12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. all shares, other than fully-paid shares, standing registered in the name of a single person for all moneys presently payable by him or his estate to the company; but the company in general meeting may at any time declare any share to be wholly or in part exempt from this regulation. The company’s lien, if any, on a share shall extend to all dividends payable thereon. The company may sell, in such manner as the directors think fit, any shares on which the company has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless a sum 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 person entitled thereto by reason of his death or insolvency. To give effect to any such sale the directors may authorize 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. The proceeds of the sale 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, if any, shall, subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the share before the sale, be paid to the person entitled to the shares at the date of the sale. Calls on Shares The directors may from time to time make calls upon the members in respect of any moneys unpaid on their shares, whether on account of the nominal value of the shares or by way of premium, and not by the conditions of allotment thereof made payable at fixed times, provided that no call shall exceed one-fourth of the nominal value of the share or be payable at less than one month from the date fixed for the payment of the last preceding call, and each member shall, subject to receiving at least fourteen 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 directors may determine. A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the directors authorizing the call was passed and may be required to be paid by instalments. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof. 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 on the sum from the day appointed for payment thereof to the time of actual payment at such rate not exceeding six per centum per annum as the directors may determine, but the directors shall be at liberty to waive payment of such interest wholly or in part. Any sum which by the terms of issue of a share becomes payable on allotment or at any fixed date, whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium, shall for the purposes of these regulations b e deemed to be a call duly made 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 regulations as to payment of interest and expenses, forfeiture or otherwise shall apply as if such sum had become payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. The directors may, on the issue of shares, differentiate between the holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment. The directors may, if they think fit, receive from any member willing to advance the same, all or any part of the moneys uncalled and unpaid upon any shares held by him, and upon all or any of the moneys so advanced may, until the same would, but for such advances, become payable, pay interest at such rate not exceeding, unless the company in general meeting shall otherwise direct, five per centum per annum, as may be agreed upon between the directors and the member paying such sum in advance. Transfer of Shares The inst rument of transfer of any share shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and transferee and the transferor shall be deemed to remain a holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the register of members in respect thereof. Subject to such of the restrictions of these regulations as may be applicable, any member may transfer all or any of his shares by instrument in writing in any usual or common form or any other form which the directors may approve. The directors may decline to register the transfer of a share, not being a fully-paid share, to a person of whom they do not approve, and they may also decline to register the transfer of a share on which the company has a lien. The directors may also decline to recognize any instrument of transfer unless— (a) a fee of 25c or such lesser sum as the directors may from time to time require is paid to the company in respect thereof; and (b) the instrument of transfer is accompanied by the certificate 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; and (c) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share. If the directors refuse to register a transfer they shall within two months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the company send to the transferee notice of the refusal. The registration of transfers may be suspended at such times and for such periods as the directors may from time to time determine: Provided always that such registration shall not be suspended for more than thirty days in any year. The company shall be entitled to charge a fee not exceeding 25c on the registration of every probate, letters o f administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, deed of settlement or other instrument. Transmission of Shares In the case of death of a member the survivor or survivors where the deceased was a joint holder and the executor of the deceased where he was a sole holder, shall be the only persons recognized by the company as having any title to his interest in the shares; but nothing herein contained shall release the estate of the deceased joint holder from any liability in respect of any share which had been jointly held by him with other persons. Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or insolvency of a member may, upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time properly be required by the directors and subject as hereinafter provided, elect either to be registered himself as holder of the share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the transferee thereof, 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 that member before his death or insolvency, as the case may be. If the person so becoming entitled shall elect 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 another person registered he shall testify his election by executing to that person a transfer of the share. All the limitations, restrictions and provisions of these regulations relating to the right to transfer and the registration of transfers of shares shall be applicable to any such notice or transfer as aforesaid as if the death or insolvency of the member had not occurred and the notice or transfer were a transfer signed by that member. A person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death or insolvency of the holder shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered holder of the share, except that he shall not, before being regi stered as a member 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: Provided always that the direct ors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to transfer the share and if the notice is not complied with within ninety days the directors may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends, bonuses or other moneys payable in respect of the share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

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