENDS

Declaration of dividends by the Company

180.182. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the Company may by ordinary resolution declare dividends in accordance with the respective rights of the members, but no dividend (other than a Preference Dividend) shall exceed the amount recommended by the board.

182A. (a) Any dividend may, at any point prior to its payment, be cancelled by the board if the board reasonably considers that a cancellation or deferral is required by any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, to meet any applicable capital requirement) or if the board considers, in its sole discretion, that it would be appropriate or prudent to cancel any such dividend. Accordingly, notwithstanding the terms of any resolution of the Company in general meeting, any dividend declared will only be payable if it has not been cancelled by the directors prior to its payment (whether or not such conditionality is expressly provided for in any relevant resolution). Cancellation of dividends by the board

(b) If the directors act in good faith they will not incur any liability to any member of the Company in respect of any decision by the board to cancel a dividend in accordance with this Article.

181.183. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the board may pay interim dividends if it appears to the board that they are justified by the profits of the Company available for distribution. If the share capital is divided into different classes, the board may:

(a) pay interim dividends on shares which confer deferred or non-preferred rights with regard to dividends as well as on shares which confer preferential rights with regard to dividends, but no interim dividend shall be paid on shares carrying deferred or non-preferred rights if, at the time of payment, any preferential dividend is in arrear; and
(b) pay at intervals settled by it any dividend payable at a fixed rate if it appears to the board that the profits available for distribution justify the payment.

If the board acts in good faith it shall not incur any liability to the holders of shares conferring preferred rights for any loss they may suffer by the lawful payment of an interim dividend on any shares having deferred or non-preferred rights.

Declaration and payment in different currencies

Interim dividends

182.184. Dividends may be declared and paid in any currency or currencies that the board shall determine. The board may also determine the exchange rate and the relevant date for determining the value of the dividend in any currency.

183.185. Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to shares, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the shares on which the dividend is paid; but no amount paid on a share in advance of the date on which a call is payable shall be treated for the purpose of this Article as paid on the share. All dividends shall be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amounts paid up on the shares during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid; but, if any share is allotted or issued on terms providing that it shall rank for dividend as from a particular date, that share shall rank for dividend accordingly. Apportionment of dividends

184.186. A general meeting declaring a dividend may, on the recommendation of the board, by ordinary resolution direct that it shall be satisfied wholly or partly by the distribution of assets, including without limitation paid up shares or debentures of another body corporate. The board may make any arrangements it thinks fit to settle any difficulty arising in connection with the distribution, including without limitation (a) the fixing of the value for distribution of any assets, (b) the payment of cash to any member on the basis of that value in order to adjust the rights of members, and (c) the vesting of any asset in a trustee. Dividends in specie

Scrip dividends: authorising resolution

185.187. The board may, if authorised by an ordinary resolution of the Company (the Resolution), offer any holder of shares the right to elect to receive shares, credited as fully paid, instead of cash in respect of the whole (or some part, to be determined by the board) of all or any dividend specified by the Resolution. The offer shall be on the terms and conditions and be made in the manner specified in Article 188 or, subject to those provisions, specified in the Resolution.

186.188. The following provisions shall apply to the Resolution and any offer made pursuant to it and Article 187: Scrip dividends: procedures

(a) the Resolution may specify a particular dividend, or may specify all or any dividends declared within a specified period;
(b) each holder of shares shall be entitled to that number of new shares as are together as nearly as possible equal in value to (but not greater than) the cash amount (disregarding any tax credit) of the dividend that such holder elects to forgo (each a new share). For this purpose, the value of each new share shall be:
- (i) equal to the average quotation for the Company's ordinary shares, that is, the average of the middle market quotations for those shares on the London Stock Exchange plc, as derived from the Daily Official List, on the day on which such shares are first quoted ex the relevant dividend and the four subsequent dealing days; or
- (ii) calculated in any other manner specified by the Resolution,

but shall never be less than the par value of the new share.

A certificate or report by the auditors as to the value of a new share in respect of any dividend shall be conclusive evidence of that value;

(c) on or as soon as practicable after announcing that any dividend is to be declared or recommended, the board, if it intends to offer an election in respect of that dividend, shall also announce that intention. If, after determining the basis of allotment, the board decides to proceed with the offer, it shall notify the holders of shares of the terms and conditions of the right of election offered to them, specifying the procedure to be followed and place at which, and the latest time by which, elections or notices amending or terminating existing elections must be delivered in order to be effective;
(d) the board shall not proceed with any election unless the board has sufficient authority to allot shares and sufficient reserves or funds that may be appropriated to give effect to it after the basis of allotment is determined;
(e) the board may exclude from any offer any holders of shares where the board believes the making of the offer to them would or might involve the contravention of the laws of any territory or that for any other reason the offer should not be made to them;
(f) the dividend (or that part of the dividend in respect of which a right of election has been offered) shall not be payable in cash on shares in respect of which an election has been made (the elected shares) and instead such number of new shares shall be allotted to each holder of elected shares as is arrived at on the

basis stated in paragraph (b) of this Article. For that purpose the board shall appropriate out of any amount for the time being standing to the credit of any reserve or fund (including without limitation the profit and loss account), whether or not it is available for distribution, a sum equal to the aggregate nominal amount of the new shares to be allotted and apply it in paying up in full the appropriate number of new shares for allotment and distribution to each holder of elected shares as is arrived at on the basis stated in paragraph (b) of this Article;

(g) the new shares when allotted shall rank equally in all respects with the fully paid shares of the same class then in issue except that they shall not be entitled to participate in the relevant dividend;
(h) no fraction of a share shall be allotted. The board may make such provision as it thinks fit for any fractional entitlements including without limitation payment in cash to holders in respect of their fractional entitlements, provision for the accrual, retention or accumulation of all or part of the benefit of fractional entitlements to or by the Company or to or by or on behalf of any holder or the application of any accrual, retention or accumulation to the allotment of fully paid shares to any holder;
(i) the board may do all acts and things it considers necessary or expedient to give effect to the allotment and issue of any share pursuant to this Article or otherwise in connection with any offer made pursuant to this Article and may authorise any person, acting on behalf of the holders concerned, to enter into an agreement with the Company providing for such allotment or issue and incidental matters. Any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned; and
(j) the board may, at its discretion, amend, suspend or terminate any offer pursuant to this Article.

187.189. The board may deduct from any dividend or other moneys payable to any member in respect of a share any moneys presently payable by the memberhim to the Company in respect of that share. Where a person is entitled by transmission to a share, the board may retain any dividend payable in respect of that share until that person (or that person's transferee) becomes the holder of that share. Permitted deductions and retentions

Procedure for payment to holders and others entitled

188.190. Any dividend or other moneys payable in respect of a share may be paid(a) The Company may pay any dividend or other sum payable in respect of a share by such method as the board may decide. The board may decide to use different methods of payment for different holders or groups of holders. Without limiting any other method of payment which the board may decide upon, the board may decide that payment can be made, wholly or partly and exclusively or optionally:

(i) by cheque or dividend warrant payable to the holder (or, in the case of joint holders, the holder whose name stands first in the register in respect of the relevant share) or to such other person as the holder (or,

in the case of joint holders, all the joint holders) may notify to the Company for the purpose; or

	(ii) by a bank or other funds transfer system or by such other electronic
	means as the board may decide (including, in the case of an
	uncertificated share, a relevant system) to such account as the holder
	(or, in the case of joint holders, all the joint holders) may notify to the
	Company for the purpose; or

	(iii) in such other way as may be agreed between the Company and the
	holder (or, in the case of joint holders, all such holders).

(a)	If the board decides that payment of any dividend or other sum payable in
	respect of a share will be made exclusively by one or more of the methods
	referred to in paragraph (a)(ii) above to an account, but no such account is
	nominated by the holder (or, in case of joint holders, all the joint holders) or if
	an attempted payment into a nominated account is rejected or refunded, the
	Company may treat that dividend or other sum payable as unclaimed.in cash;
	or

(b)	by cheque or warrant made payable to or to the order of the holder or person
	entitled to payment; or

(c)	by any direct debit, bank or other funds transfer system to the holder or person
	entitled to payment or, if practicable, to a person designated by notice to the
	Company by the holder or person entitled to payment; or

(d)(b) by any other method approved by the board and agreed (in such form as the Company thinks appropriate) by the holder or person entitled to payment including without limitation in respect of an uncertificated share by means of the relevant system (subject to the facilities and requirements of the relevant system).

189.191. If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, or are entitled by transmission jointly to a share, the Company may:

(a) pay any dividend or other moneys payable in respect of the share to any one of them and any one of them may give effectual receipt for that payment; and
(b) for the purpose of Article 190, rely in relation to the share on the written direction, designation or agreement of, or notice to the Company by, any one of them.

190.192. A cheque or warrant may be sent by post: Payment by post

(a) where a share is held by a sole holder, to the registered address of the holder of the share; or
(b) if two or more persons are the holders, to the registered address of the person who is first named in the register; or

Joint entitlement

(c) if a person is entitled by transmission to the share, as if it were a notice to be sent under Article 209; or
(d) in any case, to such person and to such address as the person entitled to payment may direct by notice to the Company.

191.193. Payment of a cheque or warrant by the bank on which it was drawn or the transfer of funds by the bank instructed to make the transfer or, in respect of an uncertificated share, the making of payment in accordance with the facilities and requirements of the relevant system (which, if the relevant system is CREST, may include the sending by the Company or by any person on its behalf of an instruction to the Operator of the relevant system to credit the cash memorandum account of the holder or joint holders or, if permitted by the Company, of such person as the holder or joint holders may in writing direct) shall be a good discharge to the Company. Every cheque or warrant sent or transfer of funds made by the relevant bank or system in accordance with these Articles shall be at the risk of the holder or person entitled. The Company shall have no responsibility for any sums lost or delayed in the course of payment by any method used by the Company in accordance with Article 190. Discharge to Company and risk

192.194. No dividend or other moneys payable in respect of a share shall bear interest against the Company unless otherwise provided by the rights attached to the share. Interest not payable

193.195. Any dividend which has remained unclaimed for 12 years from the date when it became due for payment shall, if the board so resolves, be forfeited and cease to remain owing by the Company. The payment of any unclaimed dividend or other moneys payable in respect of a share may (but need not) be paid by the Company into an account separate from the Company's own account. Such payment shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect of it. The Company shall be entitled to cease sending dividend warrants and cheques by post or otherwise to a member if those instruments have been returned undelivered, or left uncashed by that member, on at least two consecutive occasions, or, following one such occasion, reasonable enquiries have failed to establish the member's new address. The entitlement conferred on the Company by this Article in respect of any member shall cease if the member claims a dividend or cashes a dividend warrant or cheque. If the Company exercises its power of sale in accordance with Article 219, all dividends and other such moneys payable on that share shall be forfeited and cease to remain owing by the Company. Forfeiture of unclaimed dividends

194.196. [This Article has been deleted.] In respect of their rights to distributions, Preference Shares shall rank ahead of Ordinary Shares.

CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS AND RESERVES

195.197. The board may with the authority of an ordinary resolution of the Company:

(a) subject to the provisions of this Article, resolve to capitalise any undistributed profits of the Company not required for paying any preferential dividend (whether or not they are available for distribution) or any sum standing to the

Power to capitalise

Rights to distributions credit of any reserve or other fund, including without limitation the Company's share premium account and capital redemption reserve, if any;

(b) appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the members or any class of members on the record date specified in the relevant resolution who would have been entitled to it if it were distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions;
(c) apply that sum on their behalf either in or towards paying up the amounts, if any, for the time being unpaid on any shares held by them respectively, or in paying up in full shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company of a nominal amount equal to that sum but the share premium account, the capital redemption reserve, and any profits which are not available for distribution may, for the purposes of this Article, only be applied in paying up shares to be allotted to members credited as fully paid;
(d) allot the shares, debentures or other obligations credited as fully paid to those members, or as they may direct, in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other;
(e) where shares or debentures become, or would otherwise become, distributable under this Article in fractions, make such provision as they think fit for any fractional entitlements including without limitation authorising their sale and transfer to any person, resolving that the distribution be made as nearly as practicable in the correct proportion but not exactly so, ignoring fractions altogether or resolving that cash payments be made to any members in order to adjust the rights of all parties;
(f) authorise any person to enter into an agreement with the Company on behalf of all the members concerned providing for either:
- (i) the allotment to the members respectively, credited as fully paid, of any shares, debentures or other obligations to which they are entitled on the capitalisation; or
- (ii) the payment up by the Company on behalf of the members of the amounts, or any part of the amounts, remaining unpaid on their existing shares by the application of their respective proportions of the sum resolved to be capitalised,

and any agreement made under that authority shall be binding on all such members;

(g) generally do all acts and things required to give effect to the ordinary resolution; and
(h) for the purposes of this Article, unless the relevant resolution provides otherwise, if the Company holds treasury shares of the relevant class at the record date specified in the relevant resolution, it shall be treated as if it were entitled to receive the dividends in respect of those treasury shares which

would have been payable if those treasury shares had been held by a person other than the Company. 197A. (a) This Article (which is without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of the immediately preceding article) applies where, pursuant to an employees' share scheme: (i) a person is granted a right to acquire shares in the Company for no payment or at a price less than their nominal value; or (ii) the terms on which any person is entitled to acquire shares in the Company are adjusted so that the price payable to acquire them is less than their nominal value, and the relevant shares are to be subscribed. (b) In any such case the board: (i) may, without requiring any further authority of the Company in general meeting, at any time transfer to a reserve account a sum (the reserve amount) which is equal to the amount required to pay up the nominal value of the shares in full, after taking into account the amount (if any) payable by the person from the profits or reserves of the Company which are available for distribution and not required for the payment of any preferential dividend; and (ii) (subject to paragraph (d) below) will not apply the reserve amount for any purpose other than paying up the nominal value on the allotment of the relevant shares. (c) Whenever the Company allots shares to a person pursuant to a right described in Article 197A. (a), the board will (subject to the Statutes) appropriate to capital the amount of the reserve amount necessary to pay up the nominal value of those shares in full, after taking into account the amount (if any) payable by the person, apply that amount in paying up the nominal value of those shares in full and allot those shares credited as fully paid to the person entitled to them. (h)(d) If any person ceases to be entitled to acquire shares as described in Article 197A. (a), the restrictions on the reserve amount will cease to apply in relation to the part of that amount (if any) applicable to those shares. Powe r to capitaliseemployees' share schemes

RECORD DATES

196.198. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the Company or the board may: Record dates for dividends etc.

(a) fix any date as the record date for any dividend, distribution, allotment or issue, which may be on or at any time before or after any date on which the dividend, distribution, allotment or issue is declared, paid or made;

(b) for the purpose of determining which persons are entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company, or a separate general meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, and how many votes such persons may cast, specify in the notice of meeting a time, not more than 48 hours before the time fixed for the meeting (which shall, if the board so specifies, be calculated taking no account of any part of a day that is not a working day), by which a person must be entered on the register in order to have the right to attend or vote at the meeting; changes to the register after the time specified by virtue of this Article shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the meeting; and
(c) for the purpose of sending notices of general meetings of the Company, or separate general meetings of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, under these Articles, determine that persons entitled to receive such notices are those persons entered on the register at the close of business on a day determined by the Company or the board, which day may not be more than 21 days before the day that notices of the meeting are sent.

ACCOUNTS

197.199. No member shall (as such) have any right to inspect any accounting records or other book or document of the Company except as conferred by statute or authorised by the board or by ordinary resolution of the Company or order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Rights to inspect records

198.200. Subject to the Companies Acts, a copy of the Company's annual accounts and reports for that financial year shall, at least 21 clear days before the date of the meeting at which copies of those documents are to be laid in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts, be sent to every member and to every holder of the Company's debentures, and to every person who is entitled to receive notice of meetings from the Company under the provisions of the Companies Acts or of these Articles or, in the case of joint holders of any share or debenture, to one of the joint holders. A copy need not be sent to a person for whom the Company does not have a current address. Sending of annual accounts

Summary financial statements Strategic report with supplementary material

199.201. Subject to the Companies Acts, the requirements of Article 200 shall be deemed satisfied in relation to any person by sending to the person, instead of such copies, a summary financial statement derived from the Company's annual accounts and the directors' report, strategic report with supplementary material which shall be in the form and containing the information prescribed by the Companies Acts and any regulations made under the Companies Acts.

COMMUNICATIONS

200.202. Any notice to be sent to or by any person pursuant to these Articles (other than a notice calling a meeting of the board) shall be in writing. When notice required to be in writing

Methods of Company sending notice, document or information

201.203. Subject to Article 202 and unless otherwise provided by these Articles, the Company shall send or supply a document or information that is required or authorised to be sent or supplied to a member or any other person by the Company by a provision of the Companies Acts or pursuant to these Articles or to any other rules or regulations to which the Company may be subject in such form and by such means as it may in its absolute discretion determine (including by means of a website) provided that the provisions of the Act which apply to sending or supplying a document or information required or authorised to be sent or supplied by the Companies Acts shall, the necessary changes having been made, also apply to sending or supplying any document or information required or authorised to be sent by these Articles or any other rules or regulations to which the Company may be subject.

Methods of member etc. sending document or information

202.204. Subject to Article 202 and unless otherwise provided by these Articles, a member or a person entitled by transmission to a share shall send a document or information pursuant to these Articles to the Company in such form and by such means as it may in its absolute discretion determine provided that:

(a) the determined form and means are permitted by the Companies Acts for the purpose of sending or supplying a document or information of that type to a company pursuant to a provision of the Companies Acts; and
(b) unless the board otherwise permits, any applicable condition or limitation specified in the Companies Acts, including without limitation as to the address to which the document or information may be sent, is satisfied.

Unless otherwise provided by these Articles or required by the board, such document or information shall be authenticated in the manner specified by the Companies Acts for authentication of a document or information sent in the relevant form.

203.205. In the case of joint holders of a share any document or information shall be sent to the joint holder whose name stands first in the register in respect of the joint holding and any document or information so sent shall be deemed for all purposes sent to all the joint holders. Notice to joint holders

Registered address outside EEAthe United Kingdom

204.206. A member whose registered address is not within an EEA State the United Kingdom and who sends to the Company an address within an EEA State the United Kingdom at which a document or information may be sent to him that member shall be entitled to have the document or information sent to him the member concerned at that address (provided that, in the case of a document or information sent by electronic means, including without limitation any notification required by the Companies Acts that the document or information is available on a website, the Company so agrees, which agreement the Company shall be entitled to withhold in its absolute discretion including, without limitation, in circumstances in which the Company considers that the sending of the document or information to such address using electronic means would or might infringe the laws of any other jurisdiction) but otherwise:

(a) no such member shall be entitled to receive any document or information from the Company; and

(b) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any notice of a general meeting of the Company which is in fact sent or purports to be sent to such member shall be ignored for the purpose of determining the validity of the proceedings at such general meeting.
205.207. A member present, either in person or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company or of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company shall be deemed to have been sent notice of the meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which it was called. Deemed receipt of notice

Terms and conditions for electronic communications

206.208. The board may from time to time issue, endorse or adopt terms and conditions relating to the use of electronic means for the sending of notices, other documents and proxy appointments by the Company to members or persons entitled by transmission and by members or persons entitled by transmission to the Company.

207.209. A document or information may be sent or supplied by the Company Notice to persons entitled by transmission

to the person or persons entitled by transmission to a share by sending it in any manner the Company may choose authorised by these Articles for the sending of a document or information to a member, addressed to them by name, or by the title of representative of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt or by any similar description at the address (if any) in the United Kingdom as may be supplied for that purpose by or on behalf of the person or persons claiming to be so entitled. Until such an address has been supplied, a document or information may be sent in any manner in which it might have been sent if the death or bankruptcy or other event giving rise to the transmission had not occurred.

Transferees etc. bound by prior notice

208.210. Every person who becomes entitled to a share shall be bound by any notice in respect of that share which, before that person'shis name is entered in the register, has been sent to a person from whom that personhe derives his title, provided that no person who becomes entitled by transmission to a share shall be bound by any direction notice sent under Article 98 to a person from whom that personhe derives his title.

Proof of sending/when notices etc. deemed sent by post

209.211. Proof that a document or information was properly addressed, prepaid and put into the posted shall be conclusive evidence that the document or information was sent or supplied. A document or information sent by the Company to a member by post shall be deemed to have been received:Any document or information, if sent by first class post or special delivery, shall be deemed to have been received on the day following that on which the envelope containing it is put into the post, or, if sent by second class post, shall be deemed to have been received on the second day following that on which the envelope containing it is put into the post.

(a) if sent by first class post or special delivery post from an address in the United Kingdom to another address in the United Kingdom, or by a postal service similar to first class post or special delivery post from an address in another country to another address in that other country, on the day following that on which the document or information was posted;
(b) if sent by airmail from an address in the United Kingdom to an address outside the United Kingdom, or from an address in another country to an address

outside that country (including without limitation an address in the United Kingdom), on the third day following that on which the document or information was posted;

When notices etc. deemed sent by hand

Proof of sending/when notices etc. deemed sent by electronic means

When notices etc. deemed sent by website

210.212. A document or information sent by the Company to a member by hand shall be deemed to have been received by the member when it is handed to the member or left at his that member's registered address or an address notified to the Company in accordance with Article 206.

211.213. Proof that a document or information sent or supplied by electronic means was properly addressed shall be conclusive evidence that the document or information was sent or supplied. A document or information sent or supplied by the Company to a member in electronic form shall be deemed to have been received by the member on the day following that on which the document or information was sent to the member. Such a document or information shall be deemed received by the member on that day notwithstanding that the Company becomes aware that the member has failed to receive the relevant document or information for any reason and notwithstanding that the Company subsequently sends a hard copy of such document or information by post to the member.

212.214. A document or information sent or supplied by the Company to a member by means of a website shall be deemed to have been received by the member:

(a) when the document or information was first made available on the website; or
(b) if later, when the member is deemed by Article 211, 212 or 213 to have received notice of the fact that the document or information was available on the website. Such a document or information shall be deemed received by the member on that day notwithstanding that the Company becomes aware that the member has failed to receive the relevant document or information for any reason and notwithstanding that the Company subsequently sends a hard copy of such document or information by post to the member.

No entitlement to receive notice etc if Company has no current address

213.215. A member shall not be entitled to receive any document or information that is required or authorised to be sent or supplied to the memberhim by the Company by a provision of the Companies Acts or pursuant to these Articles or to any other rules or regulations to which the Company may be subject if documents or information sent or supplied to that member by post in accordance with the Articles have been returned undelivered to the Company:

(a) on at least two consecutive occasions; or
(b) on one occasion and reasonable enquiries have failed to establish the member's address.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any notice of a general meeting of the Company which is in fact sent or purports to be sent to such member shall be ignored for the purpose of determining the validity of the proceedings at such general meeting.

Subject to Article 206, a member to whom this Article applies shall become entitled to receive such documents or information when the memberhe has given the Company an address to which they may be sent or supplied.

Notice during disruption of services

214.216. Subject to the Companies Acts, if at any time the Company is unable effectively to convene a general meeting by notices sent through the post in the United Kingdom as a result of the suspension or curtailment of postal services, notice of general meeting may be sufficiently given by advertisement in the United Kingdom. Any notice given by advertisement for the purpose of this Article shall be advertised in at least one newspaper having a national circulation. If advertised in more than one newspaper, the advertisements shall appear on the same date. Such notice shall be deemed to have been sent to all persons who are entitled to have notice of meetings sent to them on the day when the advertisement appears. In any such case, the Company shall send confirmatory copies of the notice (or, as the case may be, notification of the website notice) by post, if at least seven days before the meeting the posting of notices (and notifications) to addresses throughout the United Kingdom again becomes practicable.

DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

215.217. The Company shall be entitled to destroy:

(a) all instruments of transfer of shares which have been registered, and all other documents on the basis of which any entry is made in the register, at any time after the expiration of six years from the date of registration;
(b) all dividend mandates, variations or cancellations of dividend mandates, and notifications of change of address at any time after the expiration of two years from the date of recording;
(c) all share certificates which have been cancelled at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of the cancellation;
(d) all paid dividend warrants and cheques at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of actual payment;
(e) all proxy appointments which have been used for the purpose of a poll at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of use; and
(f) all proxy appointments which have not been used for the purpose of a poll at any time after one month from the end of the meeting to which the proxy appointment relates and at which no poll was demanded.

216.218. It shall conclusively be presumed in favour of the Company that: Presumption in

relation to destroyed documents

Power of Company to destroy documents

(a) every entry in the register purporting to have been made on the basis of an instrument of transfer or other document destroyed in accordance with Article 217 was duly and properly made;
(b) every instrument of transfer destroyed in accordance with Article 217 was a valid and effective instrument duly and properly registered;
(c) every share certificate destroyed in accordance with Article 217 was a valid and effective certificate duly and properly cancelled; and
(d) every other document destroyed in accordance with Article 217 was a valid and effective document in accordance with its recorded particulars in the books or records of the Company,

but:

(e) the provisions of this Article and Article 217 apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without notice of any claim (regardless of the parties) to which the document might be relevant;
(f) nothing in this Article or Article 217 shall be construed as imposing on the Company any liability in respect of the destruction of any document earlier than the time specified in Article 217 or in any other circumstances which would not attach to the Company in the absence of this Article or Article 217; and
(g) any reference in this Article or Article 217 to the destruction of any document includes a reference to its disposal in any manner.

UNTRACED SHAREHOLDERS

(a) The Company shall be entitled to sell, at the best price reasonably obtainable, the shares of a member or the shares to which a person is entitled by transmission if:The Company may sell, in such manner as the board may decide and at the best price it considers to be reasonably obtainable at that time, any share of a member, or any share to which a person is entitled by transmission if: shareholders
(i) during a period of 12 years at least three cash dividends have become payable in respect of the share to be sold;
(ii) during that period of 12 years no cash dividend payable in respect of the share has been claimed, no cheque, warrant, order or other payment for a dividend has been cashed, no dividend sent by means of a bank or other funds transfer system or other electronic system or means (including, in the case of uncertificated shares, a relevant system) has been paid and no communication has been received by the Company in relation to the shareholding from the member or the person entitled by transmission to the share;

Power to dispose of shares of untraced

(iii) on or after the expiry of that period of 12 years the Company has sent, or caused to be sent, a notice to the registered address or last known address the Company has for the member or other person entitled by transmission to the share, giving notice of its intention to sell the share (provided that before sending such a notice, the Company shall have made, or caused to be made, such tracing enquiries for the purpose of contacting that member or other person as the board considers to be reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances); and
(iv) during the period of three months following the sending of the notice referred to in paragraph (iii) above and after that period until the exercise of the power to sell the share, the Company has not received any communication from the member or the person entitled by transmission to the share.
(b) The Company's power of sale shall extend to any further share which, on or before the sending of the notice pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) above, is issued in right of a share to which paragraph (a) above applies (or in right of any share to which this paragraph applies) if the conditions set out in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (iv) above are satisfied in relation to the further share (but as if the words "during that period of 12 years" were omitted from paragraph (a)(ii) and the words "on or after the expiry of that period of 12 years" were omitted from paragraph (a)(iii)).
(h)(c) In the event that the Company has consolidated, divided, sub-divided, reduced or otherwise altered its share capital in a way which results in a member holding a replacement share or shares (the replacement share), for the purposes of determining the period of 12 years referred to in paragraph (a) above, and for the purposes of paragraph (b), "share" shall be deemed to include any share previously held by the member or the person entitled by transmission in the Company, in respect of which the replacement share in the Company was issued.
(i) during the period of 12 years before the date of the publication of the advertisements referred to in paragraph (b) of this Article (or, if published on different dates, the first date) (the relevant period) at least three dividends in respect of the shares in question have been declared and all dividend warrants and cheques which have been sent in the manner authorised by these Articles in respect of the shares in question have remained uncashed;
(j) the Company shall as soon as practicable after expiry of the relevant period have inserted advertisements both in a national daily newspaper and in a newspaper circulating in the area of the last known address of such member or other person giving notice of its intention to sell the shares; and
(k) during the relevant period and the period of three months following the publication of the advertisements referred to in paragraph (b) of this Article (or, if published on different dates, the first date) the Company has received no indication either of the whereabouts or of the existence of such member or person.

217.220. To give effect to any sale pursuant to Article 219, the board may: Transfer on sale

(a) where the shares are held in certificated form, authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares to, or in accordance with the directions of, the buyer; or
(b) where the shares are held in uncertificated form, do all acts and things it considers necessary or expedient to effect the transfer of the shares to, or in accordance with the directions of, the buyer.
218.221. An instrument of transfer executed by that person in accordance with Article 220(a) shall be as effective as if it had been executed by the holder of, or person entitled by transmission to, the shares. An exercise by the Company of its powers in accordance with Article 220(b) shall be as effective as if exercised by the registered holder of or person entitled by transmission to the shares. The transferee shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, and hthe transferee'is title to the shares shall not be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings in reference to the sale. Effectiveness of transfer
1. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) below: Proceeds of sale
2. (i) the Company shall account to the person entitled to the share at the date of sale for a sum equal to the net proceeds of sale and shall be deemed to be that person's debtor, and not a trustee for that person, in respect of them;
3. (ii) pending payment of the net proceeds of sale to such person, the proceeds may either be employed in the business of the Company or invested in such investments (other than shares of the Company or its holding company, if any) as the board may from time to time decide; and
4. (iii) no interest shall be payable in respect of the net proceeds and the Company shall not be required to account for any moneys earned on the net proceeds.
5. (a)(b) If no valid claim for the proceeds of a sale has been received by the Company during a period of two years from the date on which the relevant shares were sold pursuant to Article 219, the net proceeds of that sale will be forfeited and will belong to the Company. In these circumstances, the Company will not be liable in any respect to the former member or members or other person who may or would have been entitled to the share or shares by law for the proceeds of sale, and the Company may use the proceeds of sale for any purpose as the board may decide.The net proceeds of sale shall belong to the Company which shall be obliged to account to the former member or other person previously entitled for an amount equal to the proceeds. The Company shall enter the name of such former member or other person in the books of the Company as a creditor for that amount. In relation to the debt, no trust is created and no interest is payable. The Company shall not be required to account for any money earned on the net proceeds of sale, which may be used in the

Company's business or invested in such a way as the board from time to time thinks fit.

WINDING UP

Liquidator may distribute in specie

219.223. If the Company is wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by the Insolvency Act 1986:

(a) divide among the members in specie the whole or any part of the assets of the Company 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;
(b) vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees for the benefit of the members; and
(c) determine the scope and terms of those trusts,

but no member shall be compelled to accept any asset on which there is a liability.

Disposal of assets by liquidator

220.224. The power of sale of a liquidator shall include a power to sell wholly or partially for shares or debentures or other obligations of another body corporate, either then already constituted or about to be constituted for the purpose of carrying out the sale.

INDEMNITY

Indemnity to directors and officers

221.225. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, but without prejudice to any indemnity to which the person concerned may otherwise be entitled, every director or other officer of the Company (other than any person (whether an officer or not) engaged by the Company as auditor) mayshall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any liability incurred by him such person for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the affairs of the Company, provided that this Article, shall be deemed not to provide for, or entitle any such person to, indemnification to the extent that it would cause this Article, or any element of it, to be treated as void under the Act or otherwise under the Companies Acts.

PRELIMINARY 1
SHARE CAPITAL AND LIMITED LIABILITY 4
PREFERENCE SHARES 7
VARIATION OF RIGHTS 8
SHARE CERTIFICATES 98
LIEN 109
CALLS ON SHARES 10
FORFEITURE AND SURRENDER 11
TRANSFER OF SHARES 1312
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES 1413
ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL 14
GENERAL MEETINGS 1514
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS 16
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS 1819
VOTES OF MEMBERS 2123
PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES 2426
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS 2830
APPOINTMENT AND RETIREMENT OF DIRECTORS 2830
ALTERNATE DIRECTORS 2931
POWERS OF THE BOARD 3133
DELEGATION OF POWERS OF THE BOARD 3133
DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS 3234
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS 3335
DIRECTORS' EXPENSES 3435
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS 3436
DIRECTORS' INTERESTS 3436
GRATUITIES, PENSIONS AND INSURANCE 3738
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD 3739
SECRETARY 4143
MINUTES 4143

THE SEAL 4143
REGISTERS 4143
DIVIDENDS 4244
CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS AND RESERVES 4649
RECORD DATES 4751
ACCOUNTS 4851
COMMUNICATIONS 4952
DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS 5255
UNTRACED SHAREHOLDERS 5356
WINDING UP 5458
INDEMNITY 5559

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COMPANIES ACT 2006

A PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

JUST RETIREMENT GROUP PLC

PRELIMINARY

2. In these Articles, except where the subject or context otherwise requires: Definitions

SHARE CAPITAL AND LIMITED LIABILITY

PREFERENCE SHARES

VARIATION OF RIGHTS

SHARE CERTIFICATES

Members' rights to certificates

LIEN

CALLS ON SHARES

FORFEITURE AND SURRENDER

TRANSFER OF SHARES

TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

GENERAL MEETINGS

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

Security Health, safety and security

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

VOTES OF MEMBERS

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

APPOINTMENT AND RETIREMENT OF DIRECTORS

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

POWERS OF THE BOARD

DELEGATION OF POWERS OF THE BOARD

DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

DIRECTORS' EXPENSES

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

GRATUITIES, PENSIONS AND INSURANCE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD

SECRETARY

MINUTES

THE SEAL

REGISTERS

DIVIDENDS

CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS AND RESERVES

RECORD DATES

ACCOUNTS

COMMUNICATIONS

DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

UNTRACED SHAREHOLDERS

WINDING UP

INDEMNITY

COMPANIES ACT 2006

A PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

JUST RETIREMENT GROUP PLC

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