AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYE-LAWS
OF
R&Q INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LTD.
(Adopted by resolution of the Directors dated [ ] [June]2023 and by resolution of the
Members dated [ ] [July]2023)
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SUBJECT | BYE-LAWNo. |
Interpretation | 1-5 |
Shares | 6-10 |
Rights Attached to Preference A Share and | |
Preference B Share | 11-39 |
Rights Attached to Ordinary Shares | 40 |
Treasury Shares | 41 |
Allotment Of Shares | 42-48 |
Pre-Emption Rights | 49-57 |
Power of the Company to purchase its Shares | 58-59 |
Alteration Of Capital | 60-63 |
Variation Of Rights | 64-65 |
Share Certificates | 66-72 |
Shares held in CREST | 73-75 |
Lien | 76-81 |
Calls On Shares | 82-90 |
Forfeiture Of Shares | 91-99 |
Register Of Members | 100-102 |
Record Dates | 103-104 |
Transfer Of Shares | 105-114 |
Transmission Of Shares | 115-120 |
Disclosure of Interest in Shares | 121-128 |
Untraceable Members | 129 |
Controllers and Aggregate Holdings | 130-141 |
Takeover Provisions | 141A |
General Meetings | 142-144 |
Notice Of General Meetings | 145-146 |
Proceedings At General Meetings | 147-152 |
Voting | 153-167 |
Proxies | 168-182 |
Corporations Acting By Representatives | 183 |
Written Resolutions Of Members | 184 |
Board Of Directors | 185-186 |
Retirement Of Directors | 187-188 |
Removal of Directors | 189-191 |
Disqualification Of Directors | 192-193 |
Executive Directors | 194-195 |
Alternate Directors | 196-203 |
Directors' Fees And Expenses | 204-210 |
Directors' Interests | 211-214 |
General Powers Of The Directors | 215-220 |
Borrowing Powers | 221-231 |
Proceedings Of The Directors | 232-244 |
Managers | 245-247 |
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Officers | 248-251 |
Register of Directors and Officers | 252 |
Minutes | 253 |
Seal | 254 |
Authentication Of Documents | 255 |
Destruction Of Documents | 256 |
Dividends And Other Payments | 257-269 |
Reserves | 270 |
Capitalisation | 271-272 |
Security Arrangements, Orderly Conduct | |
And Confidential Information | 273 |
Accounting Records | 274-278 |
Audit | 279-284 |
Notices | 285-295 |
Signatures | 296 |
Winding Up | 297-298 |
Indemnity | 299 |
Alteration Of Bye-laws And Amendment To | |
Memorandum of Association And Name of Company | 300 |
Creation And Issue of Share Classes | 301-302 |
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INTERPRETATION
- In these Bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the words standing in the first column of the following table shall bear the meaning set opposite them respectively in the second column.
- Definitions:
WORD | MEANING |
"Act" | the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda as amended from |
time to time. | |
"AIM" | the AIM market operated by the London Stock |
Exchange. | |
"AIM Rules" | the Rules of the London Stock Exchange governing |
admission to and the operation of AIM, as amended | |
from time to time. | |
"Affiliate" | of a specified person means a person that (at the time |
when the determination is to be made) directly, or | |
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, | |
or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the | |
specified person. As used in the foregoing sentence, the | |
terms "control" (including, with correlative meaning, in | |
terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under | |
common control with") means the possession, directly | |
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the | |
direction of the management and policies of a person, | |
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by | |
contract or otherwise. | |
"Auditor" | the auditor of the Company for the time being and may |
include any individual or partnership. | |
"Board" or "Directors" | the board of directors of the Company appointed or |
elected pursuant to these Bye-laws and acting by, or | |
pursuant to, a resolution in accordance with the Act and | |
these Bye-laws or the directors present at a meeting of | |
directors at which there is a quorum. | |
"Business Day" | any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public |
holiday in Bermuda. | |
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"Bye-laws" | these Bye-laws in their present form or as supplemented |
or amended or substituted or restated from time to time. | |
"capital" | the share capital from time to time of the Company. |
"clear days" | in relation to the period of notice that period excluding |
the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given | |
and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take | |
effect. | |
"committee" | a committee of the Board. |
"Company" | R&Q Investment Holdings Ltd. |
"competent regulatory | a competent regulatory authority in a territory in which |
authority" | the shares of the Company are listed or quoted on a |
stock exchange in such territory. | |
"CREST" | the electronic settlement system operated by Euroclear |
UK & Ireland Limited and being a Relevant System for | |
the purpose of the Regulations. | |
"CREST Rules" | the operating rules of CREST. |
"debenture" and "debenture | include debenture stock and debenture |
holder" | stockholder respectively. |
"Depositary" | any person who is a shareholder by virtue of its holding |
shares as a trustee for those individuals who have | |
elected to hold shares in dematerialised form through | |
depositary interests. | |
"Director" | a director of the Company and shall include, unless the |
context otherwise requires, an alternate director. | |
"Employees' Share Scheme" | any scheme adopted or arrangement made for |
encouraging or facilitating the holding of shares in the | |
Company by or on behalf of: | |
(a) employees or former employees of the Company, | |
any subsidiary of the Company, or the Company's | |
holding company or any of its subsidiaries; or | |
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