| UNITED STATES |
| SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
| Washington, D.C. 20549 |
| FORM T-3/A |
| (Amendment No. 1) |
| FOR APPLICATIONS FOR QUALIFICATION OF INDENTURES |
| UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 |
| Helicopter Company I LLC |
| (Name of Applicant)* |
| 27 Hospital Road George Town |
| KY1-9008 Cayman Islands |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
| Securities to be Issued Under the Indenture to be Qualified |
|
Title of Class |
Amount |
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| 5.0% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 | $37,500,000** |
Approximate date of proposed public offering:
On, or as soon as practicable following, the effective date (the “Effective Date”) under the Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan (as amended or supplemented, the “Plan of Reorganization”) of CHC Group Ltd. and its Affiliated Debtors (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization).
Helicopter Member Ltd.
Sole Managing Member
Helicopter Company I LLC
27 Hospital Road, George Town
KY1-9008 Cayman Islands
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
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Louis Lehot DLA Piper LLP (US) 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, California 94303 (650) 833-2000
Christopher C. Paci DLA Piper LLP (US)
1251 Avenue of the Americas
(212) 335-4500 |
Hooman Yazhari Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President & General Counsel c/o CHC Group Ltd. 600 East Las Colinas Boulevard Suite 1000 Irving TX 75039 (214) 262-7300 |
The Applicants hereby amend this application for qualification on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effectiveness until (i) the 20th day after the filing of an amendment which specifically states that it shall supersede this application for qualification, or (ii) such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to section 307(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, may determine upon the written request of the Applicants.
| * | The co-Applicants listed on the following page are also included in this application as Applicants. |
| ** | Additional notes may be issued under the Indenture (as defined below) pursuant to the terms thereof. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment to Form T-3 (this “ Amendment ”) amends and restates the Application for Qualification of Indentures under the Trust Indenture Act on Form T-3 (File No. 022-29036) (the “ Form T-3 ”) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2016 (as amended by the Amendment, this “ application ”) and (i) adds additional guarantors as co-Applicants, (ii) attaches certain exhibits previously omitted from the Form T-3 and (iii) updates certain itemized information to the Form T-3.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, the information disclosed in the originally filed Form T-3 (including the exhibits filed therewith and incorporated by reference thereto) remains unchanged.
The following direct and indirect subsidiaries of CHC Group Ltd., an exempted company with limited liability organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“ CHC Parent ”), are expected to be guarantors (the “ Guarantors ” and, together with Helicopter Company I LLC, the “ Applicants ”) of 5.0% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 (the “ New Notes ”) as of the Effective Date and are co-Applicants on this application.
Table of Co-Applicants
Name of Guarantors
38286 Bermuda Ltd
6922767 Holding S.à r.l.
Capital Aviation Services B.V.
CHC Cayman ABL Parent Ltd.
CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd.
CHC Den Helder B.V.
CHC Global Operations (2008) ULC
CHC Global Operations Canada (2008) ULC
CHC Global Operations International ULC
CHC Helicopter (1) S.à r.l.
CHC Helicopter (2) S.à r.l.
CHC Helicopter (3) S.à r.l.
CHC Helicopter (4) S.à r.l.
CHC Helicopter (5) S.à r.l.
CHC Helicopter Australia Pty Ltd
CHC Helicopter Holding (Cayman) Ltd.
CHC Helicopter Holding S.à r.l.
CHC Helicopter S.A.
CHC Helicopters (Barbados) Limited
CHC Helicopters (Barbados) SRL
CHC Holding (UK) Limited
CHC Holding NL B.V.
CHC Hoofddorp B.V.
CHC Leasing (Ireland) Designated Activity Company
CHC Netherlands B.V.
CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS
Heli-One (Netherlands) B.V.
Heli-One (Norway) AS
Heli-One (U.S.) Inc.
Heli-One (UK) Limited
Heli-One American Support, LLC
Heli-One Canada ULC
Heli-One Holdings (UK) Limited
Heli-One Leasing (Norway) AS
Heli-One Leasing ULC
Heli-One (Poland) Sp. Z.o.o.
Heli-One USA Inc.
Heliworld Leasing Limited
Integra Leasing AS
Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty Ltd
Lloyd Helicopter Services Limited
Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd
Lloyd Helicopters International Pty Ltd
Lloyd Helicopters Pty Ltd
Management Aviation Limited
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GENERAL
| 1. | General Information. |
Helicopter Company I LLC (the “ Company ”) is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Upon the Effective Date, the Company will purchase all of the assets of CHC Parent. The form of organization and the state or other sovereign power under the laws of which each co-Applicant is organized are as follows:
|
Name |
Form of Organization |
Jurisdiction |
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| 38286 Bermuda Ltd | Limited company | Bermuda | ||
| 6922767 Holding S.à r.l. | Limited liability company | Luxembourg | ||
| Capital Aviation Services B.V. | Limited liability company | Netherlands | ||
| CHC Cayman ABL Parent Ltd. | Exempted company | Cayman Islands | ||
| CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd. | Exempted company | Cayman Islands | ||
| CHC Den Helder B.V. | Limited liability company | Netherlands | ||
| CHC Global Operations (2008) ULC | Unlimited liability company | Canada | ||
| CHC Global Operations Canada (2008) ULC | Unlimited liability company | Canada | ||
| CHC Global Operations International ULC | Unlimited liability company | Canada | ||
| CHC Helicopter (1) S.à r.l. | Limited liability company | Luxembourg | ||
| CHC Helicopter (2) S.à r.l. | Limited liability company | Luxembourg | ||
| CHC Helicopter (3) S.à r.l. | Limited liability company | Luxembourg | ||
| CHC Helicopter (4) S.à r.l. | Limited liability company | Luxembourg | ||
| CHC Helicopter (5) S.à r.l. | Limited liability company | Luxembourg | ||
| CHC Helicopter Australia Pty Ltd | Limited company | Australia | ||
| CHC Helicopter Holding (Cayman) Ltd. | Limited company | Cayman Islands | ||
| CHC Helicopter Holding S.à r.l. | Limited liability company | Luxembourg | ||
| CHC Helicopter S.A. | Limited company | Luxembourg | ||
| CHC Helicopters (Barbados) Limited | Limited liability company | Barbados | ||
| CHC Helicopters (Barbados) SRL | Limited liability company | Barbados | ||
| CHC Holding (UK) Limited | Limited liability company | Scotland | ||
| CHC Holding NL B.V. | Limited liability company | Netherlands | ||
| CHC Hoofddorp B.V. | Limited liability company | Netherlands | ||
| CHC Leasing (Ireland) Designated Activity Company | Limited liability company | Ireland | ||
| CHC Netherlands B.V. | Limited liability company | Netherlands | ||
| CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | Limited liability company | Norway | ||
| Heli-One (Netherlands) B.V. | Limited liability company | Netherlands | ||
| Heli-One (Norway) AS | Limited liability company | Norway | ||
| Heli-One (U.S.) Inc. | Corporation | Texas | ||
| Heli-One (UK) Limited | Limited liability company | England & Wales | ||
| Heli-One American Support, LLC | Limited liability company | United States | ||
| Heli-One Canada ULC | Unlimited liability company | Canada | ||
| Heli-One Holdings (UK) Limited | Limited liability company | England and Wales | ||
| Heli-One Leasing (Norway) AS | Limited liability company | Norway | ||
| Heli-One Leasing ULC | Unlimited liability company | Canada | ||
| Heli-One (Poland) Sp. Z.o.o. | Limited liability company | Poland | ||
| Heli-One USA Inc. | Corporation | Texas | ||
| Heliworld Leasing Limited | Limited liability company | England and Wales | ||
| Integra Leasing AS | Limited liability company | Norway | ||
| Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty Ltd | Limited company | Australia | ||
| Lloyd Helicopter Services Limited | Limited liability company | Scotland | ||
| Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd | Limited company | Australia | ||
| Lloyd Helicopters International Pty Ltd | Limited company | Australia | ||
| Lloyd Helicopters Pty Ltd | Limited company | Australia | ||
| Management Aviation Limited | Limited company | England and Wales |
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| 2. | Securities Act Exemption Applicable. |
Prior to the Effective Date, the Applicants intend to offer, under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Revised Disclosure Statement for the Plan of Reorganization (as may be amended or supplemented, the “ Disclosure Statement ”) and the accompanying Plan of Reorganization, copies of which are included herein as Exhibits T3E-1 and T3E-2, respectively, an aggregate principal amount of up to $37,500,000 of the New Notes (less the amount of the Convenience Claim Distribution Amount (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization)) to holders of General Unsecured Claims (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization). The New Notes will be issued by the Company, as successor to CHC Parent, pursuant to the indenture to be qualified under this application (the “ Indenture ”), a copy of which will be filed by amendment as Exhibit T3C to this application. The expected terms of the New Notes are described in the term sheet relating to the New Notes as set forth in Section V.M.5 of the Disclosure Statement.
Generally, Section 1145(a)(1) of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) exempts an offer and sale of securities under a plan of reorganization from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and state securities laws if three principal requirements are satisfied: (i) the securities must be offered and sold under a plan of reorganization and must be securities of the debtor, an affiliate participating in a joint plan of reorganization with the debtor or a successor to the debtor under the plan of reorganization; (ii) the recipients of the securities must hold a claim against, an interest in, or an administrative expense claim against the debtor; and (iii) the securities must be issued entirely in exchange for the recipient’s claim against or interest in the debtor, or principally in such exchange and partly for cash or property.
The Applicants believe that the offer of the New Notes under the solicitation of acceptances for the Plan of Reorganization and the exchange of the General Unsecured Claims for the New Notes, together with certain other consideration, under the Plan of Reorganization will satisfy the requirements of Section 1145(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code and, therefore, such offer and exchange is exempt from the registration requirements referred to above.
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AFFILIATIONS
| 3. | Affiliates. |
(a) The following list indicates the relationship of the Applicants to each of their respective affiliates as of the date of this Amendment.
| Ownership | ||||||
| Name | Record Owner | Percentage | ||||
| 38286 Bermuda Ltd | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| 6922767 Holding S.à r.l. | CHC Group Ltd. | 100 | % | |||
| Capital Aviation Services B.V. | CHC Hoofddorp B.V. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Cayman ABL Parent Ltd. | CHC Helicopter Holding (Cayman) Ltd. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Den Helder B.V. | CHC Netherlands B.V. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Global Operations (2008) ULC | CHC Helicopter (5) S.à r.l. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Global Operations Canada (2008) ULC | CHC Helicopter (4) S.à r.l. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Global Operations International ULC | CHC Helicopter (3) S.à r.l. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Helicopter (1) S.à r.l. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Helicopter (2) S.à r.l. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Helicopter (3) S.à r.l. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Helicopter (4) S.à r.l. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Helicopter (5) S.à r.l. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Helicopter Australia Pty Ltd | Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd. | 66.7 | % | |||
| Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty Ltd. | 33.3 | % | ||||
| CHC Helicopter Holding (Cayman) Ltd. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Helicopter Holding S.à r.l. | 6922767 Holding S.à r.l. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Helicopter S.A. | CHC Helicopter Holding S.à r.l. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Helicopters (Barbados) Limited | CHC Helicopters (Barbados) SRL | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Helicopters (Barbados) SRL | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Holding (UK) Limited | Heli-One Holdings (UK) Limited | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Holding NL B.V. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Hoofddorp B.V. | CHC Netherlands B.V. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Leasing (Ireland) Designated Activity Company | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Netherlands B.V. | CHC Holding NL B.V. | 100 | % | |||
| CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | CHC Netherlands B.V. | 100 | % | |||
| Heli-One (Netherlands) B.V. | CHC Hoofddorp B.V. | 100 | % | |||
| Heli-One (Norway) AS | CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | 100 | % | |||
| Heli-One (U.S.) Inc. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| Heli-One (UK) Limited | CHC Holding (UK) Limited | 100 | % | |||
| Heli-One American Support, LLC | Heli-One (U.S.) Inc. | 100 | % | |||
| Heli-One Canada ULC | CHC Helicopter (1) S.à r.l. | 100 | % | |||
| Heli-One Holdings (UK) Limited | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100 | % | |||
| Heli-One Leasing (Norway) AS | CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | 100 | % | |||
| Heli-One Leasing ULC | CHC Helicopter (2) S.à r.l. | 100 | % | |||
| Heli-One (Poland) Sp. Z.o.o. | CHC Holding NL B.V. | 100 | % | |||
| Heli-One USA Inc. | Heli-One (U.S.) Inc. | 100 | % | |||
| Heliworld Leasing Limited | Heli-One (UK) Limited | 100 | % | |||
| Integra Leasing AS | CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | 100 | % | |||
| Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty Ltd | Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd. | 100 | % | |||
| Lloyd Helicopter Services Limited | CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | 100 | % | |||
| Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd | Management Aviation Limited | 100 | % | |||
| Lloyd Helicopters International Pty Ltd | Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty Ltd. | 100 | % | |||
| Lloyd Helicopters Pty Ltd | Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd. | 100 | % | |||
| Management Aviation Limited | Lloyd Helicopter Services Limited | 100 | % | |||
Following the Effective Date, certain of the entities described above may be dissolved or converted to limited liability companies in connection with the consummation of the Plan of Reorganization or thereafter.
(b) Certain directors and executive officers of the Applicants may be deemed to be “affiliates” by virtue of their respective positions in such Applicant. See Item 4, “Directors and Executive Officers.”
(c) Certain persons may be deemed to be “affiliates” of the Applicants by virtue of their holdings of voting securities of the Applicants. See Item 5, “Principal Owners of Voting Securities.”
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MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
| 4. | Directors and Executive Officers. |
(a) Directors and Executive Officers of CHC Parent . The following table sets forth the names of and offices held by all directors and executive officers of CHC Parent as of the date of this Amendment. The mailing address and telephone number of each of them is c/o CHC Parent, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, KY1-9005 Cayman Islands; telephone number (604) 276-7500.
|
Name |
Position |
|
|
Karl S. Fessenden John Krenicki, Jr |
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Director and Chairman of the Board |
|
| John A. McKenna, Jr. | Director | |
|
William G. Schrader Nathan K. Sleeper William L. Transier Juan D. Vargas Robert C. Volpe David Balevic |
Director Director Director Director Director Senior Vice President, Engineering and Operations |
|
| Antony DiNota | President, Heli-One | |
| Lee Eckert | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
| Paul King | Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer | |
| David Lisabeth | Senior Vice President, Human Resources | |
| Barry Parsons | Senior Vice President, CHC Global Sales | |
| Duncan Trapp | Vice President, Safety and Quality | |
| Hooman Yazhari | Senior Vice President, Legal and Administration |
(b) Directors and Executive Officers of the Guarantors. The names of the executive officers and directors, managers or managing members, as applicable, of the Guarantors as of the date of this Amendment are as set forth on Exhibit 99.1 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference. The mailing address and telephone number of each of them is c/o CHC Parent, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, KY1-9005 Cayman Islands; telephone number (604) 276-7500.
(c) Directors and Executive Officers of the Applicants on the Effective Date . On the Effective Date, it is expected that a slate of new directors will be appointed for the Company pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, which slate may consist of new and current directors. On the Effective Date, it is expected that the Executive Officers of the Company will be the same as the Executive Officers of CHC Parent on the date hereof. It is also expected that the Directors and Executive Officers of the Guarantors will remain the same as on the date hereof.
| 5. | Principal Owners of Voting Securities. |
(a) Ten percent owners of CHC Parent. The following table sets forth the entities holding more than 10% of CHC Parent’s ordinary shares as of November 30, 2016.
| Name of Owner | Title of Class Owned | Amount Owned |
Percentage of Voting
Securities Owned |
|||||||
| CD&R CHC Holdings, L.P. (1) | Ordinary Shares | 2,977,412 | 52.2 | |||||||
| 6922767 Holding (Cayman) Inc. (2) | Ordinary Shares | 1,530,011 | 56.2 | |||||||
| (1) | CD&R CHC Holdings, L.P. (“ CD&R Holdings ”) is the beneficial owner of approximately 2,977,412 Ordinary Shares on an as-converted basis as of November 30, 2016, which are issuable upon conversion, at the option of the holder, of approximately 679,026 Preferred Shares that are held directly by CD&R Holdings, taking into account preferred dividends that have accrued as of July 28, 2016. However, the number of ordinary voting shares CD&R Holdings is entitled to upon conversion of its Preferred Shares is subject to a 49.9% cap, with the remaining shares not issued due to this limitation issued as non-voting ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share. The total amount of shares reported excludes 1,530,011 Ordinary Shares held by CHC Cayman that CD&R Holdings may be deemed to beneficially own because CD&R Holdings and CHC Cayman comprise a “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and CD&R Holdings expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. CD&R Investment Associates IX, Ltd. (“ CD&R Holdings GP ”), as the general partner of CD&R Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the Convertible Preferred Shares held by CD&R Holdings. CD&R Holdings GP expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by CD&R Holdings, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. The address for each of CD&R Holdings and CD&R Holdings GP is c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited, P.O. Box 309, Ugland House, South Church Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands. |
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| (2) | 6922767 Holding (Cayman) Inc. (“ CHC Cayman ”) is the holding company through which First Reserve Corporation (“ First Reserve ”) and its affiliates acquired the Company’s predecessor in 2008. The issued and outstanding equity securities of CHC Cayman consist of 1,845,561,418 of Ordinary A shares, 7,618,905 of Ordinary B shares and 289,000 of Special shares. The total amount of shares reported excludes 2,977,412 Ordinary Shares held by CD&R Holdings on an as-converted basis that CHC Cayman may be deemed to beneficially own because CD&R Holdings and CHC Cayman comprise a “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and CHC Cayman expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. Per SEC rules, the percentage of beneficial ownership by CHC Cayman does not factor in the shares beneficially owned by CD&R Holdings. If such shares were included in the calculation, CHC Cayman’s beneficial ownership percentage would be 26.8%. Funds affiliated with First Reserve own an approximate 99.6% economic and voting interest in CHC Cayman. 1,845,561,417 Ordinary A shares of CHC Cayman are held by Horizon Alpha Limited, or Horizon Alpha, FR XI Horizon Co-Investment I, L.P., or FR XI Horizon Co-Investment I, and FR XI Horizon Co-Investment II, L.P., or FR XI Horizon Co-Investment II. The equity interests of Horizon Alpha are held by First Reserve Fund XII, L.P., or First Reserve Fund XII, FR XII-A Parallel Vehicle, L.P., or FR XII-A and FR Horizon AIV, L.P., or FR Horizon AIV. The general partner of First Reserve Fund XII and FR XII-A is First Reserve GP XII, L.P., whose general partner is First Reserve GP XII Limited. The general partner of FR Horizon AIV is FR Horizon GP, L.P. and the general partner of FR Horizon GP, L.P. is FR Horizon GP Limited. Each of First Reserve GP XII Limited and FR Horizon GP Limited is wholly-owned by First Reserve’s senior managing directors. The general partner of each of FR XI Horizon Co-Investment I and FR XI Horizon Co-Investment II is FR XI Offshore GP Limited. The members of FR XI Offshore GP Limited are First Reserve’s senior managing directors. Each of such First Reserve entities may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by Horizon Alpha, FR XI Horizon Co-Investment I and FR XI Horizon Co-Investment II directly or indirectly controlled by it, but each disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. The address of each of the entities listed in this footnote is c/o First Reserve Management, L.P., One Lafayette Place, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830. |
(b) Ten percent owners of the Guarantors. The names of the entities holding more than 10% of voting securities of the Guarantors as of November 30, 2016 are set forth on Exhibit 99.2 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference. The mailing address and telephone number of each of them is c/o CHC Parent, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, KY1-9005 Cayman Islands; telephone number (604) 276-7500.
(c) Ten percent owners as of the Effective Date . Following the Effective Date, it is expected that certain holders of claims under the Senior Secured Notes (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) may receive 10% or more of a class of the Company’s voting securities pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization.
UNDERWRITERS
| 6. | Underwriters. |
(a) On January 16, 2014, J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., UBS Securities LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Standard Bank Plc, Cormark Securities (USA) Limited, Cowen and Company, LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Simmons & Company International and Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities, Inc. acted as underwriters in the initial public offering of 1,033,333 ordinary shares of CHC Parent (after giving effect to CHC Parent’s 30:1 reverse share split in December 2015). Other than as set forth in the previous sentence, no person has acted as a principal underwriter of the securities of CHC Parent or the Applicants outstanding as of the date of this Amendment. The address for each of the aforementioned underwriters is c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 and c/o Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019.
(b) No person is acting, or has proposed to act, as a principal underwriter of the New Notes proposed to be offered pursuant to the Indenture.
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CAPITAL SECURITIES
| 7. | Capitalization. |
(a)
(i) The following table sets forth information with respect to each authorized class of securities of CHC Parent as of November 30, 2016.
| Title of Class |
Amount
Authorized |
Amount Outstanding | ||||||
| 9.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 | $ | 1,100,000,000 | $ | 1,000,000,000 | ||||
| 9.375% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 | $ | 300,000,000 | $ | 95,000,000 | ||||
| Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares | 6,000,000 | 671,189 | ||||||
| Ordinary Shares | 544,000,000 | 2,721,592 | ||||||
(ii) The information with respect to each authorized class of securities of the Guarantors as of November 30, 2016 is set forth in the capitalization table attached to this application as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference. Each authorized class of securities of the Guarantors is expected to continue following the Effective Date.
(b)
(i) Holders of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares of CHC Parent will vote at all shareholders meetings together with, and as part of one class with the Ordinary Shares, provided that the Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares of any one holder and its affiliates (together with any votes of such holder and its affiliates in respect of any previously issued Ordinary Shares upon conversion of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares ) will not represent more than 49.9% of the total number of votes. In addition, the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares will be required to, among other things, (i) create, or issue additional, equity or convertible securities other than voting or non-voting Ordinary Shares or (ii) enter into a debt agreement restricting the payment of dividends or a distribution by the issuance of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares or the conversion of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares into Ordinary Shares.
Holders of ordinary shares are entitled to cast one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders, including the election of directors.
As soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Date, CHC Parent will be liquidated or voluntarily struck-off. Holders of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares and Ordinary Shares of CHC Parent will not receive or retain any property under the Plan of Reorganization on account of such equity securities.
On the Effective Date, the Company’s capital structure will consist of New Second Lien Convertible Notes (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization), the New Notes and New Membership Interests (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization).
(ii) Except as otherwise set forth in such Guarantor’s governing document, or with respect to the Guarantors, holders of membership interests of each Guarantor that is a limited liability company are entitled to one vote per unit of limited liability company membership interest and holders of ordinary shares of each Guarantor that is a corporation are entitled to one vote per share and vote as a single class.
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INDENTURE SECURITIES
| 8. | Analysis of Indenture Provisions. |
The New Notes will be subject to the Indenture to be entered into among the Applicants and a trustee to be identified by amendment hereof (the “ Trustee ”). The following is a general description of certain provisions of the Indenture, and the description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Indenture to be filed by amendment as Exhibit T3C herewith. The Applicants have not entered into the Indenture as of the date of this filing, and the terms of the Indenture are subject to change before it is executed.
| (a) | Events of Default; Withholding of Notice of Default . |
The Indenture will contain certain customary events of default, including: (1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or with respect to, the New Notes, (2) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the New Notes, (3) failure to comply with any other covenants or agreements related to the New Notes, subject to any applicable notice and cure period as provided for in the Indenture, (4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed (other than aircraft leases) by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries (as such terms are defined in the Indenture) that taken as a whole would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company (or the payment of which is guaranteed by an Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the issue date (but excluding indebtedness owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), if that default (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal on such indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such indebtedness following the stated maturity of such indebtedness (a “Payment Default”); or (b) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its stated maturity, and, in each case, the principal amount of any such indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $ million or more; (5) failure to pay final and nonappealable judgments in excess of $ million, subject to a cure period as provided for in the Indenture, (6) any guarantee by the Guarantors is held to be unenforceable or invalid, or is disaffirmed by any Guarantor and (7) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries (as defined under Regulation S-X).
The trustee may withhold from holders of the New Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest, except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, interest or premium.
| (b) | Authentication and Delivery of the New Notes; Application of Proceeds . |
The New Notes will be signed by one or more officers of the Company. No New Note will be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture unless it bears a certificate of authentication executed by the Trustee in manual or facsimile signature. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent.
The Company will not receive any proceeds from the issuance of the New Notes pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization.
| (c) | Release of Collateral . |
Not applicable.
| (d) | Satisfaction and Discharge . |
The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all outstanding New Notes under the Indenture if (i)(1) all the New Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (2) all the New Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, and the Company has deposited with the Trustee or delivered to the holders of the New Notes amounts of consideration sufficient to satisfy the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and pay all other sums due and payable under the Indenture by the Company with respect to the New Notes; and (ii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an officer’s certificate stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
| (e) | Evidence of Compliance with Conditions and Covenants . |
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company an officers’ certificate stating whether the signers thereof have knowledge of any failure by the Company to comply with all conditions and covenants then required to be performed under the Indenture and, if so, specifying each such failure and the nature thereof. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any event of default or default, an officers’ certificate setting forth the details of such event of default or default, its status and the action that the Company is taking or proposing to take in respect thereto.
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| 9. | Other Obligors. |
Other than the Applicants, no other person is an obligor with respect to the New Notes.
Contents of amendment . This Amendment comprises:
(a) Pages numbered 1 through 10, consecutively.
(b) The statement of eligibility and qualification on Form T-1 of the Trustee under the Indenture to be qualified (to be filed by amendment as Exhibit 25.1).
(c) The exhibits listed on the Index to Exhibits attached hereto in addition to those filed as part of the Form T-1 statement of eligibility and qualification of the Trustee.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the applicant, Helicopter Company I LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be hereunto affixed and attested, all in George Town, Cayman Islands on the 30th day of December, 2016.
|
Helicopter Company I LLC
By: Helicopter Member Ltd., its Sole Managing Member |
||||||||
| Attest: | /s/Alexandria Saintvil | By: | /s/Steven Manning | |||||
| Name: Alexandria Saintvil | Name: | Steven Manning | ||||||
| Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||||||
SIGNATURE
Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Karl S. Fessenden and Hooman Yazhari and each of them, any of whom may act without joinder of the other, the individual’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this application and any and or all amendments to this application, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact as agents or any of them, or their substitute, or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Guarantors have duly caused this Amendment to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be hereunto affixed and attested, all in George Town, Cayman Islands on the 30th day of December, 2016.
| 38286 Bermuda Ltd | ||
| By: | /s/ Hooman Yazhari | |
| Name: Hooman Yazhari | ||
| Title: Director | ||
| CHC Cayman ABL Parent Ltd. | ||
| By: | /s/ Hooman Yazhari | |
| Name: Hooman Yazhari | ||
| Title: Director | ||
| CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nicolas P. Stable | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Helicopter (1) S.à r.l. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nicolas P. Stable | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Helicopter (2) S.à r.l. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nicolas P. Stable | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Helicopter (3) S.à r.l. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nicolas P. Stable | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Helicopter (4) S.à r.l. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nicolas P. Stable | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Helicopter (5) S.à r.l. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nicolas P. Stable | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Helicopter Holding (Cayman) Ltd. | ||
| By: | /s/ Hooman Yazhari | |
| Name: Hooman Yazhari | ||
| Title: Director | ||
| CHC Helicopters (Barbados) SRL | ||
| By: | /s/ Nicolas P. Stable | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Heli-One American Support, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Nicolas P. Stable | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Secretary | ||
| Heli-One (Poland) Sp. Z.o.o. | ||
| By: | /s/Karl Gjlvik | |
| Name: Karl Gjelvik | ||
| Title Chief, Safety & Quality | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Guarantors have duly caused this Amendment to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be hereunto affixed and attested, all in George Town, Cayman Islands on the 30th day of December, 2016.
| 6922767 Holding SARL | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Capital Aviation Services B.V. | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Den Helder B.V. | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Global Operations (2008) ULC | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Global Operations Canada (2008) ULC | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Global Operations International ULC | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Helicopter Australia Pty Ltd | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Helicopter Holding S.à r.l. | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Helicopter S.A. | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Helicopters (Barbados) Limited | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Holding (UK) Limited | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Holding NL B.V. | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Hoofddorp B.V. | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Leasing (Ireland) Designated Activity Company | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Netherlands B.V. | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Heli-One (Netherlands) B.V. | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Heli-One (Norway) AS | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Heli-One (U.S.) Inc. | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Heli-One (UK) Limited | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Heli-One Canada ULC | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Heli-One Holdings (UK) Limited | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Heli-One Leasing (Norway) AS | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Heli-One Leasing ULC | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Heli-One USA Inc. | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Heliworld Leasing Limited | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Integra Leasing AS | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty Ltd | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Lloyd Helicopter Services Limited | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Lloyd Helicopters International Pty Ltd | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Lloyd Helicopters Pty Ltd | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| Management Aviation Limited | ||
| By: | * | |
| Name: Nicolas P. Stable | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| *By: | /s/Hooman Yazhari | |
| Hooman Yazhari | ||
| Attorney-in-fact |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||||
|
Exhibit |
Exhibit Description |
Form |
SEC File No. |
Exhibit |
Filing Date |
Filed Herewith |
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| Exhibit T3A-1** | Helicopter Company I LLC, Certificate of Registration, dated December 15, 2016 | |||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-2** | Helicopter Company I LLC, Statement in Terms of Section 5 of the Limited Liability Companies Law, 2006, dated December 14, 2016 | |||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-3 | 6922767 Holding S.à r.l, Articles of Association, dated April 25, 2013 | S-4 | 333-188927 | 3.2 | 05/29/2013 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-4 | Capital Aviation Services B.V., Amended Articles of Association, dated December 24, 2003 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.3 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-5 | CHC Den Helder B.V., Amended Articles of Association, dated July 15, 2009 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.6 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-6** | CHC Global Operations (2008) Inc., Articles of Incorporation, dated October 21, 2014 | |||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-7** | CHC Global Operations Canada (2008) ULC, Articles of Incorporation, dated October 21, 2014 | |||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-8** | CHC Global Operations International ULC, Articles of Incorporation, dated October 21, 2014 | |||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-9 | CHC Helicopter Australia Pty Ltd (formerly known as Lloyd Offshore Helicopters Pty. Ltd.), Certificate of Registration, dated June 26, 2000 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.63 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-10** | CHC Helicopter Australia Pty Ltd, Certificate of Registration on Change of Name, dated October 2, 2012 | |||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-11 | CHC Helicopter Holding S.à r.l, Articles of Association, dated February 28, 2012 | S-4 | 333-188927 | 3.11 | 05/29/2013 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-12 | CHC Helicopter S.A., Articles of Association, dated February 28, 2012 | S-4 | 333-188927 | 3.1 | 05/29/2013 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-13 | CHC Helicopters (Barbados) Limited, Amended Articles of Incorporation, dated April 2, 2002 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.12 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-14 | CHC Holding (UK) Limited, Certificate of Incorporation, dated November 3, 2008 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.15 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-15 | CHC Holding (UK) Limited, Amended Memorandum of Association, dated February 24, 1994, and Amended Articles of Association, dated March 16, 1995 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.16 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-16 | CHC Holding NL B.V., Deed of Incorporation, dated July 17, 2008 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.14 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-17 | CHC Hoofddorp B.V., Deed of Incorporation, dated July 17, 2007 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.17 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-18 | CHC Leasing (Ireland) Limited, Certificate of Incorporation, dated November 1, 2010 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.49 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-19 | CHC Leasing (Ireland) Limited, Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, dated October 26, 2010 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.50 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-20 | CHC Netherlands B.V., Amended Articles of Association, dated March 16, 2004 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.18 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-21 | CHC Norway Acquisition Co. AS, Certificate of Registration, dated September 17, 2007 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.19 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-22 | CHC Norway Acquisition Co. AS, Articles of Association, dated September 17, 2008 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.20 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-23 | Heli-One Leasing (Norway) AS, Certificate of Registration, dated January 31, 1970 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.37 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-24 | Heli-One Leasing (Norway) AS, Amended Articles of Association, dated October 16, 2008 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.36 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-25 | Heli-One (Netherlands) B.V., Amended Articles of Association, dated September 19, 2005 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.40 | 01/18/2012 |
| Exhibit T3A-26 | Heli-One (U.S.) Inc., Certificate of Incorporation, dated November 8, 2006 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.43 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-27 | Heli-One (UK) Limited, Amended Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association, dated January 19, 2006 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.41 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-28 | Heli-One (UK) Limited, Amended Articles of Association, dated March 31, 1993 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.42 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-29** | Heli-One Canada ULC, Amended Articles of Incorporation, dated October 21, 2014 | |||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-30 | Heli-One Holdings (UK) Limited, Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, dated August 21, 2008 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.31 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-31 | Heli-One Leasing (Norway) AS, Certificate of Registration, dated January 31, 1970 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.37 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-32** | Heli-One Leasing ULC, Amended Articles of Incorporation, dated October 21, 2014 | |||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-33 | Heli-One USA Inc., Amended Articles of Incorporation, dated May 7, 2007 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.45 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-34 | Heliworld Leasing Limited, Certificate of Incorporation, dated April 26, 2002 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.47 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-35 | Heliworld Leasing Limited, Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, dated April 10, 2002 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.48 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-36 | Integra Leasing AS, Certificate of Registration, dated November 30, 1992 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.52 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-37 | Integra Leasing AS, Articles of Association, dated October 16, 2008 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.51 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-38 | Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty. Ltd., Certificate of Registration, dated June 26, 2000 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.53 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-39 | Lloyd Helicopter Services Limited, Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association, dated December 12, 1997 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.59 | 01/18/2012 |
| Exhibit T3A-40 | Lloyd Helicopter Services Limited, Articles of Association, dated January 5, 1998 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.60 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-41 | Lloyd Helicopters International Pty. Ltd., Certificate of Registration and Constitution, dated October 28, 2008 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.56 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-42 | Lloyd Helicopters Pty. Ltd., Certificate of Registration, dated June 26, 2000 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.57 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-43 | Management Aviation Limited, Certificate of Incorporation, dated October 1, 1984 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.65 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3A-44 | 38286 Bermuda Ltd., Certificate of Incorporation, dated April 25, 2006, as amended June 6, 2014, and Memorandum of Association, dated April 24, 2006 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-45 | CHC Cayman ABL Parent Ltd., Certificate of Incorporation, dated April 28, 2015 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-46 | CHC Cayman ABL Parent Ltd., Memorandum and Articles of Association, dated April 28, 2015 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-47 | CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd., Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 4, 2008 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-48 | CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd., Memorandum and Articles of Association, dated July 4, 2008 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-49 | CHC Helicopter (1) S.à r.l., Deed and Articles of Incorporation, dated September 26, 2014, as amended October 16, 2014 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-50 | CHC Helicopter (2) S.à r.l., Deed and Articles of Incorporation, dated September 26, 2014, as amended December 19, 2014 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-51 | CHC Helicopter (3) S.à r.l., Deed and Amended Articles of Incorporation, dated December 19, 2014 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-52 | CHC Helicopter (4) S.à r.l., Deed and Articles of Incorporation, dated September 26, 2014, as amended October 16, 2014 | X |
| Exhibit T3A-53 | CHC Helicopter (5) S.à r.l., Deed and Articles of Incorporation, dated September 26, 2014, as amended October 16, 2014 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-54 | CHC Helicopter Holding (Cayman) Ltd., Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 18, 2008, as amended April 30, 2015 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-55 | CHC Helicopter Holding (Cayman) Ltd., Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association, dated April 30, 2015 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-56 | CHC Helicopters (Barbados) SRL, Certificate and Articles of Organisation, dated August 25, 2014, as amended October 23, 2014 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-57 |
Heli-One (Poland) Sp. Z.o.o., Articles of Association, dated October 19, 2011, as amended May 14, 2012 |
X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-58 | Heli-One American Support, LLC, Certificate of Formation, dated November 6, 2009 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3A-59 | Heli-One American Support, LLC, Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated November 6, 2009, as amended April 28, 2016 | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit T3B-1 | Heli-One (U.S.) Inc., Bylaws, dated November 8, 2006 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.44 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3B-2 | Heli-One USA Inc., Bylaws, dated December 1, 1989 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.46 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3B-3 | CHC Global Operations (2008) Inc., Bylaws, dated December 13, 2007 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.8 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3B-4 | CHC Helicopter Australia Pty Ltd (formerly known as Lloyd Offshore Helicopters Pty. Ltd.), Constitution, dated October 28, 2008 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.64 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3B-5 | CHC Helicopters (Barbados) Limited, Bylaws, dated July 11, 1995 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.5 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3B-6 | Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty. Ltd., Constitution, dated October 28, 2008 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.62 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3B-7 | Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty. Ltd., Constitution, dated October 28, 2008 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.54 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3B-8 | Lloyd Helicopters Pty. Ltd., Constitution, dated October 28, 2008 | S-4 | 333-179072 | 3.58 | 01/18/2012 | |||||||
| Exhibit T3B-9 | 38286 Bermuda Ltd., Bye-Laws, dated January 10, 2013 | X |
| Exhibit T3C* | Form of Indenture Governing the New Notes | |||||||||||
| Exhibit T3E-1** | Revised Disclosure Statement for the Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CHC Group Ltd. and its Affiliated Debtors, dated December 20, 2016 | |||||||||||
| Exhibit T3E-2** | Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CHC Group Ltd. and its Affiliated Debtors, dated December 19, 2016 | |||||||||||
| Exhibit T3F* | Cross-reference sheet (included in Exhibit T3C) | |||||||||||
| Exhibit 25.1* | Form T-1 qualifying the Trustee under the Indenture to be qualified pursuant to this application | |||||||||||
| Exhibit 99.1 | Directors, Executive Officers and Capitalization of the Guarantors | X | ||||||||||
| Exhibit 99.2 | Principal Ownership of Voting Securities of the Guarantors | X |
| * | To be filed by amendment. |
| ** | Previously filed as an exhibit to the Form T-3. |
Exhibit T3B-9
BYE-LAWS
of
38286 Bermuda Ltd.
INDEX
| BYE-LAW | SUBJECT | PAGE | |
| 1 | Definitions and Interpretation | 1 | |
| 2 | Registered Office | 2 | |
| 3 | Share Rights | 2 | |
| 4 | Modification of Rights | 3 | |
| 5 | Shares | 3 | |
| 6 | Certificates | 4 | |
| 7 | Lien | 4 | |
| 8 | Calls on Shares | 5 | |
| 9 | Forfeiture of Shares | 5 | |
| 10 | Register of Shareholders | 6 | |
| 11 | Register of Directors and Officers | 7 | |
| 12 | Transfer of Shares | 7 | |
| 13 | Transmission of Shares | 7 | |
| 14 | Increase of Capital | 8 | |
| 15 | Alteration of Capital | 8 | |
| 16 | Reduction of Capital | 9 | |
| 17 | General Meetings and Resolutions in Writing | 9 | |
| 18 | Notice of General Meetings | 10 | |
| 19 | Proceedings at General Meetings | 11 | |
| 20 | Voting | 12 | |
| 21 | Proxies and Corporate Representatives | 13 | |
| 22 | Appointment and Removal of Directors | 15 | |
| 23 | Resignation and Disqualification of Directors | 15 | |
| 24 | Alternate Directors | 16 | |
| 25 | Directors’ Fees and Additional Remuneration and Expenses | 16 | |
| 26 | Directors’ Interests | 16 | |
| 27 | Powers and Duties of the Board | 17 | |
| 28 | Delegation of the Board’s Powers | 18 | |
| 29 | Proceedings of the Board | 18 | |
| 30 | Officers | 20 | |
| 31 | Minutes | 20 |
| 32 | Secretary and Resident Representative | 20 | |
| 33 | The Seal | 21 | |
| 34 | Dividends and Other Payments | 21 | |
| 35 | Reserves | 22 | |
| 36 | Capitalisation of Profits | 23 | |
| 37 | Record Dates | 23 | |
| 38 | Accounting Records | 23 | |
| 39 | Audit | 24 | |
| 40 | Service of Notices and Other Documents | 24 | |
| 41 | Winding Up | 25 | |
| 42 | Indemnity | 26 | |
| 43 | Amalgamation and Merger | 26 | |
| 44 | Continuation | 27 | |
| 45 | Alteration of Bye-Laws | 27 |
BYE-LAWS
of
38286 Bermuda Ltd.
INTERPRETATION
| 1 | Definitions and Interpretation |
| 1.1 | In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires: |
“Alternate Director” means an alternate Director appointed to the Board as provided for in these Bye-Laws;
“Auditor” means the person or firm for the time being appointed as auditor of the Company;
“Bermuda” means the Islands of Bermuda;
“Board” means the Directors of the Company appointed or elected pursuant to these Bye-Laws and acting by resolution as provided for in the Companies Acts and in these Bye-Laws or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum;
“Companies Acts” means every Bermuda statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company;
“Company” means 38286 Bermuda Ltd., a company incorporated in Bermuda on 25 April 2006;
“Director” means such person or persons appointed or elected to the Board from time to time pursuant to these Bye-Laws and includes an Alternate Director;
“Indemnified Person” means any Director, Officer, Resident Representative, member of a committee duly constituted under these Bye-Laws and any liquidator, manager or trustee for the time being acting in relation to the affairs of the Company, and his heirs, executors and administrators;
“Officer” means a person appointed by the Board pursuant to these Bye-Laws but shall not include the Auditor;
“paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up;
“Register” means the Register of Shareholders of the Company maintained by the Company in Bermuda;
“Registered Office” means the registered office of the Company which shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time determine;
“Resident Representative” means (if any) the individual or the company appointed to perform the duties of resident representative set out in the Companies Acts and includes any assistant or deputy Resident Representative appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Resident Representative;
“Resolution” means a resolution of the Shareholders passed in a general meeting or, where required, of a separate class or separate classes of shareholders passed in a separate general meeting or in either case adopted by resolution in writing, in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws;
“Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes any authorised duplicate thereof;
“Secretary” means the individual or the company appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary and includes a temporary or assistant or deputy Secretary;
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“share” means share in the capital of the Company and includes a fraction of a share;
“Shareholder” means a shareholder or member of the Company provided that for the purposes of Bye-Law 42 it shall also include any holder of notes, debentures or bonds issued by the Company;
“these Bye-Laws” means these Bye-Laws in their present form.
| 1.2 | For the purposes of these Bye-Laws, a corporation which is a shareholder shall be deemed to be present in person at a general meeting if, in accordance with the Companies Acts, its authorised representative is present. |
| 1.3 | For the purposes of these Bye-Laws, a corporation which is a Director shall be deemed to be present in person at a board meeting if an officer, attorney or other person authorised to attend on its behalf is present, and shall be deemed to discharge its duties and carry out any actions required under these Bye-Laws and the Companies Acts, including the signing and execution of documents, deeds and other instruments, if an officer, attorney or other person authorised to act on its behalf so acts. |
| 1.4 | Words importing only the singular number include the plural number and vice versa. |
| 1.5 | Words importing only the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders respectively. |
| 1.6 | Words importing persons include companies, associations, bodies of persons, whether corporate or not. |
| 1.7 | Words importing a Director as an individual shall include companies, associations and bodies of persons, whether corporate or not. |
| 1.8 | A reference to writing shall include typewriting, printing, lithography, photography and electronic record. |
| 1.9 | Any words or expressions defined in the Companies Acts in force at the date when these Bye-Laws or any part thereof are adopted shall bear the same meaning in these Bye-Laws or such part (as the case may be). |
REGISTERED OFFICE
| 2 | Registered Office |
The Registered Office shall be at such place in Bermuda as the Board shall from time to time appoint.
SHARES AND SHARE RIGHTS
| 3 | Share Rights |
| 3.1 | Subject to any special rights conferred on the holders of any share or class of shares, any share in the Company may be issued with or have attached thereto such preferred, deferred, qualified or other special rights or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise, as the Company may by Resolution determine or, if there has not been any such determination or so far as the same shall not make specific provision, as the Board may determine. |
| 3.2 | Subject to the Companies Acts, any preference shares may, with the sanction of a resolution of the Board, be issued on terms: |
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| 3.2.1 | that they are to be redeemed on the happening of a specified event or on a given date; and/or, |
| 3.2.2 | that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company; and/or, |
| 3.2.3 | if authorised by the memorandum of association of the Company, that they are liable to be redeemed at the option of the holder. |
The terms and manner of redemption shall be provided for in such resolution of the Board and shall be attached to but shall not form part of these Bye-Laws.
| 3.3 | The Board may, at its discretion and without the sanction of a Resolution, authorise the purchase by the Company of its own shares upon such terms as the Board may in its discretion determine, provided always that such purchase is effected in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts. |
| 3.4 | The Board may, at its discretion and without the sanction of a Resolution, authorise the acquisition by the Company of its own shares, to be held as treasury shares, upon such terms as the Board may in its discretion determine, provided always that such acquisition is effected in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts. The Company shall be entered in the Register as a Shareholder in respect of the shares held by the Company as treasury shares and shall be a Shareholder of the Company but subject always to the provisions of the Companies Acts and for the avoidance of doubt the Company shall not exercise any rights and shall not enjoy or participate in any of the rights attaching to those shares save as expressly provided for in the Companies Acts. |
| 4 | Modification of Rights |
| 4.1 | Subject to the Companies Acts, all or any of the special rights for the time being attached to any class of shares for the time being issued may from time to time (whether or not the Company is being wound up) be altered or abrogated with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than seventy five percent (75%) of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of such shares voting in person or by proxy. To any such separate general meeting, all the provisions of these Bye-Laws as to general meetings of the Company shall mutatis mutandis apply, but so that the necessary quorum shall be one or more persons holding or representing by proxy any of the shares of the relevant class, that every holder of shares of the relevant class shall be entitled on a poll to one vote for every such share held by him and that any holder of shares of the relevant class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll. |
| 4.2 | The special rights conferred upon the holders of any shares or class of shares shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided in the rights attaching to or the terms of issue of such shares, be deemed to be altered by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith. |
| 5 | Shares |
| 5.1 | Subject to the provisions of these Bye-Laws, the unissued shares of the Company (whether forming part of the original capital or any increased capital) shall be at the disposal of the Board, which may offer, allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, at such times and for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the Board may determine. |
| 5.2 | Subject to the provisions of these Bye-Laws, any shares of the Company held by the Company as treasury shares shall be at the disposal of the Board, which may hold all or any of the shares, dispose of or transfer all or any of the shares for cash or other consideration, or cancel all or any of the shares. |
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| 5.3 | The Board may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by law. |
| 5.4 | Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon trust and the Company shall not be bound by or required in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or in any fractional part of a share or (except only as otherwise provided in these Bye-Laws or by law) any other right in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder. |
| 6 | Certificates |
| 6.1 | The Company shall be under no obligation to complete and deliver a share certificate unless specifically called upon to do so by the person to whom the shares have been issued. In the case of a share held jointly by several persons, delivery of a certificate to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all. |
| 6.2 | If a share certificate is defaced, lost or destroyed, it may be replaced without fee but on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and to payment of the costs and out of pocket expenses of the Company in investigating such evidence and preparing such indemnity as the Board may think fit and, in case of defacement, on delivery of the old certificate to the Company. |
| 6.3 | All certificates for share or loan capital or other securities of the Company (other than letters of allotment, scrip certificates and other like documents) shall, except to the extent that the terms and conditions for the time being relating thereto otherwise provide, be issued under the Seal or signed by a Director, the Secretary or any person authorised by the Board for that purpose. The Board may by resolution determine, either generally or in any particular case, that any signatures on any such certificates need not be autographic but may be affixed to such certificates by some mechanical means or may be printed thereon or that such certificates need not be signed by any persons. |
| 7 | Lien |
| 7.1 | The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all monies, whether presently payable or not, called or payable, at a date fixed by or in accordance with the terms of issue of such share in respect of such share, and the Company shall also have a first and paramount lien on every share (other than a fully paid share) standing registered in the name of a Shareholder, whether singly or jointly with any other person, for all the debts and liabilities of such Shareholder or his estate to the Company, whether the same shall have been incurred before or after notice to the Company of any interest of any person other than such Shareholder, and whether the time for the payment or discharge of the same shall have actually arrived or not, and notwithstanding that the same are joint debts or liabilities of such Shareholder or his estate and any other person, whether a Shareholder or not. The Company’s lien on a share shall extend to all dividends payable thereon. The Board may at any time, either generally or in any particular case, waive any lien that has arisen or declare any share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Bye-Law. |
| 7.2 | The Company may sell, in such manner as the Board may think fit, any share on which the Company has a lien but no sale shall be made unless some sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable nor until the expiration of fourteen (14) days after a notice in writing, stating and demanding payment of the sum presently payable and giving notice of the intention to sell in default of such payment, has been served on the holder for the time being of the share. |
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| 7.3 | The net proceeds of sale by the Company of any shares on which it has a lien shall be applied in or towards payment or discharge of the debt or liability in respect of which the lien exists so far as the same is presently payable, and any residue shall (subject to a like lien for debts or liabilities not presently payable as existed upon the share prior to the sale) be paid to the person who was the holder of the share immediately before such sale. For giving effect to any such sale, the Board may authorise some person to transfer the share sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the share and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale. |
| 8 | Calls on Shares |
| 8.1 | The Board may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders (for the avoidance of doubt excluding the Company in respect of any nil or partly paid shares held by the Company as treasury shares) in respect of any monies unpaid on their shares (whether on account of the par value of the shares or by way of premium) and not by the terms of issue thereof made payable at a date fixed by or in accordance with such terms of issue, and each Shareholder shall (subject to the Company serving upon him at least fourteen (14) days notice specifying the time or times and place of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times and place so specified the amount called on his shares. A call may be revoked or postponed as the Board may determine. |
| 8.2 | A call may be made payable by instalments and shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising the call was passed. |
| 8.3 | The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof. |
| 8.4 | If a sum called in respect of the share shall not be paid before or on the day appointed for payment thereof the person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest on the sum from the day appointed for the payment thereof to the time of actual payment at such rate as the Board may determine, but the Board shall be at liberty to waive payment of such interest wholly or in part. |
| 8.5 | Any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable on allotment or at any date fixed by or in accordance with such terms of issue, whether on account of the nominal amount of the share or by way of premium, shall for all the purposes of these Bye-Laws be deemed to be a call duly made, notified and payable on the date on which, by the terms of issue, the same becomes payable and, in case of non-payment, all the relevant provisions of these Bye-Laws as to payment of interest, forfeiture or otherwise shall apply as if such sum had become payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. |
| 8.6 | The Board may on the issue of shares differentiate between the allottees or holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment. |
| 9 | Forfeiture of Shares |
| 9.1 | If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or instalment of a call on the day appointed for payment thereof, the Board may at any time thereafter during such time as any part of such call or instalment remains unpaid serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued. |
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| 9.2 | The notice shall name a further day (not being less than fourteen (14) days from the date of the notice) on or before which, and the place where, the payment required by the notice is to be made and shall state that, in the event of non-payment on or before the day and at the place appointed, the shares in respect of which such call is made or instalment is payable will be liable to be forfeited. The Board may accept the surrender of any share liable to be forfeited hereunder and, in such case, references in these Bye-Laws to forfeiture shall include surrender. |
| 9.3 | If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, any share in respect of which such notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before payment of all calls or instalments and interest due in respect thereof has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Board to that effect. Such forfeiture shall include all dividends declared in respect of the forfeited shares and not actually paid before the forfeiture. |
| 9.4 | When any share has been forfeited, notice of the forfeiture shall be served upon the person who was before forfeiture the holder of the share but no forfeiture shall be in any manner invalidated by any omission or neglect to give such notice as aforesaid. |
| 9.5 | A forfeited share shall be deemed to be the property of the Company and may be sold, re-offered or otherwise disposed of either to the person who was, before forfeiture, the holder thereof or entitled thereto or to any other person upon such terms and in such manner as the Board shall think fit, and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Board may think fit. |
| 9.6 | A person whose shares have been forfeited shall thereupon cease to be a Shareholder in respect of the forfeited shares but shall, notwithstanding the forfeiture, remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which at the date of forfeiture were presently payable by him to the Company in respect of the shares with interest thereon at such rate as the Board may determine from the date of forfeiture until payment, and the Company may enforce payment without being under any obligation to make any allowance for the value of the shares forfeited. |
| 9.7 | An affidavit in writing that the deponent is a Director of the Company or the Secretary and that a share has been duly forfeited on the date stated in the affidavit shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share. The Company may receive the consideration (if any) given for the share on the sale, re-allotment or disposition thereof and the Board may authorise some person to transfer the share to the person to whom the same is sold, re-allotted or disposed of, and he shall thereupon be registered as the holder of the share and shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money (if any) nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the forfeiture, sale, re-allotment or disposal of the share. |
REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS
| 10 | Register of Shareholders |
The Secretary shall establish and maintain the Register at the Registered Office in the manner prescribed by the Companies Acts. Unless the Board otherwise determines, the Register shall be open to inspection in the manner prescribed by the Companies Acts between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on every working day. Unless the Board so determines, no Shareholder or intending Shareholder shall be entitled to have entered in the Register any indication of any trust or any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or any fractional part of a share and if any such entry exists or is permitted by the Board it shall not be deemed to abrogate any of the provisions of Bye-Law 5.4.
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REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
| 11 | Register of Directors and Officers |
The Secretary shall establish and maintain a register of the Directors and Officers of the Company as required by the Companies Acts. The register of Directors and Officers shall be open to inspection in the manner prescribed by the Companies Acts between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on every working day.
TRANSFER OF SHARES
| 12 | Transfer of Shares |
| 12.1 | Subject to the Companies Acts and to such of the restrictions contained in these Bye-Laws as may be applicable, any Shareholder may transfer all or any of his shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual common form or in any other form which the Board may approve. No such instrument shall be required on the redemption of a share or on the purchase by the Company of a share. |
| 12.2 | The instrument of transfer of a share shall be signed by or on behalf of the transferor and where any share is not fully-paid, the transferee. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect thereof. All instruments of transfer when registered may be retained by the Company. The Board may, in its absolute discretion and without assigning any reason therefor, decline to register any transfer of any share which is not a fully-paid share. The Board may also decline to register any transfer unless: |
| 12.2.1 | the instrument of transfer is duly stamped (if required by law) and lodged with the Company, accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates, and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer, |
| 12.2.2 | the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share, and |
| 12.2.3 | where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority with respect thereto has been obtained. |
| 12.3 | Subject to any directions of the Board from time to time in force, the Secretary may exercise the powers and discretions of the Board under this Bye-Law. |
| 12.4 | If the Board declines to register a transfer it shall, within three (3) months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to the transferee notice of such refusal. |
| 12.5 | No fee shall be charged by the Company for registering any transfer, probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, stop notice, order of court or other instrument relating to or affecting the title to any share, or otherwise making an entry in the Register relating to any share. |
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
| 13 | Transmission of Shares |
| 13.1 | In the case of the death of a Shareholder, the survivor or survivors, where the deceased was a joint holder, and the estate representative, where he was sole holder, shall be the only person recognised by the Company as having any title to his shares; but nothing herein contained shall release the estate of a deceased holder (whether the sole or joint) from any liability in respect of any share held by him solely or jointly with other persons. For the purpose of this Bye-Law, estate representative means the person to whom probate or letters of administration has or have been granted in Bermuda or, failing any such person, such other person as the Board may in its absolute discretion determine to be the person recognised by the Company for the purpose of this Bye-Law. |
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| 13.2 | Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death of a Shareholder or otherwise by operation of applicable law may, subject as hereafter provided and upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Board as to his entitlement, either be registered himself as the holder of the share or elect to have some person nominated by him registered as the transferee thereof. If the person so becoming entitled elects to be registered himself, he shall deliver or send to the Company a notice in writing signed by him stating that he so elects. If he shall elect to have his nominee registered, he shall signify his election by signing an instrument of transfer of such share in favour of his nominee. All the limitations, restrictions and provisions of these Bye-Laws relating to the right to transfer and the registration of transfer of shares shall be applicable to any such notice or instrument of transfer as aforesaid as if the death of the Shareholder or other event giving rise to the transmission had not occurred and the notice or instrument of transfer was an instrument of transfer signed by such Shareholder. |
| 13.3 | A person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death of a Shareholder or otherwise by operation of applicable law shall (upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Board as to his entitlement) be entitled to receive and may give a discharge for any dividends or other monies payable in respect of the share, but he shall not be entitled in respect of the share to receive notices of or to attend or vote at general meetings of the Company or, save as aforesaid, to exercise in respect of the share any of the rights or privileges of a Shareholder until he shall have become registered as the holder thereof. The Board may at any time give notice requiring such person to elect either to be registered himself or to transfer the share and, if the notice is not complied with within sixty (60) days, the Board may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends and other monies payable in respect of the shares until the requirements of the notice have been complied with. |
| 13.4 | Subject to any directions of the Board from time to time in force, the Secretary may exercise the powers and discretions of the Board under this Bye-Law. |
SHARE CAPITAL
| 14 | Increase of Capital |
| 14.1 | The Company may from time to time increase its capital by such sum to be divided into shares of such par value as the Company by Resolution shall prescribe. |
| 14.2 | The Company may, by the Resolution increasing the capital, direct that the new shares or any of them shall be offered in the first instance either at par or at a premium or (subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts) at a discount to all the holders for the time being of shares of any class or classes in proportion to the number of such shares held by them respectively or make any other provision as to the issue of the new shares. |
| 14.3 | The new shares shall be subject to all the provisions of these Bye-Laws with reference to lien, the payment of calls, forfeiture, transfer, transmission and otherwise. |
| 15 | Alteration of Capital |
| 15.1 | The Company may from time to time by Resolution: |
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| 15.1.1 | divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions; |
| 15.1.2 | consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger par value than its existing shares; |
| 15.1.3 | sub-divide its shares or any of them into shares of smaller par value than is fixed by its memorandum, so, however, that in the sub-division the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced share shall be the same as it was in the case of the share from which the reduced share is derived; |
| 15.1.4 | make provision for the issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting rights; |
| 15.1.5 | cancel shares which, at the date of the passing of the Resolution in that behalf, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled; and |
| 15.1.6 | change the currency denomination of its share capital. |
| 15.2 | Where any difficulty arises in regard to any division, consolidation, or sub-division under this Bye-Law, the Board may settle the same as it thinks expedient and, in particular, may arrange for the sale of the shares representing fractions and the distribution of the net proceeds of sale in due proportion amongst the Shareholders who would have been entitled to the fractions, and for this purpose the Board may authorise some person to transfer the shares representing fractions to the purchaser thereof, who shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale. |
| 15.3 | Subject to the Companies Acts and to any confirmation or consent required by law or these Bye-Laws, the Company may by Resolution from time to time convert any preference shares into redeemable preference shares. |
| 16 | Reduction of Capital |
| 16.1 | Subject to the Companies Acts, its memorandum and any confirmation or consent required by law or these Bye-Laws, the Company may from time to time by Resolution authorise the reduction of its issued share capital or any share premium account in any manner. |
| 16.2 | In relation to any such reduction, the Company may by Resolution determine the terms upon which such reduction is to be effected including, in the case of a reduction of part only of a class of shares, those shares to be affected. |
GENERAL MEETINGS AND RESOLUTIONS IN WRITING
| 17 | General Meetings and Resolutions in Writing |
| 17.1 | Save and to the extent that the Company elects to dispense with the holding of one or more of its Annual General Meetings in the manner permitted by the Companies Acts, the Board shall convene and the Company shall hold general meetings as Annual General Meetings in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Acts at such times and places as the Board shall appoint. The Board may, whenever it thinks fit, and shall, when required by the Companies Acts, convene general meetings other than Annual General Meetings which shall be called Special General Meetings. |
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| 17.2 | Except in the case of the removal of Auditors or Directors, anything which may be done by resolution of the Shareholders in general meeting or by resolution of any class of Shareholders in a separate general meeting may be done by resolution in writing, signed by the Shareholders (or the holders of such class of shares) who at the date of the notice of the resolution in writing represent the majority of votes that would be required if the resolution had been voted on at a meeting of the Shareholders. Such resolution in writing may be signed by the Shareholder or its proxy, or in the case of a Shareholder that is a corporation (whether or not a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts) by its representative on behalf of such Shareholder, in as many counterparts as may be necessary. |
| 17.3 | Notice of any resolution in writing to be made under this Bye-Law shall be given to all the Shareholders who would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote on the resolution. The requirement to give notice of any resolution in writing to be made under this Bye-Law to such Shareholders shall be satisfied by giving to those Shareholders a copy of that resolution in writing in the same manner as that required for a notice of a general meeting of the Company at which the resolution could have been considered, except that the length of the period of notice shall not apply. The date of the notice shall be set out in the copy of the resolution in writing. |
| 17.4 | The accidental omission to give notice, in accordance with this Bye-Law, of a resolution in writing to, or the non-receipt of such notice by, any person entitled to receive such notice shall not invalidate the passing of the resolution in writing. |
| 17.5 | For the purposes of this Bye-Law, the date of the resolution in writing is the date when the resolution in writing is signed by, or on behalf of, the Shareholder who establishes the majority of votes required for the passing of the resolution in writing and any reference in any enactment to the date of passing of a resolution is, in relation to a resolution in writing made in accordance with this Bye-Law, a reference to such date. |
| 17.6 | A resolution in writing made in accordance with this Bye-Law is as valid as if it had been passed by the Company in general meeting or, if applicable, by a meeting of the relevant class of Shareholders of the Company, as the case may be. A resolution in writing made in accordance with this Bye-Law shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws. |
| 18 | Notice of General Meetings |
| 18.1 | An Annual General Meeting shall be called by not less than five (5) days notice in writing and a Special General Meeting shall be called by not less than five (5) days notice in writing. The notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is served or deemed to be served and of the day for which it is given, and shall specify the place, day and time of the meeting, and, the nature of the business to be considered. Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner permitted by these Bye-Laws to all Shareholders other than such as, under the provisions of these Bye-Laws or the terms of issue of the shares they hold, are not entitled to receive such notice from the Company and every Director and to any Resident Representative who or which has delivered a written notice upon the Registered Office requiring that such notice be sent to him or it. |
Notwithstanding that a meeting of the Company is called by shorter notice than that specified in this Bye-Law, it shall be deemed to have been duly called if it is so agreed:
| 18.1.1 | in the case of a meeting called as an Annual General Meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat; |
| 18.1.2 | in the case of any other meeting, by a majority in number of the Shareholders having the right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together holding not less than ninety-five percent (95%) in nominal value of the shares giving that right. |
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| 18.2 | The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting or (in cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with the notice) the accidental omission to send such instrument of proxy to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting or such instrument of proxy by, any person entitled to receive such notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting. |
| 18.3 | The Board may cancel or postpone a meeting of the Shareholders after it has been convened and notice of such cancellation or postponement shall be served in accordance with these Bye-Laws upon all Shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting so cancelled or postponed setting out, where the meeting is postponed to a specific date, notice of the new meeting in accordance with this Bye-Law. |
| 19 | Proceedings at General Meetings |
| 19.1 | In accordance with the Companies Acts, a general meeting may be held with only one individual present provided that the requirement for a quorum is satisfied. No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present when the meeting proceeds to business, but the absence of a quorum shall not preclude the appointment, choice or election of a chairman, which shall not be treated as part of the business of the meeting. Save as otherwise provided by these Bye-Laws, at least one Shareholder present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes. |
| 19.2 | If within five (5) minutes (or such longer time as the chairman of the meeting may determine to wait) after the time appointed for the meeting, a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of Shareholders, shall be dissolved. In any other case, it shall stand adjourned to such other day and such other time and place as the chairman of the meeting may determine and at such adjourned meeting one Shareholder present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum. The Company shall give not less than five (5) days notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum and such notice shall state that the one Shareholder present in person or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) and entitled to vote shall be a quorum. |
| 19.3 | A meeting of the Shareholders or any class thereof may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by telephone, or by video conferencing) as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. |
| 19.4 | Each Director, and upon giving the notice referred to in Bye-Law 18.1 above, the Resident Representative, if any, shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company. |
| 19.5 | The Board may choose one of their number to preside as chairman at every general meeting. If there is no such chairman, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within five (5) minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or is not willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act or if only one Director is present he shall preside as chairman if willing to act. If no Director is present, or if each of the Directors present declines to take the chair, the persons present and entitled to vote on a poll shall elect one of their number to be chairman. |
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| 19.6 | The chairman of the meeting may, with the consent by resolution of any meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting), adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting except business which might lawfully have been transacted at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a meeting is adjourned for three (3) months or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Save as expressly provided by these Bye-Laws, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting. |
| 20 | Voting |
| 20.1 | Save where a greater majority is required by the Companies Acts or these Bye-Laws, any question proposed for consideration at any general meeting shall be decided on by a simple majority of votes cast. |
| 20.2 | At any general meeting, a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands or by a count of votes received in the form of electronic records, unless (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands or count of votes received as electronic records or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded by: |
| 20.2.1 | the chairman of the meeting; or |
| 20.2.2 | at least three (3) Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy; or |
| 20.2.3 | any Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one tenth (1/1.0) of the total voting rights of all the Shareholders having the right to vote at such meeting; or |
| 20.2.4 | a Shareholder or Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy holding shares conferring the right to vote at such meeting, being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one tenth (1/10) of the total sum paid up on all such shares conferring such right. |
The demand for a poll may be withdrawn by the person or any of the persons making it at any time prior to the declaration of the result. Unless a poll is so demanded and the demand is not withdrawn, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has, on a show of hands or count of votes received as electronic records, been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or not carried by a particular majority or lost shall be final and conclusive, and an entry to that effect in the minute book of the Company shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of votes recorded for or against such resolution.
| 20.3 | If a poll is duly demanded, the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll is demanded. |
| 20.4 | A poll demanded on the election of a chairman, or on a question of adjournment, shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken in such manner and either forthwith or at such time (being not later than three (3) months after the date of the demand) and place as the chairman shall direct. It shall not be necessary (unless the chairman otherwise directs) for notice to be given of a poll. |
| 20.5 | 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 has been demanded and it may be withdrawn at any time before the close of the meeting or the taking of the poll, whichever is the earlier. |
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| 20.6 | On a poll, votes may be cast either personally or by proxy. |
| 20.7 | A person entitled to more than one vote on a poll need not use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way. |
| 20.8 | In the case of an equality of votes at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or count of votes received as electronic records or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote and the resolution shall fail. |
| 20.9 | 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, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register in respect of the joint holding. |
| 20.10 | A Shareholder who is a patient for any purpose of any statute or applicable law relating to mental health or in respect of whom an order has been made by any Court having jurisdiction for the protection or management of the affairs of persons incapable of managing their own affairs may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his receiver, committee, curator bonis or other person in the nature of a receiver, committee or curator bonis appointed by such Court and such receiver, committee, curator bonis or other person may vote on a poll by proxy, and may otherwise act and be treated as such Shareholder for the purpose of general meetings. |
| 20.11 | No Shareholder shall, unless the Board otherwise determines, be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless all calls or other sums presently payable by him in respect of shares in the Company have been paid. |
| 20.12 | If: |
| 20.12.1 | any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or, |
| 20.12.2 | any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or, |
| 20.12.3 | any votes are not counted which ought to have been counted, |
the objection or error shall not vitiate the decision of the meeting or adjourned meeting on any resolution unless the same is raised or pointed out at the meeting or, as the case may be, the adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered or at which the error occurs. Any objection or error shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting and shall only vitiate the decision of the meeting on any resolution if the chairman decides that the same may have affected the decision of the meeting. The decision of the chairman on such matters shall be final and conclusive.
| 21 | Proxies and Corporate Representatives |
| 21.1 | The instrument appointing a proxy or corporate representative shall be in writing executed by the appointor or his attorney authorised by him in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or executed by an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same. |
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| 21.2 | Any Shareholder may appoint a proxy or (if a corporation) representative for a specific general meeting, and adjournments thereof, or may appoint a standing proxy or (if a corporation) representative, by serving on the Company at the Registered Office, or at such place or places as the Board may otherwise specify for the purpose, a proxy or (if a corporation) an authorisation. Any standing proxy or authorisation shall be valid for all general meetings and adjournments thereof or resolutions in writing, as the case may be, until notice of revocation is received at the Registered Office or at such place or places as the Board may otherwise specify for the purpose. Where a standing proxy or authorisation exists, its operation shall be deemed to have been suspended at any general meeting or adjournment thereof at which the Shareholder is present or in respect to which the Shareholder has specially appointed a proxy or representative. The Board may from time to time require such evidence as it shall deem necessary as to the due execution and continuing validity of any standing proxy or authorisation and the operation of any such standing proxy or authorisation shall be deemed to be suspended until such time as the Board determines that it has received the requested evidence or other evidence satisfactory to it. |
| 21.3 | Notwithstanding Bye-law 21.2, a Shareholder may appoint a proxy which shall be irrevocable in accordance with its terms and the holder thereof shall be the only person entitled to vote the relevant shares at any meeting of the shareholders at which such holder is present. Notice of the appointment of any such proxy shall be given to the Company at its Registered Office, and shall include the name, address, telephone number and electronic mail address of the proxy holder. The Company shall give to the proxy holder notice of all meetings of Shareholders of the Company and shall be obliged to recognise the holder of such proxy until such time as the holder notifies the Company in writing that the proxy is no longer in force. |
| 21.4 | Subject to Bye-Law 21.2 and 21.3, the instrument appointing a proxy or corporate representative together with such other evidence as to its due execution as the Board may from time to time require, shall be delivered at the Registered Office (or at such place as may be specified in the notice convening the meeting or in any notice of any adjournment or, in either case or the case of a resolution in writing, in any document sent therewith) prior to the holding of the relevant meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote or, in the case of a poll taken subsequently to the date of a meeting or adjourned meeting, before the time appointed for the taking of the poll, or, in the case of a resolution in writing, prior to the effective date of the resolution in writing and in default the instrument of proxy or authorisation shall not be treated as valid. |
| 21.5 | Subject to Bye-Law 21.2 and 21.3, the decision of the chairman of any general meeting as to the validity of any appointments of a proxy shall be final. |
| 21.6 | Instruments of proxy or authorisation shall be in any common form or in such other form as the Board may approve and the Board may, if it thinks fit, send out with the notice of any meeting or any resolution in writing forms of instruments of proxy or authorisation for use at that meeting or in connection with that resolution in writing. The instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll, to speak at the meeting and to vote on any amendment of a resolution in writing or amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy or authorisation shall, unless the contrary is stated therein, be valid as well for any adjournment of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates. |
| 21.7 | A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy or authorisation shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or unsoundness of mind of the principal, or revocation of the instrument of proxy or of the corporate authority, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, unsoundness of mind or revocation shall have been received by the Company at the Registered Office (or such other place as may be specified for the delivery of instruments of proxy or authorisation in the notice convening the meeting or other documents sent therewith) at least one hour before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting, or the taking of the poll, or the day before the effective date of any resolution in writing at which the instrument of proxy or authorisation is used. |
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| 21.8 | Subject to the Companies Acts, the Board may at its discretion waive any of the provisions of these Bye-Laws related to proxies or authorisations and, in particular, may accept such verbal or other assurances as it thinks fit as to the right of any person to attend, speak and vote on behalf of any Shareholder at general meetings or to sign resolutions in writing. |
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
| 22 | Appointment and Removal of Directors |
| 22.1 | The number of Directors shall be not less than two (2) and not more than five (5) or such numbers in excess thereof as the Company by Resolution may from time to time determine and, subject to the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws, the Directors shall be elected or appointed by the Company by Resolution and shall serve for such term as the Company by Resolution may determine, or in the absence of such determination, until the termination of the next Annual General Meeting following their appointment. All Directors, upon election or appointment (except upon re-election at an Annua! General Meeting), must provide written acceptance of their appointment, in such form as the Board may think fit, by notice in writing to the Registered Office within thirty (30) days of their appointment. |
| 22.2 | The Company may by Resolution increase the maximum number of Directors. Any one or more vacancies in the Board not filled by the Shareholders at any general meeting of the Shareholders shall be deemed casual vacancies for the purposes of these Bye-Laws. Without prejudice to the power of the Company by Resolution in pursuance of any of the provisions of these Bye-Laws to appoint any person to be a Director, the Board, so long as a quorum of Directors remains in office, shall have power at any time and from time to time to appoint any person to be a Director so as to fill a casual vacancy. |
| 22.3 | The Company may in a Special General Meeting called for that purpose remove a Director, provided notice of any such meeting shall be served upon the Director concerned not less than fourteen (14) days before the meeting and he shall be entitled to be heard at that meeting. Any vacancy created by the removal of a Director at a Special General Meeting may be filled at the meeting by the election of another Director in his place or, in the absence of any such election, by the Board. |
| 23 | Resignation and Disqualification of Directors |
The office of a Director shall be vacated upon the happening of any of the following events:
| 23.1 | if he resigns his office by notice in writing delivered to the Registered Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board; |
| 23.2 | if he becomes of unsound mind or a patient for any purpose of any statute or applicable law relating to mental health and the Board resolves that his office is vacated; |
| 23.3 | if he becomes bankrupt under the laws of any country or compounds with his creditors; |
| 23.4 | if he is prohibited by law from being a Director or, in the case of a corporate Director, is otherwise unable to carry on or transact business; or |
| 23.5 | if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-Laws. |
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| 24 | Alternate Directors |
| 24.1 | A Director may appoint and remove his own Alternate Director. Any appointment or removal of an Alternate Director by a Director shall be effected by delivery of a written notice of appointment or removal to the Secretary at the Registered Office, signed by such Director, and such notice shall be effective immediately upon receipt or on any later date specified in that notice. Any Alternate Director may be removed by resolution of the Board. Subject as aforesaid, the office of Alternate Director shall continue until the next annual election of Directors or, if earlier, the date on which the relevant Director ceases to be a Director. An Alternate Director may also be a Director in his own right and may act as alternate to more than one Director. |
| 24.2 | An Alternate Director shall be entitled to receive notices of all meetings of Directors, to attend, be counted in the quorum and vote at any such meeting at which any Director to whom he is alternate is not personally present, and generally to perform all the functions of any Director to whom he is alternate in his absence. |
| 24.3 | Every person acting as an Alternate Director shall (except as regards powers to appoint an alternate and remuneration) be subject in all respects to the provisions of these Bye-Laws relating to Directors and shall alone be responsible to the Company for his acts and defaults and shall not be deemed to be the agent of or for any Director for whom he is alternate. An Alternate Director may be paid expenses and shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a Director. Every person acting as an Alternate Director shall have one vote for each Director for whom he acts as alternate (in addition to his own vote if he is also a Director). The signature of an Alternate Director to any resolution in writing of the Board or a committee of the Board shall, unless the terms of his appointment provides to the contrary, be as effective as the signature of the Director or Directors to whom he is alternate. |
| 25 | Directors’ Fees and Additional Remuneration and Expenses |
The amount, if any, of Directors’ fees shall from time to time be determined by the Company by Resolution or in the absence of such a determination, by the Board. Unless otherwise determined to the contrary, such fees shall be deemed to accrue from day to day. Each Director may be paid his reasonable travel, hotel and incidental expenses in attending and returning from meetings of the Board or committees constituted pursuant to these Bye-Laws or general meetings and shall be paid all expenses properly and reasonably incurred by him in the conduct of the Company’s business or in the discharge of his duties as a Director. Any Director who, by request, goes or resides abroad for any purposes of the Company or who performs services which in the opinion of the Board go beyond the ordinary duties of a Director may be paid such extra remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) as the Board may determine, and such extra remuneration shall be in addition to any remuneration provided for by or pursuant to any other Bye-Law.
| 26 | Directors’ Interests |
| 26.1 | A Director may hold any other office or place of profit with the Company (except that of Auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and upon such terms as the Board may determine, and may be paid such extra remuneration therefor (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) as the Board may determine, and such extra remuneration shall be in addition to any remuneration provided for by or pursuant to any other Bye-Law. |
| 26.2 | A Director may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company (otherwise than as Auditor) and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director. |
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| 26.3 | Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, a Director may notwithstanding his office be a party to, or otherwise interested in, any transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested; and be a director or other officer of, or employed by, or a party to any transaction or arrangement with, or otherwise interested in, any body corporate promoted by the Company or in which the Company is interested. The Board may also cause the voting power conferred by the shares in any other company held or owned by the Company to be exercised in such manner in all respects as it thinks fit, including the exercise thereof in favour of any resolution appointing the Directors or any of them to be directors or officers of such other company, or voting or providing for the payment of remuneration to the directors or officers of such other company. |
| 26.4 | So long as, where it is necessary, he declares the nature of his interest at the first opportunity at a meeting of the Board or by writing to the Directors as required by the Companies Acts, a Director shall not by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he derives from any office or employment to which these Bye-Laws allow him to be appointed or from any transaction or arrangement in which these Bye-Laws allow him to be interested, and no such transaction or arrangement shall be liable to be avoided on the ground of any interest or benefit. |
| 26.5 | Subject to the Companies Acts and any further disclosure required thereby, a general notice to the Directors by a Director or Officer declaring that he is a director or officer or has an interest in a person and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction or arrangement made with that person, shall be a sufficient declaration of interest in relation to any transaction or arrangement so made. |
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD
| 27 | Powers and Duties of the Board |
| 27.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, these Bye-Laws and to any directions given by the Company by Resolution, the Board shall manage the business of the Company and may pay all expenses incurred in promoting and incorporating the Company and may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of these Bye-Laws 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 Bye-Law shall not be limited by any special power given to the Board by these Bye-Laws and a meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be competent to exercise all the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in or exercisable by the Board. |
| 27.2 | The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company except those powers that are required by the Companies Acts or these Bye-Laws to be exercised by the Shareholders. |
| 27.3 | All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other instruments, whether negotiable or transferable or not, and all receipts for money paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as the Board shall from time to time by resolution determine. |
| 27.4 | The Board on behalf of the Company may provide benefits, whether by the payment of gratuities or pensions or otherwise, for any person including any Director or former Director who has held any executive office or employment with the Company or with any body corporate which is or has been a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company or a predecessor in the business of the Company or of any such subsidiary or affiliate, and to any member of his family or any person who is or was dependent on him, and may contribute to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or other benefit, or for the insurance of any such person. |
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| 27.5 | The Board may from time to time appoint one or more of its body to be a managing director, joint managing director or an assistant managing director or to hold any other employment or executive office with the Company for such period and upon such terms as the Board may determine and may revoke or terminate any such appointments. Any such revocation or termination as aforesaid shall be without prejudice to any claim for damages that such Director may have against the Company or the Company may have against such Director for any breach of any contract of service between him and the Company which may be involved in such revocation or termination. Any person so appointed shall receive such remuneration (if any) (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) as the Board may determine, and either in addition to or in lieu of his remuneration as a Director. |
| 28 | Delegation of the Board’s Powers |
| 28.1 | The Board may by power of attorney appoint any company, firm or person or any fluctuating body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Board, to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Board under these Bye-Laws) and for such period and subject to such conditions as it may think fit, and any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney and of such attorney as the Board may think fit, and may also authorise any such attorney to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him. Such attorney may, if so authorised by the power of attorney, execute any deed, instrument or other document on behalf of the Company. |
| 28.2 | The Board may entrust to and confer upon any Director, Officer or, without prejudice to the provisions of Bye-Law 28.3, other person any of the powers, authorities and discretions exercisable by it upon such terms and conditions with such restrictions as it thinks fit, and either collaterally with, or to the exclusion of, its own powers, authorities and discretions, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers, authorities and discretions, but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby. |
| 28.3 | The Board may delegate any of its powers, authorities and discretions to committees, consisting of such person or persons (whether a member or members of its body or not) as it thinks fit. Any committee so formed shall, in the exercise of the powers, authorities and discretions so delegated, and in conducting its proceedings conform to any regulations which may be imposed upon it by the Board. If no regulations are imposed by the Board the proceedings of a committee with two (2) or more members shall be, as far as is practicable, governed by the Bye-Laws regulating the proceedings of the Board. |
| 29 | Proceedings of the Board |
| 29.1 | The Board may meet for the despatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate its meetings as it thinks fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the motion shall be deemed to have been lost. A Director may, and the Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Board. |
| 29.2 | Notice of a meeting of the Board may be given to a Director by word of mouth or in any manner permitted by these Bye-Laws. A Director may retrospectively waive the requirement for notice of any meeting by consenting in writing to the business conducted at the meeting. |
| 29.3 | The quorum necessary 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 (2) persons. Any Director who ceases to be a Director at a meeting of the Board may continue to be present and to act as a Director and be counted in the quorum until the termination of the meeting if no other Director objects and if otherwise a quorum of Directors would not be present. |
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| 29.4 | A Director who to his knowledge is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or proposed contract, transaction or arrangement with the Company and has complied with the provisions of the Companies Acts and these Bye-Laws with regard to disclosure of his interest shall be entitled to vote in respect of any contract, transaction or arrangement in which he is so interested and if he shall do so his vote shall be counted, and he shall be taken into account in ascertaining whether a quorum is present. |
| 29.5 | The Resident Representative shall, upon delivering written notice of an address for the purposes of receipt of notice to the Registered Office, be entitled to receive notice of, attend and be heard at, and to receive minutes of all meetings of the Board. |
| 29.6 | So long as a quorum of Directors remains in office, the continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board but, if no such quorum remains, the continuing Directors or a sole continuing Director may act only for the purpose of calling a general meeting. |
| 29.7 | The Board may choose one of their number to preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board. If there is no such chairman, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within five (5) minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or is not willing to act as chairman, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
| 29.8 | The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two (2) or more members shall be governed by the provisions contained in these Bye-Laws for regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Board so far as the same are applicable and are not superseded by any regulations imposed by the Board. |
| 29.9 | A resolution in writing signed by all the Directors for the time being entitled to receive notice of a meeting of the Board (or by an Alternate Director, as provided for in these Bye-Laws) or by all the members of a committee for the time being shall be as valid and effectual as a resolution passed at a meeting of the Board or, as the case may be, of such committee duly called and constituted. Such resolution may be contained in one document or in several documents in the like form each signed by one or more of the Directors or members of the committee concerned. |
| 29.10 | A meeting of the Board or a committee appointed by the Board may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by telephone or by video conferencing) as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Such a meeting shall be deemed to take place where the largest group of those Directors participating in the meeting is physically assembled, or, if there is no such group, where the chairman of the meeting then is. |
| 29.11 | All acts done by the Board or by any committee or by any person acting as a Director or member of a committee or any person duly authorised by the Board or any committee shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any member of the Board or such committee or person acting as aforesaid or that they or any of them were disqualified or had vacated their office, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified and had continued to be a Director, member of such committee or person so authorised. |
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| 29.12 | If the Company has elected to have a sole Director, the provisions contained in this Bye-Law for meetings of the Directors do not apply and such sole Director has full power to represent and act for the Company in all matters as are not by the Companies Acts, its memorandum or the Bye-Laws required to be exercised by the Shareholders. In lieu of minutes of a meeting, the sole Director shall record in writing and sign a note or memorandum of all matters requiring a resolution of Directors. Such a note or memorandum constitutes sufficient evidence of such resolution for all purposes. |
OFFICERS
| 30 | Officers |
| 30.1 | The Officers of the Company, who may or may not be Directors, may be appointed by the Board at any time. Any person appointed pursuant to this Bye-Law shall hold office for such period and upon such terms as the Board may determine and the Board may revoke or terminate any such appointment. Any such revocation or termination shall be without prejudice to any claim for damages that such Officer may have against the Company or the Company may have against such Officer for any breach of any contract of service between him and the Company which may be involved in such revocation or termination. Save as provided in the Companies Acts or these Bye-Laws, the powers and duties of the Officers of the Company shall be such (if any) as are determined from time to time by the Board. |
| 30.2 | The provisions of these Bye-Laws as to resignation and disqualification of Directors shall mutatis mutandis apply to the resignation and disqualification of Officers. |
MINUTES
| 31 | Minutes |
| 31.1 | The Board shall cause minutes to be made and books kept for the purpose of recording: |
| 31.1.1 | all appointments of Officers made by the Board; |
| 31.1.2 | the names of the Directors and other persons (if any) present at each meeting of the Board and of any committee; and |
| 31.1.3 | all proceedings at meetings of the Company, of the holders of any class of shares in the Company, of the Board and of committees appointed by the Board or the Shareholders. |
| 31.2 | Shareholders shall only be entitled to see the Register of Directors and Officers, the Register, the financial information provided for in Bye-Law 38.3 and the minutes of meetings of the Shareholders of the Company. |
SECRETARY AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE
| 32 | Secretary and Resident Representative |
| 32.1 | The Secretary (including one or more deputy or assistant secretaries) and, if required, the Resident Representative, shall be appointed by the Board at such remuneration (if any) and upon such terms as it may think fit and any Secretary and Resident Representative so appointed may be removed by the Board. The duties of the Secretary and the duties of the Resident Representative shall be those prescribed by the Companies Acts together with such other duties as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Board. |
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32.2 A provision of the Companies Acts or these Bye-Laws requiring or authorising a thing to be done by or to a Director and the Secretary shall not be satisfied by its being done by or to the same person acting both as Director and as, or in the place of, the Secretary.
THE SEAL
| 33 | The Seal |
| 33.1 | The Board may authorise the production of a common seal of the Company and one or more duplicate common seals of the Company, which shall consist of a circular device with the name of the Company around the outer margin thereof and the country and year of registration in Bermuda across the centre thereof. |
| 33.2 | Any document required to be under seal or executed as a deed on behalf of the Company may be: |
| 33.2.1 | executed under the Seal in accordance with these Bye-Laws; or |
| 33.2.2 | signed or executed by any person authorised by the Board for that purpose, without the use of the Seal. |
| 33.3 | The Board shall provide for the custody of every Seal. A Seal shall only be used by authority of the Board or of a committee constituted by the Board. Subject to these Bye-Laws, any instrument to which a Seal is affixed shall be attested by the signature of: |
| 33.3.1 | a Director; or |
| 33.3.2 | the Secretary; or |
| 33.3.3 | any one person authorised by the Board for that purpose. |
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS
| 34 | Dividends and Other Payments |
| 34.1 | The Board may from time to time declare dividends or distributions out of contributed surplus to be paid to the Shareholders according to their rights and interests, including such interim dividends as appear to the Board to be justified by the position of the Company. The Board, in its discretion, may determine that any dividend shall be paid in cash or shall be satisfied, subject to Bye-Law 36, in paying up in full shares in the Company to be issued to the Shareholders credited as fully paid or partly paid or partly in one way and partly the other. The Board may also pay any fixed cash dividend which is payable on any shares of the Company half yearly or on such other dates, whenever the position of the Company, in the opinion of the Board, justifies such payment. |
| 34.2 | Except insofar as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide: |
| 34.2.1 | all dividends or distributions out of contributed surplus may be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the shares in respect of which the dividend or distribution is paid, and an amount paid up on a share in advance of calls may be treated for the purpose of this Bye-Law as paid-up on the share; |
| 34.2.2 | dividends or distributions out of contributed surplus may be apportioned and paid pro rata according to the amounts paid-up on the shares during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend or distribution is paid. |
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| 34.3 | The Board may deduct from any dividend, distribution or other monies payable to a Shareholder by the Company on or in respect of any shares all sums of money (if any) presently payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise in respect of shares of the Company. |
| 34.4 | No dividend, distribution or other monies payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company. |
| 34.5 | Any dividend, distribution or interest, or part thereof payable in cash, or any other sum payable in cash to the holder of shares may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post or by courier addressed to the holder at his address in the Register or, in the case of joint holders, addressed to the holder whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the shares at his registered address as appearing in the Register or addressed to such person at such address as the holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall, unless the holder or joint holders otherwise direct, be made payable to the order of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the order of the holder whose name stands first in the Register in respect of such shares, and shall be sent at his or their risk and payment of the cheque or warrant by the bank on which it is drawn shall constitute a good discharge to the Company. Any one of two (2) or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, distributions or other monies payable or property distributable in respect of the shares held by such joint holders. |
| 34.6 | Any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus unclaimed for a period of six (6) years from the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company and the payment by the Board of any unclaimed dividend, distribution, interest or other sum payable on or in respect of the share into a separate account shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect thereof. |
| 34.7 | The Board may also, in addition to its other powers, direct payment or satisfaction of any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus wholly or in part by the distribution of specific assets, and in particular of paid-up shares or debentures of any other company, and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution or dividend, the Board may settle it as it thinks expedient, and in particular, may authorise any person to sell and transfer any fractions or may ignore fractions altogether, and may fix the value for distribution or dividend purposes of any such specific assets and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Shareholders upon the footing of the values so fixed in order to secure equality of distribution and may vest any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Board, provided that such dividend or distribution may not be satisfied by the distribution of any partly paid shares or debentures of any company without the sanction of a Resolution. |
| 35 | Reserves |
The Board may, before declaring any dividend or distribution out of contributed surplus, set aside such sums as it thinks proper as reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Board, be applicable for any purpose of the Company and pending such application may, also at such discretion, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the Board may from time to time think fit. The Board may also without placing the same to reserve carry forward any sums which it may think it prudent not to distribute.
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CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS
| 36 | Capitalisation of Profits |
| 36.1 | The Board may from time to time resolve to capitalise all or any part of any amount for the time being standing to the credit of any reserve or fund which is available for distribution or to the credit of any share premium account and accordingly that such amount be set free for distribution amongst the Shareholders or any class of Shareholders who would be entitled thereto if distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions, on the footing that the same be not paid in cash but be applied either in or towards paying up amounts for the time being unpaid on any shares in the Company held by such Shareholders respectively or in payment up in full of unissued shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company, to be allotted and distributed credited as fully paid amongst such Shareholders, or partly in one way and partly in the other, provided that for the purpose of this Bye-Law, a share premium account may be applied only in paying up of unissued shares to be issued to such Shareholders credited as fully paid. |
| 36.2 | Where any difficulty arises in regard to any distribution under this Bye-Law, the Board may settle the same as it thinks expedient and, in particular, may authorise any person to sell and transfer any fractions or may resolve that the distribution should be as nearly as may be practicable in the correct proportion but not exactly so or may ignore fractions altogether, and may determine that cash payments should be made to any Shareholders in order to adjust the rights of all parties, as may seem expedient to the Board. The Board may appoint any person to sign on behalf of the persons entitled to participate in the distribution any contract necessary or desirable for giving effect thereto and such appointment shall be effective and binding upon the Shareholders. |
RECORD DATES
| 37 | Record Dates |
Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Bye-Laws, the Company may by Resolution or the Board may fix any date as the record date for any dividend, distribution, allotment or issue and for the purpose of identifying the persons entitled to receive notices of any general meeting and to vote at any general meeting. Any such record date may be on or at any time before or after any date on which such dividend, distribution, allotment or issue is declared, paid or made or such notice is despatched.
ACCOUNTING RECORDS
| 38 | Accounting Records |
| 38.1 | The Board shall cause to be kept accounting records sufficient to give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs and to show and explain its transactions, in accordance with the Companies Acts. |
| 38.2 | The records of account shall be kept at the Registered Office or at such other place or places as the Board thinks fit, and shall at all times be open to inspection by the Directors, PROVIDED that if the records of account are kept at some place outside Bermuda, there shall be kept at an office of the Company in Bermuda such records as will enable the Directors to ascertain with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the Company at the end of each three (3) month period. No Shareholder (other than an Officer of the Company) shall have any right to inspect any accounting record or book or document of the Company except as conferred by law or authorised by the Board or by Resolution. |
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| 38.3 | A copy of every balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure, including every document required by law to be annexed thereto, which is to be laid before the Company in general meeting, together with a copy of the Auditors’ report, shall be sent to each person entitled thereto in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Acts. |
AUDIT
| 39 | Audit |
Save and to the extent that an audit is waived in the manner permitted by the Companies Acts, Auditors shall be appointed and their duties regulated in accordance with the Companies Acts, any other applicable law and such requirements not inconsistent with the Companies Acts as the Board may from time to time determine.
SERVICE OF NOTICES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
| 40 | Service of Notices and Other Documents |
| 40.1 | Any notice or other document (including but not limited to a share certificate, any notice of a general meeting of the Company, any instrument of proxy and any document to be sent in accordance with Bye-Law 38.3) may be sent to, served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company |
| 40.1.1 | personally; |
| 40.1.2 | by sending it through the post (by airmail where applicable) in a pre-paid letter addressed to such Shareholder at his address as appearing in the Register; |
| 40.1.3 | by sending it by courier to or leaving it at the Shareholder’s address appearing in the Register; |
| 40.1.4 | where applicable, by sending it by email or facsimile or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form or by sending an electronic record of it by electronic means, in each case to an address or number supplied by such Shareholder for the purposes of communication in such manner; or |
| 40.1.5 | by publication of an electronic record of it on a website and notification of such publication (which shall include the address of the website, the place on the website where the document may be found, and how the document may be accessed on the website) by any of the methods set out in paragraphs 40.1.1, 40.1.2, 40.1.3 or 40.1.4 of this Bye-Law, in accordance with the Companies Acts. |
In the case of joint holders of a share, service or delivery of any notice or other document on or to one of the joint holders shall for all purposes be deemed as sufficient service on or delivery to all the joint holders.
| 40.2 | Any notice or other document shall be deemed to have been served on or delivered to any Shareholder by the Company |
| 40.2.1 | if sent by personal delivery, at the time of delivery; |
| 40.2.2 | if sent by post, forty-eight (48) hours after it was put in the post; |
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| 40.2.3 | if sent by courier or facsimile , twenty-four (24) hours after sending; |
| 40.2.4 | if sent by email or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form or as an electronic record by electronic means, twelve (12) hours after sending; or |
| 40.2.5 | if published as an electronic record on a website, at the time that the notification of such publication shall be deemed to have been delivered to such Shareholder, |
and in proving such service or delivery, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or document was properly addressed and stamped and put in the post, published on a website in accordance with the Companies Acts and the provisions of these Bye-Laws, or sent by courier, facsimile, email or as an electronic record by electronic means, as the case may be, in accordance with these Bye-Laws.
Each Shareholder and each person becoming a Shareholder subsequent to the adoption of these Bye-laws, by virtue of its holding or its acquisition and continued holding of a share, as applicable, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that any notice or other document (excluding a share certificate) may be provided by the Company by way of accessing them on a website instead of being provided by other means.
| 40.3 | Any notice or other document delivered, sent or given to a Shareholder in any manner permitted by these Bye-Laws shall, notwithstanding that such Shareholder is then dead or bankrupt or that any other event has occurred, and whether or not the Company has notice of the death or bankruptcy or other event, be deemed to have been duly served or delivered in respect of any share registered in the name of such Shareholder as sole or joint holder unless his name shall, at the time of the service or delivery of the notice or document, have been removed from the Register as the holder of the share, and such service or delivery shall for all purposes be deemed as sufficient service or delivery of such notice or document on all persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him) in the share. |
| 40.4 | Save as otherwise provided, the provisions of these Bye-Laws as to service of notices and other documents on Shareholders shall mutatis mutandis apply to service or delivery of notices and other documents to the Company or any Director, Alternate Director or Resident Representative pursuant to these Bye-Laws. |
WINDING UP
| 41 | Winding Up |
If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by the Companies Acts, divide amongst the Shareholders in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for such purposes set such values as he deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or different classes of Shareholders. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trust for the benefit of the contributories as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but so that no Shareholder shall be compelled to accept any shares or other assets upon which there is any liability.
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Indemnity
| 42 | Indemnity |
| 42.1 | Subject to the proviso below, every Indemnified Person shall be indemnified and held harmless out of the assets of the Company against all liabilities, loss, damage or expense (including but not limited to liabilities under contract, tort and statute or any applicable foreign law or regulation and all reasonable legal and other costs including defence costs incurred in defending any legal proceedings whether civil or criminal and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by him by or by reason of any act done, conceived in or omitted in the conduct of the Company’s business or in the discharge of his duties and the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall extend to any Indemnified Person acting in any office or trust in the reasonable belief that he has been appointed or elected to such office or trust notwithstanding any defect in such appointment or election PROVIDED ALWAYS that the indemnity contained in this Bye-Law shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Companies Acts. |
| 42.2 | No Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company for the acts, defaults or omissions of any other Indemnified Person. |
| 42.3 | To the extent that any Indemnified Person is entitled to claim an indemnity pursuant to these Bye-Laws in respect of amounts paid or discharged by him, the relevant indemnity shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such payment or effecting such discharge. |
| 42.4 | Each Shareholder and the Company agree to waive any claim or right of action he or it may at any time have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against any Indemnified Person on account of any action taken by such Indemnified Person or the failure of such Indemnified Person to take any action in the performance of his duties with or for the Company PROVIDED HOWEVER that such waiver shall not apply to any claims or rights of action arising out of the fraud of such Indemnified Person or to recover any gain, personal profit or advantage to which such Indemnified Person is not legally entitled. |
| 42.5 | The Company shall advance moneys to any Indemnified Person for the costs, charges, and expenses incurred by the Indemnified Person in defending any civil or criminal proceedings against them, on condition and receipt of an undertaking in a form satisfactory to the Company that the Indemnified Person shall repay such portion of the advance attributable to any claim of fraud or dishonesty if such a claim is proved against the Indemnified Person. |
| 42.6 | The advance of moneys shall not be paid unless the advance is duly authorized upon a determination that the indemnification of the Indemnified Person was appropriate because the Indemnified Person has met the standard of conduct which entitles the Indemnified Person to indemnification and further the determination referred to above must be made by a majority vote of the Board at a meeting duly constituted by a quorum of Directors not party to the proceedings in respect of which the indemnification is, or would be, claimed; or, in the case such meeting cannot be constituted by lack of disinterested quorum, by an independent third party; or, alternatively, by a majority vote of the Shareholders. |
AMALGAMATION AND MERGER
| 43 | Amalgamation and Merger |
Any resolution proposed for consideration at any general meeting to approve the amalgamation or merger of the Company with any other company, wherever incorporated, shall require the approval of a simple majority of votes cast at such meeting and the quorum for such meeting shall be that required in Bye-Law 19.1 and a poll may be demanded in respect of such resolution in accordance with the provisions of Bye-Law 20.2.
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CONTINUATION
| 44 | Continuation |
Subject to the Companies Acts, the Board may approve the discontinuation of the Company in Bermuda and the continuation of the Company in a jurisdiction outside Bermuda. The Board, having resolved to approve the discontinuation of the Company, may further resolve not to proceed with any application to discontinue the Company in Bermuda or may vary such application as it sees fit.
ALTERATION OF BYE-LAWS
| 45 | Alteration of Bye-Laws |
These Bye-Laws may be amended from time to time by resolution of the Board, but subject to approval by Resolution.
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Exhibit T3A.44
38286 Bermuda Ltd.
SHAREHOLDER WRITTEN RESOLUTION
The undersigned, being the sole Shareholder of 38286 Bermuda Ltd., a company registered in the Islands of Bermuda (Company), HEREBY ADOPT the resolution set out below.
SHARE CAPITAL INCREASE
WHEREAS it is desirable to increase the share capital of the Company by the creation of 482,004,237 additional common shares.
It is RESOLVED, upon recommendation of the Board, that the authorised capital of the Company be increased from US$17,995,763 to US$500,000,000 by the creation of 482,004,237 additional common shares of par value US$1.00 each.
| Shareholder | Date | |
| /s/ Hille-Paul Schut | May 12, 2014 | |
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Authorised for and on behalf of
CHC Helicopter S.A. |
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| Name: Hille-Paul Schut | ||
| Director B |
Exhibit T3A-45
Exhibit T3A.46
THE COMPANIES LAW (2013 REVISION)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CHC CAYMAN ABL PARENT LTD.
THE COMPANIES LAW (2013 REVISION)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CHC CAYMAN ABL PARENT LTD.
| 1 | The name of the Company is CHC Cayman ABL Parent Ltd. |
| 2 | The Registered Office of the Company shall be at the offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands, or at such other place within the Cayman Islands as the Directors may decide. |
| 3 | The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the laws of the Cayman Islands. |
| 4 | The liability of each Member is limited to the amount unpaid on such Member’s shares. |
| 5 | The share capital of the Company is US$50,000 divided into 50,000 shares of a par value of US$1.00 each. |
| 6 | The Company has power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate limited by shares under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands. |
| 7 | Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Memorandum of Association bear the respective meanings given to them in the Articles of Association of the Company. |
WE, the subscriber to this Memorandum of Association, wish to form a company pursuant to this Memorandum of Association, and we agree to take the number of shares shown opposite our name.
Dated this 28th day of April 2015.
| Signature and Address of Subscriber | Number of Shares Taken | |
| Maples Corporate Services Limited | One | |
| of PO Box 309, Ugland House | ||
| Grand Cayman | ||
| KY1-1104 | ||
| Cayman Islands |
| acting by: |
| /s/ Sharon Robinson |
| Sharon Robinson |
| /s/ Susan Ebanks |
| Susan Ebanks |
| Witness to the above signature |
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THE COMPANIES LAW (2013 REVISION)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CHC CAYMAN ABL PARENT LTD.
| 1 | Interpretation |
| 1.1 | In the Articles Table A in the First Schedule to the Statute does not apply and, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith: |
| “ Articles ” | means these articles of association of the Company. | |
| “ Auditor ” | means the person for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company (if any). | |
| “ Company ” | means the above named company. | |
| “ Directors ” | means the directors for the time being of the Company. | |
| “ Dividend ” | means any dividend (whether interim or final) resolved to be paid on Shares pursuant to the Articles. | |
| “ Electronic Record ” | has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Law. | |
| “ Electronic Transactions Law ” | means the Electronic Transactions Law (2003 Revision) of the Cayman Islands. | |
| “ Member ” | has the same meaning as in the Statute. | |
| “ Memorandum ” | means the memorandum of association of the Company. | |
| “ Ordinary Resolution ” | means a resolution passed by a simple majority of the Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, and includes a unanimous written resolution. In computing the majority when a poll is demanded regard shall be had to the number of votes to which each Member is entitled by the Articles. |
| “ Register of Members ” | means the register of Members maintained in accordance with the Statute and includes (except where otherwise stated) any branch or duplicate register of Members. | |
| “ Registered Office ” | means the registered office for the time being of the Company. | |
| “ Seal ” | means the common seal of the Company and includes every duplicate seal. | |
| “ Share ” | means a share in the Company and includes a fraction of a share in the Company. | |
| “ Special Resolution ” | has the same meaning as in the Statute, and includes a unanimous written resolution. | |
| “ Statute ” | means the Companies Law (2013 Revision) of the Cayman Islands. | |
| “ Subscriber ” | means the subscriber to the Memorandum. | |
| “ Treasury Share ” | means a Share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Statute. |
| 1.2 | In the Articles: |
| (a) | words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; |
| (b) | words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender; |
| (c) | words importing persons include corporations as well as any other legal or natural person; |
| (d) | “written” and “in writing” include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record; |
| (e) | “shall” shall be construed as imperative and “may” shall be construed as permissive; |
| (f) | references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced; |
| (g) | any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “include”, “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms; |
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| (h) | the term “and/or” is used herein to mean both “and” as well as “or.” The use of “and/or” in certain contexts in no respects qualifies or modifies the use of the terms “and” or “or” in others. The term “or” shall not be interpreted to be exclusive and the term “and” shall not be interpreted to require the conjunctive (in each case, unless the context otherwise requires); |
| (i) | headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing the Articles; |
| (j) | any requirements as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an Electronic Record; |
| (k) | any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles including the execution of the Articles themselves can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature as defined in the Electronic Transactions Law; |
| (l) | sections 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions Law shall not apply; |
| (m) | the term “clear days” in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding the day when the notice is received or deemed to be received and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect; and |
| (n) | the term “holder” in relation to a Share means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Members as the holder of such Share. |
| 2 | Commencement of Business |
| 2.1 | The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation of the Company as the Directors shall see fit. |
| 2.2 | The Directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in or about the formation and establishment of the Company, including the expenses of registration. |
| 3 | Issue of Shares |
| 3.1 | Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum (and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting) and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing Shares, the Directors may allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose of Shares (including fractions of a Share) with or without preferred, deferred or other rights or restrictions, whether in regard to Dividend or other distribution, voting, return of capital or otherwise and to such persons, at such times and on such other terms as they think proper, and may also (subject to the Statute and the Articles) vary such rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subscriber shall have the power to: |
| (a) | issue one Share to itself; |
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| (b) | transfer that Share by an instrument of transfer to any person; and |
| (c) | update the Register of Members in respect of the issue and transfer of that Share. |
| 3.2 | The Company shall not issue Shares to bearer. |
| 4 | Register of Members |
| 4.1 | The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with the Statute. |
| 4.2 | The Directors may determine that the Company shall maintain one or more branch registers of Members in accordance with the Statute. The Directors may also determine which register of Members shall constitute the principal register and which shall constitute the branch register or registers, and to vary such determination from time to time. |
| 5 | Fixing Record Date |
| 5.1 | For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose, the Directors may fix in advance or arrears a date as the record date for any such determination. |
| 5.2 | If no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of a Dividend or other distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or the date on which the resolution of the Directors resolving to pay such Dividend or other distribution is passed, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof. |
| 6 | Certificates for Shares |
| 6.1 | A Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Directors may determine. Share certificates shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorised by the Directors. The Directors may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by mechanical process. All certificates for Shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and subject to the Articles no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate representing a like number of relevant Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled. |
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| 6.2 | The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by more than one person and delivery of a certificate to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them. |
| 6.3 | 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 on the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence, as the Directors may prescribe, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) upon delivery of the old certificate. |
| 6.4 | Every share certificate sent in accordance with the Articles will be sent at the risk of the Member or other person entitled to the certificate. The Company will not be responsible for any share certificate lost or delayed in the course of delivery. |
| 7 | Transfer of Shares |
| 7.1 | Subject to Article 3.1, Shares are transferable subject to the approval of the Directors by resolution who may, in their absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of Shares without giving any reason. If the Directors refuse to register a transfer they shall notify the transferee within two months of such refusal. |
| 7.2 | The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing and shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and if the Directors so require, signed by or on behalf of the transferee). The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members. |
| 8 | Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares |
| 8.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Statute the Company may issue Shares that are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Member or the Company. The redemption of such Shares shall be effected in such manner and upon such other terms as the Company may, by Special Resolution, determine before the issue of the Shares. |
| 8.2 | Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may purchase its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) in such manner and on such other terms as the Directors may agree with the relevant Member. |
| 8.3 | The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Statute, including out of capital. |
| 8.4 | The Directors may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid Share. |
| 9 | Treasury Shares |
| 9.1 | The Directors may, prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of any Share, determine that such Share shall be held as a Treasury Share. |
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| 9.2 | The Directors may determine to cancel a Treasury Share or transfer a Treasury Share on such terms as they think proper (including, without limitation, for nil consideration). |
| 10 | Variation of Rights of Shares |
| 10.1 | If at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes of Shares, all or any of the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied without the consent of the holders of the issued Shares of that class where such variation is considered by the Directors not to have a material adverse effect upon such rights; otherwise, any such variation shall be made only with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two thirds of the issued Shares of that class, or with the sanction of a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two thirds of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders of the Shares of that class. For the avoidance of doubt, the Directors reserve the right, notwithstanding that any such variation may not have a material adverse effect, to obtain consent from the holders of Shares of the relevant class. To any such meeting all the provisions of the Articles relating to general meetings shall apply mutatis mutandis , except that the necessary quorum shall be one person holding or representing by proxy at least one third of the issued Shares of the class and that any holder of Shares of the class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll. |
| 10.2 | For the purposes of a separate class meeting, the Directors may treat two or more or all the classes of Shares as forming one class of Shares if the Directors consider that such class of Shares would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration, but in any other case shall treat them as separate classes of Shares. |
| 10.3 | The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith. |
| 11 | Commission on Sale of Shares |
| The Company may, in so far as the Statute permits, pay a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe (whether absolutely or conditionally) or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolutely or conditionally) for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash and/or the issue of fully or partly paid-up Shares. The Company may also on any issue of Shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful. |
| 12 | Non Recognition of Trusts |
| The Company shall not be bound by or compelled to recognise in any way (even when notified) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by the Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any Share other than an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the holder. |
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| 13 | Lien on Shares |
| 13.1 | The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether fully paid-up or not) registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts, liabilities or engagements to or with the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or his estate, either alone or jointly with any other person, whether a Member or not, but the Directors may at any time declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The registration of a transfer of any such Share shall operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien thereon. The Company’s lien on a Share shall also extend to any amount payable in respect of that Share. |
| 13.2 | The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors think fit, any Shares on which the Company has a lien, if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, and is not paid within fourteen clear days after notice has been received or deemed to have been received by the holder of the Shares, or to the person entitled to it in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder, demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold. |
| 13.3 | To give effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The purchaser or his nominee shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer, and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale or the exercise of the Company’s power of sale under the Articles. |
| 13.4 | The net proceeds of such sale after payment of costs, shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable and any balance shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the Shares at the date of the sale. |
| 14 | Call on Shares |
| 14.1 | Subject to the terms of the allotment and issue of any Shares, the Directors may make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares (whether in respect of par value or premium), and each Member shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen clear days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on the Shares. A call may be revoked or postponed, in whole or in part, as the Directors may determine. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made. |
| 14.2 | A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising such call was passed. |
| 14.3 | The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof. |
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| 14.4 | If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at such rate as the Directors may determine (and in addition all expenses that have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment), but the Directors may waive payment of the interest or expenses wholly or in part. |
| 14.5 | An amount payable in respect of a Share on issue or allotment or at any fixed date, whether on account of the par value of the Share or premium or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid all the provisions of the Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call. |
| 14.6 | The Directors may issue Shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls, or the interest to be paid. |
| 14.7 | The Directors may, if they think fit, receive an amount from any Member willing to advance all or any part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any Shares held by him, and may (until the amount would otherwise become payable) pay interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and the Member paying such amount in advance. |
| 14.8 | No such amount paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such amount to any portion of a Dividend or other distribution payable in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such amount would, but for such payment, become payable. |
| 15 | Forfeiture of Shares |
| 15.1 | If a call or instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen clear days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and any expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall specify where payment is to be made and shall state that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited. |
| 15.2 | If the notice is not complied with, any Share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors. Such forfeiture shall include all Dividends, other distributions or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture. |
| 15.3 | A forfeited Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited Share is to be transferred to any person the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share in favour of that person. |
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| 15.4 | A person any of whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of them and shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the Shares forfeited and shall remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to the Company in respect of those Shares together with interest at such rate as the Directors may determine, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all monies due and payable by him in respect of those Shares. |
| 15.5 | A certificate in writing under the hand of one Director or officer of the Company that a Share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. The certificate shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer) constitute a good title to the Share and the person to whom the Share is sold or otherwise disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his title to the Share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the Share. |
| 15.6 | The provisions of the Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the par value of the Share or by way of premium as if it had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. |
| 16 | Transmission of Shares |
| 16.1 | If a Member dies the survivor or survivors (where he was a joint holder) or his legal personal representatives (where he was a sole holder), shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his Shares. The estate of a deceased Member is not thereby released from any liability in respect of any Share, for which he was a joint or sole holder. |
| 16.2 | Any person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may be required by the Directors, elect, by a notice in writing sent by him to the Company, either to become the holder of such Share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the holder of such Share. If he elects to have another person registered as the holder of such Share he shall sign an instrument of transfer of that Share to that person. The Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before his death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution, as the case may be. |
| 16.3 | A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same Dividends, other distributions and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the holder of such Share. However, he shall not, before becoming a Member in respect of a Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to general meetings of the Company and the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to have some person nominated by him be registered as the holder of the Share (but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before his death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution or any other case than by transfer, as the case may be). If the notice is not complied with within ninety days of being received or deemed to be received (as determined pursuant to the Articles) the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all Dividends, other distributions, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with. |
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| 17 | Amendments of Memorandum and Articles of Association and Alteration of Capital |
| 17.1 | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution: |
| (a) | increase its share capital by such sum as the Ordinary Resolution shall prescribe and with such rights, priorities and privileges annexed thereto, as the Company in general meeting may determine; |
| (b) | consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing Shares; |
| (c) | convert all or any of its paid-up Shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into paid-up Shares of any denomination; |
| (d) | by subdivision of its existing Shares or any of them divide the whole or any part of its share capital into Shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum or into Shares without par value; and |
| (e) | cancel any Shares that at the date of the passing of the Ordinary Resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled. |
| 17.2 | All new Shares created in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Article shall be subject to the same provisions of the Articles with reference to the payment of calls, liens, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise as the Shares in the original share capital. |
| 17.3 | Subject to the provisions of the Statute and the provisions of the Articles as regards the matters to be dealt with by Ordinary Resolution, the Company may by Special Resolution: |
| (a) | change its name; |
| (b) | alter or add to the Articles; |
| (c) | alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein; and |
| (d) | reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve fund. |
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| 18 | Offices and Places of Business |
| Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may by resolution of the Directors change the location of its Registered Office. The Company may, in addition to its Registered Office, maintain such other offices or places of business as the Directors determine. |
| 19 | General Meetings |
| 19.1 | All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings. |
| 19.2 | The Company may, but shall not (unless required by the Statute) be obliged to, in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. Any annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Directors shall appoint and if no other time and place is prescribed by them, it shall be held at the Registered Office on the second Wednesday in December of each year at ten o’clock in the morning. At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented. |
| 19.3 | The Directors may call general meetings, and they shall on a Members’ requisition forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company. |
| 19.4 | A Members’ requisition is a requisition of Members holding at the date of deposit of the requisition not less than ten per cent. in par value of the issued Shares which as at that date carry the right to vote at general meetings of the Company. |
| 19.5 | The Members’ requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the Registered Office, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists. |
| 19.6 | If there are no Directors as at the date of the deposit of the Members’ requisition or if the Directors do not within twenty-one days from the date of the deposit of the Members’ requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting to be held within a further twenty-one days, the requisitionists, or any of them representing more than one-half of the total voting rights of all of the requisitionists, may themselves convene a general meeting, but any meeting so convened shall be held no later than the day which falls three months after the expiration of the said twenty-one day period. |
| 19.7 | A general meeting convened as aforesaid by requisitionists shall be convened in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings are to be convened by Directors. |
| 20 | Notice of General Meetings |
| 20.1 | At least five clear days’ notice shall be given of any general meeting. Every notice shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be conducted at the general meeting and shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article has been given and whether or not the provisions of the Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed: |
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| (a) | in the case of an annual general meeting, by all of the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and |
| (b) | in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than ninety five per cent. in par value of the Shares giving that right. |
| 20.2 | The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non receipt of notice of a general meeting by, any person entitled to receive such notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that general meeting. |
| 21 | Proceedings at General Meetings |
| 21.1 | No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present. Two Members being individuals present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy shall be a quorum unless the Company has only one Member entitled to vote at such general meeting in which case the quorum shall be that one Member present in person or by proxy or (in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person) by its duly authorised representative or proxy. |
| 21.2 | A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. |
| 21.3 | A resolution (including a Special Resolution) in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by or on behalf of all of the Members for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings (or, being corporations or other non-natural persons, signed by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held. |
| 21.4 | If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence or if during such a meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the meeting, if convened upon a Members’ requisition, shall be dissolved and in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and/or place or to such other day, time and/or place as the Directors may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall be a quorum. |
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| 21.5 | The Directors may, at any time prior to the time appointed for the meeting to commence, appoint any person to act as chairman of a general meeting of the Company or, if the Directors do not make any such appointment, the chairman, if any, of the board of Directors shall preside as chairman at such general meeting. If there is no such chairman, or if he shall not be present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, or is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
| 21.6 | If no Director is willing to act as chairman or if no Director is present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
| 21.7 | 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 to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. |
| 21.8 | When a general meeting is adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of an adjourned meeting. |
| 21.9 | A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless before, or on the declaration of the result of, the show of hands, the chairman demands a poll, or any other Member or Members collectively present in person or by proxy (or in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative or proxy) and holding at least ten per cent. in par value of the Shares giving a right to attend and vote at the meeting demand a poll. |
| 21.10 | Unless a poll is duly demanded and the demand is not withdrawn 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, an entry to that effect in the minutes of the proceedings of the meeting shall be conclusive evidence of that fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution. |
| 21.11 | The demand for a poll may be withdrawn. |
| 21.12 | Except on a poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment, a poll shall be taken as the chairman directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded. |
| 21.13 | A poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such date, time and place as the chairman of the general meeting directs, and any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded or is contingent thereon may proceed pending the taking of the poll. |
| 21.14 | In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman shall be entitled to a second or casting vote. |
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| 22 | Votes of Members |
| 22.1 | Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any Shares, on a show of hands every Member who (being an individual) is present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural person is present by its duly authorised representative or by proxy, shall have one vote and on a poll every Member present in any such manner shall have one vote for every Share of which he is the holder. |
| 22.2 | In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy (or, in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative or proxy), shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the Register of Members. |
| 22.3 | A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court, having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person on such Member’s behalf appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other person may vote by proxy. |
| 22.4 | No person shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless he is registered as a Member on the record date for such meeting nor unless all calls or other monies then payable by him in respect of Shares have been paid. |
| 22.5 | No objection shall be raised as to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting or adjourned general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at the meeting shall be valid. Any objection made in due time in accordance with this Article shall be referred to the chairman whose decision shall be final and conclusive. |
| 22.6 | On a poll or on a show of hands votes may be cast either personally or by proxy (or in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy). A Member may appoint more than one proxy or the same proxy under one or more instruments to attend and vote at a meeting. Where a Member appoints more than one proxy the instrument of proxy shall state which proxy is entitled to vote on a show of hands and shall specify the number of Shares in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise the related votes. |
| 22.7 | On a poll, a Member holding more than one Share need not cast the votes in respect of his Shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a Share or some or all such Shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing him, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he is appointed. |
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| 23 | Proxies |
| 23.1 | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing, or, if the appointor is a corporation or other non natural person, under the hand of its duly authorised representative. A proxy need not be a Member. |
| 23.2 | The Directors may, in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, specify the manner by which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited and the place and the time (being not later than the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting to which the proxy relates) at which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited. In the absence of any such direction from the Directors in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited physically at the Registered Office not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the meeting or adjourned meeting to commence at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote. |
| 23.3 | The chairman may in any event at his discretion declare that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited. An instrument of proxy that is not deposited in the manner permitted, or which has not been declared to have been duly deposited by the chairman, shall be invalid. |
| 23.4 | The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form (or such other form as the Directors may approve) and may be expressed to be for a particular meeting or any adjournment thereof or generally until revoked. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the power to demand or join or concur in demanding a poll. |
| 23.5 | Votes given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed, or the transfer of the Share in respect of which the proxy is given unless notice in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer was received by the Company at the Registered Office before the commencement of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting at which it is sought to use the proxy. |
| 24 | Corporate Members |
| Any corporation or other non-natural person which is a Member may in accordance with its constitutional documents, or in the absence of such provision by resolution of its directors or other governing body, authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class of Members, and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member. |
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| 25 | Shares that May Not be Voted |
| Shares in the Company that are beneficially owned by the Company shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding Shares at any given time. |
| 26 | Directors |
| There shall be a board of Directors consisting of not less than one person (exclusive of alternate Directors) provided however that the Company may by Ordinary Resolution increase or reduce the limits in the number of Directors. The first Directors of the Company shall be determined in writing by, or appointed by a resolution of, the Subscriber. |
| 27 | Powers of Directors |
| 27.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum and the Articles and to any directions given by Special Resolution, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of the Memorandum or Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. A duly convened meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors. |
| 27.2 | All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable or transferable instruments and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed as the case may be in such manner as the Directors shall determine by resolution. |
| 27.3 | The Directors on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any Director who has held any other salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to his widow or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance. |
| 27.4 | The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital or any part thereof and to issue debentures, debenture stock, mortgages, bonds and other such securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party. |
| 28 | Appointment and Removal of Directors |
| 28.1 | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution appoint any person to be a Director or may by Ordinary Resolution remove any Director. |
| 28.2 | The Directors may appoint any person to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Directors to exceed any number fixed by or in accordance with the Articles as the maximum number of Directors. |
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| 29 | Vacation of Office of Director |
The office of a Director shall be vacated if:
| (a) | the Director gives notice in writing to the Company that he resigns the office of Director; or |
| (b) | the Director absents himself (for the avoidance of doubt, without being represented by proxy or an alternate Director appointed by him) from three consecutive meetings of the board of Directors without special leave of absence from the Directors, and the Directors pass a resolution that he has by reason of such absence vacated office; or |
| (c) | the Director dies, becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or |
| (d) | the Director is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; or |
| (e) | all of the other Directors (being not less than two in number) determine that he should be removed as a Director, either by a resolution passed by all of the other Directors at a meeting of the Directors duly convened and held in accordance with the Articles or by a resolution in writing signed by all of the other Directors. |
| 30 | Proceedings of Directors |
| 30.1 | The quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed shall be two if there are two or more Directors, and shall be one if there is only one Director. A person who holds office as an alternate Director shall, if his appointor is not present, be counted in the quorum. A Director who also acts as an alternate Director shall, if his appointor is not present, count twice towards the quorum. |
| 30.2 | Subject to the provisions of the Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. A Director who is also an alternate Director shall be entitled in the absence of his appointor to a separate vote on behalf of his appointor in addition to his own vote. |
| 30.3 | A person may participate in a meeting of the Directors or any committee of Directors by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the same time. Participation by a person in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairman is located at the start of the meeting. |
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| 30.4 | A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of the Directors or, in the case of a resolution in writing relating to the removal of any Director or the vacation of office by any Director, all of the Directors other than the Director who is the subject of such resolution (an alternate Director being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf of his appointor and if such alternate Director is also a Director, being entitled to sign such resolution both on behalf of his appointer and in his capacity as a Director) shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors, or committee of Directors as the case may be, duly convened and held. |
| 30.5 | A Director or alternate Director may, or other officer of the Company on the direction of a Director or alternate Director shall, call a meeting of the Directors by at least two days’ notice in writing to every Director and alternate Director which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors (or their alternates) either at, before or after the meeting is held. To any such notice of a meeting of the Directors all the provisions of the Articles relating to the giving of notices by the Company to the Members shall apply mutatis mutandis. |
| 30.6 | The continuing Directors (or a sole continuing Director, as the case may be) may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to the Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to be equal to such fixed number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose. |
| 30.7 | The Directors may elect a chairman of their board and determine the period for which he is to hold office; but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
| 30.8 | All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors (including any person acting as an alternate Director) shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director or alternate Director, and/or that they or any of them were disqualified, and/or had vacated their office and/or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and/or not disqualified to be a Director or alternate Director and/or had not vacated their office and/or had been entitled to vote, as the case may be. |
| 30.9 | A Director but not an alternate Director may be represented at any meetings of the board of Directors by a proxy appointed in writing by him. The proxy shall count towards the quorum and the vote of the proxy shall for all purposes be deemed to be that of the appointing Director. |
| 31 | Presumption of Assent |
| A Director or alternate Director who is present at a meeting of the board of Directors at which action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent from such action with the person acting as the chairman or secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered post to such person immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director or alternate Director who voted in favour of such action. |
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| 32 | Directors’ Interests |
| 32.1 | A Director or alternate Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of Auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Directors may determine. |
| 32.2 | A Director or alternate Director may act by himself or by, through or on behalf of his firm in a professional capacity for the Company and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director or alternate Director. |
| 32.3 | A Director or alternate Director may be or become a director or other officer of or otherwise interested in any company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder, a contracting party or otherwise, and no such Director or alternate Director shall be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him as a director or officer of, or from his interest in, such other company. |
| 32.4 | No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or alternate Director or prevented by such office from contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director or alternate Director shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director or alternate Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by or arising in connection with any such contract or transaction by reason of such Director or alternate Director holding office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established. A Director (or his alternate Director in his absence) shall be at liberty to vote in respect of any contract or transaction in which he is interested provided that the nature of the interest of any Director or alternate Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by him at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon. |
| 32.5 | A general notice that a Director or alternate Director is a shareholder, director, officer or employee of any specified firm or company and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction with such firm or company shall be sufficient disclosure for the purposes of voting on a resolution in respect of a contract or transaction in which he has an interest, and after such general notice it shall not be necessary to give special notice relating to any particular transaction. |
| 33 | Minutes |
| The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose of recording all appointments of officers made by the Directors, all proceedings at meetings of the Company or the holders of any class of Shares and of the Directors, and of committees of the Directors, including the names of the Directors or alternate Directors present at each meeting. |
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| 34 | Delegation of Directors’ Powers |
| 34.1 | The Directors may delegate any of their powers, authorities and discretions, including the power to sub-delegate, to any committee consisting of one or more Directors. They may also delegate to any managing director or any Director holding any other executive office such of their powers, authorities and discretions as they consider desirable to be exercised by him provided that an alternate Director may not act as managing director and the appointment of a managing director shall be revoked forthwith if he ceases to be a Director. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such delegation may be revoked or altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee of Directors shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying. |
| 34.2 | The Directors may establish any committees, local boards or agencies or appoint any person to be a manager or agent for managing the affairs of the Company and may appoint any person to be a member of such committees, local boards or agencies. Any such appointment may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such appointment may be revoked or altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of any such committee, local board or agency shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying. |
| 34.3 | The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any person to be the agent of the Company on such conditions as the Directors may determine, provided that the delegation is not to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked by the Directors at any time. |
| 34.4 | The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or authorised signatory of the Company for such purpose and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under the Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorneys or authorised signatories as the Directors may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him. |
| 34.5 | The Directors may appoint such officers of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, any secretary) as they consider necessary on such terms, at such remuneration and to perform such duties, and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors may think fit. Unless otherwise specified in the terms of his appointment an officer of the Company may be removed by resolution of the Directors or Members. An officer of the Company may vacate his office at any time if he gives notice in writing to the Company that he resigns his office. |
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| 35 | Alternate Directors |
| 35.1 | Any Director (but not an alternate Director) may by writing appoint any other Director, or any other person willing to act, to be an alternate Director and by writing may remove from office an alternate Director so appointed by him. |
| 35.2 | An alternate Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of Directors and of all meetings of committees of Directors of which his appointor is a member, to attend and vote at every such meeting at which the Director appointing him is not personally present, to sign any written resolution of the Directors, and generally to perform all the functions of his appointor as a Director in his absence. |
| 35.3 | An alternate Director shall cease to be an alternate Director if his appointor ceases to be a Director. |
| 35.4 | Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be by notice to the Company signed by the Director making or revoking the appointment or in any other manner approved by the Directors. |
| 35.5 | Subject to the provisions of the Articles, an alternate Director shall be deemed for all purposes to be a Director and shall alone be responsible for his own acts and defaults and shall not be deemed to be the agent of the Director appointing him. |
| 36 | No Minimum Shareholding |
| The Company in general meeting may fix a minimum shareholding required to be held by a Director, but unless and until such a shareholding qualification is fixed a Director is not required to hold Shares. |
| 37 | Remuneration of Directors |
| 37.1 | The remuneration to be paid to the Directors, if any, shall be such remuneration as the Directors shall determine. The Directors shall also be entitled to be paid all travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of Directors or committees of Directors, or general meetings of the Company, or separate meetings of the holders of any class of Shares or debentures of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company or the discharge of their duties as a Director, or to receive a fixed allowance in respect thereof as may be determined by the Directors, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other. |
| 37.2 | The Directors may by resolution approve additional remuneration to any Director for any services which in the opinion of the Directors go beyond his ordinary routine work as a Director. Any fees paid to a Director who is also counsel, attorney or solicitor to the Company, or otherwise serves it in a professional capacity shall be in addition to his remuneration as a Director. |
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| 38 | Seal |
| 38.1 | The Company may, if the Directors so determine, have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used by the authority of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors authorised by the Directors. Every instrument to which the Seal has been affixed shall be signed by at least one person who shall be either a Director or some officer of the Company or other person appointed by the Directors for the purpose. |
| 38.2 | The Company may have for use in any place or places outside the Cayman Islands a duplicate Seal or Seals each of which shall be a facsimile of the common Seal of the Company and, if the Directors so determine, with the addition on its face of the name of every place where it is to be used. |
| 38.3 | A Director or officer, representative or attorney of the Company may without further authority of the Directors affix the Seal over his signature alone to any document of the Company required to be authenticated by him under seal or to be filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere wheresoever. |
| 39 | Dividends, Distributions and Reserve |
| 39.1 | Subject to the Statute and this Article and except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, the Directors may resolve to pay Dividends and other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the Dividends or other distributions out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. A Dividend shall be deemed to be an interim Dividend unless the terms of the resolution pursuant to which the Directors resolve to pay such Dividend specifically state that such Dividend shall be a final Dividend. No Dividend or other distribution shall be paid except out of the realised or unrealised profits of the Company, out of the share premium account or as otherwise permitted by law. |
| 39.2 | Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, all Dividends and other distributions shall be paid according to the par value of the Shares that a Member holds. If any Share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank for Dividend as from a particular date, that Share shall rank for Dividend accordingly. |
| 39.3 | The Directors may deduct from any Dividend or other distribution payable to any Member all sums of money (if any) then payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise. |
| 39.4 | The Directors may resolve that any Dividend or other distribution be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular (but without limitation) by the distribution of shares, debentures, or securities of any other company or in any one or more of such ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Directors may settle the same as they think expedient and in particular may issue fractional Shares and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Members and may vest any such specific assets in trustees in such manner as may seem expedient to the Directors. |
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| 39.5 | Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, Dividends and other distributions may be paid in any currency. The Directors may determine the basis of conversion for any currency conversions that may be required and how any costs involved are to be met. |
| 39.6 | The Directors may, before resolving to pay any Dividend or other distribution, set aside such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Directors, be applicable for any purpose of the Company and pending such application may, at the discretion of the Directors, be employed in the business of the Company. |
| 39.7 | Any Dividend, other distribution, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of Shares may be paid by wire transfer to the holder or by cheque or warrant sent through the post directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the registered address of the holder who is first named on the Register of Members or to such person and to such address as such holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent. Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any Dividends, other distributions, bonuses, or other monies payable in respect of the Share held by them as joint holders. |
| 39.8 | No Dividend or other distribution shall bear interest against the Company. |
| 39.9 | Any Dividend or other distribution which cannot be paid to a Member and/or which remains unclaimed after six months from the date on which such Dividend or other distribution becomes payable may, in the discretion of the Directors, be paid into a separate account in the Company’s name, provided that the Company shall not be constituted as a trustee in respect of that account and the Dividend or other distribution shall remain as a debt due to the Member. Any Dividend or other distribution which remains unclaimed after a period of six years from the date on which such Dividend or other distribution becomes payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company. |
| 40 | Capitalisation |
| The Directors may at any time capitalise any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts or funds (including the share premium account and capital redemption reserve fund) or any sum standing to the credit of the profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution; appropriate such sum to Members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst such Members had the same been a distribution of profits by way of Dividend or other distribution; and apply such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued Shares for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid-up to and amongst them in the proportion aforesaid. In such event the Directors shall do all acts and things required to give effect to such capitalisation, with full power given to the Directors to make such provisions as they think fit in the case of Shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrue to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Directors may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all of the Members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental or relating thereto and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all such Members and the Company. |
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| 41 | Books of Account |
| 41.1 | The Directors shall cause proper books of account (including, where applicable, material underlying documentation including contracts and invoices) to be kept with respect to all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place, all sales and purchases of goods by the Company and the assets and liabilities of the Company. Such books of account must be retained for a minimum period of five years from the date on which they are prepared. Proper books shall not be deemed to be kept if there are not kept such books of account as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions. |
| 41.2 | The Directors shall determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Members not being Directors and no Member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by Statute or authorised by the Directors or by the Company in general meeting. |
| 41.3 | The Directors may cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts as may be required by law. |
| 42 | Audit |
| 42.1 | The Directors may appoint an Auditor of the Company who shall hold office on such terms as the Directors determine. |
| 42.2 | Every Auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers of the Company such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the Auditor. |
| 42.3 | Auditors shall, if so required by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an ordinary company, and at the next extraordinary general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an exempted company, and at any other time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of the Members. |
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| 43 | Notices |
| 43.1 | Notices shall be in writing and may be given by the Company to any Member either personally or by sending it by courier, post, cable, telex, fax or e-mail to him or to his address as shown in the Register of Members (or where the notice is given by e-mail by sending it to the e-mail address provided by such Member). Any notice, if posted from one country to another, is to be sent by airmail. |
| 43.2 | Where a notice is sent by courier, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by delivery of the notice to a courier company, and shall be deemed to have been received on the third day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays) following the day on which the notice was delivered to the courier. Where a notice is sent by post, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre paying and posting a letter containing the notice, and shall be deemed to have been received on the fifth day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays in the Cayman Islands) following the day on which the notice was posted. Where a notice is sent by cable, telex or fax, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing and sending such notice and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was transmitted. Where a notice is given by e-mail service shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting the e-mail to the e-mail address provided by the intended recipient and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was sent, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the e-mail to be acknowledged by the recipient. |
| 43.3 | A notice may be given by the Company to the person or persons which the Company has been advised are entitled to a Share or Shares in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member in the same manner as other notices which are required to be given under the Articles and shall be addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt, or by any like description at the address supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or at the option of the Company by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred. |
| 43.4 | Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner authorised by the Articles to every holder of Shares carrying an entitlement to receive such notice on the record date for such meeting except that in the case of joint holders the notice shall be sufficient if given to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members and every person upon whom the ownership of a Share devolves by reason of his being a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy of a Member where the Member but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting, and no other person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings. |
| 44 | Winding Up |
| 44.1 | If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in satisfaction of creditors’ claims in such manner and order as such liquidator thinks fit. Subject to the rights attaching to any Shares, in a winding up: |
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| (a) | if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the Company’s issued share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them; or |
| (b) | if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the Company’s issued share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up subject to a deduction from those Shares in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to the Company for unpaid calls or otherwise. |
| 44.2 | If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, subject to the rights attaching to any Shares and with the sanction of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by the Statute, divide amongst the Members in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether such assets shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability. |
| 45 | Indemnity and Insurance |
| 45.1 | Every Director and officer of the Company (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include auditors of the Company), together with every former Director and former officer of the Company (each an “ Indemnified Person ”) shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any liability, action, proceeding, claim, demand, costs, damages or expenses, including legal expenses, whatsoever which they or any of them may incur as a result of any act or failure to act in carrying out their functions other than such liability (if any) that they may incur by reason of their own actual fraud or wilful default. No Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage incurred by the Company as a result (whether direct or indirect) of the carrying out of their functions unless that liability arises through the actual fraud or wilful default of such Indemnified Person. No person shall be found to have committed actual fraud or wilful default under this Article unless or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have made a finding to that effect. |
| 45.2 | The Company shall advance to each Indemnified Person reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defence of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnified Person for which indemnity will or could be sought. In connection with any advance of any expenses hereunder, the Indemnified Person shall execute an undertaking to repay the advanced amount to the Company if it shall be determined by final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article. If it shall be determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses, then such party shall not be indemnified with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses and any advancement shall be returned to the Company (without interest) by the Indemnified Person. |
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| 45.3 | The Directors, on behalf of the Company, may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any Director or other officer of the Company against any liability which, by virtue of any rule of law, would otherwise attach to such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such person may be guilty in relation to the Company. |
| 46 | Financial Year |
Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on 31st December in each year and, following the year of incorporation, shall begin on 1st January in each year.
| 47 | Transfer by Way of Continuation |
If the Company is exempted as defined in the Statute, it shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute and with the approval of a Special Resolution, have the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.
| 48 | Mergers and Consolidations |
The Company shall, with the approval of a Special Resolution, have the power to merge or consolidate with one or more constituent companies (as defined in the Statute), upon such terms as the Directors may determine.
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Dated this 28th day of April 2015.
Maples Corporate Services Limited
of PO Box 309, Ugland House
Grand Cayman
KY1-1104
Cayman Islands
| acting by: |
| /s/ Sharon Robinson |
| Sharon Robinson |
| /s/ Susan Ebanks |
| Susan Ebanks |
| Witness to the above signature |
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Exhibit T3A.47
WK-213615
Certificate Of Incorporation
I, V. DAPHENE WHITELOCKE Assistant Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands DO HEREBY CERTIFY, pursuant to the Companies Law CAP. 22, that all requirements of the said Law in respect of registration were complied with by
CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd.
an Exempted Company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with Limited Liability with effect from the 4th day of July Two Thousand Eight
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Given under my hand and Seal at George Town in the Island of Grand Cayman this 4th day of July Two Thousand Eight
/s/ V. Daphene Whitelocke
Assistant Registrar of Companies, Cayman Islands. |
Exhibit T3A.48
THE COMPANIES LAW (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CHC CAYMAN INVESTMENTS I LTD.
Walker House, 87 Mary Street, George Town
Grand Cayman KY1-9001, Cayman Islands
T 345 949 0100 F 345 949 7886 www.walkersglobai.com
REF: RJ/twk/C3711-78711
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THE COMPANIES LAW (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CHC CAYMAN INVESTMENTS I LTD.
| 1. | The name of the Company is CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd. (the “Company”). |
| 2. | The registered office of the Company will be situated at the offices of Walkers SPV Limited, Walker House, 87 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9002, Cayman Islands or at such other location as the Directors may from time to time determine, |
| 3. | The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by any law as provided by Section 7(4) of the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands (as amended) (the “Law”). |
| 4. | The Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit as provided by Section 27(2) of the Law. |
| 5. | The Company will not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as to prevent the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands. |
| 6. | The liability of the shareholders of the Company is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares respectively held by them. |
| 7. | The capital of the Company is CAD$1,000.00 divided into 1,000 shares of a nominal or par value of CAD$1.00 each provided always that subject to the Law and the Articles of Association the Company shall have power to redeem or purchase any of its shares and to sub-divide or consolidate the said shares or any of them and to issue all or any part of its capital whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced with or without any preference, priority, special privilege or other rights or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions whatsoever and so that unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly provide every issue of shares whether stated to be ordinary, preference or otherwise shall be subject to the powers on the part of the Company hereinbefore provided. |
| 8. | The Company may exercise the power contained in Section 226 of the Law to deregister in the Cayman Islands and be registered by way of continuation in some other jurisdiction. |
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The undersigned, whose name, address and description are set out below, wishes the Company to be incorporated as a company in the Cayman islands in accordance with this Memorandum of Association, and agrees to take the number of Shares in the capital of the Company as set out opposite the undersigned’s name.
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NAME, ADDRESS AND DESCRIPTION
OF SUBSCRIBER |
NUMBER OF SHARES TAKEN BY
SUBSCRIBER |
| Robert Jackson | ONE SHARE |
| Attorney at Law | |
| 87 Mary Street, George Town | (Sgd) Robert Jackson |
| Grand Cayman KY1 9001 | Subscriber |
| Dated: | 04 July 2008 |
| (Sgd) Tamara Kelderman | |
| Signature of Witness |
| Name: | Tamara Kelderman |
| Address: | 87 Mary Street, George Town |
| Grand Cayman KY1-9001 | |
| Occupation: | Secretary |
I, V. Daphene Whitelocke, Asst., Registrar of Companies, in and for the Cayman Islands, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that this is a true copy of the Memorandum of Association of CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd..
/s/ V. Daphene Whitelocke
Dated this 4 th of July, 2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| CLAUSE | PAGE |
| TABLE A | 1 |
| INTERPRETATION | 1 |
| PRELIMINARY | 3 |
| SHARES | 3 |
| MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS | 4 |
| CERTIFICATES | 4 |
| FRACTIONAL SHARES | 4 |
| LIEN | 4 |
| CALLS ON SHARES | 5 |
| FORFEITURE OF SHARES | 5 |
| TRANSFER OF SHARES | 6 |
| TRANSMISSION OF SHARES | 7 |
| ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL | 7 |
| REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF SHARES | 8 |
| GENERAL MEETINGS | 8 |
| NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS | 8 |
| PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS | 9 |
| VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS | 10 |
| CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETINGS | 10 |
| DIRECTORS | 11 |
| ALTERNATE DIRECTOR OR PROXY | 11 |
| POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS | 12 |
| BORROWING POWERS OF DIRECTORS | 13 |
| THE SEAL | 13 |
| DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS | 13 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS | 13 |
| DIVIDENDS | 15 |
| ACCOUNTS, AUDIT AND ANNUAL RETURN AND DECLARATION | 16 |
| CAPITALISATION OF RESERVES | 16 |
| SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT | 17 |
| INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS | 17 |
| NOTICES | 18 |
| INDEMNITY | 19 |
| NON-RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS | 20 |
| WINDING- UP | 20 |
| AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION | 20 |
| CLOSING OF REGISTER OR FIXING RECORD DATE | 20 |
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THE COMPANIES LAW (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CHC CAYMAN INVESTMENTS I LTD.
TABLE A
The Regulations contained or incorporated in Table ‘A’ in the First Schedule of the Law shall not apply to CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd. (the “Company”) and the following Articles shall comprise the Articles of Association of the Company.
INTERPRETATION
| 1. | In these Articles the following defined terms will have the meanings ascribed to them, if not inconsistent with the subject or context: |
“Articles” means these articles of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time;
“Class” or “Classes” means any class or classes of Shares as may from time to time be issued by the Company;
“Directors” means the directors of the Company for the time being, or as the case may be, the directors assembled as a board or as a committee thereof;
“Investment Account” shall have the meaning ascribed to it herein;
“Law” means the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands (as amended);
“Memorandum of Association” means the memorandum of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time;
“Office” means the registered office of the Company as required by the Law;
“Ordinary Resolution” means a resolution:
| (a) | passed by a simple majority of such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Shareholder is entitled; or |
| (b) | approved in writing by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Shareholders and the effective date of the resolution so adopted shall be the date on which the instrument, or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed; |
“paid up” means paid up as to the par value in respect of the issue of any Shares and includes credited as paid up;
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“Person” means any natural person, firm, company, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association or other entity (whether or not having a separate legal personality) or any of them as the context so requires;
“Register” means the register of Members of the Company required to be kept pursuant to the Law;
“Seal” means the common seal of the Company (if adopted) including any facsimile thereof;
“Secretary” means any Person appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of the secretary of the Company;
“Share” means a share in the capital of the Company. All references to “Shares” herein shall be deemed to be Shares of any or all Classes as the context may require. For the avoidance of doubt in these Articles the expression “Share” shall include a fraction of a Share;
“Shareholder” or “Member” means a Person who is registered as the holder of Shares in the Register and includes each subscriber to the Memorandum of Association pending the issue to such subscriber of the subscriber Share or Shares;
“Share Premium Account” means the share premium account established in accordance with these Articles and the Law;
“signed” means bearing a signature or representation of a signature affixed by mechanical means; and
“Special Resolution” means a special resolution of the Company passed in accordance with the Law, being a resolution:
| (a) | passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Shareholder is entitled; or |
| (b) | approved in writing by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Shareholders and the effective date of the special resolution so adopted shall be the date on which the instrument or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed. |
| 2. | In these Articles, save where the context requires otherwise; |
| (a) | words importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa; |
| (b) | words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender and any Person as the context may require; |
| (c) | the word “may” shall be construed as permissive and the word “shall” shall be construed as imperative; |
| (d) | reference to a dollar or dollars (or $) and to a cent or cents is reference to dollars and cents of the United States; |
| (e) | reference to a statutory enactment shall include reference to any amendment or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force; |
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| (f) | reference to any determination by the Directors shall be construed as a determination by the Directors in their absolute discretion and shall be applicable either generally or in any particular case; and |
| (g) | reference to “in writing” shall be construed as written or represented by any means reproducible in writing, including any form of print, lithograph, email, facsimile, photograph or telex or represented by any other substitute or format for storage or transmission for writing or partly one and partly another. |
| 3. | Subject to the last two preceding Articles, any words defined in the Law shall, if not inconsistent with the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles. |
PRELIMINARY
| 4. | The business of the Company may be commenced at any time after incorporation. |
| 5. | The Office shall be at such address in the Cayman Islands as the Directors may from time to time determine. The Company may in addition establish and maintain such other offices and places of business and agencies in such places as the Directors may from time to time determine. |
| 6. | The preliminary expenses incurred in the formation of the Company and in connection with the issue of Shares shall be paid by the Company. Such expenses may be amortised over such period as the Directors may determine and the amount so paid shall be charged against income and/or capital in the accounts of the Company as the Directors shall determine. |
| 7. | The Directors shall keep, or cause to be kept, the Register at such place as the Directors may from time to time determine and, in the absence of any such determination, the Register shall be kept at the Office. |
SHARES
| 8. | Subject to these Articles, all Shares for the time being unissued shall be under the control of the Directors who may: |
| (a) | issue, allot and dispose of the same to such Persons, in such manner, on such terms and having such rights and being subject to such restrictions as they may from time to time determine; and |
| (b) | grant options with respect to such Shares and issue warrants or similar instruments with respect thereto; |
and, for such purposes, the Directors may reserve an appropriate number of Shares for the time being unissued.
| 9. | The Directors may authorise the division of Shares into any number of Classes and the different Classes shall be authorised, established and designated (or re-designated as the case may be) and the variations in the relative rights (including, without limitation, voting, dividend and redemption rights), restrictions, preferences, privileges and payment obligations as between the different Classes (if any) shall be fixed and determined by the Directors. |
| 10. | The Company may insofar as may be permitted by law, pay a commission to any Person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe whether absolutely or conditionally for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash or the lodgement of fully or partly paid-up Shares or partly in one way and partly in the other. The Company may also on any issue of Shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful. |
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| 11. | The Directors may refuse to accept any application for Shares, and may accept any application in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason. |
MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS
| 12. | Whenever the capital of the Company is divided into different Classes the rights attached to any such Class may (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that Class) only be materially adversely varied or abrogated with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the issued Shares of the relevant Class, or with the sanction of a resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the Shares of such Class by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast at such a meeting, but not otherwise. To every such separate meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company or to the proceedings thereat shall, mutatis mutandis, apply, except that the necessary quorum shall be one or more Persons at least holding or representing by proxy one-third in nominal or par value amount of the issued Shares of the relevant Class (but so that if at any adjourned meeting of such holders a quorum as above defined is not present, those Shareholders who are present shall form a quorum) and that, subject to the terms of issue of the Shares of that Class, every Shareholder of the Class shall on a poll have one vote for each Share of the Class held by him. For the purposes of convening and holding a meeting pursuant to this Article the Directors may treat all the Classes or any two or more Classes as forming one Class if they consider that all such Classes would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration but in any other case shall treat them as separate Classes. |
| 13. | The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any Class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that Class, be deemed to be materially adversely varied or abrogated by, inter alia, the creation, allotment or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu with or subsequent to them, the redemption or purchase of Shares of any Class by the Company. |
CERTIFICATES
| 14. | No Person shall be entitled to a certificate for any or all of his Shares, unless the Directors shall determine otherwise. |
FRACTIONAL SHARES
| 15. | The Directors may issue fractions of a Share and, if so issued, a fraction of a Share shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to nominal or par value, premium, contributions, calls or otherwise), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, voting and participation rights) and other attributes of a whole Share. If more than one fraction of a Share of the same Class is issued to or acquired by the same Shareholder such fractions shall be accumulated. |
LIEN
| 16. | The Company shall have a first priority lien and charge on every partly paid Share for all moneys (whether presently payable or not) called or payable at a fixed time in respect of that Share, and the Company shall also have a first priority lien and charge on all partly paid Shares standing registered in the name of a Shareholder (whether held solely or jointly with another Person) for ail moneys presently payable by him or his estate to the Company, but the Directors may at any time declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The Company’s lien, if any, on a Share shall extend to all distributions payable thereon. |
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| 17. | The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors in their absolute discretion think fit, any Shares on which the Company has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless an amount in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable nor until the expiration of fourteen days after a notice in writing, stating and demanding payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable, has been given to the registered holder for the time being of the Share, or the Persons entitled thereto by reason of his death or bankruptcy. |
| 18. | For giving effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise some Person to transfer the Shares sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale. |
| 19. | The proceeds of the sale after deduction of expenses, fees and commission incurred by the Company shall be received by the Company and applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable, and the residue shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares prior to the sale) be paid to the Person entitled to the Shares at the date of the sale. |
CALLS ON SHARES
| 20. | The Directors may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys unpaid on their partly paid Shares, and each Shareholder shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on such Shares. |
| 21. | The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay calls in respect thereof. |
| 22. | If a sum called in respect of a Share is not paid before or on the day appointed for payment thereof, the Person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest upon the sum at the rate of eight percent per annum from the day appointed for the payment thereof to the time of the actual payment, but the Directors shall be at liberty to waive payment of that interest wholly or in part. |
| 23. | The provisions of these Articles as to the liability of joint holders and as to payment of interest shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the amount of the Share, or by way of premium, as if the same had become payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. |
| 24. | The Directors may make arrangements on the issue of partly paid Shares for a difference between the Shareholders, or the particular Shares, in the amount of calls to be paid and in the times of payment. |
| 25. | The Directors may, if they think fit, receive from any Shareholder willing to advance the same all or any part of the moneys uncalled and unpaid upon any partly paid Shares held by him, and upon all or any of the moneys so advanced may (until the same would, but for such advance, become presently payable) pay interest at such rate (not exceeding without the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution, eight percent per annum) as may be agreed upon between the Shareholder paying the sum in advance and the Directors. |
FORFEITURE OF SHARES
| 26. | If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or instalment of a call in respect of partly paid Shares on the day appointed for payment, the Directors may, at any time thereafter during such time as any part of such call or instalment remains unpaid, serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued. |
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| 27. | The notice shall name a further day (not earlier than the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the notice) on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made, and shall state that in the event of non-payment at or before the time appointed the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited. |
| 28. | If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, any Share in respect of which the notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before the payment required by notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors to that effect. |
| 29. | A forfeited Share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit, and at any time before a sale or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. |
| 30. | A Person whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Shareholder in respect of the forfeited Shares, but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to the Company in respect of the Shares forfeited, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company receives payment in full of the amount unpaid on the Shares forfeited. |
| 31. | A statutory declaration in writing that the declarant is a Director, and that a Share has been duly forfeited on a date stated in the declaration, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts in the declaration as against all Persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. |
| 32. | The Company may receive the consideration, if any, given for a Share on any sale or disposition thereof pursuant to the provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture and may execute a transfer of the Share in favour of the Person to whom the Share is sold or disposed of and that Person shall be registered as the holder of the Share, and shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the disposition or sale. |
| 33. | The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which by the terms of issue of a Share becomes due and payable, whether on account of the amount of the Share, or by way of premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. |
TRANSFER OF SHARES
| 34. | Subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any Class, no Shares may be transferred, assigned or disposed of without the prior consent in writing of the Directors or their authorised agents, which may be withheld in their absolute discretion. |
| 35. | The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may, in their absolute discretion, approve and be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and if in respect of a nil or partly paid up Share, or if so required by the Directors, shall also be executed on behalf of the transferee and shall be accompanied by the certificate (if any) of the Shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer. The transferor shall be deemed to remain a Shareholder until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect of the relevant Shares. |
| 36. | The Directors may in their absolute discretion decline to register any transfer of Shares without assigning any reason therefor. |
| 37. | The registration of transfers may be suspended at such times and for such periods as the Directors may from time to time determine. |
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| 38. | All instruments of transfer that are registered shall be retained by the Company, but any instrument of transfer that the Directors decline to register shall (except in any case of fraud) be returned to the Person depositing the same. |
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
| 39. | The legal personal representative of a deceased sole holder of a Share shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share. In the case of a Share registered in the name of two or more holders, the survivors or survivor, or the legal personal representatives of the deceased survivor, shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share. |
| 40. | Any Person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Directors, have the right either to be registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share or, instead of being registered himself, to make such transfer of the Share as the deceased or bankrupt Person could have made; but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the deceased or bankrupt Person before the death or bankruptcy. |
| 41. | A Person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered Shareholder, except that he shall not, before being registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company. |
ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL
| 42. | The Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution increase the share capital by such sum, to be divided into Shares of such Classes and amount, as the resolution shall prescribe. |
| 43. | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution: |
| (a) | consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of a larger amount than its existing Shares; |
| (b) | convert all or any of its paid up Shares into stock and reconvert that stock into paid up Shares of any denomination; |
| (c) | subdivide its existing Shares, or any of them into Shares of a smaller amount provided that in the subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced Share shall be the same as it was in case of the Share from which the reduced Share is derived; and |
| (d) | cancel any Shares that, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any Person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled. |
| 44. | The Company may by Special Resolution reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve in any manner authorised by law. |
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REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF SHARES
| 45. | Subject to the Law, the Company may: |
| (a) | issue Shares on terms that they are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the Shareholder on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may, before the issue of such Shares, determine; |
| (b) | purchase its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine and agree with the Shareholder; and |
| (c) | make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner authorised by the Law, including out of its capital, profits or the proceeds of a fresh issue of Shares. |
| 46. | Any Share in respect of which notice of redemption has been given shall not be entitled to participate in the profits of the Company in respect of the period after the date specified as the date of redemption in the notice of redemption. |
| 47. | The redemption or purchase of any Share shall not be deemed to give rise to the redemption or purchase of any other Share. |
| 48. | The Directors may when making payments in respect of redemption or purchase of Shares, if authorised by the terms of issue of the Shares being redeemed or purchased or with the agreement of the holder of such Shares, make such payment either in cash or in specie. |
GENERAL MEETINGS
| 49. | The Directors may, whenever they think fit, convene a general meeting of the Company. |
| 50. | General meetings shall also be convened on the requisition in writing of any Shareholder or Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company holding at least a majority of the paid up voting share capital of the Company deposited at the Office specifying the objects of the meeting for a date no later than 21 days from the date of deposit of the requisition signed by the requisitionists, and if the Directors do not convene such meeting for a date not later than 45 days after the date of such deposit, the requisitionists themselves may convene the general meeting in the same manner, as nearly as possible, as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors, and all reasonable expenses incurred by the requisitionists as a result of the failure of the Directors to convene the general meeting shall be reimbursed to them by the Company. |
| 51. | If at any time there are no Directors, any two Shareholders (or if there is only one Shareholder then that Shareholder) entitled to vote at general meetings of the Company may convene a general meeting in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors. |
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
| 52. | At least seven days’ notice in writing counting from the date service is deemed to take place as provided in these Articles specifying the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and, in case of special business, the general nature of that business, shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided or in such other manner (if any) as may be prescribed by the Company by Ordinary Resolution to such Persons as are, under these Articles, entitled to receive such notices from the Company, but with the consent of all the Shareholders entitled to receive notice of some particular meeting and attend and vote thereat, that meeting may be convened by such shorter notice or without notice and in such manner as those Shareholders may think fit. |
| 53. | The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to or the non-receipt of a notice of a meeting by any Shareholder shall not invalidate the proceedings at any meeting. |
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PROCEEDING AT GENTRAL MEETINGS
| 54. | All business carried out at a general meeting shall be deemed special with the exception of sanctioning a dividend, the consideration of the accounts, balance sheets, any report of the Directors or of the Company’s auditors, the appointment and removal of Directors and the fixing of the remuneration of the Company’s auditors. No special business shall be transacted at any general meeting without the consent of all Shareholders entitled to receive notice of that meeting unless notice of such special business has been given in the notice convening that meeting. |
| 55. | No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Shareholders is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Save as otherwise provided by these Articles, one or more Shareholders holding at least a majority of the paid up voting share capital of the Company present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at that meeting shall form a quorum. |
| 56. | If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of Shareholders, shall be dissolved. In any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting the Shareholder or Shareholders present and entitled to vote shall form a quorum. |
| 57. | If the Directors wish to make this facility available to Shareholders for a specific general meeting or all general meetings of the Company, a Shareholder may participate in any general meeting of the Company, by means of a telephone or similar communication equipment by way of which all Persons participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting. |
| 58. | The chairman, if any, of the Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company. |
| 59. | If there is no such chairman, or if at any general meeting he is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act as chairman, any Director or Person nominated by the Directors shall preside as chairman, failing which the Shareholders present shall choose any Person present to be chairman of that meeting. |
| 60. | The chairman may with the consent of any general meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting) adjourn a meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a meeting, or adjourned meeting, is adjourned for fourteen days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Save as aforesaid it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting. |
| 61. | The Directors may cancel or postpone any duly convened general meeting, except for general meetings requisitioned by the Shareholders in accordance with these Articles, for any reason or for no reason upon notice in writing to Shareholders. A postponement may be for a stated period of any length or indefinitely as the Directors may determine. |
| 62. | At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands, unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded by one or more Shareholders present in person or by proxy entitled to vote, and unless a poll is so demanded, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has, on a show of hands, been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the book of the proceedings of the Company, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact, without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of, or against, that resolution. |
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| 63. | If a poll is duly demanded it shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. |
| 64. | In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of the meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded, shall be entitled to a second or casting vote. |
| 65. | A poll demanded on the election of a chairman of the meeting or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time as the chairman of the meeting directs. |
VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
| 66. | Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, on a show of hands every Shareholder present in person and every Person representing a Shareholder by proxy shall, at a general meeting of the Company, each have one vote and on a poll every Shareholder and every Person representing a Shareholder by proxy shall have one vote for each Share of which he or the Person represented by proxy is the holder. |
| 67. | In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote whether in person or by proxy shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register. |
| 68. | A Shareholder of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his committee, or other Person in the nature of a committee appointed by that court, and any such committee or other Person, may vote by proxy. |
| 69. | No Shareholder shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Company unless all calls, if any, or other sums presently payable by him in respect of Shares carrying the right to vote held by him have been paid. |
| 70. | On a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy. |
| 71. | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under Seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised. A proxy need not be a Shareholder. |
| 72. | An instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve. |
| 73. | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll. |
| 74. | A resolution in writing signed by all the Shareholders for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company (or being corporations by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the same had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held. |
CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETINGS
| 75. | Any corporation which is a Shareholder or a Director may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such Person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any meeting of holders of a Class or of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, and the Person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Shareholder or Director. |
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DIRECTORS
| 76. | The name(s) of the first Director(s) shall either be determined in writing by a majority (or in the case of a sole subscriber that subscriber) of, or elected at a meeting of, the subscribers of the Memorandum of Association. |
| 77. | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution appoint any natural person or corporation to be a Director. |
| 78. | Subject to these Articles, a Director shall hold office until such time as he is removed from office by Ordinary Resolution. |
| 79. | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution from time to time fix the maximum and minimum number of Directors to be appointed but unless such numbers are fixed as aforesaid the minimum number of Directors shall be one and the maximum number of Directors shall be unlimited. |
| 80. | The remuneration of the Directors may be determined by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution. |
| 81. | There shall be no shareholding qualification for Directors unless determined otherwise by Ordinary Resolution. |
| 82. | The Directors shall have power at any time and from time to time to appoint a natural person or corporation as a Director, either as a result of a casual vacancy or as an additional Director, subject to the maximum number (if any) imposed by Ordinary Resolution. |
ALTERNATE DIRECTOR OR PROXY
| 83. | Any Director may in writing appoint another Person to be his alternate and, save to the extent provided otherwise in the form of appointment, such alternate shall have authority to sign written resolutions on behalf of the appointing Director and to act in such Director’s place at any meeting of the Directors at which he is unable to be present. Every such alternate shall be entitled to attend and vote at meetings of the Directors as a Director when the Director appointing him is not personally present and where he is a Director to have a separate vote on behalf of the Director he is representing in addition to his own vote. A Director may at any time in writing revoke the appointment of an alternate appointed by him. Such alternate shall not be an officer of the Company and shall be deemed to be the agent of the Director appointing him. The remuneration of such alternate shall be payable out of the remuneration of the Director appointing him and the proportion thereof shall be agreed between them. |
| 84. | Any Director may appoint any Person, whether or not a Director, to be the proxy of that Director to attend and vote on his behalf, in accordance with instructions given by that Director, or in the absence of such instructions at the discretion of the proxy, at a meeting or meetings of the Directors which that Director is unable to attend personally. The instrument appointing the proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointing Director and shall be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve, and must be lodged with the chairman of the meeting of the Directors at which such proxy is to be used, or first used, prior to the commencement of the meeting. |
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POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
| 85. | Subject to the Law, these Articles and to any resolutions passed in a general meeting, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may pay all expenses incurred in setting up and registering the Company and may exercise all powers of the Company, The Directors will have the power to commence in the name of the Company a winding up or any other insolvency proceedings in accordance with the Law. No resolution passed by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors that would have been valid if that resolution had not been passed. |
| 86. | The Directors may from time to time appoint any Person, whether or not a Director to hold such office in the Company as the Directors may think necessary for the administration of the Company, including but not limited to, the office of president, one or more vice-presidents, treasurer, assistant treasurer, manager or controller, and for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another), and with such powers and duties as the Directors may think fit. Any Person so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors or by the Company by Ordinary Resolution. The Directors may also appoint one or more of their number to the office of managing director upon like terms, but any such appointment shall ipso facto determine if any managing director ceases from any cause to be a Director, or if the Company by Ordinary Resolution resolves that his tenure of office be terminated. |
| 87. | The Directors may appoint a Secretary (and if need be an assistant Secretary or assistant Secretaries) who shall hold office for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions and with such powers as they think fit. Any Secretary or assistant Secretary so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors or by the Company by Ordinary Resolution. |
| 88. | The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit; any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the Directors. |
| 89. | The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney (whether under Seal or under hand) or otherwise appoint any company, firm or Person or body of Persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or attorneys or authorised signatory (any such person being an “Attorney” or “Authorised Signatory”, respectively) of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of Persons dealing with any such Attorney or Authorised Signatory as the Directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such Attorney or Authorised Signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in him. |
| 90. | The Directors may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of the Company in such manner as they shall think fit and the provisions contained in the three next following Articles shall not limit the general powers conferred by this Article. |
| 91. | The Directors from time to time and at any time may establish any committees, local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company and may appoint any Persons to be members of such committees or local boards and may appoint any managers or agents of the Company and may fix the remuneration of any such Persons. |
| 92. | The Directors from time to time and at any time may delegate to any such committee, local board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in the Directors and may authorise the members for the time being of any such local board, or any of them to fill any vacancies therein and to act notwithstanding vacancies and any such appointment or delegation may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Directors may think fit and the Directors may at any time remove any Person so appointed and may annul or vary any such delegation, but no Person dealing in good faith and without notice of any such annulment or variation shall be affected thereby. |
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| 93. | Any such delegates as aforesaid may be authorised by the Directors to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities, and discretion for the time being vested in them. |
BORROWING POWERS OF DIRECTORS
| 94. | The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof, to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party. |
THE SEAL
| 95. | The Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of the Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of the Seal. The Seal shall be affixed in the presence of a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in the presence of any one or more Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose and every Person as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the Seal is so affixed in their presence. |
| 96. | The Company may maintain a facsimile of the Seal in such countries or places as the Directors may appoint and such facsimile Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of such facsimile Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of such facsimile Seal. The facsimile Seal shall be affixed in the presence of such Person or Persons as the Directors shall for this purpose appoint and such Person or Persons as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the facsimile Seal is so affixed in their presence and such affixing of the facsimile Seal and signing as aforesaid shall have the same meaning and effect as if the Seal had been affixed in the presence of and the instrument signed by a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in the presence of any one or more Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose. |
| 97. | Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Secretary or any assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix the Seal, or the facsimile Seal, to any instrument for the purposes of attesting authenticity of the matter contained therein but which does not create any obligation binding on the Company. |
DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
| 98. | The office of Director shall be vacated, if the Director: |
| (a) | becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors; |
| (b) | dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; |
| (c) | resigns his office by notice in writing to the Company; |
| (d) | is removed from office by Ordinary Resolution; or |
| (e) | is removed from office by notice addressed to him at his last known address and signed by all of his co-Directors (not being less than two in number). |
PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
| 99. | The Directors may meet together (either within or without the Cayman Islands) for the despatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. A Director may, and a Secretary or assistant Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Directors. |
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| 100. | A Director may participate in any meeting of the Directors, or of any committee appointed by the Directors of which such Director is a member, by means of telephone or similar communication equipment by way of which all Persons participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting. |
| 101. | The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed, if there be two or more Directors the quorum shall be two, and if there be one Director the quorum shall be one. A Director represented by proxy or by an alternate Director at any meeting shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of determining whether or not a quorum is present. |
| 102. | A Director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or proposed contract with the Company shall declare the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Directors. A general notice given to the Directors by any Director to the effect that he is a member of any specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which may thereafter be made with that company or firm shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of interest in regard to any contract so made. A Director may vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement notwithstanding that he may be interested therein and if he does so his vote shall be counted and he may be counted in the quorum at any meeting of the Directors at which any such contract or proposed contract or arrangement shall come before the meeting for consideration. |
| 103. | A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as the Directors may determine and no Director or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company either with regard to his tenure of any such other office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director is in any way interested, be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A Director, notwithstanding his interest, may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting of the Directors whereat he or any other Director is appointed to hold any such office or place of profit under the Company or whereat the terms of any such appointment are arranged and he may vote on any such appointment or arrangement. |
| 104. | Any Director may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company, and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director; provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise a Director or his firm to act as auditor to the Company. |
| 105. | The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books or loose-leaf folders provided for the purpose of recording: |
| (a) | all appointments of officers made by the Directors; |
| (b) | the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors; and |
| (c) | all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Company, and of the Directors and of committees of Directors. |
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| 106. | When the chairman of a meeting of the Directors signs the minutes of such meeting the same shall be deemed to have been duly held notwithstanding that all the Directors have not actually come together or that there may have been a technical defect in the proceedings. |
| 107. | A resolution signed by all the Directors entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Directors, including a resolution signed by a duly appointed alternate (subject as provided otherwise in the terms of appointment of the alternate), shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors duly called and constituted. When signed a resolution may consist of several documents each signed by one or more of the Directors or his duly appointed alternate. |
| 108. | The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body but if and for so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing Directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose. |
| 109. | The Directors may elect a chairman of their meetings and determine the period for which he is to hold office but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
| 110. | Subject to any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, a committee appointed by the Directors may elect a chairman of its meetings. If no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the committee members present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
| 111. | A committee appointed by the Directors may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Subject to any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the committee members present and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. |
| 112. | All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, or by any Person acting as a Director, shall notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such Director or Person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such Person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director. |
DIVIDENDS
| 113. | Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, the Directors may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends) and other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. |
| 114. | Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, the Company by Ordinary Resolution may declare dividends, but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the Directors. |
| 115. | The Directors may, before recommending or declaring any dividend, set aside out of the funds legally available for distribution such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, in the absolute discretion of the Directors be applicable for meeting contingencies, or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose to which those funds may be properly applied and pending such application may in the absolute discretion of the Directors, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the Directors may from time to time think fit. |
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| 116. | Any dividend may be paid in any manner as the Directors may determine. If paid by cheque it will be sent through the post to the registered address of the Shareholder or Person entitled thereto, or in the case of joint holders, to any one of such joint holders at his registered address or to such Person and such address as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct. Every such cheque shall be made payable to the order of the Person to whom it is sent or to the order of such other Person as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct. |
| 117. | The Directors when paying dividends to the Shareholders in accordance with the foregoing provisions of these Articles may make such payment either in cash or in specie. |
| 118. | Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the Shares, but if and for so long as nothing is paid up on any of the Shares dividends may be declared and paid according to the par value of the Shares. |
| 119. | if several Persons are registered as joint holders of any Share, any of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of the Share. |
| 120. | No dividend shall bear interest against the Company. |
ACCOUNTS, AUDIT AND ANNUAL RETURN AND DECLARATION
| 121. | The books of account relating to the Company’s affairs shall be kept in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Directors. |
| 122. | The books of account shall be kept at the Office, or at such other place or places as the Directors think fit, and shall always be open to the inspection of the Directors. |
| 123. | The Directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Shareholders not being Directors, and no Shareholder (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by law or authorised by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution. |
| 124. | The accounts relating to the Company’s affairs shall only be audited if the Directors so determine, in which case the financial year end and the accounting principles will be determined by the Directors. |
| 125. | The Directors in each year shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual return and declaration setting forth the particulars required by the Law and deliver a copy thereof to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands. |
CAPITALISATION OF RESERVES
| 126. | Subject to the Law, the Directors may, with the authority of an Ordinary Resolution: |
| (a) | resolve to capitalise an amount standing to the credit of reserves (including a Share Premium Account, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account), whether or not available for distribution; |
| (b) | appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the Shareholders in proportion to the nominal amount of Shares (whether or not fully paid) held by them respectively and apply that sum on their behalf in or towards: |
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| (i) | paying up the amounts (if any) for the time being unpaid on Shares held by them respectively, or |
| (ii) | paying up in full unissued Shares or debentures of a nominal amount equal to that sum, |
and allot the Shares or debentures, credited as fully paid, to the Shareholders (or as they may direct) in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other, but the Share Premium Account, the capital redemption reserve and profits which are not available for distribution may, for the purposes of this Article, only be applied in paying up unissued Shares to be allotted to Shareholders credited as fully paid;
| (c) | make any arrangements they think fit to resolve a difficulty arising in the distribution of a capitalised reserve and in particular, without limitation, where Shares or debentures become distributable in fractions the Directors may deal with the fractions as they think fit; |
| (d) | authorise a Person to enter (on behalf of all the Shareholders concerned) into an agreement with the Company providing for either: |
| (i) | the allotment to the Shareholders respectively, credited as fully paid, of Shares or debentures to which they may be entitled on the capitalisation, or |
| (ii) | the payment by the Company on behalf of the Shareholders (by the application of their respective proportions of the reserves resolved to be capitalised) of the amounts or part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their existing Shares, |
and any such agreement made under this authority being effective and binding on all those Shareholders; and
| (e) | generally do all acts and things required to give effect to the resolution. |
SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT
| 127. | The Directors shall in accordance with the Law establish a Share Premium Account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any Share. |
| 128. | There shall be debited to any Share Premium Account on the redemption or purchase of a Share the difference between the nominal value of such Share and the redemption or purchase price provided always that at the discretion of the Directors such sum may be paid out of the profits of the Company or, if permitted by the Law, out of capital. |
INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
| 129. | The Directors may establish separate accounts on the books and records of the Company (each an “Investment Account”) for each Class, or for more than one Class, as the case may be, and the following provisions shall apply to each investment Account: |
| (a) | the proceeds from the allotment and issue of Shares of any Class may be applied in the books of the Company to the Investment Account established for the Shares of such Class; |
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| (b) | the assets and liabilities and income and expenditures attributable to the Shares of any Class may be applied or allocated for accounting purposes to the relevant Investment Account established for such Shares subject to these Articles; |
| (c) | where any asset is derived from another asset (whether cash or otherwise), such derivative asset may be applied in the books of the Company to the investment Account from which the related asset was derived and on each revaluation of an investment the increase or diminution in the value thereof (or the relevant portion of such increase or diminution in value) may be applied to the relevant Investment Account; |
| (d) | in the case of any asset of the Company which the Directors do not consider is attributable to a particular Investment Account, the Directors shall have the discretion to determine the basis upon which any such asset shall be allocated among Investment Accounts and the Directors shall have power at any time and from time to time to vary such allocation; |
| (e) | where the assets of the Company not attributable to any Investment Accounts give rise to any net profits, the Directors may allocate the assets representing such net profits to the Investment Accounts as they may determine; |
| (f) | the Directors may determine the basis upon which any liability including expenses shall be allocated among Investment Accounts (including conditions as to subsequent reallocation thereof if circumstances so permit or require) and shall have power at any time and from time to time to vary such basis and charge expenses of the Company against either revenue or the capital of the Investment Accounts; and |
| (g) | the Directors may in the books of the Company transfer any assets to and from Investment Accounts if, as a result of a creditor proceeding against certain of the assets of the Company or otherwise, a liability would be borne in a different manner from that in which it would have been borne under paragraph (f) above, or in any similar circumstances. |
| 130. | Subject to any applicable law and except as otherwise provided in these Articles the assets held in each Investment Account shall be applied solely in respect of Shares of the Class to which such Investment Account relates and no holder of Shares of a Class shall have any claim or right to any asset allocated to any other Class. |
NOTICES
| 131. | Any notice or document may be served by the Company or by the Person entitled to give notice to any Shareholder either personally, or by posting it airmail or air courier service in a prepaid letter addressed to such Shareholder at his address as appearing in the Register, or by electronic mail to any electronic mail address such Shareholder may have specified in writing for the purpose of such service of notices, or by cable, telex or facsimile should the Directors deem it appropriate. In the case of joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the joint holding, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders. |
| 132. | Any Shareholder present, either personally or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have received due notice of such meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which such meeting was convened. |
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| 133. | Any notice or other document, if served by: |
| (a) | post, shall be deemed to have been served five days after the time when the letter containing the same is posted; |
| (b) | facsimile, shall be deemed to have been served upon production by the transmitting facsimile machine of a report confirming transmission of the facsimile in full to the facsimile number of the recipient; |
| (c) | recognised courier service, shall be deemed to have been served 48 hours after the time when the letter containing the same is delivered to the courier service; or |
| (d) | electronic mail, shall be deemed to have been served immediately upon the time of the transmission by electronic mail. |
In proving service by post or courier service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice or documents was properly addressed and duly posted or delivered to the courier service.
| 134. | Any notice or document delivered or sent by post to or left at the registered address of any Shareholder in accordance with the terms of these Articles shall notwithstanding that such Shareholder be then dead or bankrupt, and whether or not the Company has notice of his death or bankruptcy, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of any Share registered in the name of such Shareholder as sole or joint holder, unless his name shall at the time of the service of the notice or document, have been removed from the Register as the holder of the Share, and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on all Persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him) in the Share. |
| 135. | Notice of every general meeting of the Company shall be given to; |
| (a) | all Shareholders holding Shares with the right to receive notice and who have supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notices to them; and |
| (b) | every Person entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder, who but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting. |
No other Person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.
INDEMNITY
| 136. | Every Director (including for the purposes of this Article any alternate Director appointed pursuant to the provisions of these Articles), Secretary, assistant Secretary, or other officer for the time being and from time to time of the Company (but not including the Company’s auditors) and the personal representatives of the same (each an “Indemnified Person”) shall be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets and funds of the Company against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such Indemnified Person, other than by reason of such Indemnified Person’s own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of the Company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning the Company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. |
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| 137. | No Indemnified Person shall be liable: |
| (a) | for the acts, receipts, neglects, defaults or omissions of any other Director or officer or agent of the Company; or |
| (b) | for any loss on account of defect of title to any property of the Company; or |
| (c) | on account of the insufficiency of any security in or upon which any money of the Company shall be invested; or |
| (d) | for any loss incurred through any bank, broker or other similar Person; or |
| (e) | for any loss occasioned by any negligence, default, breach of duty, breach of trust, error of judgement or oversight on such Indemnified Person’s part; or |
| (f) | for any loss, damage or misfortune whatsoever which may happen in or arise from the execution or discharge of the duties, powers, authorities, or discretions of such Indemnified Person’s office or in relation thereto; |
unless the same shall happen through such Indemnified Person’s own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud.
NON-RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS
| 138. | Subject to the proviso hereto, no Person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any Share upon any trust and the Company shall not, unless required by law, be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share or (except only as otherwise provided by these Articles or as the Law requires) any other right in respect of any Share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in each Shareholder registered in the Register, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be entitled to recognise any such interests as shall be determined by the Directors in their absolute discretion. |
WINDING- UP
| 139. | If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution divide amongst the Shareholders in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or different Classes. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Shareholders as the liquidator, with the like sanction shall think fit, but so that no Shareholder shall be compelled to accept any asset whereon there is any liability. |
AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
| 140. | Subject to the Law and the rights attaching to the various Classes, the Company may at any time and from time to time by Special Resolution alter or amend these Articles in whole or in part. |
CLOSING OF REGISTER OR FIXING RECORD DATE
| 141. | For the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at any meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination as to who is a Shareholder for any other purpose, the Directors may provide that the Register shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not exceed in any case 40 days. If the Register shall be so closed for the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders the Register shall be so closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting and the record date for such determination shall be the date of the closure of the Register. |
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| 142. | In lieu of or apart from closing the Register, the Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of the Shareholders and for the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend the Directors may, at or within 90 days prior to the date of declaration of such dividend, fix a subsequent date as the record date for such determination. |
| 143. | If the Register is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of those Shareholders entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders or those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is posted or the date on which the resolution of the Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Shareholders. When a determination of those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof. |
REGISTRATION BY WAY OF CONTINUATION
| 144. | The Company may by Special Resolution resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing, in furtherance of a resolution adopted pursuant to this Article, the Directors may cause an application to be made to the Registrar of Companies to deregister the Company in the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing and may cause all such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way of continuation of the Company. |
DISCLOSURE
| 145. | The Directors, or any authorised service providers (including the officers, the Secretary and the registered office agent of the Company) shall be entitled to disclose to any regulatory or judicial authority any information regarding the affairs of the Company including without limitation information contained in the Register and books of the Company. |
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NAME, ADDRESS AND DESCRIPTION
OF SUBSCRIBER
| Robert Jackson | |
| Attorney at Law | |
| 87 Mary Street, George Town | (Sgd) Robert Jackson |
| Grand Cayman KY1-9001 | Subscriber |
| Dated: | 04 July 2008 |
| (Sgd) Tamara Kelderman | |
| Signature of Witness |
| Name: | Tamara Kelderman |
| Address: |
87 Mary Street, George Town Grand Cayman KY1-9001 |
| Occupation: | Secretary |
I, V. Daphene Whitelocke, Asst, Registrar of Companies, in and for the Cayman Islands, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that this is a true copy of the Articles of Association of CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd..
/s/ V. Daphene Whitelocke
Dated this 4 th of July, 2008.
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Exhibit T3A.49
Exhibit T3A.50
Exhibit T3A.51
Exhibit T3A.52
Exhibit T3A.53
Exhibit T3A.54
Exhibit T3A.55
Exhibit T3A.56
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FORM 2 |
| SOCIETY NO. 1151 |
SOCIETIES WITH RESTRICTED LIABILITY ACT OF BARBADOS
CERTIFICATE OF ORGANISATION
CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS) SRL
Name of Society
I hereby certify that the above-mentioned Society, the Articles of Organisation of which are attached, was organised under the Societies with Restricted Liability Act of Barbados.
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| Dep. Registrar of Corporate Affairs | |
| and Intellectual Property |
| August 25th, 2014 | |
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FORM 5
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SOCIETIES WITH RESTRICTED LIABILITY ACT OF BARBADOS
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS) SRL
Name of Society
I hereby certify that the Articles of the above-mentioned society were amended.
þ Under Section 7 of the Societies with Restricted Liability Act in accordance with the attached notice.
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| Dep . Registrar of Companies |
| October 23rd, 2014 | |
| Date of Amendment |
Form 4
SOCIETIES WITH RESTRICTED LIABILITY ACT
OF BARBADOS
(Section 7)
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
| 1. | Name of Society |
CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS) SRL
| 2. | Society Number |
1151
| 3. | The articles of the above named Society are amended as follows: |
Pursuant to section 7 of the Societies with Restricted Liability Act of the Laws of Barbados, Item 7 of the Articles of Organisation be amended by deleting "Restrictions on Transfer of Quotas" in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
| 1. | "No quota in the capital of the Society shall be transferred without the approval of the Managers of the Society or of a committee of such Managers evidenced by resolution and the Managers may, in their absolute discretion, and without assigning any reason therefor, decline to register any transfer of any quota. |
| 2. | Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, the Managers shall not decline to register any transfer of quotas, nor may they suspend registration thereof where such transfer is executed by any quotaholder, or by any company, bank or institution to whom such quotas have been charged by way of security, or by any nominee of such a society, bank or institution, pursuant to the power of sale under such security, and a certificate by any official of such society, bank or institution that the quotas were so charged and the transfer was so executed shall be conclusive evidence of such facts." |
The annexed Schedule I is incorporated to this Form 4.
| Date: | Signature: | Title: | |||
| October 23, 2014 | /s/ Christopher David Bynoe | Manager | |||
| Christopher David Bynoe |
| For Ministry use only | |
| Society Number: 1151 | Filed: 2014-10-23 |
FORM 4
SOCIETY WITH RESTRICTED LIABILITY ACT
OF THE LAWS OF BARBADOS
(Section 7)
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
| Society Name | Society Number |
| CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS) SRL | 1151 |
SCHEDULE I
RESOLVED as a Special Resolution of CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS) SRL that:
| A. | Pursuant to section 7 of the Societies with Restricted Liability Act of the Laws of Barbados, Item 7 of the Articles of Organisation be amended by deleting “Restrictions on Transfer of Quotas” in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
| 1. | "No quota in the capital of the Society shall be transferred without the approval of the Managers of the Society or of a committee of such Managers evidenced by resolution and the Managers may, in their absolute discretion, and without assigning any reason therefor, decline to register any transfer of any quota. |
| 2. | Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, the Managers shall not decline to register any transfer of quotas, nor may they suspend registration thereof where such transfer is executed by any quotaholder, or by any company, bank or institution to whom such quotas have been charged by way of security, or by any nominee of such a society, bank or institution, pursuant to the power of sale under such security, and a certificate by any official of such society, bank or institution that the quotas were so charged and the transfer was so executed shall be conclusive evidence of such facts.” |
| B. | Any one officer or manager of the Society is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Society to deliver Articles of Amendment, in duplicate, in the prescribed form to the appropriate authorities under the Societies with Restricted Liability Act and to sign and execute all documents, and do all things necessary in connection with the foregoing. |
I, John R.S. Mackenzie, a Manager of CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS) SRL do certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a special resolution of the sole Member duly adopted by Society on the 23 rd day of October, 2014 and that such resolution is in full force and effect.
Dated this 23 rd day of October, 2014
| /s/ Christopher David Bynoe | |
| Christopher David Bynoe | |
| Manager |
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SOCIETIES WITH RESTRICTED LIABILITY ACT OF BARBADOS
(Section 5)
ARTICLES OF ORGANISATION
| 1. | Name of Society |
CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS) SRL
Society Number 1151
| 2. | The purpose for which the Society was formed |
The Society is formed for the purpose of holding various investments in accordance with the Societies with Restricted Liability Act 1995-7.
| 3. | The duration of the Society (shall not exceed 50 years). |
Perpetual
| 4. | The registered office of the Society in Barbados |
Deighton House, Dayrells Road at Deighton, St. Michael, Barbados BB14030
| 5. | The name and address of the Society's agent in Barbados |
Liza A. Harridyal-Sodha
The Grove, Number 21 Pine Road,
Belleville, St. Michael, Barbados BB11113
| 6. | The classes and any maximum number of quotas that the Society is authorized to issue. |
The Society is authorized to issue an unlimited number of quotas designated as Common Quotas.
| 7. | Restriction on transfer of quotas |
The annexed Schedule I is incorporated into this form.
| 8. | Restriction if any on business the Society may carry on |
The Society shall not engage in any business other than the business of an International Society with Restricted Liability as defined in Societies with Restricted Liability Act 1995-7
| 9. | Other provisions if any |
The annexed Schedule II is incorporated into this form.
| 10. | Signatories | Date: August 25, 2014 |
| Name | Address | Signature | |
| Liza A. Harridyal-Sodha | 6 Gunsite, Brittons Hill, St. Michael, | /s/ Liza A. Harridyal-Sodha | |
| Attorney-at-Law | Barbados BB14027 | ||
| For Ministry use only | |
| Society Number: 1137 | Filed: 25-08-2014 |
Form 1
SOCIETIES WITH RESTRICTED LIABILITY ACT OF BARBADOS
Section (5)
ARTICLES OF ORGANISATION
| Name of Society | Society No. |
| CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS) SRL | 1151 |
SCHEDULE I
| 7. | Restrictions on Transfer of Quotas: |
In accordance with the Societies with Restricted Liability Act, 1995-7 (the "SRL Act"), a transferee shall not become a member of, or participate in the management of the business affairs of the Society unless all the Members unanimously consent in writing to the transfer. No transfer of quotas in the capital of the Society shall be registered without the approval of the Board of Managers of the Society or of a committee of the Board of Managers of the Society evidenced by resolution. The Board of Managers shall decline to register the transfer of any quotas which is not authorized by the Articles of the SRL Act or which is not effected in the manner prescribed by the Articles or the SRL Act.
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Liza A. Harridyal-Sodha
Attorney-at-Law |
6 Gunsite, Brittons Hill, St. Michael, Barbados BB11113 | /s/ Liza A. Harridyal-Sodha |
Form 1
SOCIETIES WITH RESTRICTED LIABILITY ACT OF BARBADOS
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ARTICLES OF ORGANISATION
| Name of Society | Society No. |
| CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS) SRL | 1151 |
SCHEDULE II
| 9. | Other provisions if any: |
This International Society with Restricted Liability may not:
| A. | 1. | acquire or hold land in Barbados, other than land required for business held by way of lease or tenancy agreement for a term not exceeding the period fixed in the Articles for the duration of the Society or such shorter period as circumstances require; |
| 2. | transact business with any person resident in Barbados; |
| 3. | take deposits from any person in contravention of the Financial Institutions Act 1996-16. |
B. Any invitation to the public to subscribe for quotas or debentures of the Society is prohibited.
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Liza A. Harridyal-Sodha
Attorney-at-Law |
6 Gunsite, Brittons Hill, St.
Michael, Barbados BB11113 |
/s/ Liza A. Harridyal-Sodha |
BARBADOS
THE SOCIETIES WITH RESTRICTED LIABILITY ACT OF BARBADOS
BY-LAW NO. 1
A By-Law relating generally to the conduct of the affairs of:
CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS) SRL
BE IT ENACTED as the by-laws of CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS) SRL (hereinafter called the “Society”) as follows:
| 1. | INTERPRETATION |
| 1.1 | In this By-Law and all other by-laws of the Society, unless the context otherwise requires: |
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“Act” |
means the Companies Act, Cap. 308 of the laws of Barbados as from time to time amended and every statute substituted therefor; and in the case of such amendment or substitution, any references in the by-laws of the Society to provisions of the Act or to specific provisions of the Act, shall be read as references to the provisions as amended or substituted therefor in the amendment or the new statute or statutes; |
| “Articles” | means the Articles of Organisation the Society as may be amended, restated or revived from time to time; |
| “By-Law” | means this general By-Law No. 1, as from time to time amended and every general By-Law substituted therefor as the same consolidates the all or any of the by-laws of the Society from time to time in force; |
| “by-law” | mean any by-law, or other rule or regulation with regard to the administration of the affairs of the Society having the force of a by-law in accordance with the Act, from time to time in force; |
| “Regulations” | means the Companies Regulations made under the Act, and all regulations substituted therefor and, in the case of such substitution, any references in the by-laws of the Society to provisions of the Regulations shall be read as references to the provisions substituted therefor in the new regulations; |
| “Members Agreement” | means a unanimous members agreement in accordance with section 133 of the Act, between the Society and each of the members of the Society, and binding on all the parties thereto. |
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1.2 The word “person” includes individuals, companies, bodies corporate, limited liability companies, societies with restricted liability, partnerships (whether limited or general), firms, syndicates, joint ventures, trusts, un-incorporated associations, governmental authorities and agencies, and any legal entity or any other association of persons; and the word “individual” means a natural person.
1.3 All terms contained in the by-laws and not specifically defined, shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Act or the Regulations, as such terms may be qualified, amended or substituted in the Articles or the Members Agreement. Terms defined elsewhere in this By-Law, unless otherwise indicated, shall have such meaning in every by-law herein.
1.4 Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the words “hereof" “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this By-Law, shall refer to this By-Law as a whole and not to any particular by-law provision; wherever the word “include” “includes” or “including” is used in any by-law provision, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation” unless clearly indicated otherwise, or required by the Act, the Regulations, the Articles or the Members Agreement.
1.5 The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular; and the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders.
1.6 The division of this By-Law into sections, clauses, articles and paragraphs, the provision of a table of contents and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof.
2. REGISTERED OFFICE
2.1 The registered office of the Society shall be in Barbados at such address as the Managers may fix from time to time by resolution.
3. SEAL
3.1 Common Seal: The common seal of the Society shall be such as the Managers may by resolution from time to time adopt.
3.2.1 Official Seal: The Society may have one or more official seals for use in any country other than Barbados or for use in any district or place not situated in Barbados. Each official seal must be a facsimile of the common seal of the Society, with the addition on its face of every country, district or place where that official seal is to be used.
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3.2.2 The Society may by an instrument in writing under its common seal, authorise any person (appointed by resolution of Managers for that purpose) to affix an official seal of the Society to any document to which the Society is a party in the country, district or place where that official seal is designated for use.
3.2.3 The person who affixes an official seal of the Society to any document shall by writing under his hand, certify on that document the date on which, and the place at which, the official seal is affixed.
4. MANAGERS
4.1 Number: There shall be a minimum of 1 Managers and a maximum of 10 Managers of the Society.
4.2 Election: Managers shall be elected by the members on a show of hands unless a poll is demanded in which case such election shall be by poll.
4.3 Tenure: Unless his tenure is sooner determined, a Manager shall hold office from the date on which he is elected or appointed until the close of the annual meeting of the members next following but he shall be eligible for re-election if qualified.
4.3.1 A Manager shall cease to be a Manager:
| (a) | if he becomes bankrupt or compounds with his creditors or is declared insolvent; |
| (b) | if he is found to be of unsound mind; or |
| (c) | if by notice in writing to the Society he resigns his office and any such resignation shall be effective at the time it is sent to the Society or at the time specified in the notice, whichever is later. |
4.3.2 The members of the Society may, by ordinary resolution passed at a special meeting of the members, remove any Manager from office and a vacancy created by the removal of a Manager may be filled at the meeting of the members at which the Manager is removed.
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5. POWERS OF MANAGERS
5.1 General: Subject to a Members Agreement, the business and affairs of the
Society shall be managed by the Managers.
5.2 Borrowing Powers: The Managers may not, without the approval of the members by special resolution:
| (a) | borrow money upon the credit of the Society; |
| (b) | issue, reissue, sell or pledge debentures of the Society; |
| (c) | subject to section 53 of the Act, give a guarantee on behalf of the Society to secure performance of an obligation of any person; or |
| (d) | mortgage, charge, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all or any property of the Society, owned or subsequently acquired, to secure any obligation of the Society. |
5.2.1 The Managers may from time to time by resolution delegate to any officer of the Society all or any of the powers conferred on the Managers by by-law 5.2 hereof to the full extent thereof or such lesser extent as the Managers may in any such resolution provide.
5.2.2 The powers conferred by by-law 5.2 hereof shall be in supplement of and not in substitution for any powers to borrow money for the purposes of the Society possessed by its Managers or officers independently of a borrowing by-law.
5.3 Committee of Managers: The Managers may appoint from among their number a committee of Managers, subject to the Act, the Articles the Regulations and by-law 5.4 hereof, to be vested with such powers, authorities and discretions as the Board of Managers may from time to time determine.
5.4 Delegation of Powers: The Managers may delegate to any Manager, officer, or committee of Managers, any of the powers of the Managers except:
| (a) | the submission to the members of any question or matter requiring the approval of the members; |
| (b) | the filling a vacancy among the Managers (except a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number or minimum number of Managers, or from a failure to elect the minimum number of Managers required by the Articles); |
| (c) | the filling of a vacancy among the Managers or in the office of auditor; |
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| (d) | the issue of quotas; |
| (e) | the declaration of a dividend; |
| (f) | the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of quotas issued by the Society; |
| (g) | the payment of a commission to any person in consideration for the purchase or the agreement to purchase any quotas of the Society; |
| (h) | the approval of a management proxy circular; |
| (i) | the approval of the financial statements of the Society; and |
| (j) | the adoption, amendment or repeal of any by-laws of the Society. |
6. MEETINGS OF MANAGERS
6.1 Place of Meeting: Meetings of the Managers and of any committee of the Managers may be held within Barbados.
6.2 NOTICE: A meeting of the Managers may be convened at any time by any Manager or the Secretary, when directed or authorised by any Manager.
6.2.1 Except for a meeting called for the transaction of the following business:
| (a) | the submission to the members of any question or matter requiring the approval of the members; |
| (b) | the filling of a vacancy among the Managers or in the office of auditor; |
| (c) | the issue of quotas; |
| (d) | the declaration of a dividend; |
| (e) | the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of quotas issued by the Society; |
| (f) | the payment of a commission to any person in consideration for the purchase or the agreement to purchase any quotas of the Society; |
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| (g) | the approval of a management proxy circular; |
| (h) | the approval of the financial statements of the Society; and |
| (i) | the adoption, amendment or repeal of any by-laws of the Society; |
the notice of any such meeting need not specify the purpose of or the business to be transacted at the meeting. Notice of any such meeting shall be served in the manner specified in by-law 18.1 not less than two (2) days (exclusive of the day on which the notice is delivered or sent but inclusive of the day for which notice is given) before the meeting is to take place. A Manager may in any manner waive notice of a meeting of the Managers and attendance of a Manager at a meeting of the Managers shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where a Manager attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called.
6.2.2 It shall not be necessary to give notice of a meeting of the Managers to a newly elected or appointed Manager for a meeting held immediately following the election of Managers by the members or the appointment to fill a vacancy among the Managers.
6.3 Quorum : Subject to this by-law 6.3, the majority of the Managers then in office shall form a quorum for the transaction of business and a quorum may exercise all the powers of the Managers. No business shall be transacted at a meeting of Managers unless a quorum is present If a quorum is present at the opening of any meeting of the Managers, the Managers may proceed with the business of the meeting notwithstanding a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. If a quorum is not present within thirty (30) minutes of the time fixed for a meeting of Managers, the Managers shall not transact any business, but shall adjourn the meeting shall to a date not less than five (5) days after the date of the originally scheduled meeting. At any such adjourned meeting, a majority of the Managers shall form a quorum for the transaction of business and, notwithstanding any vacancy among the Managers, may exercise all the powers of the Managers at such adjourned meeting.
6.4 A meeting of Managers or of any committee of the Managers may be held by means of telephone or other communications facility that permits all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and a Manager participating in such a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at that meeting. A meeting of Managers or of any committee of the Managers held by means of telephone or other communications facility that permits all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairman of the meeting is located.
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6.5 Voting: Questions arising at any meeting of the Managers shall be decided by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes the chairman of the meeting, in addition to his original vote, shall not have a second or casting vote.
6.6 Alternate Manager: In addition to the power vested in the members under section 66.1 of the Act, a Manager (not being an alternate Manager appointed under section 66.1 of the Act), may by written notice to the Society appoint any person to be his alternate to act in his place at meetings of the Managers at which he is not present or by the by-laws deemed not to be present. A duly certified copy of the document whereby any such appointment is made shall be filed with the Society before any such individual acts as alternate as aforesaid. A Manager may at any time by written notice to the Society revoke the appointment of an alternate appointed by him.
6.6.1 Except for an alternate who is a Manager of the Society, every appointment of an alternate shall be confirmed by the meeting of the Board of Managers for which he is appointed. Valid confirmation at the meeting of the Board of Managers shall be given, provided that no Manager then present records his objection to appointment of such person as an alternate. In the event that any Managers present at any meeting records his objection to the appointment of a person appointed as the alternate of a Manager, the Chairman of the meeting, shall adjourn the meeting for a period of not less than two (2) days. The Secretary shall immediately thereupon give notice of the objection to the Manager who appointed the alternate.
6.6.2 Every alternate appointed under by-law 6.6 shall be entitled to attend and vote at meetings at which the person who appointed him is not present or deemed to be present and, if he is a Manager, to have a separate vote on behalf of the Manager he is representing in addition to his own vote.
6.7 Corporate Representative: A person who is a Manager of the Society but who is not an individual, shall by such procedure as may be appropriate for the management of the business and affairs of such person appoint an individual to act as such person's representative as a Manager of the Society with power to exercise all of the powers of a Manager of the Society. The person appointing any such individual shall remain fully liable as a Manager of the Society notwithstanding any such appointment. A duly certified copy of the resolution or document whereby any such appointment is made shall be filed with the Society before any such individual acts as representative as aforesaid. Any person appointing an individual under the provisions of this by-law may from time to time revoke the appointment of any such individual and appoint another in his place or stead.
6.8 RESOLUTION IN LIEU OF MEETING: Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this by-law a resolution in writing signed by all the Managers entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the Managers or any committee of the Managers is valid as if passed at a meeting of the Managers or any committee of the Managers.
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7. REMUNERATION OF MANAGERS
7.1 The remuneration to be paid to any of the Managers shall be such as the members may from time to time determine and such remuneration may be in addition to the salary paid to any officer or employee of the Society who is also a Manager. The members may also award special remuneration to any Manager undertaking any special services on the Society’s behalf other than the duties ordinarily required of a Manager. The Managers shall also be entitled to be paid their travelling and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with the affairs of the Society.
8. APPROVAL OF TRANSACTIONS BY MEMBERS
8.1.1 The Managers in their discretion may submit any contract, act or transaction for approval or ratification at any annual meeting of the members or at any special meeting of the members called for the purpose of considering the same.
8.1.2 Where a Manager votes in a resolution of Managers approving, ratifying or confirming any contract, act or transaction, in which that Manager is a party, or a Manager or officer or has a material interest in any body which is a party, the approval, confirmation or ratification of the Managers must be approved by special resolution of the members, to whom notice of the nature and extent of the Manager’s interests in the contract must be declared and disclosed in reasonable detail, in accordance with the Act.
8.1.3 Except for a contract, act or transaction referred to in section 8.1.1 of the by-laws, any such contract, act or transaction that is approved or ratified or confirmed by a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast at any such meeting (unless any different or additional requirement is imposed by the Act or by the Society’s articles or any other by-law) shall be as valid and as binding upon the Society and upon all the members as though it had been approved, ratified or confirmed by every member of the Society.
8.2 In accordance with the Act, but subject to any additional requirements imposed by the Act or other applicable law and notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Members Agreement, a special resolution of the members of the Society shall be required to cause or permit the Society to do any of the following actions:
| (a) | to amend the Articles; |
| (b) | to amalgamate the Society; |
| (c) | to enter into any merger or consolidation or any other manner of reorganisation; |
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| (d) | to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of the assets of the Society, (other than in the ordinary course of business of the Society); |
| (e) | to transfer, sell, exchange, assign, encumber or otherwise dispose of the quotas in the Society. |
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF MANAGERS AND OFFICERS
9.1 No Manager or officer of the Society shall be liable to the Society for:
| (a) | the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other Manager or officer or employee or for joining in any receipt or act for conformity; |
| (b) | any loss, damage or expense incurred by the Society through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired by the Society or for or on behalf of the Society; |
| (c) | the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the moneys of or belonging to the Society shall be placed out or invested; |
| (d) | any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious act of any person, including any person with whom any moneys, securities or effects shall be lodged or deposited; or |
| (e) | any other loss, damage or misfortune whatever which may happen in the execution of the duties of his respective office or trust or in relation thereto; |
unless the same happens by or through his failure to exercise the powers and to discharge the duties of his office honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Society and in connection therewith to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances.
9.2 Nothing herein contained shall relieve a Manager or officer from the duty to act in accordance with the Act or Regulations or relieve him from liability for a breach thereof.
9.2.1 The Managers for the time being of the Society shall not be under any duty or responsibility in respect of any contract, act or transaction whether or not made, done or entered into in the name of or on behalf of the Society, except such as are submitted to and authorised or approved by the Managers.
9.2.2 If any Manager or officer of the Society is employed by or performs services for the Society otherwise than as a Manager or officer or is a member of a firm or a member, Manager or officer of a body corporate which is employed by or performs services for the Society, the fact of his being a member, Manager or officer of the Society shall not disentitle such Manager or officer or such firm or body corporate, as the case may be, from receiving proper remuneration for such services.
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10. INDEMNITIES TO MANAGERS AND OFFICERS
10.1 Subject to section 97 of the Act, except in respect of an action by or on behalf of the Society to obtain a judgement in its favour, the Society shall indemnify a Manager or officer of the Society; a former Manager or officer of the Society; a person who acts or acted at the Society’s request as a Manager or officer of a body corporate of which the Society is or was a member or creditor; and the personal representatives of each; against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgement, reasonably incurred by him in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a Manager or officer of such Society, provided that:
| (a) | he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Society; and |
| (b) | in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable grounds for believing that his conduct was lawful. |
10.2 With the approval of the court, in respect of an action by or on behalf of the Society to obtain a judgement in its favour, the Society shall indemnify a Manager or officer of the Society; a former Manager or officer of the Society; a person who acts or acted at the Society’s request as a Manager or officer of a body corporate of which the Society is or was a member or creditor; and the personal representatives of each; to which such person is made a party by reason of being or having been a Manager of the Society or body corporate, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgement, reasonably incurred by him in respect of any action or proceeding, provided that:
| (a) | he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Society; and |
| (b) | in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable grounds for believing that his conduct was lawful. |
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10.3 The Society shall indemnify a Manager or officer of the Society; a former Manager or officer of the Society; a person who acts or acted at the Society’s request as a Manager or officer of a body corporate of which the Society is or was a member or creditor; and the personal representatives of each; to which such person is made a party by reason of being or having been a Manager of the Society or body corporate, against all costs, charges and expenses, reasonably incurred by him in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a Manager or officer of such Society, provided that:
| (a) | he was substantially successful on the merits in his defence of the action or proceeding; |
| (b) | he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Society; and |
| (c) | he is fairly and reasonably entitled to an indemnity. |
10.4 The Society may insure or obtain third-party insurance for the benefit of a Manager or officer of the Society; a former Manager or officer of the Society; a person who acts or acted at the Society’s request as a Manager or officer of a body corporate of which the Society is or was a member or creditor; and the personal representatives of each, against any liability incurred by him in his capacity of a Manager or officer of the Society for failure to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances.
11. OFFICERS
11.1 Appointment: The Managers shall as often as may be required appoint a Secretary and, if deemed advisable, may as often as may be required designate any other offices and appoint officers of the Society, who shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Managers. Two or more offices may be held by the same person.
11.2 Remuneration: The remuneration of all officers appointed by the Managers shall be determined from time to time by the resolution of the members. The fact that any officer or employee is a Manager or member of the Society shall not disqualify him from receiving such remuneration as may be determined.
11.3 Powers and Duties: All officers shall sign such contracts, documents or instruments in writing as require their respective signatures and shall respectively have and perform all powers and duties incident to their respective offices and such other powers and duties respectively as may from time to time be assigned to them by the Managers.
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11.4 Delegation: In case of the absence or inability to act of any officer of the Society, or for any other reason that the Managers may deem sufficient the Managers may delegate all or any of the powers of such officer to any other officer or to any Manager.
11.5 Secretary: The Secretary shall give or cause to be given notices for all meetings of the Managers, any committee of the Managers and the members when directed to do so and shall have charge of the minute books and seal of the Society and of the records (other than accounting records) referred to in section 170 of the Act.
11.6 Assistant Secretary: If appointed, an Assistant Secretary or, if more than one, the Assistant Secretaries, shall respectively perform all the duties of the Secretary, in the absence or inability or refusal to act of the Secretary.
11.7 Vacancies: If the office of any officer of the Society becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, disqualification or otherwise, the Managers by resolution shall, in the case of the Secretary, and may, in the case of any other office, appoint a person to fill such vacancy.
12. MEMBERS’ MEETINGS
12.1 Annual Meeting: Subject to the provisions of section 105 of the Act, the annual meeting of the members shall be held on such day in each year and at such time as the Managers may by resolution determine at any place within Barbados.
12.1.1 For the purposes of by-law 12.1, a member entitled to vote at the annual meeting shall be deemed to agree to the convening of the annual meeting of the Society outside of Barbados, at the place specified in the notice of such annual meeting, unless such member delivers prior to or at the annual meeting its dissent to such meeting, or pursuant to the Act, attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business at that annual meeting on the grounds that such meeting is not lawfully held.
12.2 Special Meetings: Special meetings of the members may be convened at any date and time and at any place within Barbados.
12.2.1 For the purposes of by-law 12.2, a member entitled to vote at any special meeting shall be deemed to agree to the convening of the special meeting of the Society outside of Barbados, at the place specified in the notice of such special meeting, unless such member delivers prior to or at the annual meeting its dissent to such meeting, or pursuant to the Act, attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business at that special meeting on the grounds that such meeting is not lawfully held.
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12.3 Requisitioned Meetings: The Managers shall, on the requisition of the holders of not less than five percent of the issued quotas of the Society that carry a right to vote at the meeting requisitioned, forthwith convene a meeting of members, and in the case of such requisition the following provisions shall have effect:
| (a) | the requisition must state the purposes of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the Registered Office, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more of the requisitionists; |
| (b) | if the Managers do not, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of the requisition being so deposited, proceed to convene a meeting, the requisitionists or any of them may themselves convene the meeting, but any meeting so convened shall not be held after three (3) months from the date of such deposit; |
| (c) | unless section 129 (3) of the Act applies, the Managers shall be deemed not to have duly convened the meeting if they do not give such notice as is required by the Act within fourteen (14) days from the deposit of the requisition; |
| (d) | any meeting convened under this by-law by the requisitionists shall be called as nearly as possible in the manner in which meetings are to be called pursuant to the by-laws and Divisions E and F of Part 1 of the Act; and |
| (e) | a requisition by joint holders of quotas must be signed by all such holders. |
12.4 Notice: A printed, written or typewritten notice stating the day, hour and place of meeting shall be given by serving such notice on each member entitled to vote at such meeting, on each Manager and on the auditor of the Society in the manner specified in by-law 18.1 hereof, not less than twenty-one (21) days or more than fifty (50) days (in each case exclusive of the day for which the notice is delivered or sent and of the day for which notice is given) before the date of the meeting. Notice of a meeting at which special business is to be transacted shall state (a) the nature of that business in sufficient detail to permit the member to form a reasoned judgement thereon, and (b) the text of any special resolution to be submitted to the meeting.
12.5 Waiver OF Notice: A member and any other person entitled to attend a meeting of members may in any manner waive notice of a meeting of members and attendance of any such person at a meeting of members shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where such person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called.
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12.6 Omission of Notice: The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting or any irregularity in the notice of any meeting or the non-receipt of any notice by any member, Manager or the auditor of the Society shall not invalidate any resolution passed or any proceedings taken at any meeting of the members.
12.7 Votes: Every question submitted to any meeting of members shall be decided in the first instance by a show of hands unless a person entitled to vote at the meeting has demanded a poll.
12.7.1 At every meeting at which he is entitled to vote, every member, proxy holder or individual authorised to represent a member shall, subject to the articles, have one vote for every quota held by the member.
12.7.2 At any meeting unless a poll is demanded, a declaration by the chairman of the meeting that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be conclusive evidence of the fact.
12.7.3 When the Chairman, the President and the Vice-President are absent, the persons who are present and entitled to vote shall choose another Manager as chairman of the meeting; but if no Manager is present or all the Managers present decline to take the chair, the persons who are present and entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to be chairman.
12.7.4 A poll, either before or after vote by a show of hands may, be demanded by any person entitled to vote at the meeting. If at any meeting a poll is demanded on the election of a chairman or on the question of adjournment it shall be taken forthwith without adjournment. If at any meeting a poll is demanded on any other question or as to the election of Managers, the vote shall be taken by poll in such manner and either at once, later in the meeting or after adjournment as the chairman of the meeting directs. The result of a poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. A demand for a poll may be withdrawn.
12.7.5 If two (2) or more persons hold quotas jointly, one of those holders present at a meeting of members may, in the absence of the other, vote the quotas; but if two (2) or more of those persons who are present, in person or by proxy vote, they must vote as one on the quotas jointly held by them.
12.8 Corporate Representative: A body corporate or association which is a member of the Society, may be represented at any annual or special general meeting of the Society, by an individual who in his capacity as a Manager or officer of that body corporate or association is authorised under its governing instruments to represent that body corporate or association or by an individual authorised by a resolution of the Managers or governing body of that body corporate or association to represent it at meetings of members of the Society.
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12.9 Proxies : Votes at meetings of members may be given either personally (in the case of a body corporate or association by an individual described in by-law 12.8) or by proxy.
12.9.1 A proxy shall be executed by the member or his attorney authorised in writing and is valid only at the meeting in respect of which it is given or any adjournment thereof.
12.9.2 A person appointed by proxy need not be a member.
12.9.3 Subject to the provisions of Part V of the Regulations, a proxy may be in the following form:
The undersigned member of CHC HELICOPTERS (BARBADOS)
SRL
hereby appoints
of
or failing him
of
as the nominee of the undersigned to attend and act for the undersigned and on behalf of the undersigned at the meeting of the members of the said Society to be held on [__________] and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof in the same manner, to the same extent and with the same powers as if the undersigned were present at the said meeting or such adjournment or adjournments thereof
Da ted this day of 20 .
Signature of Member
12.10 Adjournment : The chairman of any meeting may with the consent of the meeting adjourn the same from time to time to a fixed time and place and no notice of such adjournment need be given to the members unless the meeting is adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of thirty (30) days or more in which case notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as for an original meeting. Any business that might have been brought before or dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with the notice calling the same may be brought before or dealt with at any adjourned meeting for which no notice is required.
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12.11 Quorum: Subject to the Act, and except in the case of a Society having only one member a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the members shall be two persons present in person, each being either a member entitled to vote thereat, or a duly appointed proxy holder or representative of a member so entitled. If a quorum is present at the opening of any meeting of the members, the members present or represented may proceed with the business of the meeting notwithstanding a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. If a quorum is not present within thirty (30) minutes of the time fixed for a meeting of members, the persons present and entitled to vote may adjourn the meeting to a fixed time and place but may not transact any other business.
12.12 Resolution in lieu Of meeting: Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this by-law a resolution in writing signed by all the members entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the members is, subject to section 128 of the Act, as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the members.
13. QUOTAS
13.1 Allotment and Issuance: Subject to the Act, the Articles and the Members Agreement, quotas in the capital of the Society may be allotted and issued by resolution of the members at such time and on such terms and conditions and to such persons or class of persons as the members determine.
13.2 Certificates: Quota certificates and the form of quota transfer shall (subject to section 181 of the Act) be in such form as the members may by resolution approve, and such certificates shall be signed by any two officers or Managers of the Society.
13.2.1 The Managers or any agent designated by the Managers may in their or his discretion direct the issuance of a new quota certificate or other such certificate in lieu thereof consequent upon the change of name of the registered member pursuant to an amendment to the corporate instruments of the registered member to effect a change of name; an amalgamation between the registered member and another legal entity; a transfer of quotas by operation of law; or any other change in the corporate instruments of the registered member.
13.2.2 The Managers or any agent designated by the Managers may in their or his discretion direct the issuance of a new quota certificate or other such certificate in lieu of and upon cancellation of a certificate that has been mutilated or in substitution for a certificate claimed to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, on payment of such reasonable fee and on such terms as to indemnity, reimbursement of expenses and evidence of loss and of title as the Managers may from time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any particular case.
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14. TRANSFER OF QUOTAS AND DEBENTURES
14.1 Transfer: The quotas or debentures of a Society may be transferred by a written instrument of transfer signed by the transferor and naming the transferee.
14.2 Registers : Registers of quotas and debentures issued by the Society shall be kept at the registered office of the Society or at such other place in Barbados as may from time to time be designated by resolution of the Managers.
14.3 Surrender of Certificates: Subject to section 179 of the Act, no transfer of quotas or debentures shall be registered unless or until the certificate representing the quotas or debentures to be transferred has been surrendered for cancellation.
14.4 Member in Default to the Society: If so provided in the Articles or the Members Agreement, the Society has a lien on a quota registered in the name of a member or his personal representative for a debt of that member to the Society, or for any default in its obligation owing to the Society under the Members Agreement.
14.4.1 By way of enforcement of a lien under by-law 14.4, the Managers may refuse to permit the registration of a transfer of such quota, and may exercise any right to repurchase all of the quotas of any defaulting member. Until completion of such repurchase in accordance with the Members’ Agreement (and notwithstanding that any amounts due in respect of such repurchase remain due and outstanding) the Society shall have the right to exercise all rights in respect of the quotas, (including without limitation the right to vote at any annual or special general meeting of the Society and to receive all dividends and distributions in respect thereof), and the defaulting member shall have only the rights accorded under the Members Agreement.
15. DIVIDENDS
15.1 The Managers may from time to time by resolution declare and the Society may pay dividends out of realised profits of the Society, on the issued and outstanding quotas in the capital of the Society subject to the Articles and provided that there are not reasonable ground for believing that:
(a) the Society is unable (or would after the payment) be unable to pay its liabilities as they become due; and
(b) the realisable value of the Society’s assets would thereby be less than the aggregate of its liabilities and stated capital of all classes.
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15.1.1 In the event that several persons are registered as the joint holders of any quotas, any one of such persons may give effectual receipts for all dividends and payments on account of dividends.
16. VOTING IN OTHER COMPANIES
16.1 All quotas or debentures carrying voting rights in any other body corporate that are held from time to time by the Society may be voted at any and all meetings of members, debenture holders (as the case may be) of such other body corporate and in such manner and by such person or persons as the Managers of the Society shall by resolution from time to time determine. The officers of the Society may for and on behalf of the Society from time to time:
(a) execute and deliver proxies; and
(b) arrange for the issuance of voting quotas or other evidence of the right to vote;
in such names as the Managers by resolution determine, without the necessity of any further action by the Managers.
17. INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS
17.1 The documents, books and registers and accounting records of the Society shall be open to the inspection of members at any time and a member shall have every right to inspect any document or book or register or accounting record of the Society.
18. NOTICES
18.1 Method of Giving Notice: Any notice or other document required by the Act, the Regulations, the Articles or the by-laws to be sent to any member, debenture holder, Manager or auditor may be delivered by hand or sent by air courier, registered mail, facsimile, telecopier electronic mail or other instantaneous electronic means to any such person at his latest address as shown in the records of the Society or its transfer agent and to any such Manager at his latest address as shown in the records of the Society or in the latest notice filed under section 66 or 74 of the Act, and to the auditor at his business address.
18.2 Waiver of Notice: Notice may be waived or the time for the notice may be waived or abridged at any time with the consent in writing of the person entitled thereto.
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18.3 Undelivered Notices: If a notice or document is sent to a member or debenture holder by prepaid mail in accordance with this by-law and the notice or document is returned on three (3) consecutive occasions because the member or debenture holder cannot be found, it shall not be necessary to send any further notices or documents to the member or debenture holder until he informs the Society in writing of his new address.
18.4 Quotas and Debentures Jointly Registered: All notices or other documents with respect to any quotas or debentures registered in more than one name shall be given to whichever of such persons is named first in the records of the Society and any notice or other document so given shall be sufficient notice or delivery to all the holders of such quotas or debentures.
18.5 Persons Entitled by Operation of Law: Subject to section 184 of the Act, every person who by operation of law, transfer or by any other means whatsoever becomes entitled to any quota is bound by every notice or other document in respect of such quota that, previous to his name and address being entered in the records of the Society is duly given to the person from whom he derives his title to such quota.
18.6 Deceased Members: Subject to section 184 of the Act, any notice or other document delivered or sent by air courier, registered mail, facsimile, telecopier electronic mail or other instantaneous electronic means or left at the address of any member as the same appears in the records of the Society shall, notwithstanding that such member is deceased, and whether or not the Society has notice of his death, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of the quotas held by him (whether held solely or with any other person) until some other person is entered in his stead in the records of the Society as the holder or one of the holders thereof and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on his personal representatives and on all persons, if any, interested with him in such quotas.
18.7 Signature of Notices: The signature of any Manager or officer of the Society to any notice or document to be given by the Society may be written, stamped, typewritten or printed or partly written, stamped, typewritten or printed.
18.8 Computation of Time: Where a notice extending over a number of days or other period is required under any provisions of the Articles or the by-laws the day of sending the notice shall, unless it is otherwise provided, be counted in such number of days or other period.
18.9 Proof of SERVICE: Where a notice required under by-law 18.1 hereof is delivered to the person to whom it is addressed in the manner prescribed in by-law 18.1 hereof, notice shall be deemed to be received:
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(a) if delivered by hand, at the time of delivery;
(b) if delivered by registered mail, on the fifth day after such notice is mailed, provided that if such day of deemed receipt is not a business day (in the jurisdiction of the recipient), then notice shall be deemed received at the commencement of business on the business day immediately following the day of deemed receipt; and
(c) if delivered by facsimile, telecopier, electronic mail or other instantaneous electronic means, at the time of transmission so stated (if any), provided that in the absence of a statement of transmission or if such time of deemed receipt is not a business day (in the jurisdiction of the recipient), or within the hours during which business is normally conducted by the recipient then notice shall be deemed received at the commencement of business on the business day immediately following the day of transmission,
18.9.1 A certificate of an officer of the Society in office at the time of the making of the certificate or of any transfer agent of quotas of any class of the Society as to facts in relation to the delivery or sending of any notice shall be conclusive evidence of those facts.
19. BANKING AUTHORISATIONS
19.1 Deposit of Funds: All funds of the Society shall be deposited in the name of the Society with such bank, bankers or trust Society or other duly licensed financial institution or intermediary as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Managers.
19.2 Authorised Withdrawals: Withdrawals from the accounts of the Society, and all banking authorisations may be made by commercially recognised means, including telephone instruction, electronic funds transfer, manual signature and facsimile signature signed and/or countersigned by such persons and in the manner, as may be authorised by the Board of Managers to sign and/or countersign the same, provided that no person shall be authorised to sign and countersign the same authorisation.
20. EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS
20.1 In the absence of any resolution of the Managers of the Society, contracts, documents or instruments in writing requiring the signature of the Society, including (subject to section 134 of the Act), all instruments that may be necessary for the purpose of selling, assigning, transferring, exchanging, converting or conveying any such quotas, stocks, bonds, debentures, rights, warrants or other securities, may be signed by any one or more persons designated by resolution of the Managers as an Authorised Representative of the Society. All contracts, documents and instruments in writing so signed shall be binding upon the Society without any further authorisation or formality.
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20.2 The Managers shall have power from time to time by resolution to appoint any officers or persons on behalf of the Society either to sign certificates for quotas in the Society and contracts, documents and instruments in writing generally or to sign specific contracts, documents or instruments in writing.
20.3.1 The common seal of the Society may be affixed to contracts, documents and instruments in writing signed as aforesaid by any Manager, officer or other person specified in by-law 20.1 hereof, or by any Manager, officer or other person appointed by resolution under by-law 20.2 hereof.
20.3.2 An official seal which the Society may have, as it is authorised to do by by-law 3.2 hereof, may be affixed to any document to which the Society is part in the country, district or place where such official seal can be used by a person appointed for that purpose by the Society by an instrument in writing under the common seal and a person who affixes an official seal of the Society to a document shall do so in accordance with section 25(6) of the Act.
21. SIGNATURES
21.1 The signature of any Manager or officer of the Society or any other person on behalf of the Society (whether under the authority of by-law 20.1 or appointed by resolution of the Managers pursuant to by-law 20.2) may, if specifically authorised by resolution of the Managers, be printed, engraved, lithographed or otherwise mechanically reproduced upon any certificate for quotas in the Society or contract, documents or instrument in writing, bond, debenture or other security of the Society executed or issued by or on behalf of the Society.
21.2 Any document or instrument in writing on which the signature of any such officer or person is so reproduced shall be deemed to have been manually signed by such officer or person whose signature is so reproduced and shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if such document or instrument in writing had been signed manually and notwithstanding that the officer or person whose signature is so reproduced has ceased to hold office at the date on which such document or instrument in writing is delivered or issued.
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22. FINANCIAL YEAR
22.1 The Managers may from time to time by resolution establish the financial year of the Society.
23. CONSTRUCTION OF BY-LAWS
23.1 These by-laws shall be the complete rules and regulations for the purpose of regulating the business of the Society in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Regulations.
23.2.1 These by-laws are subject to the Act and the Articles, and are to be read and construed to the fullest extent possible in a manner consistent with the Act and the Articles; and to give effect to all duties, rights and obligations prescribed in the Act and the Articles.
23.2.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any provision herein is inconsistent with, conflicts with or is at variance with the Act or the Articles, this document shall be deemed to be amended (and shall be amended at the earliest opportunity by special resolution of the members), to the extent necessary to ensure conformity between these by-laws and that inconsistent provision of the Act and the Articles.
24. AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
24.1 This By-Law may be amended, varied, modified repealed or replaced only by special resolution of the members.
24.2 Subject to by-law 24.1, this By-Law may be restated, and further by-laws may be enacted by resolution of the Board of Managers; provided that such restatement, or the terms of such further by-laws (the “Permitted Amendment”) is submitted to the members of the Society for ratification and approval by ordinary resolution at the next annual or special meeting of the Society.
24.2.1 Notwithstanding any omission or failure to give notice to the members in accordance with the provisions of by-law 12.4 hereof, the members entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting at which the Permitted Amendment must be considered in accordance with by-law 24.2 hereof, shall be deemed to have received notice that such meeting has been called to consider (in addition to any other matters), the Permitted Amendment and its ratification and approval (a) in sufficient detail to permit the members to form a reasoned judgement thereon, and (b) with the text of an approval and ratification resolution.
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24.3 Where the Permitted Amendment is confirmed or further amended by the members pursuant to by-law 24.2 hereof, the Permitted Amendment (in the form in which it was confirmed or amended), shall be effective from the date of the resolution of the Managers approving and enacting the Permitted Amendment. In the event that the Permitted Amendment is rejected by the members, pursuant to by-law 24.2 hereof, the Permitted Amendment shall be effective from the date of the resolution of the Managers approving and enacting the Permitted Amendment until the date rejected by the members.
24.4.1 The members may defer consideration of the Permitted Amendment to an adjourned or later annual or special general meeting of the Society, and in any such event, the Permitted Amendment in the form approved by the Managers, shall continue in effect until the date of such adjourned or later annual or special general meeting of the Society to which consideration of the Permitted Amendment has been deferred, and the provisions of by-law 24.3 hereof apply to any resolution of the members adopted at any such adjourned or later annual or special general meeting of the Society.
24.4.2 Except where the members expressly reject a resolution calling for the approval and ratification of the Permitted Amendment, or expressly declare the non-applicability of by-law 24.4.1 hereof, any failure to adopt a resolution approving and ratifying a Permitted Amendment (with or without any modification or further amendment), shall be deemed as a resolution to defer consideration of the Permitted Amendment to an adjourned or later annual or special general meeting of the Society pursuant to by-law 24.4.1.
| ENACTED this 12 th day of September 2014 |
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Exhibit T3A.57
Exhibit T3A-58
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State of Delaware |
| Secretary of State | |
| Division of Corporations | |
| Delivered 04:23 PM 10/05/2009 | |
| FILED 04:12 PM 10/05/2009 | |
| SRV 090910457 - 4738555 FILE |
CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION
OF
HELI-ONE AMERICAN SUPPORT, LLC
This Certificate of Formation of Heli-One American Support, LLC is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, an authorized person, to form a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Company Act.
FIRST. The name of the limited liability company is Heli-One American Support, LLC (the “ Company ”).
SECOND. The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is Corporation 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Newcastle, Delaware, 19808.
THIRD. The name and address of Company in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, Suite 400, Wilmington, Newcastle, Delaware, 19808.
| /s/ Shanah Ali | |
| Shanah Ali, an Authorized Person |
Exhibit T3A.59
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
HELI-ONE AMERICAN SUPPORT, LLC
This First Amendment (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of April 28, 2016, to the Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated October 5, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), of HELI-ONE AMERICAN SUPPORT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), is entered into by HELI-ONE (U.S.) INC., a Delaware corporation and the sole member of the Company (the “ Member ”) and the Board of Managers of the Company (the “Board”).
WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company.
WHEREAS, the Member and the Board desire to effect an amendment to the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, it is hereby agreed as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment to the Agreement . Effective as of the date first written above, the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a) Section 3 of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows: “The Company commenced its existence as a Delaware limited liability company on the effective date of the filing of the Certificate and shall continue in existence until it is dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.1 hereof.”
(b) Section 14.1 of the Agreement shall be amended by inserting the following sentence at the end of such section: “Notwithstanding the foregoing, the occurrence of any of the events set forth in Section 18-304 of the Act (which refers to certain events of bankruptcy and related items) with respect to any Member of the Company (including the sole Member) shall not result in such person ceasing to be a member of the Company or the dissolution of the Company.”
SECTION 2. Confirmation of the Agreement . Except as herein expressly amended, the Agreement is ratified and confirmed in all respects and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Each reference in the Agreement to “this Agreement” shall mean the Agreement as amended by this Amendment, and as hereinafter amended or restated.
SECTION 3. Governing Law . This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
[Signature Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.
| MEMBER | ||
| HELI-ONE (U.S.) INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nicolas Stable | |
| Name: Nicolas Stable | ||
| Title: Director and President | ||
| MANAGERS | ||
| Print Name: Anthony DiNota | ||
| /s/ Nicolas Stable | ||
| Print Name: Nicolas Stable | ||
[First Amendment to Limited Liability Company Agreement of Heli-One American Support, LLC]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.
| MEMBER | ||
| HELI-ONE (U.S.) INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Nicolas Stable | ||
| Title: Director and President | ||
| MANAGERS | ||
| /s/ Anthony DiNota | ||
| Print Name: Anthony DiNota | ||
| Print Name: Nicolas Stable | ||
[First Amendment to Limited Liability Company Agreement of Heli-One American Support, LLC]
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
HELI-ONE AMERICAN SUPPORT, LLC
A Delaware Limited Liability Company
Effective as of November 6, 2009
THE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS EVIDENCED BY THIS AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES ACT OF ANY STATE, HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, OR OFFERED FOR SALE UNLESS REGISTRATION STATEMENTS UNDER SUCH ACTS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INTERESTS ARE THEN IN EFFECT OR EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACTS ARE THEN APPLICABLE TO SUCH OFFER OR SALE, AND UNLESS THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE SATISFIED.
HELI-ONE AMERICAN SUPPORT, LLC
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
This Limited Liability Company Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) of Heli-One American Support, LLC is entered into by the Member (as defined in Section 6 below) effective as of the 6th day of November, 2009. In consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein, the Member, who upon the date hereof is the sole Member, hereby determines as follows:
ARTICLE I
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY
1. Formation.
Heli-One American Support, LLC (the “ Company ”) is a limited liability company organized under the provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended from time to time (the “ Act ”). The Certificate of Formation (the “ Certificate ”) was filed on November 6, 2009 with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
2. Name.
The name of the Company is, and the business of the Company shall be conducted under the name of, “Heli-One American Support, LLC” or such other name or names as the Managers may from time to time decide.
3. Term.
The Company commenced its existence as a Delaware limited liability company on the effective date of the filing of the Certificate and shall continue in existence until it is dissolved and terminated by the affirmative action of the Member.
4. Office.
The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the State of Delaware shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate, or such other place as the Member may designate in the manner provided by law. The registered agent for service of process at such address shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate, or such other person as the Member may designate in the manner provided by law.
5. Purposes and Permitted Activities.
The purpose of the Company is to engage in any business or activity that is not forbidden by the law of the jurisdiction in which the Company engages in that business or activity.
6. Member.
The name, business or mailing address and membership interest ownership percentage of the sole Member of the Company are set forth on Exhibit A (the “ Member ”). “Member” shall also mean any other person who becomes a member of the Company in accordance with this Agreement.
7. Membership Interests.
The capital of the Company will be represented by membership interests (“ Membership Interests ”). The ownership of the Member is reflected on Exhibit A , as may be amended from time to time by the Manager (as defined in Section 9.2 below), and such ownership is reflected as a percentage of the total Membership Interests of the Company. The Member may make such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate concerning the issuance and registration of Membership Interests, including the issuance of certificates representing Membership Interests. Unless the Member decides otherwise, Membership Interests will be issued without certificates.
8. Withdrawal by Member.
A Member of the Company may withdraw or resign as a member of the Company at any time.
9. Management.
9.1 Management by Managers.
(a) The Company shall be managed by one or more “managers” (as such term is used in the Act) according to the remaining provisions of this Section 9 and, except with respect to certain consent or approval requirements provided in this Agreement, no Member, by virtue of having the status of a Member, shall have any management power over the business and affairs of the Company or actual or apparent authority to enter into contracts on behalf of, or to otherwise bind, the Company. Except as described in the preceding sentence, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by the Managers elected in accordance with Section 9.2 acting exclusively through the Board of Managers of the Company (the “ Board ”) in accordance with this Agreement. Under the direction of the Board, the day-to-day activities of the Company may be conducted on the Company’s behalf by the officers (as defined below in Section 9.5) , who shall be agents of the Company. In addition to the powers that now or hereafter can be granted under the Act and to all other powers granted under any other provision of this Agreement, the Board and the officers (subject to Section 9.5 and the direction of the Board) shall have full power and authority to do all things on such terms as they may deem necessary or appropriate to conduct, or cause to be conducted, the business and affairs of the Company, including, without limitation, (i) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money, the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness and the incurring of any other obligations; (ii) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Company; (iii) the merger or other combination or conversion of the Company with or into another person; (iv) the use of the assets of the Company (including cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the repayment of obligations of the Company; (v) the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, conveyances or other instruments; (vi) the distribution of Company cash; (vii) the selection, engagement and dismissal of officers, employees and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, engineers, consultants and contractors and the deter min ation of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring; (viii) the maintenance of such insurance for the benefit of the Company as it deems necessary or appropriate; (ix) the acquisition or disposition of assets; (x) the formation of, or acquisition of assets of or an interest in, or the contribution of property to, any person; (xi) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Company, including the commencement, prosecution and defense of actions at law or in equity and otherwise engaging in the conduct of litigation and the incurring of legal expense and the settlement of claims and litigation; (xii) the indemnification of any person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law and this Agreement and (xiii) the issuance of Membership Interests.
(b) Notwithstanding the general authority of the Managers (as hereinafter defined), the following items shall require the prior affirmative consent of the Members: (i) borrowing of money and/or refinancing by the Company, (ii) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, and (iii) the voluntary bankruptcy or dissolution of the Company.
9.2 Board of Managers.
(a) Composition; Initial Managers . The Board shall initially consist of one (1) natural person who need not be a Member or resident of the State of Delaware (the “ Manager ”). The initial Board (and the initial Managers) shall consist of the persons listed on Schedule 9.2 . Any successor or substituted Managers shall be elected as provided in Section 9.2(b) . Subject to any limitations specified by law, the number of Managers may be increased or decreased by resolution adopted by a majority of the Managers then in office. No decrease in the number of Managers shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent Manager. For such period that the Board consists of only one Manager, the actions and decisions of such Manager shall be deemed to be the actions and decisions of the Board without necessity of further action, meeting, approval or adoption of resolutions.
(b) Election and Term of Office . The Managers shall be elected at any annual or any special meeting of the Members (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement). Each Manager elected shall hold office until his successor shall be elected at a meeting of the Members and shall qualify, or until his death, resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided.
(c) Resignation . Any Manager may resign at any time by giving written notice to the chief executive officer or the President of the Company. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
(d) Removal . At any special meeting of the Members called expressly for that purpose, any Manager or Managers, including all of the Managers, may be removed, either with or without cause, and another person or persons may be elected to serve for the remainder of his or their term by a vote of a majority of the Membership Interests. In case any vacancy so created shall not be filled by the Members at such meeting, such vacancy may be filled by the Managers as provided in Section 9.2(e) .
(e) Vacancies . Any vacancy occurring in the Board (except by reason of an increase in the number of Managers) may be filled in accordance with subsection (b) of this Section or may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Managers though less than a quorum of the Managers or by a sole remaining Manager. A Manager elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any vacancy occurring in the Managers or any managerial position to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of Managers may be filled by election at an annual meeting of Members or special meeting of Members called for that purpose.
(f) Quorum; Required Vote for Board Action . At all meetings of the Managers, the presence of a majority of the number of Managers fixed by or in accordance with this Agreement shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the Managers at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Managers unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Certificate or this Agreement. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Managers, the Managers present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting until a quorum shall be present.
(g) Location; Order of Business . The Board may hold its meetings and may have an office and keep the books of the Company, in such place or places, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board may from time to time determine by resolution. At all meetings of the Board, business shall be transacted in such order as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board.
(h) Meetings of the Board . Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such places as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman of the Board (if any), the President or, upon written request of any Manager, by the Secretary. The notice of any such special meeting shall state the purpose or purposes of such meeting. Unless determined by the Board pursuant to resolution, notice of any meeting (whether the first meeting, a regular meeting or a special meeting) shall not be required.
(i) Compensation . Managers, in their capacity as such, shall receive such compensation, if any, for their services as the Board shall determine. In addition, the Managers shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Company for their respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in the course of their services as such.
9.3 Meetings of the Members.
(a) Place of Meetings . All meetings of the Members shall be held at the principal office of the Company, or at such other place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be specified or fixed in the notices (or waivers of notice) thereof.
(b) Quorum; Required Vote for Member Action; Adjournment of Meetings .
(i) Except as expressly provided otherwise by this Agreement, a majority, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any such meeting for the transaction of business, and the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Membership Interests, so present or represented at such meeting at which a quorum is present and entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute the act of the Members. The Members present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of sufficient Members to destroy the quorum.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the chairman of the meeting of the Members, present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, whether or not a quorum is present, shall have the power to adjourn such meeting from time to time, without any notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the holding of the adjourned meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if subsequent to the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Member of record entitled to vote at such meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented by proxy, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
(c) Annual Meetings . An annual meeting of the Members for the election of Managers to succeed those Managers serving on the Board whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be considered at the meeting, may be, but is not required to be, held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, on such date, and at such time as the Board shall fix and set forth in the notice of the meeting. If the Board has not fixed a place for the holding of the annual meeting of Members in accordance with this Section 9.3 , such annual meeting shall be held at the principal place of business of the Company.
(d) Special Meetings .
(i) Special meetings of the Members for any proper purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board (if any), the Board, the President or the holder(s) of at least 10% of the Membership Interests.
(ii) If not otherwise stated in or fixed in accordance with the remaining provisions hereof, the record date for determining Members entitled to call a special meeting shall be the date any Member first signs the notice of that meeting. Only business within the proper purpose or purposes described in the notice (or waiver thereof) required by this Agreement may be conducted at a special meeting of the Members.
9.4 Provisions Applicable to All Meetings. In connection with any meeting of the Board or the Members, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) Place of Meeting . Any such meeting shall be held at the principal place of business of the Company, unless the notice of such meeting specifies a different place, which need not be in the State of Delaware.
(b) Waiver of Notice Through Attendance . Attendance of a person at such meeting (including pursuant to Section 9.4(e)) shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
(c) Proxies . A person may vote at such meeting by a written proxy executed by that person and delivered to the Secretary of the Company or to another Manager, in the case of Managers, or to another Member, in the case of the Members. A proxy shall be revocable unless it is stated to be irrevocable.
(d) Action by Written Consent . Subject to compliance with the notice requirements set forth in this Agreement, to the extent applicable to the particular meeting, any action required or permitted to be taken at such a meeting may be taken without a meeting, and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the Managers or the Members, as applicable, having not fewer than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take the action at a meeting at which all Managers or the Members, as applicable, entitled to vote on the action were present and voted.
(e) Meetings by Telephone . The Managers or the Members, as applicable, may participate in and hold meetings by means of conference telephone, video conference or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.
9.5 Officers.
(a) Generally . The Board may appoint certain agents of the Company, as set forth below in this Section 9.5 , to be referred to as “officers” of the Company; provided, however , that the initial officers may be appointed by the Members. Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board, the officers shall have the titles, power, authority and duties described below in this Section 9.5 . The initial officers shall consist of the persons holding the titles listed on Schedule 9.2 .
(b) Number, Titles and Term of Office . The officers of the Company may include any one or more of the following: a President, one or more Vice Presidents (any one or more of whom may be designated Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President), a Treasurer, a Secretary and, if the Board so elects, a Chairman of the Board and such other officers as the Board may from time to time elect or appoint. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall be duly elected and shall qualify or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Except for the Chairman of the Board, if any, no officer need be a Manager.
(c) Salaries . The salaries or other compensation, if any, of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board.
(d) Removal . Any officer elected or appointed by the Board may, subject to any contractual obligations of the Company with respect to such officer, be removed, either with or without cause, by the vote of a majority of the whole Board at any regular meeting, or at a special meeting called for such purpose, provided the notice for such meeting shall specify that such proposed removal will be considered at the meeting; provided, however, that such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer shall not of itself create contractual rights.
(e) Vacancies . Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by the Board.
(f) Powers and Duties of the Chief Executive Officer . The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Company unless the Board designates the Chairman of the Board or other officer as the chief executive officer. Subject to the control of the Board and the other terms of this Agreement, the chief executive officer shall have general executive charge, management and control of the properties, business and operations of the Company with all such powers as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities; subject to Section 9.1 , he may agree upon and execute all leases, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other obligations in the name of the Company; and he shall have such other powers and duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board.
(g) Powers and Duties of the Chairman of the Board . The Chairman of the Board (if any) shall preside at all meetings of the Members and of the Board; and he shall have such other powers and duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board.
(h) Powers and Duties of the President . Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the President shall have the authority to agree upon and execute all leases, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other obligations in the name of the Company and he shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be no Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the Members and of the Board; and the President shall have such other powers and duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board.
(i) Vice Presidents . Each Vice President shall perform such duties and have such powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe. In addition, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board (if any) and the President, or in the event of their inability or refusal to act, a Vice President designated by the Board or, in the absence of such designation, the Vice President who is present and who is senior in terms of time as a Vice President of the Company, shall perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board (if any) and the President, as the case may be, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chairman of the Board (if any) and the President, as the case may be; provided, however, that such Vice President shall not preside at meetings of the Board unless he is a Manager.
(j) Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have responsibility for the custody and control of all the funds and securities of the Company, and he shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board. He shall perform all acts incident to the position of Treasurer, subject to the control of the chief executive officer and the Board; the Treasurer shall, if required by the Board, give such bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such form as the Board may require.
(k) Assistant Treasurers . Each Assistant Treasurer (if any) shall have the usual powers and duties pertaining to his office, together with such other powers and duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Treasurer, the chief executive officer or the Board. The Assistant Treasurers shall exercise the powers of the Treasurer during the Treasurer’s absence or inability or refusal to act.
(l) Secretary . The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the Board and of the Members in books provided for such purpose; he shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices; he may in the name of the Company affix the seal (if any) of the Company to all contracts of the Company and attest thereto; he shall have charge of the records of Membership Interests and such books and papers as the Board may direct, all of which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any Manager upon application at the office of the Company during business hours; he shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board; and he shall in general perform all acts incident to the office of Secretary, subject to the control of the chief executive officer and the Board.
(m) Assistant Secretaries . Each Assistant Secretary (if any) shall have the usual powers and duties pertaining to his office, together with such other powers and duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the chief executive officer, the Board or the Secretary. The Assistant Secretaries shall exercise the powers of the Secretary during the Secretary’s absence or inability or refusal to act.
(n) Action with Respect to Securities of Other Companies . Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the chief executive officer shall have the power to vote and to otherwise act on behalf of the Company, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of security holders of any other company, or with respect to any action of security holders thereof, in which the Company may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which the Company may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other company.
10. Capital Contribution.
The Member, will contribute the amount set forth on Exhibit A as such Member’s initial capital contribution.
11. Additional Contributions; No Negative Capital Account Makeup.
The Member is not required to make any additional capital contributions to the Company. No Member shall have any obligation to restore any negative balance in any capital account maintained for such Member in accordance with applicable law and regulations promulgated under or in connection with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“ IRC ”), upon liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
12. Allocation of Profits and Losses.
With the written consent of the Member, the Board may issue additional Membership Interests. As of the effective date of the filing of the Certificate, however, the Member holds 100% of the Membership Interests, and accordingly, all of the profits and losses shall be allocated to the Member.
13. Indemnification.
(a) No Member shall be liable to the Company for any act or omission based upon errors of judgment or other fault in connection with the business or affairs of the Company if such Member’s conduct shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(b) In accordance with Section 18-108 of the Act as enacted as of the effective date of the Agreement, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Member and Manager, and may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any officer or other person from and against any and all claims and demands in which such Member, Manager, officer or other person may be involved.
(c) The indemnification provided pursuant to this Section 13 shall not be deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which the Members may be entitled under any agreement, as a matter of law, in equity or otherwise, and shall inure to the benefit of the successors, assigns and administrators of the Members.
(d) Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 13 shall be payable only from the assets of the Company.
14. Dissolution.
14.1 Events Requiring Dissolution.
The Company shall be dissolved upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) any event that would make unlawful, under the laws of Delaware or the United States of America, the continuing existence of the Company;
(b) a vote of a majority of Membership Interests; or
(c) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution pursuant to Section 18-802 of the Act.
14.2 Distribution Upon Dissolution.
Upon dissolution of the Company, the affairs of the Company shall be wound up in accordance with this Section 14.2 . The fair market value of the assets of the Company (other than cash) shall be determined by the Board. If the Board is unable to determine the fair market value of the assets, then the fair market value of the assets of the Company (other than cash) shall be determined by an independent appraiser selected by the Board. Any gains or losses (including unrealized gains and losses from property to be distributed in kind) from disposition shall be allocated among the Members as provided in Section 12 . Thereafter, the assets of the Company shall be distributed in the following manner and order: (i) first, to the claims of all creditors of the Company, including Members who are creditors, to the extent permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the Company and (ii) second, to the Members in accordance with the positive balances in the respective capital account maintained for each Member by the Company.
15. Limitation of Liability.
No Member shall be personally liable for any debts, liabilities or obligations of the Company, except for (a) such Member’s liability to make the capital contributions required in this Agreement, and (b) the amount of any distributions made to such Member that must be returned to the Company pursuant to the terms hereof or the Act. No Manager, by reason of his or her acting as a Manager of the Company, shall be obligated personally for any debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company.
16. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware, all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.
17. Subject to All Laws.
The provisions of this Agreement shall be subject to all valid and applicable laws, including, without limitation, the Act, as now or hereafter amended, and in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are found to be inconsistent with or contrary to any such valid laws, the latter shall be deemed to control and this Agreement shall be deemed modified accordingly, and, as so modified, to continue in full force and effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement effective as of the date first above written.
| MEMBER: | ||
| HELI-ONE (U.S.) Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Neil Calvert | |
| Name: | Neil Calvert | |
| Title: | President & CEO | |
Exhibit 99.1
Directors, Executive Officers and Capitalization of the Guarantors
| Name of Guarantor |
Title
of
Class |
Amount
Authorized |
Amount
Outstanding |
Officers | Directors | ||||||||
| 38286 Bermuda Ltd | Common | 500,000,000 | 177,995,763 | Estera Services (Bermuda) Limited (Secretary) | Hooman Yazhari, Estera Directors I (Bermuda) Limited | ||||||||
| 6922767 Holding S.à r.l. | Shares | 1,228,377,778 | 1,228,377,778 | None |
Geoff Kellogg (Manager A), Hooman Yazhari (Manager A), Michel Colaci
(Manager B), Jimmy Tong Sam (Manager B),
François Petit (Manager B) |
||||||||
| Capital Aviation Services B.V. | Shares | 1,000 | 202 | None | CHC Holding NL B.V. | ||||||||
| CHC Cayman ABL Parent Ltd. | Ordinary Shares | 50,000 | 601 | None | Hooman Yazhari, Jamie Nelson | ||||||||
| CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd. | Ordinary | 1,000 | 2 | None | Hooman Yazhari, Jamie Nelson | ||||||||
| CHC Den Helder B.V. | Shares | 90,000 | 18,000 | None | CHC Holding NL B.V. | ||||||||
| CHC Global Operations (2008) ULC | Common Shares | No Max | 1 | John Hanbury (Treasurer), Paul King (Vice President & Chief Information Officer), Duncan Trapp (Vice President, Safety & Quality), Lee Eckert (Chief Financial Officer) | Paul King, Lee Eckert | ||||||||
| CHC Global Operations Canada (2008) ULC | Common Shares | No Max | 17,995,942 | John Hanbury (Treasurer), Paul King (Vice President & Chief Information Officer), Duncan Trapp (Vice President, Safety & Quality), Lee Eckert (Chief Financial Officer) | Paul King, David Balevic | ||||||||
| CHC Global Operations International ULC | Common Shares | No Max | 7,932,911 | John Hanbury (Treasurer), Paul King (Vice President & Chief Information Officer), Duncan Trapp (Vice President, Safety & Quality), Lee Eckert (Chief Financial Officer) | Paul King, David Balevic | ||||||||
| CHC Helicopter (1) S.à r.l. | Ordinary | 12,502 | 12,502 | None |
Geoff Kellogg (Manager A), Hooman Yazhari (Manager A), Michel Colaci
(Manager B), Jimmy Tong Sam (Manager B),
François Petit (Manager B) |
||||||||
| CHC Helicopter (2) S.à r.l. | Shares | 12,502 | 12,502 | None |
Geoff Kellogg (Manager A), Hooman Yazhari (Manager A), Michel Colaci
(Manager B), Jimmy Tong Sam (Manager B),
François Petit (Manager B) |
||||||||
| CHC Helicopter (3) S.à r.l. | Shares | 12,502 | 12,502 | None |
Geoff Kellogg (Manager A), Hooman Yazhari (Manager A), Michel Colaci
(Manager B), Jimmy Tong Sam (Manager B),
François Petit (Manager B) |
| CHC Helicopter (4) S.à r.l. | Shares | 12,502 | 12,502 | None |
Geoff Kellogg (Manager A), Hooman Yazhari (Manager A),
Michel Colaci (Manager B), Jimmy Tong Sam (Manager B),
François Petit (Manager B) |
||||||||
| CHC Helicopter (5) S.à r.l. | Shares | 12,501 | 12,501 | None |
Geoff Kellogg (Manager A), Hooman Yazhari (Manager A), Michel Colaci
(Manager B), Jimmy Tong Sam (Manager B),
François Petit (Manager B) |
||||||||
| CHC Helicopter Australia Pty Ltd | Ordinary | N/A | 3 | Gaetano Patrick Tomba (Managing Director), Lee Eckert (Finance Director) | Lee Eckert, Gaetano Tomba | ||||||||
| CHC Helicopter Holding (Cayman) Ltd. | Ordinary Shares | 50,000 | 1 | None | Jamie Nelson, Hooman Yazhari | ||||||||
| CHC Helicopter Holding S.à r.l. | Shares | 12,511 | 12,511 | None |
Geoff Kellogg (Manager A), Hooman Yazhari (Manager A), Michel Colaci
(Manager B), Jimmy Tong Sam (Manager B),
François Petit (Manager B) |
||||||||
|
CHC Helicopter S.A.
|
|
Class A Shares
|
|
|
49,454,147
|
|
|
49,454,147
|
|
|
None
|
|
Geoff Kellogg (Manager A), Hooman Yazhari (Manager A), Michel Colaci (Manager B), Jimmy Tong Sam (Manager B), François Petit (Manager B) |
| Class B Shares | 49,454,147 | 49,454,147 | |||||||||||
| Class C Shares | 49,454,147 | 49,454,147 | |||||||||||
| Class D Shares | 49,454,147 | 49,454,147 | |||||||||||
| Class E Shares | 49,454,147 | 49,454,147 | |||||||||||
| Class F Shares | 49,454,147 | 49,454,147 | |||||||||||
| Class G Shares | 49,454,147 | 49,454,147 | |||||||||||
| Class H Shares | 49,454,147 | 49,454,147 | |||||||||||
| Class I Shares | 49,454,147 | 49,454,147 | |||||||||||
| Class J Shares | 49,454,147 | 49,454,147 |
| CHC Helicopters (Barbados) Limited | Common Shares | Unlimited | 50,722,135 | James Misener (President), ATC Secretarial Services Inc. (Secretary & Treasurer) | Stephen R. Edghill (Chairman), | ||||||||
| Class A Redeemable Preference Shares | 50,000 | 23,317 | James A. Misener, David C. Bynoe, John R. S. Mackenzie | ||||||||||
| Class B Redeemable Preference Shares | |||||||||||||
| CHC Helicopters (Barbados) SRL | Common Quotas | Unlimited | 754,382,145 | James Misener (President), ATC Secretarial Services Inc. (Secretary) |
Stephen R. Edghill,
James A. Misener, David C. Bynoe, John R. S. Mackenzie |
||||||||
| CHC Holding (UK) Limited | Ordinary Shares | 36,537,458 | 36,537,458 | Helen Light (Secretary) | Mark Abbey, Shaun Stewart, Dennis Corbett | ||||||||
| ‘A’ Preference Shares | 5,259,000 | 5,259,000 | |||||||||||
| ‘B’ Preference Shares | 1,052,000 | 1,052,000 | |||||||||||
| CHC Holding NL B.V. | Shares | 90,000 | 19,000 | None | Christian Krajewski, Cornelis Martinus Visser | ||||||||
| CHC Hoofddorp B.V. | Shares | 900 | 180 | None | CHC Holding NL B.V. | ||||||||
| CHC Leasing (Ireland) Designated Activity Company | Shares | 100,000 | 100 | Helen Light (Company Secretary), Bradwell Limited (Assistant Company Secretary) | Aoife Considine, Russell Waide, Gillian Flanagan | ||||||||
| CHC Netherlands B.V. | Shares | 900 | 183 | None | CHC Holding NL B.V. | ||||||||
| CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | Shares | 26,000 | 26,000 | Edward Lane (General Manager / Daglig Leder) | Arne Roland, Karl Gjelvik, Edward Lane | ||||||||
| Heli-One (Netherlands) B.V. | Shares | 1,000 | 200 | None | CHC Holding NL B.V. | ||||||||
| Heli-One (Norway) AS | Shares | 2,000 | 2,000 | Edward Lane (General Manager / Daglig Leder) |
Arne Roland, Karl Gjelvik, Edward Lane, (Alternate: Thorleif Eng
Jakobsen)
Employee representative Directors: Arnfinn Nærland, Edvin Holstad, John Kåre Pedersen, (Alternate: Morten A. Nielsen) |
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| Heli-One (U.S.) Inc. | Common Shares | 1,000 | 100 | Anthony DiNota (President), Nicolas Stable (Secretary), Scott Thanisch (Treasurer) | Anthony DiNota, Nicolas Stable |
| Heli-One (UK) Limited | Ordinary Shares | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | Helen Light (Secretary) | Shaun Stewart, Dennis Corbett | ||||||||
| ‘A’ Participating Ordinary Shares | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | |||||||||||
| Cumulative Redeemable ‘A’ Preference Shares | 6,750,000 | 6,750,000 | |||||||||||
| Cumulative Redeemable ‘B’ Preference Shares | 3,250,000 | 3,250,000 | |||||||||||
| Heli-One American Support, LLC | Membership Interests | N/A | 100% | Anthony DiNota (President), Nicolas Stable (Secretary), Scott Thanisch (Treasurer) | Anthony DiNota, Nicolas Stable | ||||||||
| Heli-One Canada ULC | Common Shares | No Max | 143,409,759 | John Hanbury (Treasurer), Paul King (Vice President & Chief Information Officer), Duncan Trapp (Vice President, Safety & Quality), Lee Eckert (Chief Financial Officer), Karl Fessenden (Chief Executive Officer), Anthony DiNota (President), Graham Turner (Global Customs Manager) | Paul King, Lee Eckert | ||||||||
| Class A Preferred Shares | No Max | 0 | |||||||||||
| Class B Preferred Shares | No Max | 1 | |||||||||||
| Class C Preferred Shares | No Max | ||||||||||||
| Class D Preferred Shares | No Max | ||||||||||||
| Class E Preferred Shares | No Max | ||||||||||||
| Heli-One Holdings (UK) Limited | Shares | 58,775,753 | 58,775,753 | Helen Light (Secretary) | Shaun Stewart, Dennis Corbett | ||||||||
| Heli-One Leasing (Norway) AS | Shares | 1,500 | 1,500 | Arne Roland (General Manager / Daglig Leder) | Arne Roland, Karl Gjelvik, Edward Lane (Chairman) | ||||||||
| Heli-One Leasing ULC | Common Shares | No Max | 95,825,939 | John Hanbury (Treasurer), Paul King (Vice President & Chief Information Officer), Duncan Trapp (Vice President, Safety & Quality), Lee Eckert (Chief Financial Officer), Anthony DiNota (President) | Paul King, Lee Eckert | ||||||||
| Class A Preferred Shares | No Max | 0 | |||||||||||
| Heli-One (Poland) Sp. Z.o.o. | Shares | 100 | 100 | None | Arne Roland, Karl Gjelvik | ||||||||
| Heli-One USA Inc. | Common Shares | 1,000 | 1,000 | Anthony DiNota (President), Nicolas Stable (Secretary), Scott Thanisch (Treasurer) | Anthony DiNota, Nicolas Stable | ||||||||
| Heliworld Leasing Limited | Ordinary Shares | 1,000 | 1 | Helen Light (Secretary) | Shaun Stewart, Dennis Corbett |
| Integra Leasing AS | Shares | 150 | 150 | None | Edward Lane, Arne Roland (Chairman) | ||||||||
| Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty Ltd | Ordinary Shares | N/A | 2 |
Gaetano Patrick Tomba (Managing Director),
Lee Eckert (Finance Director) |
Lee Eckert, Gaetano Tomba | ||||||||
| Lloyd Helicopter Services Limited | Ordinary Shares | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | Helen Light (Secretary) | Shaun Stewart, Dennis Corbett | ||||||||
| Redeemable Ordinary Shares | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd | Ordinary Shares | N/A | 54,800,000 |
Gaetano Patrick Tomba (Managing Director),
Lee Eckert (Finance Director) |
Lee Eckert, Gaetano Tomba | ||||||||
| Lloyd Helicopters International Pty Ltd. | Ordinary Shares | N/A | 2 |
Gaetano Patrick Tomba (Managing Director),
Lee Eckert (Finance Director) |
Lee Eckert, Gaetano Tomba | ||||||||
| Lloyd Helicopters Pty Ltd | Class A | N/A | 1,000 |
Gaetano Patrick Tomba (Managing Director),
Lee Eckert (Finance Director) |
Lee Eckert, Gaetano Tomba | ||||||||
| Management Aviation Limited | Ordinary Shares | 25,651,354 | 25,651,354 | Helen Light (Secretary) | Shaun Stewart, Dennis Corbett |
Exhibit 99.2
Principal Ownership of Voting Securities of the Guarantors
| Name of Guarantor | Record Owner |
Title
of
Class Owned |
Amount
Owned |
Percentage
of
Voting Securities Owned |
|||||
| 38286 Bermuda Ltd | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Common | 177,995,763 | 100% | |||||
| 6922767 Holding S.à r.l. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Shares | 1,228,377,778 | 100% | |||||
| Capital Aviation Services B.V. | CHC Hoofddorp B.V. | Shares | 202 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Cayman ABL Parent Ltd. | CHC Helicopter Holding (Cayman) Ltd. | Ordinary Shares | 601 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Cayman Investments I Ltd. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Ordinary | 2 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Den Helder B.V. | CHC Netherlands B.V. | Shares | 18,000 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Global Operations (2008) ULC | CHC Helicopter (5) S.à r.l. | Common Shares | 1 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Global Operations Canada (2008) ULC | CHC Helicopter (4) S.à r.l. | Common Shares | 17,995,942 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Global Operations International ULC | CHC Helicopter (3) S.à r.l. | Common Shares | 7,932,911 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Helicopter (1) S.à r.l. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Shares | 12,502 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Helicopter (2) S.à r.l. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Shares | 12,502 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Helicopter (3) S.à r.l. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Shares | 12,502 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Helicopter (4) S.à r.l. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Shares | 12,502 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Helicopter (5) S.à r.l. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Shares | 12,501 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Helicopter Australia Pty Ltd | Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd., | Ordinary | 2 | 66.7% | |||||
| Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty Ltd. | 1 | 33.3% | |||||||
| CHC Helicopter Holding (Cayman) Ltd. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Ordinary Shares | 1 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Helicopter Holding S.à r.l. | 6922767 Holding S.à r.l. | Shares | 12,511 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Helicopter S.A. | CHC Helicopter Holding S.à r.l. | Class A Shares | 49,454,147 | 100% | |||||
| Class B Shares | 49,454,147 | ||||||||
| Class C Shares | 49,454,147 | ||||||||
| Class D Shares | 49,454,147 | ||||||||
| Class E Shares | 49,454,147 | ||||||||
| Class F Shares | 49,454,147 | ||||||||
| Class G Shares | 49,454,147 | ||||||||
| Class H Shares | 49,454,147 | ||||||||
| Class I Shares | 49,454,147 | ||||||||
| Class J Shares | 49,454,147 |
| CHC Helicopters (Barbados) Limited | CHC Helicopters (Barbados) SRL | Common Shares | 50,722,135 | 100% | |||||
| Series A Redeemable Preference Shares | 23,317 | ||||||||
| CHC Helicopters (Barbados) SRL | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Common Quotas | 754,382,145 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Holding (UK) Limited | Heli-One Holdings (UK) Limited | Ordinary Shares | 36,537,458 | 100% | |||||
| ‘A’ Preference Shares | 5,259,000 | ||||||||
| ‘B’ Preference Shares | 1,052,000 | ||||||||
| CHC Holding NL B.V. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Shares | 19,000 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Hoofddorp B.V. | CHC Netherlands B.V. | Shares | 180 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Leasing (Ireland) Designated Activity Company | CHC Helicopter S.A. | 100,000 | 100 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Netherlands B.V. | CHC Holding NL B.V. | Shares | 183 | 100% | |||||
| CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | CHC Netherlands B.V. | Shares | 26,000 | 100% | |||||
| Heli-One (Netherlands) B.V. | CHC Hoofddorp B.V. | Shares | 200 | 100% | |||||
| Heli-One (Norway) AS | CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | Shares | 2,000 | 100% | |||||
| Heli-One (U.S.) Inc. | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Common Stock | 100 | 100% | |||||
| Heli-One (UK) Limited | CHC Holding (UK) Limited | Ordinary Shares | 1,500,000 | 100% | |||||
| ‘A’ Participating Ordinary Shares | 1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Cumulative Redeemable ‘A’ Preference Shares | 6,750,000 | ||||||||
| Cumulative Redeemable ‘B’ Preference Shares | 3,250,000 | ||||||||
| Heli-One American Support, LLC | Heli-One (U.S.) Inc. | Membership Interests | 100% | 100% | |||||
| Heli-One Canada ULC | CHC Helicopter (1) S.à r.l. | Common Shares | 143,409,759 | 100% | |||||
| Class B Preferred Shares | 1 | ||||||||
| Heli-One Holdings (UK) Limited | CHC Helicopter S.A. | Ordinary | 58,775,753 | 100% | |||||
| Heli-One Leasing (Norway) AS | CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | Shares | 1,500 | 100% | |||||
| Heli-One Leasing ULC | CHC Helicopter (2) S.à r.l. | Common Shares | 95,825,939 | 100% | |||||
| Heli-One (Poland) Sp. Z.o.o. | CHC Holding NL B.V. | Shares | 100 | 100% | |||||
| Heli-One USA Inc. | Heli-One (U.S.) Inc. | Common Shares | 1,000 | 100% | |||||
| Heliworld Leasing Limited | Heli-One (UK) Limited | Ordinary Shares | 1 | 100% | |||||
| Integra Leasing AS | CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | Shares | 150 | 100% | |||||
| Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty Ltd | Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd. | Ordinary Shares | 2 | 100% | |||||
| Lloyd Helicopter Services Limited | CHC Norway Acquisition Co AS | Ordinary Shares | 30,000,000 | 100% | |||||
| Redeemable Ordinary Shares | 10,000,000 | ||||||||
| Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd | Management Aviation Limited | Ordinary Shares | 54,800,000 | 100% | |||||
| Lloyd Helicopters International Pty Ltd. | Lloyd Bass Strait Helicopters Pty Ltd. | Ordinary Shares | 2 | 100% | |||||
| Lloyd Helicopters Pty Ltd | Lloyd Helicopter Services Pty Ltd. | Class A | 1,000 | 100% | |||||
| Management Aviation Limited | Lloyd Helicopter Services Limited | Ordinary Shares | 25,651,354 | 100% |