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AMENDED
MEMORANDUM AND
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
A COMPANY LIMITED BY
SHARES MEMORANDUM OF
ASSOCIATION TWD
6. To engage and carry on the business of general trading and other trading
services.
7. To operate and carry on the business of supply chain services, in sourcing
and outsourcing services.
11. To carry on all or any of the business of general merchant, importers and
“ exporters, wholesalers, brokers, suppliers and retailers in all
pharmaceuticals items, goods merchandise and commodities and the
doing of all such other things are incidental or conducive to the attainment
of the above objects.
12.To operate and carry on the business of health and beauty products but
not limited to women's products, household products and men's products.
23.To import, export, assemble, sell, repair, deal and trade in all kinds of
motor vehicles, pleasure boats, motor cycles, and bicycles including its
accessories and their spare parts.
29.To build, construct, maintain alter, engage, pull down and remove or
replace any buildings, factories, mills, offices, work, wharves, roads,
bridges, railways, machinery, engines, walls, fences, banks, dams, sluices
or watercourses and to clear sites for the same..
31. To enter into and carry into effect any arrangements for joint working in
business, or for sharing of profits, or for amalgamation with any other
company, or any partnership or persons carry on business within the
objects of this company.
33. To carry out all or any of the business of Custom Clearance, Transit
activities, and Transportation of goods.
34.To establish, acquire, or own offices, trading stations, factories stores and
depots in Sierra Leone or elsewhere and to purchase, lease or otherwise
acquire, carry on, develop and impro\ie any interest in any property,
whether real or personal property or other interest of all descriptions in
Sierra Leone or elsewhere.
35.
To lend and advance money or give credit to clients on such terms or
conditions as may seem expedient and in particular to other
customers.
36. To borrow, raise or secure the payment of money for the purposes of or in
connection with the company's business.
39.To act as agents or Brokers and as trustees for any person, firm or
company and to undertake and perform, sub-contract and also to act in
any of the business of the company through or by means of means of
agents, brokers, sub-contractors or persons.
44. To establish and pro\/ide all kinds of facilities and attractions for customers
and others and to promote, organize, and provide entertainments,
exhibitions dances, amusements, recreations of all kinds whether on the
premises of the company or not.
45.
To carry on the business of promoting tourism in all aspects in
Sierra Leone and organize and assist in the organization,
promotion and operation of tours etc.
47. To operate and carry on the business of night club, conference hall for
rentals, workshops and meeting rooms.
51. To carry on any other business, whether subsidiary to the objects of the
company or not, but can in the opinion of the company be carried on
conveniently or advantageously in connection with the business of the
company.
54.To apply for, promote and obtain any provisional order, license,
concession, right etc from any Government or other authority for enabling
the company to carry out its objects or any of them; or conferring on the
“company any additional powers, for modifying these presents, or for any
other purpose which may seem expedient, and to oppose any bills and
proceedings or applications which are thought to be directly or indirectly
prejudicial to the company.
F. That twenty five percent of the share capital has been subscribed for.
The company has the power from time to time to increase its capital and
issue any shares in the original or increased capital as ordinary, preferred
or deferred shares and to attach to any class or classes of each shares
any preferences, rights, priVileges or conditions or to subject the same to
any restrictions or limitation that may be determined before the issue of
the shares effected thereby
I the person whose name and address is subscribed am desirous of being formed
into a company in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association and I respectfully
agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the company set opposite my
name.
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Signatur
REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE
OF
PRELIMINARY
1. Subject as herein provided the rules contained in Table “A” in the first
schedule to the companies Act (herein referred to, as Table “A”) shall
apply to the company.
PRIVATE COMPANY
2. The company ”s a private company within the meaning of section 19 of the Act
and accordingly the following provisions shall apply to the Company
a. The offer to the public to subscribe for any shares or debentures of
the Company is restricted.
b. The number of members of the company is limited to fifty (50) excluding
persons who are bona fide in the employment of the Company and
persons who, having been formerly in the employment of the company,
were while in that employment have continued after the determination of
that employment, be to members of the Company. (a)The right of transfer
of shares in the company is restricted in the manner hereinafter provided.
SHARE CAPITAL
TRANSFER OF SHARES
6. A member may at any time transfer any of his or her shares to another
member of the company, but save as herein otherwise provided no share
shall be transferred to a person who is not a member so long as any
member is willing to purchase the same at a fair value; provided always
that any such transfer shall not have the effect of preventing the company
from, or in the continuation of its objects, operations and functions within
and in conformity with the provisions of any existing laws in Sierra Leone.
7.
The Company shall ha've the first and paramount lien and charge all
shares whether fully paid or not, registered in the name of the member
(whether solely or jointly with any others) for all monies due to the
company from or his estate either alone or jointly with any other
person, whether a member or not and whether such monies are presently
payable or not. The company lien (if any) shall extend to all dividends
thereon.
FORFEITURE OF SHARES
10. A forfeiture of shares shall include all dividends in respect of the shares
not actually paid before the forfeiture, notwithstanding that they shall have
been declared. forfeiture of shares shall involve the extinction at the time
of forfeiture of all interest in and all claims and demands against the
company in respect of the share, and all shareholders whose share is
forfeited and the company, except only such of those rights and liabilities
as are these Articles expressly saved, or as are by the Acts given or
imposed in the case of past members.
GENERAL MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL
MEETING
12.Subject to the provision of the Act, a resolution in writing signed by all the
members for the time being entitled to receive notice and to attend and vote at
General Meeting shall be as valid and effective as if the same had been passed
at General Meeting of the company duly convened and held.
VOTE OF MEMBERS
13. Subject to any rights of restrictions for the time being attached to any class or
classes of shares, on a show of hands every member present in person shall
have one vote and on a poll every member shall have one vote for each share of
which he is the holder.
DIRECTORS
14.Unless and until otherwise determined by the Company in General Meeting, the
number of Directors shall not be less than two or more than five.
16.Every Director shall have power from time to time by notice in writing to the
Company to nominate and appoint any person to act as Alternate Director in his
place at all or any Meeting of Directors at which he/she shall not be present, and
any such Alternate Director shall be subject in all respects to the terms and
conditions existing with reference to the other Directors of the Company except
that he shall not be required to be a Shareholder nor shall he be entitled to any
remuneration (as such) from the Company. Such appointment may be made by
reference to any specific meetings of the Board or in general terms so as to take
effect in respect of all meetings of the board at which the Director concerned shall
not be present. An Alternate Director whilst acting as such shall exercise and
discharge all the powers and duties of the Director appointing him. A Director
may at any time by notice in writing to the Company revoke the appointment of
any alternate director appointed by him under the provisions of this clause and
appoint another person in his or her place.
17. A casual vacancy accruing in the Board of Directors between one General
Meeting and the next may be filled up by Directors.
19. The Directors shall have the power at anytime and from time to time
appoint any person to be an additional Director but so that the total number
of Directors at any time shall not exceed the maximum number fixed by
these Articles. They shall also haVe power to remove at anytime a person
so appointed as additional Director but so that the total number of
Directors shall not exceed the maximum number fixed by these Articles.
They shall also have the power to remove at any time a person so
appointed as additional Director.
20. There shall be appointed a Chairman who shall be the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company.
21. The business of the Company shal! be managed by the Chairman, The
Company Secretary, and such other persons as may be decided by the
Directors who may pay all expenses incurred in starting up and registering
the Company and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are
not in the Act or by these Articles required to be exercised by the Company
in General Meeting subject, nevertheless to any rule of these Articles, to
the provisions of the Act and to such rules not being inconsistent with the
aforesaid rules or provisions, as may be prescribed by the Company in
General Meeting, shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would
have been valid if the rule had not been made.
22. The Directors may borrow or raise from time to time for the purpose for the
company or secure the payment of such sums as they think fit, and may
secure the repayment or payment of any such sums by mortgage to
charge upon all or any of the property or assets of the company, including
its so called capital, if any, or by issue of debentures (whether at par or at
discount or premium) or by accepting or endorsing on behalf of the
company any promissory notes or bills of exchange to otherwise as they
may think.
23. A resolution in writing signed by every Director shall have the same effect
and Validity as a resolution of the Directors passed at a meeting of the
Directors duly convened, held, and constituted.
25. A Director may any other hold office or place of profit under the Company
or act in any professional capacity (other than that of Auditor of Company)
INDEMNITY
26. Subject to the provisions of Section 246 of the Act every Director or other
officer or employee of the company shall be indemnified out of the assets
of the company against all expenses, losses or liabilities which he may
incur or sustain in or about the execution of the duties of his office or
otherwise in relation thereto, and no Director or other officer or happen to,
or be incurred by the company in the execution of the duties of his or her
office or in relation thereto.
CAPITALIZATION OF PROFITS
27. The Company in general meeting may upon the recommendation of the
Directors resolve that it is desirable to capitalise any part of the amount for
the time being standing to the credit of the profit and loss account
otherwise available for distribution amongst the members who would have
been entitled thereto if distributed by way of dividend and in the same
proportion, on condition that the same be not paid in cash but be applied
either in or towards paying up any amounts for the time being unpaid on
any shares held by such members respectively or paying up in full
unissued shares or debentures of the Company to be allotted and
distributed, credited as fully paid up to and amongst such members in the
proportion aforesaid, or partly in the one way and partly in the other and
the Directors shall give effect to such resolution. Provided that a share
premium account and special redemption reserve fund, for the purpose of
this regulation, only be applied in the paying up of unissued shares to be
members of the Company as fully paid bonus shares
28. Whenever such resolution as aforesaid shall have been passed, the
Directors shall make all appropriations and applications of the undivided
profits resolved to be capitalised thereby, and all allotments and issue of
fully paid shares or debentures, if any, and generally shall do all acts and
things required to giVe effect thereto with full power to the Directors to
make such provision by the issue of fractional certificates or by payment in
cash or otherwise as they think fit for the case of shares or debentures
to which they may be entitled upon such capitalisation, or (as the case
may require) for payment up of the by the Company in their behalf, by the
application thereto of their respective proportions of the profits resolved to
be capitalised, of the amounts or any part of the amounts remaining
unpaid on their existing shares and any agreement made under such
authority shall be effective and binding on all such members.
SEAL
29. The Company Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the
authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors and in the presence of
a Director and the Secretary or such other person as the Directors may
appoint for the purpose as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which
the Seal of the Company is so affixed in their presence.
NAMES, ADDRESSES AND NUMBER OF SHARES TAKEN BY SIGNATURES
DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIBERS EACH SUBSCRIBER AND
Signature. .