ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

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1 Company Number: SC The Companies Act 2006 PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ERSKINE GOLF CLUB LIMITED Incorporated on 29 November 1935 Jordans Corporate Law Limited Registered in England & Wales. No: Authorised & regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Registered Office: 21 St Thomas Street Bristol BS1 6JS Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0)

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3 THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF ERSKINE GOLF CLUB LIMITED (Adopted by special resolution dated 2017) 1. INTERPRETATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 1.1 In the Articles, unless the context requires otherwise: "Articles" means these articles of association; Associate means any person admitted to associate membership of the golf club operated by the Company, "bankruptcy" includes individual insolvency proceedings in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales or Northern Ireland which have an effect similar to that of bankruptcy; "Companies Acts" means the Companies Acts (as defined in section 2 of the Companies Act 2006), in so far as they apply to the Company; "director" means a director of the Company, and includes any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called; "document" includes, unless otherwise specified, any document sent or supplied in electronic form; "electronic form" has the meaning given in section 1168 of the Companies Act 2006; "Managing Secretary" means the company secretary of the Company appointed in accordance with Article 23 or any other person appointed to perform the duties of the company secretary of the Company, including a joint, assistant or deputy secretary; "Member" has the meaning given in section 112 of the Companies Act 2006; "ordinary resolution" has the meaning given in section 282 of the Companies Act 2006; "participate", in relation to a directors meeting, has the meaning given in Article 12; "proxy notice" has the meaning given in Article 39; rules or byelaws means any and all rules and/or byelaws made under the provisions of Article 49 and for the time being in force; Scottish Golf means Scottish Golf Limited (company number SC308709), being the governing body for the sport of golf in Scotland, or any successor body thereto; "special resolution" has the meaning given in section 283 of the Companies Act 2006; "subsidiary" has the meaning given in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006; "working day" means a day that is not a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or any day that is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in the part of the United Kingdom where the Company is registered.

4 "writing" means the representation or reproduction of words, symbols or other information in a visible form by any method or combination of methods, whether sent or supplied in electronic form or otherwise. 1.2 Unless the context otherwise requires, other words or expressions contained in these Articles bear the same meaning as in the Companies Act 2006 as in force on the date when these Articles become binding on the Company. 1.3 In these Articles, any reference to a provision of the Companies Act 2006 shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force. 1.4 The headings used in these Articles are included for the sake of convenience only and shall be ignored in construing the language or meaning of these Articles. 1.5 In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires, references to nouns in the plural form shall be deemed to include the singular and vice versa, references to one gender include all genders and references to persons include bodies corporate and unincorporated associations. 2. LIABILITY OF MEMBERS 2.1 The liability of each Member is limited to 3.50 being the amount that each Member undertakes to contribute to the assets of the Company in the event of its being wound up while he is a Member or within one year after he ceases to be a Member, for: payment of the Company s debts and liabilities contracted before he ceases to be a Member, payment of the costs, charges and expenses of winding up, and adjustment of the rights of the contributories among themselves. 3. OBJECTS 3.1 The Company's objects are: (d) (e) (f) to own, hold, manage, develop, conduct, operate, realise, sell or otherwise dispose of the golf club known as The Erskine Golf Club at Bishopton, Renfrewshire including, without limitation, all grounds, buildings, property and assets relating thereto; to act as operators and proprietors of golf and other sports clubs; to provide and maintain facilities for the playing of golf including (without limitation) golf courses, links and grounds and to lay out, prepare and equip the same for golf and other sports or pastimes and to build, or otherwise provide, and maintain club houses, pavilions, workshops, garages and other buildings and conveniences in connection therewith and to furnish, alter, enlarge, repair, uphold and maintain the same and to permit the same to be used by Members, Associates and employees of the Company, visitors, guests and others, either gratuitously or for payment; to afford to Members, Associates, players and their guests the usual social amenities, privileges, advantages, conveniences and accommodation of a club; to provide coaching and training courses; to engage the services of, employ and pay professionals, coaches, groundsmen, stewards, managers, servants, workmen, gardeners, labourers and other persons in or about any business carried on by the Company;

5 (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) to own and operate restaurants, dining rooms, cafes, bars, conference rooms, meeting rooms, function rooms and other facilities of all kinds and to act as restauranteurs, bar and café proprietors, caterers, event organisers and managers and providers of and dealers in all foodstuffs, beverages, refreshments, equipment, goods, consumables and other wares of all kinds in connection therewith and to permit others to provide such services from the Company s premises; to buy, prepare, make, supply, sell and deal in all kinds of golfing and sports equipment, apparel and all apparatus used in connection with the game of golf and other athletic sports and pastimes and to permit others to provide such services from the Company s premises, to arrange and effect such insurances as the directors think necessary or desirable for the businesses of the Company; to promote and hold, either alone or jointly with any other club, association or person, meetings, competitions and matches for the playing of golf or any athletic sports or pastimes and to offer, give or contribute towards prizes, medals, cups and other awards and to promote, give or support dinners, balls, concerts and other events and entertainments; to purchase, hire, make or provide and maintain and to sell or otherwise dispose of all goods or things required or which may be conveniently used in connection with the businesses of the Company; to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the property belonging to the Company; to borrow money and to charge the whole or any part of the property belonging to the Company as security for repayment of the money borrowed or as security for a grant or the discharge of an obligation; and to carry on any other business or activity whatever which can in the opinion of the board of directors be advantageously carried on in connection with or ancillary to any of the above-mentioned businesses? 4. DIRECTORS GENERAL AUTHORITY 4.1 The directors of the Company have control over the affairs and property of the Company and are responsible for management of the Company s business. The directors have authority to exercise any powers of the Company which are necessary and/or incidental to the promotion of any or all of the objects of the Company set out at Article MEMBERS RESERVE POWER 5.1 The Members may, by special resolution, direct the directors to take, or refrain from taking, specified action. 5.2 No such special resolution invalidates anything which the directors have done before the passing of the resolution. 6. DISTRIBUTIONS TO MEMBERS 6.1 The income and property of the Company shall be applied solely towards the promotion of its objects as set out at Article 3.1 and no part of such property and income may be or transferred, directly or indirectly, by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise howsoever by way of profit, to Members of the Company save on a winding up as specified in Article Nothing in Article 6.1 prevents any payment in good faith by the Company:-

6 (d) (e) of reasonable remuneration to any Member who is an officer or employee of the Company or who otherwise provides any services to the Company; of interest on money lent by any Member of the Company at a reasonable and proper rate per annum not exceeding 2 per cent less than the published base lending rate of a clearing bank to be selected by the directors; of reasonable rent for premises demised or let by any Member of the Company; of fees, remuneration or other benefit in money or money's worth to any company of which a Member may also be a Member; to any director of expenses under Article 22; or (f) of any premium in respect of any such insurance as is permitted by Article If, upon the winding-up or dissolution of the Company, there is any property remaining after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, such property may be given or transferred to a body or bodies with similar objects to those of the Company and which has similar restrictions on the distribution of its or their income and property. Such body or bodies shall be decided by ordinary resolution of the Members of the Company at or before the time of dissolution. In the absence of any such resolution, such property shall be distributed among the Members of the Company. 7. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS 7.1 The maximum number of directors shall be 10 and the minimum number of directors shall be The board of directors shall consist of the Captain, the Vice-Captain (together the Officials ) and up to 8 other Members of the Company duly elected as directors in accordance with these Articles. 7.3 The Captain and the Vice-Captain shall be elected by the Members at each annual general meeting and shall hold office until the next annual general meeting but shall be eligible for re-election. 7.4 With regard to the directors (other than the Officials), at every annual general meeting any such directors: who have been appointed by the directors since the last annual general meeting, or who were not elected or re-elected at one of the preceding two annual general meetings, must retire from office and may offer themselves for re-election by the Members or for election as Captain or Vice-Captain. 7.5 Nominations for vacancies on the board of directors to be filled at an annual general meeting shall be made on the nomination form for the time being prescribed by the directors, which must be signed by the candidate and by a proposer and seconder. All nomination forms must be delivered to the Managing Secretary at the registered office of the Company no later than 30 November in the year preceding the meeting at which the vacancy is to be filled. 7.6 The election of directors at a general meeting from the candidates duly nominated shall take place by ballot of the Members present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to the vacancies on the board. In the event that two or more candidates receive the same number of votes on a ballot, a further ballot shall be held between those candidates to elect the required number of directors.

7 7.7 The directors have power to fill any casual vacancy in the board of directors occurring between annual general meetings and any person so appointed shall, if approved by the Company at the next annual general meeting, complete the unexpired term of office arising from the vacancy and on the expiry of such terms shall be eligible for re-election in accordance with these Articles. 8. TERMINATION OF DIRECTOR S APPOINTMENT 8.1 A person ceases to be a director: (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) if, without consent of the Company in general meeting, that person holds any other office of profit under the Company; or if that person ceases to be a director by virtue of any provision of the Companies Act 2006 or is prohibited from being a director by law; if a bankruptcy order is made against that person; if a composition is made with that person s creditors generally in satisfaction of that person s debts; if that person ceases to be a Member of the Company; if notification is received by the Company from the director that the director is resigning from office, and such resignation has taken effect in accordance with its terms; if a registered medical practitioner who is treating that person gives a written opinion to the company stating that that person has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director and may remain so for more than three months; if that person has for more than three consecutive months been absent without permission of the directors from meetings of directors held during that period and the directors make a decision to vacate that person's office; or if the directors make a decision by majority vote, without counting the vote of the director concerned, that such person must vacate office by reason of his having failed, in the opinion of the board, to meet his obligations as a director of the Company. 9. DIRECTORS TO TAKE DECISIONS COLLECTIVELY 9.1 The general rule about decision-making by directors is that any decision of the directors must be either a majority decision at a meeting or a decision taken in accordance with Article UNANIMOUS DECISIONS 10.1 A decision of the directors is taken in accordance with this Article when all eligible directors indicate to each other by any means that they share a common view on a matter Such a decision may take the form of a resolution in writing, where each eligible director has signed one or more copies of it or to which each eligible director has otherwise indicated agreement in writing References in this Article to eligible directors are to directors who would have been entitled to vote on the matter had it been proposed as a resolution at a directors meeting A decision may not be taken in accordance with this Article if the eligible directors would not have formed a quorum at such a meeting.

8 11. DIRECTORS MEETINGS 11.1 The directors shall meet together for the despatch of business at least once a month but may at their discretion dispense with a meeting of the directors during the months of July and August and may adjourn and otherwise regulate their proceedings as they think fit Any director may call a directors meeting by giving notice of the meeting to the directors or by authorising the Managing Secretary (if any) to give such notice Notice of a directors meeting must be given to each director, but if all directors so agree, need not be in writing Notice of a directors meeting need not be given to directors who waive their entitlement to notice of that meeting, by giving notice to that effect to the Company not more than 7 days after the date on which the meeting is held. Where such notice is given after the meeting has been held, that does not affect the validity of the meeting, or of any business conducted at it. 12. PARTICIPATION IN DIRECTORS MEETINGS 12.1 Directors participate in a directors meeting, or part of a directors meeting, when: the meeting has been called and takes place in accordance with these Articles, and they can each communicate to the others any information or opinions they have on any particular item of the business of the meeting In determining whether directors are participating in a directors meeting, it is irrelevant where any director is or how they communicate with each other If all the directors participating in a meeting are not in the same place, they may decide that the meeting is to be treated as taking place wherever any of them is. 13. QUORUM FOR DIRECTORS MEETINGS 13.1 At a directors meeting, unless a quorum is participating, no proposal is to be voted on, except a proposal to call another meeting The quorum for directors meetings is five directors If the total number of directors for the time being is less than the quorum required, the directors must not take any decision other than a decision: to appoint further directors, or to call a general meeting so as to enable the Members to appoint further directors. 14. CHAIRING OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS 14.1 The Captain, or in his absence the Vice-Captain, shall chair all meetings of the directors If neither the Captain nor the Vice-Captain is participating in a directors meeting within ten minutes after the time at which it was to start, the participating directors must appoint one of themselves to chair it. 15. CASTING VOTE 15.1 If the numbers of votes for and against a proposal at a directors meeting are equal, the chairperson or other director chairing the meeting has a casting vote.

9 15.2 But this does not apply if, in accordance with the Articles, the chairperson or other director is not to be counted as participating in the decision-making process for quorum or voting purposes. 16. DIRECTORS INTERESTS 16.1 Where a proposed decision of the directors concerns or relates to any matter in which a director has, or may have, directly or indirectly, any kind of interest whatsoever, that director must not participate in the decision-making process for quorum or voting purposes Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act 2006, and provided that (if required to do so by the said Act) he has declared to the directors the nature and extent of any direct or indirect interest of his, a director, notwithstanding his office:- may be a party to or otherwise interested in, any transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested; may be a director or other officer or an employee of, or a party to any transaction or arrangement with, or otherwise interested in, any subsidiary of the Company or body corporate in which the Company is interested; and is not accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits which he derives from any such office or employment or from any such transaction or arrangement or from any interest in any such body corporate and no transaction or arrangement is liable to be avoided on the ground of any such remuneration, benefit or interest. 17. DIRECTORS MAY DELEGATE 17.1 The directors may delegate any of the powers which are conferred on them under the Articles: (d) (e) to such person or committee; by such means (including by power of attorney); to such an extent; in relation to such matters or territories; and on such terms and conditions; as they think fit If the directors so specify, any such delegation may authorise further delegation of the directors powers by any person to whom they are delegated The directors may revoke any delegation in whole or part, or alter its terms and conditions. 18. COMMITTEES 18.1 Committees to which the directors delegate any of their powers must follow procedures which are based as far as they are applicable on those provisions of the Articles which govern the taking of decisions by directors The directors may make rules of procedure for all or any committees, which prevail over rules derived from the Articles if they are not consistent with them The Captain and the Vice-Captain shall be ex officio Members of all committees.

10 19. RECORDS OF DECISIONS TO BE KEPT 19.1 The directors must ensure that the Company keeps a record, in writing, for at least 10 years from the date of the decision recorded, of every unanimous or majority decision taken by the directors. 20. DIRECTORS DISCRETION TO MAKE FURTHER RULES 20.1 The directors may make any rule which they think fit about how they take decisions, and about how such rules are to be recorded or communicated to directors. 21. DIRECTORS REMUNERATION 21.1 Directors may undertake any services for the Company that the directors decide Directors are entitled to such remuneration as the directors determine for any service to the Company other than their services as directors. 22. DIRECTORS EXPENSES 22.1 The Company may, if authorised by the directors or in accordance with any rules or byelaws for the time being in force authorising such payments, pay any reasonable expenses which the directors properly incur in connection with their attendance at: meetings of directors or committees, general meetings, or separate meetings of the holders of debentures of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the exercise of their powers and the discharge of their responsibilities in relation to the Company. 23. MANAGING SECRETARY 23.1 The directors may appoint a Managing Secretary to the Company for such period, for such remuneration and upon such conditions as they think fit; and any Managing Secretary so appointed by the directors may be removed by them. 24. HONORARY PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 24.1 The Company may in general meeting elect an Honorary President and one or more Honorary Vice Presidents in recognition of their services to the public, to the Company or to the game of golf or of their renown as golfers. Candidates for election as Honorary President or Honorary Vice President must be Members or Associates who have been recommended for election to that post by decision of the directors An Honorary President or Honorary Vice President shall not, by virtue alone of his or her election to that post: (d) be a director of the Company or have any rights to receive notice of, attend, speak or vote at any meeting of the directors or to sit on any committee appointed by the directors; be a member of the Company for the purposes of the Companies Acts, be entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Company or on any members written resolution under Part 13 of the Companies Act 2006; or have any rights on or in relation to a distribution of the Company s income, property or assets.

11 25. MEMBERSHIP 25.1 No person shall become a Member of the Company unless: that person has delivered to the Company an application for membership in a form approved by the directors under which that person consents to become a Member of the Company and agrees to be bound by these Articles and any rules or byelaws, the application has been proposed and seconded by two persons, each of whom is a Member or an Associate, in the form or in the manner approved by the directors; and subject to the applicant meeting such conditions for membership as may be specified in rules or byelaws, the directors have approved the application by ballot with one adverse vote in three excluding the applicant The membership may divided into such classes as may for the time being be prescribed under the rules or byelaws On admission to membership, subject to payment in full of the relevant entrance fee and subscription, the Managing Secretary shall notify the new Member in writing of the date of admission to membership. Copies of the Articles and rules or byelaws shall be made available for inspection by the Member at the Company s clubhouse and at any other place or by any other means permitted under the Companies Act 2006 as determined by the directors and shall be sent to a Member upon request In the event of an application for membership being rejected, notice of the rejection shall be sent to the applicant and the proposer and seconder. No Member or applicant shall be entitled to demand or receive any explanation of any rejection from whatever cause arising. 26. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP 26.1 A Member may withdraw from membership of the Company by delivering notice to the Managing Secretary in writing prior to the date of the next annual general meeting and that Member's membership is terminated on that date A person shall cease to be a Member if: that person is removed from membership of the Company for failure to pay any subscription, fee or other payment due to the Company; that person is expelled from membership following observance of the disciplinary procedures set out in the Model Disciplinary Procedures published by Scottish Golf from time to time A person s membership terminates when that person dies or ceases to exist Membership of the Company is not transferable All admissions of persons as Members of the Company and all cessations of membership (for whatever reason) shall be recorded in the Register of Members of the Company in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act ASSOCIATES 27.1 The directors may admit such persons as they think fit as Associates subject to the applicant meeting such conditions for being an Associate as may be specified for the time being in any rules or byelaws Associates may be divided into such classes as the directors think fit including, but not limited to:

12 (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) Associates; Junior Associates; Intermediate Associates; Weekday Associates; Life Associates; Honorary Members; Overseas Associates; Country Members; and Temporary Members Associates of any class are not members of the Company for the purposes of the Companies Acts, are not entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Company or on any members written resolution under Part 13 of the Companies Act 2006 and have no rights on, or in relation to, a distribution of the Company s income, property or assets All admissions of persons as Associates and all cessations of associateship (for whatever reason) shall be recorded in a Register of Associates. 28. POWER TO CREATE RULES FOR CLASSES OF MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES 28.1 The directors may make, review such rules or byelaws as they consider necessary or convenient for the purposes of prescribing the classes of and conditions applicable to Members and Associates including, without limitation, the admission and classification of Members of the Company and Associates, and the rights and privileges of such Members and Associates, the conditions to be met by Members and Associates and the terms on which Members and Associates may resign or have their membership or other relationship with the Company terminated and the entrance fees, subscriptions, levies and other fees or payments to be paid to the Company by Members and Associates The provisions of Article 49 shall apply to all rules or byelaws made under the powers conferred by Article GENERAL MEETINGS 29.1 The Company shall in the month of January or February in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting in addition to any other general meetings in that year, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. The annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the directors shall decide The directors may, whenever they think fit, convene general meetings in addition to the annual general meeting and such general meetings shall also be convened on the request of, or, in default, may be convened by, Members holding not less than 5 per cent of the total voting rights of all the Members having the right to vote at general meetings. 30. NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS 30.1 A general meeting (including the annual general meeting) and a meeting called for the passing of a special resolution shall be called by at least 14 clear 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, date and time of meeting and, in case of special business, the general nature of that business shall be given, in such manner to such persons as are, under these Articles entitled to receive such notices. Provided that a general meeting shall, notwithstanding that it is called by

13 shorter notice than that specified in this Article be deemed to have been duly called if it is so agreed:- in the case of a meeting called as the annual general meeting, by all the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and in the case of any other general meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together representing not less than ninety per cent. of the total voting rights at that meeting of all the Members The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting Every notice convening a general meeting of the Company must comply with the provisions of: section 311 of the Companies Act 2006 as to the provision of information regarding the time, date and place of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be dealt with at the meeting; and section 325(1) of the Companies Act 2006 as to the giving of information to Members regarding their right to appoint proxies Every notice of, or other communication relating to, any general meeting which any Member is entitled to receive must be sent to each of the directors and to the auditors (if any) for the time being of the Company. 31. ATTENDANCE AND SPEAKING AT GENERAL MEETINGS 31.1 A person is able to exercise the right to speak at a general meeting when that person is in a position to communicate to all those attending the meeting, during the meeting, any information or opinions which that person has on the business of the meeting A person is able to exercise the right to vote at a general meeting when: that person is able to vote, during the meeting, on resolutions put to the vote at the meeting, and that person s vote can be taken into account in determining whether or not such resolutions are passed at the same time as the votes of all the other persons attending the meeting The directors may make whatever arrangements they consider appropriate to enable those attending a general meeting to exercise their rights to speak or vote at it In determining attendance at a general meeting, it is immaterial whether any two or more Members attending it are in the same place as each other Two or more persons who are not in the same place as each other attend a general meeting if their circumstances are such that if they have (or were to have) rights to speak and vote at that meeting, they are (or would be) able to exercise them. 32. QUORUM FOR GENERAL MEETINGS 32.1 No business other than the appointment of the chairperson of the meeting is to be transacted at a general meeting if the persons attending it do not constitute a quorum. If, at an adjourned general meeting, a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed therefor or, alternatively, a quorum ceases to be present, the adjourned meeting shall be dissolved.

14 32.2 The quorum for the transaction of business at a general meeting shall be 40 Members, each of whom is present at the meeting in person or by proxy. 33. CHAIRING GENERAL MEETINGS 33.1 The Captain, or in that person s absence, the Vice Captain, shall chair all general meetings if present and willing to do so If neither the Captain nor the Vice-Captain is willing to chair a meeting or is present within ten minutes after the time at which a meeting was due to start: the directors present, or (if no directors are present), the meeting, must appoint a director or Member to chair the meeting, and the appointment of the chairperson of the meeting must be the first business of the meeting The person chairing a meeting in accordance with this Article is referred to as "the chairperson". 34. ATTENDANCE AND SPEAKING BY DIRECTORS AND NON-MEMBERS 34.1 The chairperson may permit persons who are not Members of the Company to attend and speak at a general meeting. 35. ADJOURNMENT 35.1 If the persons attending a general meeting within half an hour of the time at which the meeting was due to start do not constitute a quorum, or if during a meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the chairperson must adjourn it The chairperson may adjourn a general meeting at which a quorum is present if: the meeting consents to an adjournment, or it appears to the chairperson that an adjournment is necessary to protect the safety of any person attending the meeting or ensure that the business of the meeting is conducted in an orderly manner The chairperson must adjourn a general meeting if directed to do so by the meeting When adjourning a general meeting, the chairperson of the meeting must either specify the time and place to which it is adjourned or state that it is to continue at a time and place to be fixed by the directors, and have regard to any directions as to the time and place of any adjournment which have been given by the meeting If the continuation of an adjourned meeting is to take place more than 14 days after it was adjourned, the Company must give at least 7 clear days notice of it (that is, excluding the day of the adjourned meeting and the day on which the notice is given): to the same persons to whom notice of the Company s general meetings is required to be given, and containing the same information which such notice is required to contain No business may be transacted at an adjourned general meeting which could not properly have been transacted at the meeting if the adjournment had not taken place.

15 36. VOTING AT GENERAL MEETINGS 36.1 Save in the case of the election of directors (which shall be conducted by ballot in accordance with Article 7.6) a resolution put to the vote of a general meeting must be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is duly demanded in accordance with these Articles Polls must be taken at the general meeting at which they are demanded and in such manner as the chairperson directs Save as provided in Article 36.4, on a vote on a resolution at a general meeting on a show of hands or on a poll, every Member present in person or by proxy has one vote. For the avoidance of doubt, the chairperson does not have a casting vote in the event of an equality of vote for and against a resolution No Member may vote on a resolution in general meeting unless all moneys currently due and payable by that Member to the Company have been paid. 37. ERRORS AND DISPUTES 37.1 No objection may be raised to the qualification of any person voting at a general meeting except at the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote objected is to tendered, and every vote not disallowed at the meeting is valid Any such objection must be referred to the chairperson of the meeting whose decision is final. 38. POLL VOTES 38.1 A poll on a resolution may be demanded: in advance of the general meeting where it is to be put to the vote, or at a general meeting, either before a show of hands on that resolution or immediately after the result of a show of hands on that resolution is declared A poll may be demanded by: (d) the chairperson of the meeting; the directors; two or more persons having the right to vote on the resolution; or a person or persons representing not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Members having the right to vote on the resolution A demand for a poll may be withdrawn if: the poll has not yet been taken, and the chairperson of the meeting consents to the withdrawal. 39. CONTENT OF PROXY NOTICES 39.1 Proxies may only validly be appointed by a notice in writing (a "proxy notice") which: states the name and address of the Member appointing the proxy; identifies the person appointed to be that Member s proxy and the general meeting in relation to which that person is appointed; is signed by or on behalf of the Member appointing the proxy, or is authenticated in such manner as the directors may determine; and

16 (d) is, together with any authentication of it demanded by the directors, received at an address specified by the Company in the proxy notice not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the proxy appointed pursuant to the proxy notice proposes to vote; and any proxy notice received at such address less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting shall be invalid The Company may require proxy notices to be delivered in a particular form, and may specify different forms for different purposes Proxy notices may specify how the proxy appointed under them is to vote (or that the proxy is to abstain from voting) on one or more resolutions Unless a proxy notice indicates otherwise, it must be treated as: allowing the person appointed under it as a proxy discretion as to how to vote on any ancillary or procedural resolutions put to the meeting, and appointing that person as a proxy in relation to any adjournment of the general meeting to which it relates as well as the meeting itself. 40. DELIVERY OF PROXY NOTICES 40.1 A person who is entitled to attend, speak or vote (either on a show of hands or on a poll) at a general meeting remains so entitled in respect of that meeting or any adjournment of it, even though a valid proxy notice has been delivered to the Company by or on behalf of that person An appointment under a proxy notice may be revoked by delivering to the Company a notice in writing given by or on behalf of the person by whom or on whose behalf the proxy notice was given A notice revoking a proxy appointment only takes effect if it is delivered before the start of the meeting or adjourned meeting to which it relates If a proxy notice is not executed by the person appointing the proxy, it must be accompanied by written evidence of the authority of the person who executed it to execute it on the appointor s behalf. 41. AMENDMENTS TO RESOLUTIONS 41.1 An ordinary resolution to be proposed at a general meeting may be amended by ordinary resolution if: notice of the proposed amendment is given to the Company in writing by a person entitled to vote at the general meeting at which it is to be proposed not less than 48 hours before the meeting is to take place (or such later time as the chairperson of the meeting may determine), and the proposed amendment does not, in the reasonable opinion of the chairperson of the meeting, materially alter the scope of the resolution A special resolution to be proposed at a general meeting may be amended by ordinary resolution, if: the chairperson of the meeting proposes the amendment at the general meeting at which the resolution is to be proposed, and the amendment does not go beyond what is necessary to correct a grammatical or other non-substantive error in the resolution.

17 41.3 If the chairperson, acting in good faith, wrongly decides that an amendment to a resolution is out of order, the chairperson s error does not invalidate the vote on that resolution. 42. WRITTEN RESOLUTION OF MEMBERS 42.1 Subject to Article 42.1, a written resolution of Members passed in accordance with Part 13 of the Companies Act 2006 is as valid and effectual as a resolution passed at a general meeting of the Company. The following may not be passed as a written resolution and may only be passed at a general meeting:- (i) (ii) a resolution under section 168 of the Companies Act 2006 for the removal of a director before the expiration of his period of office; and a resolution under section 510 of the Companies Act 2006 for the removal of an auditor before the expiration of his period of office Subject to Article 42.3, on a written resolution every Member has one vote No Member may vote on a written resolution unless all moneys currently due and payable by that Member to the Company have been paid. 43. MEANS OF COMMUNICATION TO BE USED 43.1 Anything sent or supplied by or to the Company under the Articles may be sent or supplied in any way in which the Companies Act 2006 provides for documents or information which are authorised or required by any provision of that Act to be sent or supplied by or to the Company. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act 2006, a document or information may be sent or supplied by the Company to a person by being made available on a website Any notice or document to be sent or supplied to a director in connection with the taking of decisions by directors may also be sent or supplied by the means by which that director has asked to be sent or supplied with such notices or documents for the time being. A director may agree with the Company that notices or documents sent to that director in a particular way are to be deemed to have been received within a specified time of their being sent, and for the specified time to be less than 48 hours A Member whose registered address is not within the United Kingdom and who gives to the Company an address within the United Kingdom at which notices may be sent to him or an address to which notices may be sent by electronic means is entitled to have notices sent to him at that address, but otherwise no such Member is entitled to receive any notices from the Company If the Company sends or supplies notices or other documents by first class post and the Company proves that such notices or other documents were properly addressed, prepaid and posted, the intended recipient is deemed to have received such notices or other documents 48 hours after posting. If the Company sends or supplies notices or other documents by electronic means and the Company proves that such notices or other documents were properly addressed, the intended recipient is deemed to have received such notices or other documents 24 hours after they were sent or supplied. If the Company sends or supplies notices or other documents by means of a website, the intended recipient is deemed to have received such notices or

18 other documents when such notices or other documents first appeared on the website or, if later, when the intended recipient first received notice of the fact that such notices or other documents were available on the website. (d) For the purposes of this Article 43.4, no account shall be taken of any part of a day that is not a working day. 44. COMPANY SEALS 44.1 Any common seal may only be used by the authority of the directors or a committee of the directors The directors may decide by what means and in what form any common seal is to be used Unless otherwise decided by the directors, if the Company has a common seal and it is affixed to a document, the document must also be signed by: one authorised person in the presence of a witness who attests the signature; or two authorised persons For the purposes of this Article, an authorised person is: any director of the Company; the Company secretary (if any); or any person authorised by the directors for the purpose of signing documents to which the common seal is applied. 45. NO RIGHT TO INSPECT ACCOUNTS AND OTHER RECORDS 45.1 Except as provided by law or authorised by the directors or an ordinary resolution of the Company, no person is entitled to inspect any of the Company s accounting or other records or documents merely by virtue of being a Member. 46. PROVISION FOR EMPLOYEES ON CESSATION OF BUSINESS 46.1 The directors may decide to make provision for the benefit of persons employed or formerly employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than a director or former director or shadow director) in connection with the cessation or transfer to any person of the whole or part of the undertaking of the Company or that subsidiary. 47. DIRECTORS INDEMNITY 47.1 Subject to Article 47.2, a relevant director of the Company or an associated Company may be indemnified out of the Company s assets against: any liability incurred by that director in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the Company or an associated company, any liability incurred by that director in connection with the activities of the Company or an associated company in its capacity as a trustee of an occupational pension scheme (as defined in section 235(6) of the Companies Act 2006), any other liability incurred by that director as an officer of the Company or an associated company.

19 47.2 This Article does not authorise any indemnity which would be prohibited or rendered void by any provision of the Companies Acts or by any other provision of law In this Article 47: companies are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are subsidiaries of the same body corporate, and a "relevant director" means any director or former director of the Company or an associated company. 48. INSURANCE 48.1 The directors may decide to purchase and maintain insurance, at the expense of the Company, for the benefit of any relevant director in respect of any relevant loss In this Article 48: a "relevant director" means any director or former director of the Company or an associated company, a "relevant loss" means any loss or liability which has been or may be incurred by a relevant director in connection with that director s duties or powers in relation to the Company, any associated Company or any pension fund or employees share scheme of the Company or associated Company, and companies are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are subsidiaries of the same body corporate. 49. RULES 49.1 The directors may make such rules as they consider necessary or convenient for the proper conduct and management of the Company. In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the directors may make rules regulating:- (d) the conduct of Members and Associates in relation to one another, and to the Company's officers and employees; the setting aside of the whole or any part or parts of the Company's premises at any particular time or times or for any particular purpose or purposes; the procedure at general meetings and meetings of the directors and committees of the Company (in so far as such procedure is not governed by these Articles); and any and all other matters as are commonly the subject matter of company rules The directors must adopt such means as they consider sufficient to bring to the notice of Members and Associates all rules made under this Article Any rules made by the directors under this Article will be valid and binding as against all Members and Associates for so long as such rules are in force The Company in general meeting may alter or repeal any rules made by the directors in accordance with this Article Nothing in this Article permits the directors of the Company to make any rules which are inconsistent with or affect or repeal anything in these Articles or in any resolution passed by Members of the Company or agreement to which Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the Companies Act 2006 applies.